Movie rundown for the weekend through Feb. 18
OPENING
“Bob Marley: One Love” — (Biography, PG-13, 104 minutes). The story behind the reggae icon’s revolutionary music and the adversity he overcame.
“Land of Bad” — (Action, R, 110 minutes). A drone pilot and Air Force combat controller try to turn a mission gone wrong into a rescue operation.
“Madame Web” — (Action, PG-13, 117 minutes). After Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the future, she begins to realize she can use that to forge a different path.
ONGOING
“American Fiction” — (Comedy, R, 117 minutes). A novelist who is upset with an establishment that is profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book, only to find himself caught up in the madness and hypocrisy he claims to disdain.
“Anyone But You” — (Comedy, R, 103 minutes). Grade: C, Michael Phillips. After a great first date, something happens that turns Ben and Bea’s fiery attraction ice cold. But when they both show up at a wedding in Australia, they have no choice but to pretend to be a couple.
“Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” — (Action, PG-13, 124 minutes). Grade: B-, Mark Kennedy. Aquaman and his imprisoned brother Orm must put their differences aside to defeat Black Manta and save the world from destruction.
“Argylle” — (Action, PG-13, 139 minutes). Grade: D, Katie Walsh. A spy novelist’s fictional and real world begin to blur together when her bestselling espionage novels start to mirror a real-life spy named Argylle.
“The Beekeeper” — (Action, R, 105 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. After being revealed to be a former operative for a secret and powerful organization known as Beekeepers, a man’s brutal crusade for vengeance takes on national stakes.
“The Boy and the Heron” — (Animation, PG-13, 124 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. In this semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki, a young boy ventures into a world of the living and the dead.
“The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 1-3” — (Drama, not rated, 160 minutes). Episodes one to three of season four of the series about the life of Christ is shown on the big screen.
“Driving Madeleine” — (Drama, not rated, 91 minutes). When Madeleine calls a taxi to take her to the retirement home, she asks the taxi drive to first drive through Paris to the places that have been important in her life.
“Dune” 40th Anniversary — (Action, PG-13, 137 minutes). To free his world from the emperor’s rule, a duke’s son, along with desert warriors, battles against his father’s evil nemesis and the galactic emperor.
“How to Have Sex” — (Drama, not rated, 91 minutes). Three British teenage girls go drinking, clubbing and hooking up on a rites-of-passage vacation.
“Lisa Frankenstein” — (Comedy/Horror, PG-13, 111 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. After a teenager’s crush, who is a corpse, comes back to life, the two go on a journey to find happiness, love and some missing body parts.
“Mean Girls” — (Comedy, PG-13, 112 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. New student Cady is in with the elite group at school called The Plastics until she makes the mistake of falling for the group leader’s ex-boyfriend.
“Migration” — (Animation, PG, 92 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A duck family convinces their overprotective father to go on vacation and it turns out to be a family vacation like no other.
“The Monk and The Gun” — (Drama, PG-13, 107 minutes). The king of the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan agrees to cede his power after the people vote for democracy.
“Night Swim” — (Horror, PG-13, 98 minutes). After moving into a new home, a family is terrorized by a dark secret in the home’s past when they go swimming in the backyard pool.
“Out of Darkness” — (Horror, R, 87 minutes). A group of early humans must confront a mystical being who is hunting them during their search for new land.
“Peppa’s Cinema Party” — (Animated, not rated, 65 minutes). Ten never-before-seen Pella Pig episodes on the big screen.
“Poor Things” — (Drama, R, 141 minutes). After Bella Baxter is brought back to life by scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter, she stands steadfast in her purpose for liberation and equality.
“The Taste of Things” — (Drama, PG-13, 135 minutes). The story of an esteemed cook and the gourmet she has been working under for 20 years.
“Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya” — (Comedy, not rated, 132 minutes). Aryan meets the perfect girl but discovers that it’s an impossible love story.
“Turning Red” — (Animated, PG, 109 minutes, 2022, special theatrical engagement). It’s bad enough that 13-year old Mei Lee is dealing with changes in her body and relationships, but when she gets too excited she turns into a giant red panda.
“Wish” — (Animation, PG, 92 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. When Asha makes a wish, a little ball of energy named Star appears and together they must confront the Ruler of Rosas to save the community.
“Wonka” — (Adventure, PG, 116 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A poor and young Willy Wonka discovers that the chocolate industry is run by a gang of greedy chocolatiers when he pursues his dream of opening a chocolate shop.
“The Zone of Interest” — (Drama, PG-13, 105 minutes). The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife try to build a life for their family while living next to the camp.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






