At the Movies: Oct 21

This week on At the Movies Margaret and David will review new films for Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Brad Pitt, Ben McKenzie, Helena Bonham Carter and Judy Davis.

This is Where I Leave You- When their father passes away, four grown siblings are forced to return to their childhood home and live under the same roof together for a week, along with their over-sharing mother and an assortment of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. Stars Jane Fonda, Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Rose Byrne.

Fury- April, 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European Theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and her five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. Stars Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Scott Eastwood, Logan Lerman, Jason Isaacs.

Decoding Annie Parker- Love, science, sex, infidelity, disease and comedy, the wild, mostly true story of the irrepressible Annie Parker and the almost discovery of a cure for cancer. Stars Ben McKenzie, Maggie Grace, Aaron Paul, Alice Eve, Samantha Morton, Helen Hunt.

The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet – A ten-year-old cartographer secretly leaves his family’s ranch in Montana where he lives with his cowboy father and scientist mother and travels across the country aboard a freight train to receive an award at the Smithsonian Institute. Stars Helena Bonham Carter Judy Davis and Kyle Catlett.

Whiplash- 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. Website only interview with writer/director Damien Chazelle.

David’s Classic: Spartacus

9:30pm Tuesday ABC.