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New in Theaters: “Moana 2”

New in Theaters: “Moana 2”

1.  “Moana 2”  (PG)  Trailer Auli’I Cravalho and The Rock reunite as Moana and Maui.  The sequel picks up three years after the events of the first movie, with Moana returning home to her family after searching for proof of other inhabited islands. Before she can get too comfortable, she gets a vision from her ancestors, with a dangerous mission to…MORE

New in Theaters: “Wicked” and “Gladiator”

New in Theaters: “Wicked” and “Gladiator”

1.  “Wicked”  (PG)  Trailer 1 and Trailer 2 Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in this movie adaptation of the 2003 Broadway musical.  They both insisted on doing their singing live for the movie.  (The soundtrack for the Broadway play won a Grammy for Best Musical Album back in 2004.  Its biggest songs are “Popular“, “For Good“, and “Defying Gravity“.) “Wicked” puts a spin on “The Wizard…MORE

New in Theaters: The Rock in “Red One”

New in Theaters: The Rock in “Red One”

1.  “Red One”  (PG-13)  Trailer The Rock stars in this holiday action movie as the head of North Pole Security, who is forced to team up with a bounty hunter from the naughty list (Chris Evans) after Santa (J.K. Simmons) is kidnapped on Christmas Eve.  Bonnie Hunt is Mrs. Claus, and Andy Garcia is the voice of a talking Polar Bear.  Lucy…MORE

New in Theaters: “Heretic” and “Elevation”

New in Theaters: “Heretic” and “Elevation”

1.  “Heretic”  (R)  Trailer Hugh Grant plays a seemingly nice old man who opens his door to two young Christian missionaries, then invites them inside and proceeds to trap and terrorize them.  The girls are played by Sophie Thatcher from “Yellowjackets” and Chloe East from “Kevin (Probably) Saves the World”.  It was written and directed by the people who wrote the script for “A Quiet Place” with John…MORE

New in Theaters: “Hit Pig”, Plus the Latest from Tom Hanks and Liam Neeson

New in Theaters: “Hit Pig”, Plus the Latest from Tom Hanks and Liam Neeson

1.  “HitPig!”  (PG)  Trailer An animated movie starring Jason Sudekis as Hit Pig, a bounty hunter who catches escaped animals and returns them to their owners.  Rainn Wilson is the bad guy, a Vegas showman who wants him to find his missing dancing elephant (Lilly Singh). 2.  “Here”  (PG-13)  Trailer  (Limited) Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reunite with their “Forest Gump” director Robert Zemeckis for this drama that takes place in a…MORE

New in Theaters: “Venom: The Last Dance” and “Conclave”

New in Theaters: “Venom: The Last Dance” and “Conclave”

1.  “Venom: The Last Dance”  (PG-13)  Trailer Tom Hardy returns as Venom for the third and supposedly final movie in the trilogy.  In this one, they’re on the run from the government and a new alien threat after all the chaos from the previous movies catches up to them. Juno Temple plays a scientist studying the alien symbiotes, Chiwetel Ejiofor leads the…MORE

New in Theaters: “Smile 2” and the Limited Releases “Goodrich” and “Rumours”

New in Theaters: “Smile 2” and the Limited Releases “Goodrich” and “Rumours”

1.  “Smile 2”  (R) The sequel to 2022’s supernatural horror movie “Smile” stars Naomi Scott as a pop singer whose world tour is derailed when she starts experiencing terrifying visions while being chased by an evil entity that gives itself away with a menacing smile. You’d know Naomi from the “Charlie’s Angels” reboot, the live action “Aladdin”, and as the Pink Ranger in “Power Rangers” .…MORE

New in Theaters: “The Apprentice” and Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece”

New in Theaters: “The Apprentice” and Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece”

1.  “The Apprentice”  (R)  Trailer Sebastian Stan plays a young, impressionable Donald Trump in the 1970s and ’80s, whose relationship with a cutthroat attorney named Roy Cohn shapes him into the presidential candidate we know today.  Jeremy Strong plays Cohn. 2.  “Piece by Piece”  (PG)  Trailer An animated journey through the life of Pharrell Williams, as told through the lens of LEGO animation.  Pharrell wrote…MORE

New in Theaters: The “Joker” Sequel, “White Bird”, and “Monster Summer”

New in Theaters: The “Joker” Sequel, “White Bird”, and “Monster Summer”

1.  “Joker: Folie à Deux”  (R)  Trailer Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck for the sequel to 2019’s “Joker” and this one is a musical.  While he’s locked up in Arkham Asylum awaiting trial for the murders from the first movie, he falls for another patient during a music therapy session. Brendan Gleeson from the “Harry Potter” movies is in it as an abusive…MORE

New in Theaters: “The Wild Robot” and “Megalopolis”

New in Theaters: “The Wild Robot” and “Megalopolis”

1.  “The Wild Robot”  (PG)  Trailer An animated movie from Dreamworks starring Lupita Nyong’o as a robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island.  It then learns to adapt to its surroundings by observing and forming relationships with the animals. The rest of the voice cast includes Pedro Pascal, Bill Nighy, Mark Hamill, Ving Rhames, and Stephanie Hsu from “Everything Everwhere All At Once”. 2.  “Megalopolis”  (R)  Trailer Francis Ford Coppola wrote and…MORE

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