Best new movies and videos for week of Sept 29: The Watchlist

Whether you’re going out to catch a flick or staying in and looking for something to screen, there's no shortage of things watch this week.

In Theatres

• The Skeleton Twins - Maggie and Milo are two seriously screwed up people, but former SNL players Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader find the sweet spot in this dramedy about two broken people helping each other. (Watch the review here, or in the video above.) 

• Boyhood  - Richard Linklater's mild masterpiece is getting a second wind as it spreads out to repertory theatres and regional cinemas. Watch Mason grow from 5 years old to 18 and wonder at the the rhythms of life. See it now and get a jump on December's Oscars buzz. (full review)

• A Walk Among the Tombstones - Sure, millions went to see Denzel Washington tear a bunch of generic Russian baddies to pieces in The Equalizer. But what would Edward Woodward be watching? This whip smart twist on the detective story where Liam Neeson uses his mind as the muscle. (full review)

• The F Word - You know that friend who's always complaining about how Canadian films suck? Take them to this smart funny playful riff on the typical romantic comedy. Sure, non-Canadians Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan star, but director Michael Dowse and screenwriter Elan Mastai give this love story its backbone. ​(Daniel Radcliffe on fixing The F Word for Americans)

​​On video, Netflix or VOD

• We Are the Best - A zippy little confection with the pacing of a Ramones song, We Are the Best is about the formation of all girls punk band in 1980s Sweden. Bobo and Klara have the spirit and Christian, a classically trained guitar player, can teach them the rest. Like a Peanuts cartoons, the well-meaning parents are nothing but background noise here. We Are the Best is about a spirited trio driven by power chords and angry songs about gym class.

• The Grand Seduction - Speaking of Michael Dowse, if you want to see the softer side of the creator FUBAR, check out this Maritime fable, co-written by Dowse and directed by Don McKellar. Based on the smash hit from Quebec The Grand Seduction sneaks some sharp jabs inside a sugary sweet story about a Maritime community seducing a doctor.

• Enough Said - Fans of James Gandolfini are savouring his last performance in the new movie The Drop. But if you want to see Gandolfini stretching beyond his tough guy persona, check out this smartly sincere love story from director Nicole Holofcener. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini star as two grown ups tip-toeing through the minefield of past experiences and future expectations.  (full review)

• Godzilla  - Godzilla is gorgeous. Not the beast himself, but at the hands of director​ Gareth Edwards the film—with its with towering leviathans and smoke-shrouded cities—is disaster porn of the highest order. Aaron Taylor Johnson and Bryan Cranston do what they can to fill out the human element, but at the end of the day it's all about Mr. Tall, Dark and Scaly—as it should be. (full review)