1.  “Ballerina”  (R)  Trailer 1 and Trailer 2

This prequel is set between the third and fourth “John Wick” movies.

It stars Ana de Armas as Eve Macarro, a ballerina who becomes an assassin after being forced to watch her father’s murder at the hands of Gabriel Byrne as a child.

She’s taken in by Anjelica Huston and raised within the Ruska Roma . . . that’s the Romani criminal organization that helped train John Wick.  Keanu Reeves is also in it, but make no mistake that de Armas is the main star. 

As she rises in the ranks and starts going on assignments, she finally gets a lead on her dad’s killer then ignores her orders and goes on an unrelenting quest for revenge.

Norman Reedus from “The Walking Dead” also has a key role in the movie.  And Ian McShane and Lance Reddick return as Winston and Charon from New York’s Continental Hotel.  This was Reddick’s last role before his death in 2023.

2.  “The Phoenician Scheme” opens nationwide.  (PG-13)  Trailer

Benicio Del Toro plays an international businessman who survives an assassination attempt and decides to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Mia Threapleton, to bring her into his shady family business, despite the fact that she is living as a nun.

It’s directed by Wes Anderson and the rest of the cast includes Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, and Benedict Cumberbatch.

3.  “The Ritual”  (Not Yet Rated)  Trailer

Dan Stevens plays a priest having a crisis of faith who’s ordered to host an exorcism of a possessed girl at a convent.  Al Pacino is the elderly exorcist.  You’d know Dan from “Downton Abbey”, “Legion”, and the live action “Beauty and the Beast”.

4.  “I Don’t Understand You”  (R)  Trailer  (Limited)

A dark comedy starring Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells as a gay couple on vacation in Italy while waiting for Amanda Seyfried to give birth to the baby they hope to adopt.  But things take a dark turn when they accidentally kill their host’s mother.