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Movie rundown for the weekend through Feb. 25

OPENING

“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training” — (Animation, R, 104 minutes). While Muzan searches for Nezuko and Ubuyashik, Tanjiro trains to become a Hashira.

“Drive-Away Dolls” — (Action, R, 84 minutes). Things go wrong when Jamie and Marian meet up with a group of criminals during their road trip to Tallahassee.

“Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Complete” — (Action, PG-13, 140 minutes). Storyline is based on the PlayStation game Final Fantasy VII.

“Les Miserables” (2024 Reissue) — (Drama/Musical, PG-13, 158 minutes). Jean Valjean breaks parole after being freed after 19 years in prison and becomes the guardian of Cosette after her mother dies.

“Ordinary Angels” — (Drama, PG, 116 minutes). Based on a true story about a hairdresser who gets an entire community involved in helping a widowed father’s daughter who needs a liver transplant.

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.

“Bob Marley: One Love” — (Biography, PG-13, 104 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. The story behind the reggae icon’s revolutionary music and the adversity he overcame.

“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.

“God & Country” — (Documentary, PG-13, 90 minutes). Looks at Christian Nationalism and how it distorts Christianity and the constitutional republic.

“Kiss the Future” — (Documentary, not rated, 103 minutes). After being asked by an American aid worker to help raise awareness of the siege of Sarajevo, Bosnia, the U2 band hosts live satellite interviews with Sarajaevans during their 1993 Zoo TV Tour.

“Kung Fu Panda” — (Animation, PG, 92 minutes). Po, an overweight, clumsy panda, is chosen to become the protector of the Valley of Peace and he must use all his wisdom, strength and abilities to protect everyone from an evil snow leopard.

“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.

“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.

“Madame Web” — (Action, PG-13, 117 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. After Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the future, she begins to realize she can use that to forge a different path.

“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.

“No Way Up” — (Action, R, 90 minutes). After their plane crashes into the Pacific Ocean, the passengers must fight to survive.

“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.

“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.

“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


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