Movie rundown for the weekend through July 2
OPENING
“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” — (Action, PG-13, 154 minutes). Racing against time, Indiana Jones tries to find an artifact that can change the course of history.
“Joy Ride” — (Comedy, not rated, 95 minutes). Four Asian-American friends discover how to know and love who you are while traveling through Asia.
“Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” — (Animation, PG, 90 minutes). When Ruby disobeys her mother and goes into the water, she discovers that she is a descendant of the warrior Kraken queens.
ONGOING
“1920: Horrors of the Heart” — (Drama, not rated, 122 minutes). After a girl goes into a world of darkness searching for revenge, the darkness consumers her, making her a victim of the very revenge she was seeking.
“Asteroid City” — (Comedy, PG-13, 104 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. A junior stargazer and cadet convention is disrupted by world-changing events.
“The Blackening” — (Comedy horror, R, 96 minutes). Grade: B-, Adam Graham. Black friends must use their street smarts and horror movie knowledge to stay alive when they are trapped in a cabin with a killer who has a vendetta.
“The Boogeyman” — (Horror, PG-13, 98 minutes). Grade: B, Adam Graham. While two sisters are grieving the death of their mother and their therapist father, Will is dealing with his own pain. One of Will’s patient shows up at their home seeking help and leaves behind an entity that feeds on the suffering of its victims.
“Elemental” — (Animation, PG, 103 minutes). Grade: B, Adam Graham. Ember, a fiery and quick-witted young woman, begins to look at her beliefs about the world differently after she starts a friendship with Wade, who is a go-with-the-flow type of guy.
“Fast X” — (Action, PG-13, 141 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted their foe throughout their many missions, but now they must face the most lethal opponent yet.
“The Flash” — (Action, PG-13, 144 minutes). Grade: A-, Mark Meszoros. When Flash travels back in time to change events of the past, he also alters the future into a world without superheroes. Now trapped in a reality where General Zod is threatening annihilation, Flash tries to coax a changed Batman out of retirement to help in the battle.
“God is a Bullet” — (Action, not rated, 155 minutes). After detective Bob Hightower’s ex-wife is killed and his daughter is kidnapped by a cult, Bob goes undercover to save his daughter.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” — (Action, PG-13, 150 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Although Peter Quill is still reeling from the loss of Gamora, he must rally his team to defend the universe on a mission that if not successful could mean the end of the Guardians.
“It Ain’t Over” — (Documentary, PG, 99 minutes). Tells the story of baseball’s bad-hitting catcher who was also a D-Day veteran, loving father and husband and originator of his own brand of proverbs that are still used today.
“The Little Mermaid” — (Adventure, PG, 135 minutes). Grade: A-, Moira MacDonald. So she can discover the world beyond the water and impress a prince, a mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch and trades her beautiful voice for human legs.
“No Hard Feelings” — (Comedy, R, 102 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Maddie, who has been hired by helicopter parents to help bring their introverted son out of his shell before college, has only the summer to make him a man or die trying.
“Past Lives” — (Drama, PG-13, 105 minutes). Twenty years after being torn apart when Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea, Nora and her childhood friend Hae Sung are reunited.
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” — (Animation, PG, 140 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. When faced with a new threat, Miles Morales finds he must rethink what it means to be a hero when he clashes with Spider-People who protect the Multiverse.
“Transformers: Rise of the Beast” — (Action, PG-13, 127 minutes). Grade: C-, Katie Walsh. New Transformers, the Maximals, join the Autobots in the battle to save Earth.
“You Hurt My Feelings” — (Comedy, R, 93 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. A novelist’s longtime marriage is in jeopardy when she overhears her husband’s reaction to her latest book.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






