Every Monday Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, Dracula Untold, Addicted, Whiplash, Kill the Messenger, One Chance, Dead Snow 2, The Devil’s Hand, I Am Ali, and The Overnighters.

Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.

Opening in Cinemas This Week:

The Judge (2014) 141 min – Drama Big city lawyer Hank Palmer returns to his childhood home where his father, the town’s judge, is suspected of murder. Hank sets out to discover the truth and, along the way, reconnects with his estranged family. Director: David Dobkin Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton International Release Dates

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) 81 minutes – Comedy, Family

Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Director: Miguel Arteta Stars: Steve Carell, Jennifer Garner, Ed Oxenbould, Dylan Minnette International Release Dates

Dracula Untold (2014) 92 minutes – Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, War Facing threats to his kingdom and his family, Vlad Tepes looks to make a deal with dangerous supernatural forces – without succumbing to the darkness himself. Director: Gary Shore

Stars: Luke Evans, Dominic Cooper, Sarah Gadon, Art Parkinson International Release Dates

Addicted (2014) 105 minutes – Drama, Thriller A gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life. Director: Bille Woodruff

Stars: Sharon Leal, Boris Kodjoe, John Newberg, Tyson Beckford International Release Dates

Whiplash (2014) 106 minutes – Drama, Music A promising young drummer enrolls at a cutthroat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student’s potential. Director: Damien Chazelle

Stars: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Melissa Benoist, Paul Reiser Limited Release in U.S. – International Release Dates

Kill the Messenger (2014) 112 minutes – Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA’s role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb. Director: Michael Cuesta

Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jeremy Renner, Robert Patrick, Michael Sheen International Release Dates

One Chance (2013) 103 minutes – Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music The true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night who became a phenomenon after being chosen for — and ultimately winning — “Britain’s Got Talent”. Director: David Frankel

Stars: James Corden, Alexandra Roach, Julie Walters, Colm Meaney International Release Dates

Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead (2014) 100 minutes – Action, Comedy, Horror If the worst day of your life consisted of accidentally killing your girlfriend with an axe, chain-sawing your own arm off, and watching in horror as your closest friends were devoured by a zombified Nazi battalion, you’d have to assume that things couldn’t get much worse. In Martin’s case, that was only the beginning. Director: Tommy Wirkola

Stars: Vegar Hoel, Ørjan Gamst, Martin Starr, Jocelyn DeBoer Limited Release in U.S. – International Release Dates

The Devil's Hand (2014) 86 minutes – Thriller When young girls start to go missing within a religious cult, older followers fear a long-told prophecy while the younger members suspect abusive elders are killing them off. Director: Christian E. Christiansen

Stars: Rufus Sewell, Alycia Debnam Carey, Adelaide Kane, Leah Pipes Currently no international release dates available

I Am Ali (2014) 111 minutes – Documentary, Biography, Sport Unprecedented access to Muhammad Ali’s personal archive of “audio journals” as well as interviews and testimonials from his inner circle of family and friends are used to tell the legend’s life story. Director: Clare Lewins

Stars: Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Ali Jnr, Hana Ali, Maryum Ali Limited release in U.S. – International Release Dates

The Overnighters (2014) 90 minutes – Documentary, Drama Broken, desperate men chase their dreams and run from their demons in the North Dakota oil fields. A local Pastor risks everything to help them. Director: Jesse Moss

Stars: Keegan Edwards, Jay Reinke International Release Dates

What do you think: do any of these appeal to you – which would you see in cinema, which would you see at home – or not at all? Sound off in the comments! 😀 (top image source: The Judge – Warner Bros. Pictures)