New movies this week: ‘Glass Castle,’ ‘Annabelle 2,’ ‘Nut Job 2,’ ‘Step’
“The Glass Castle,” opens at 7 p.m. Thursday: Jeannette Walls’ best-selling memoir about growing up in a dysfunctional family becomes a star-filled movie, with Brie Larson as the grown-up Jeannette and Woody Harrelson and Naomi Watts as her eccentric parents. Rated PG-13. Time: 2:07.
“Annabelle: Creation,” opens at 7 p.m. Thursday: The possessed doll lives on. Rated R. Time: 1:49.
“The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature,” opens at 3 p.m. Thursday: Will Arnett and his animated pals try to stop a developer from destroying their home. Rated PG. Time: 1:35.
“Step,” opens Friday: Documentary about the senior year of a high school step dance team in Baltimore. Rated PG. Time: 1:23.
“City of Ghosts,” opens Friday: Documentary about citizen journalists in Syria who have defied death threats and assassinations to get the news out about ISIS. Rated R. Time: 1:32.
Sharon Hoffmann: 816-234-4457, @Sharonakc
This story was originally published August 7, 2017 at 2:29 PM with the headline "New movies this week: ‘Glass Castle,’ ‘Annabelle 2,’ ‘Nut Job 2,’ ‘Step’."