( CNN ) A neglected maid , a hit man and a shoe expert are heading to theaters this weekend with the releases of `` Cinderella , '' `` Run All Night '' and `` The Cobbler . '' Here 's what The Hollywood Reporter 's critics are saying about the weekend 's new offerings ( as well as which film will likely top the weekend 's box office ) . Director Kenneth Branagh 's film stars Cate Blanchett , Lily James , Richard Madden and Helena Bonham Carter in a retelling of the fairy tale about a young woman whose oppressive stepmother stands in the way of her feelings for a dashing prince . THR film critic David Rooney writes in his review that `` anyone nostalgic for childhood dreams of transformation will find something to enjoy in an uplifting movie that invests warm sentiment in universal themes of loss and resilience , experience and maturity . '' More : The best and worst adaptations of `` Cinderella '' Liam Neeson , Ed Harris and Joel Kinnaman star in director Jaume Collet-Serra 's crime film about a hit man trying to save his estranged son from a revenge plot . THR chief film critic Todd McCarthy writes in his review that the film is Neeson 's `` latest slab of amped-up urban mayhem '' and `` consists entirely of angry threats , pointed guns , hiding out from and eluding same , and mad dashes down mean streets on foot and in vehicles . '' More : Liam Neeson says he 's quitting action movies in two years . Director Alex Gibney 's documentary focuses on Scientology and its ties to Hollywood . `` This impeccably assembled and argued film represents a brave , timely intervention into debates around the organization that have been simmering for some time , '' writes THR film critic Leslie Felperin in her review . Adam Sandler , Steve Buscemi , Dustin Hoffman , Ellen Barkin and Dan Stevens star in director Thomas McCarthy 's comedy about a dissatisfied shoe repairman who is magically able to live his customers ' lives by wearing their footwear . THR film critic John DeFore describes the film as `` likeable but ordinary '' in his review . A woman is n't pleased when she learns her husband is cheating on her in director Anthony Burns ' dark comedy . Katherine Heigl , Patrick Wilson and Jordana Brewster star . `` The kind of blithely confident , creatively impoverished dud that leaves you slightly stunned someone greenlighted it , the movie has the distinction of feeling like a bad idea from its very first frames , '' according to THR film critic Jon Frosch 's review . More `` Cinderella '' : Lily James , Richard Madden guess why British actors keep getting cast in Disney fairy tales . Pianist Seymour Bernstein is the subject of this documentary from director Ethan Hawke . THR film critic Stephen Farber writers in his review that `` the film is a loving portrait of Seymour Bernstein , '' although `` one might want to know a little more about his personal history . '' ©2015 The Hollywood Reporter . All rights reserved .
Director Kenneth Branagh 's `` Cinderella '' stars Cate Blanchett , Lily James . The film is based on the fairy tale of Cinderella, and follows a young girl who has to marry her prince because she was promised by an old man that he would give her everything in life if she