Here are some of the movies opening this week.
The Snowman
Freaky killer shtick.
Starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jonas Karlsson
Rotten Tomatoes: 19%
Same Kind Of Different As Me
Weird metaphorical psychological shtick.
Starring Renée Zellweger, Jon Voight, Djimon Hounsou, Greg Kinnear
Geostorm
Weather and satellites sci-fi shtick.
Starring Gerard Butler, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish, Alexandra Maria Lara
Rotten Tomatoes: No score yet, day before release and you know what that usually means.
Tyler Perry’s Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017)
Ghosts and scary comedy shtick.
Starring Tyler Perry, Patrice Lovely, Brock O’Hurn, Lexy Panterra
Rotten Tomatoes: Nada
Wonderstruck
Two stories of kids on journeys shtick.
Starring Julianne Moore, Oakes Fegley, Michelle Williams, Millicent Simmonds
Rotten Tomatoes: 68%
There are others, but these are the highlights.