Friday’s openings: War, superheroes and trolls

Since today is Halloween, it's only fitting that two of the three mainstream movies scheduled to open this week would feature people in costumes. Of Sorts. The week's nation-wide openings are as follows:

"Doctor Strange": Benedict Cumberbatch joins the Marvel superhero clan as a former surgeon who learns dark arts and uses them to battle bad guys. But does he live at 221 B Baker St.?

"Trolls": Not the first movie inspired by a line of dolls, this one pits peppy Poppy with brashly cautious Branch as their flock flees the nefarious folk who find them fetching. Add the voices of Anna Kendrick and Justin Timberlake and you have … a sack of singing sweets!

"Hacksaw Ridge": Andrew Garfield stars as the real-life American Medal of Honor winner Desmond Doss, who served as a U.S. Army medic during World War II. Whatever the dramatic inventions this Mel Gibson-directed film might take, the actual story is every bit as unbelievable.

That's the lot so far. I'll update when the local information becomes available.