A MONSTER CALLS
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY J.A. Bayona
STARS Felicity Jones, Liam Neeson

ASSASSIN’S CREED
* (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Justin Kurzel
STARS Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard

FENCES
***1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Denzel Washington
STARS Denzel Washington, Viola Davis

PASSENGERS
** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Morten Tyldum
STARS Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt

WHY HIM?
*1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY John Hamburg
STARS James Franco, Bryan Cranston

LA LA LAND
**** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Damien Chazelle
STARS Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone

ROGUE ONE
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Gareth Edwards
STARS Felicity Jones, Diego Luna

COLLATERAL BEAUTY
* (out of four)
DIRECTED BY David Frankel
STARS Will Smith, Helen Mirren

JACKIE
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Pablo Larraín
STARS Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Tom Ford
STARS Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal

OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY
** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Josh Gordon & Will Speck
STARS Jason Bateman, Olivia Munn

MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
***1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Kenneth Lonergan
STARS Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams

MOANA
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Ron Clements & John Musker
STARS Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson

ALLIED
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Robert Zemeckis
STARS Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard

RULES DON’T APPLY
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Warren Beatty
STARS Warren Beatty, Lily Collins

BAD SANTA 2
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Mark Waters
STARS Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates