Movie rundown for the weekend through Aug. 24: ‘Eden’ opens
OPENING
“Eden” — (Thriller, R, 129 minutes). A true story about a group of outsiders who abandon civilization and, after settling on a remote island, quickly learn that their greatest threat is not the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each other.
“Girl Climber” — (Documentary, not rated, 83 minutes). The story of free climber Emily Harrington.
“Hell House LLC: Lineage” — (Horror, not rated). After a near-death experience, Vanessa Shepherd moves to Abaddon, where she discovers her connection to Abaddon Hotel and Carmichael Manor after mysterious deaths happen around her.
“Primitive War” — (Adventure, not rated, 135 minutes). In 1968 in Vietnam, a recon unit known as Vulture Squad discovers they are not alone when they go into a jungle to uncover the fate of a missing Green Beret platoon.
ONGOING
“The 40-Year-Old Virgin” 20th Anniversary — (Comedy, R, 116 minutes). A nerdy guy who has never been intimate with a woman is under a lot of pressure when he meets a single mother.
“Americana” — (Action, R, 110 minutes). When a rare Lakota Ghost shirt lands on the black market, bloodshed ensues between the locals, outsiders and outcasts.
“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 named the Bad Girls to do one last job.
“Coolie” — (Action, not rated, 170 minutes). Driven by righting past wrongs, a man goes on a quest for vengeance.
“Dead to Rights” — (Drama, not rated, 137 minutes). A postman poses as a photo developer during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre while secretly sheltering Chinese refugees.
“East of Wall” — (Drama, R, 97 minutes). After her husband dies, a young rebellious horse trainer named Tabatha opens her broken-down ranch in the Badlands to a group of wayward teenagers.
“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.
“Freakier Friday” — (Comedy, PG, 111 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. 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.
“Highest 2 Lowest” — (Action, R, 133 minutes). A titan music mogul is caught up in a life-or-death moral situation when he is targeted with a ransom plot.
“Honey Don’t!” — (Comedy, R, 88 minutes). A small-town investigator named Honey O’Donahue investigates the strange deaths tied to a mysterious church.
“It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley” — (Documentary, not rated, 106 minutes). Never-before-seen footage, with voice messages and accounts from the gifted musician’s inner circle, who tragically died in 1997 after releasing only one album.
“Jimmy and Stiggs” — (Horror, not rated, 90 minutes). Out-of-work filmmaker Jimmy Lang goes on a bender after some bad news and claims he was abducted by aliens. Fearing the aliens will return, he asks his friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war.
“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.
“The Knife” — (Drama, R, 80 minutes). A young black family must deal with the consequences of their choices after a mysterious stranger appears in their home.
“KPop Demon Hunters A Sing-Along Event” — (Animated, PG, 95). Sing your favorite songs from the Netflix film about a K-pop girl group who have secret identities as demon hunters.
“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.
“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.
“Ne Zha II” — (Animation, not rated, 143 minutes). After a catastrophe, the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved but their bodies were shattered. Taiyi Zhenren is trying to find a way to use the seven-colored lotus to rebuild their bodies.
“Nobody 2” — (Action, R, 89 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. After stopping a home invasion, suburban dad and former assassin Hutch Mansell gets pulled back into his violent past and secrets about his wife and his life are revealed.
“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.
“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.
“Trainwreck” 10th Anniversary — (Comedy, R, 125 minutes). A commitment-phobic woman must face her fears of monogamy after she meets a good guy.
“Yungblud: Are You Ready, Boy?” — (Documentary, not rated, 119 minutes). Yungblud’s performance at Berlin’s Hansa Studios.
“War 2” — (Action, not rated, 170 minutes). Two lethal forces clash when India sends its deadliest operative to hunt down the country’s worst villain.
“Weapons” — (Horror, R, 128 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. 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.
“Went Up the Hill” — (Drama, not rated, 100 minutes). When Jack is at his estranged mother’s funeral, her spirit inhabits his body and the body of her widow, Jill.
“Witchboard” — (Horror, R, 112 minutes). A cursed artifact draws a young couple into a deadly game of deception, possession and occult terror.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






