Movie rundown for the weekend through July 27: ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ opens
OPENING
“Bambi: The Reckoning” — (Horror, not rated, 81 minutes). After hitting a deer during a car accident, a mother and son are hunted by Bambi, a deer looking for revenge for the death of his mother.
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” — (Action, G-13, 115 minutes). The Fantastic Four must defend Earth while facing their most daunting challenge yet.
“Hari Hara Veera Mallu Part-1 Sword vs Spirit” — (Action, not rated, 150 minutes). Veera Mallu decides to revolt against the army generals in the Mughal Empire.
“The Home” — (Horror, R, 97 minutes). Max discovers that the caretakers and residents at the retirement home where he works are hiding sinister secrets.
“House on Eden” — (Horror, R, 78 minutes). While conducting a paranormal investigation, Kris, Celina and Jay encounter an ancient spirit in an abandoned house in the woods.
“Ick” — (Horror, R, 87 minutes). While an alien threat is happening in his town, a science teacher reconnects with a past love and believes the new student in his class is his daughter.
“Oh, Hi!” — (Comedy, R, 94 minutes). Things go wrong in the most unexpected way for Isaac and Iris on their first romantic getaway.
“Roger Waters This Is Not A Drill: Live From Prague – The Movie” — (Concert, not rated, 155 minutes). Roger Waters, founding member of Pink Floyd, combines songs from his Pink Floyd days and those from his solo career.
“Shoshana” — (Action, not rated, 121 minutes). During the political turmoil of 1930s Tel Aviv, a Jewish woman and a British police officer fall in love.
“Summer Wars 4K” — (Anime, PG, 104 minutes). need description4 p.m. SundayJuly 27. (Cinemark Tinseltown, Cinemark Carefree). While posing as an affluent suitor, Kenji discovers a rogue AI program has stolen his online identity.
ONGOING
“28 Years Later” — (Horror, R, 115 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. Almost three decades after the rage virus emerged, one of the survivors, who has been living on a small island, goes on a mission to the mainland, where he discovers horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
“Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight” — (Drama, R, 98 minutes). Tells the story of a family’s life on a farm during the Bush War through an 8-year-old’s perspective.
“Eddington” — (Comedy, R, 148 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A standoff in 2020 between a small-town mayor and sheriff in Eddington, N.M, pits neighbors against neighbors.
“Elio” — (Animation, PG, 99 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. A space fanatic named Elio, who is trying to figure out who he is meant to be, is beamed up to Communiverse where he forms bonds with alien lifeforms while navigating an intergalactic crisis.
“F1: The Movie” — (Drama, PG-13, 155 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Sonny Hayes was Formula 1’s most promising driver until the 1990s, when an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he is coming out of retirement to mentor and team up with a hotshot rookie.
“How to Train Your Dragon” — (Adventure, PG, 120 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. During a time when an ancient threat endangers dragons and Vikings on the isle of Berk, a friendship forms between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and a Night Fury dragon named Toothless.
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” — (Horror, R, 111 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. A year after five friends covered up their involvement in a deadly car accident, they are forced to face their past when they find out someone knows what happened and is looking for revenge.
“Junior” — (Not rated, 154 minutes). A young man’s relationship with his father changes while in search of meaningful memories.
“Jurassic World: Rebirth” — (Adventure, PG-13, 134 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Five years after the events of “Jurassic World Dominion,” a team of operatives journeys to an isolated equatorial region in the hope of extracting DNA from three prehistoric creatures that will bring life-saving benefits to humankind.
“Lilo & Stitch” — (Comedy, PG, 108 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. A lonely Hawaiian girl asks a fugitive alien to help mend her broken family.
“M3GAN 2.0” — (Horror, PG-13, 119 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, resurrects her two years after her first rampage to defeat Amelia, the military-grade weapon that stole M3GAN’s tech.
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” — (Action, PG-13, 169 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. Ethan Hunt learns that our lives are the sum of our many choices when he and the IMF team must find a rogue artificial intelligence before it destroys mankind.
“The Phoenician Scheme” — (Action, PG-13, 101 minutes). Grade: B-, Michael Phillips. After a wealthy businessman appoints his only daughter, a nun, as heir to his estate, they become the target of foreign terrorists and assassins.
“Saiyaara” — (Romance, not rated, 150 minutes). Vaani and Krish learn that only love can be the answer to everything while navigating their problems, insecurities and life.
“Sinners” — (Horror, R, 137 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. When twin brothers return to their hometown to leave their troubled lives behind and start over, they find that evil is waiting to welcome them back.
“Smurfs” — (Animated, PG, 92 minutes). Smurfette leads a mission into the real world to save Papa Smurf, who was kidnapped by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel.
“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” — (Action, PG, 110 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Sonic, Knuckles and Tails must seek out an unlikely alliance to help defeat Shadow, a villain with powers stronger than any they have faced in the past.
“Sorry, Baby” — (Drama, R, 105 minutes). After something bad happens to Agnes, life goes on for everyone else, but not for her.
“Superman” — (Action, PG-13, 129 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. In a world that views truth, justice and the human way as old-fashioned, Superman must try to integrate his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






