Movie rundown for the weekend through Aug. 10: ‘Freakier Friday’ opens
OPENING
“DCI 2025: Big, Loud & Live” — (Concert, not rated, 315 minutes). Fifteen drum corps ensembles will perform live from Lucas Oil Stadium during the 2025 DCI World Championships.
“Freakier Friday” — (Comedy, PG, 111 minutes). Twenty-two years after they went through an identity crisis, Tess and Anna discover that lightning can strike twice, as Anna now faces the challenges of merging two families with her daughter and a stepdaughter.
“My Mother’s Wedding” — (Comedy, R, 95 minutes). With the help of some colorful, uninvited guests, three daughters who attend the wedding of their twice-widowed mother must face the past and confront the future.
“Runseokjin EP Tour in Amsterdam: Live Viewing” — (Concert, not rated, 165 minutes). A broadcast of BTS Jin’s live solo tour at the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam.
“Sketch” — (Adventure, PG, 92 minutes). A family must stop the monsters that are causing chaos in the town after a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a mysterious pond and her drawings come to life.
“Stans” — (Documentary, not rated, 102 minutes). Explores the connection between Eminem and his public persona.
“Strange Harvest” — (Horror, R, 94 minutes). Detectives must find a sadistic serial killer from the past named Mr. Shiny before he can unleash a new wave of crimes that are tied to a dark cosmic force.
“Weapons” — (Horror, R, 128 minutes). A community is left wondering who or what caused all-but-one child from the same class to go missing on the same night at the same time.
ONGOING
“The Bad Guys 2” — (Action, PG, 104 minutes). Grade: B, Mark Meszoros. Although the Bad Guys are now trying to live their lives as good guys, they are pulled out of retirement by an all-female squad of females named the Bad Girls to do one last job.
“Cloud” — (Horror, not rated, 123 minutes). The life of Yoshii, a man who resells goods online, is threatened after he finds himself in the middle of a series of mysterious events.
“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.
“The Fantastic Four: First Steps” — (Action, G-13, 115 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. The Fantastic Four must defend Earth while facing their most daunting challenge yet.
“Grave of the Fireflies” Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 — (Animated, not rated, 94 minutes). After their mother is killed during an American air raid in World War II, a 14-year-old and his younger sister must find a way to survive.
“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.
“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.
“Kingdom” — (Action, not rated, 160 minutes). A police constable goes on a mission for his brother.
“The Naked Gun” — (Comedy, PG-13, 85 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Following in his father’s footsteps, Lt. Frank Drebin Jr. is chosen to lead the Police Squad and save the world.
“Oh, Hi!” — (Comedy, R, 94 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Things go wrong in the most unexpected way for Isaac and Iris on their first romantic getaway.
“She Rides Shotgun” — (Thriller, R, 120 minutes). When she is marked for death, a girl must learn how to steal and fight to stay alive from her father, the most frightening man she knows.
“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.
“Su from So” — (Comedy, not rated, 137 minutes). When a boy’s crush creates strange events, everyone in a quiet village believes he brought a ghost out with his feelings.
“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.
“Together” — (Horror, R, 102 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. When Tim and Millie move to the country, they encounter an unnatural force that threatens their love, their flesh and their lives.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






