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Movie rundown for the weekend through Nov. 23: ‘Wicked: For Good’ opens

OPENING

“Jay Kelly” — (Comedy, R, 132 minutes). Jake Kelly, a famous movie actor, along with his manager Ron, embarks on a journey of self-discovery.

“The Metropolitan Opera: Arabella” — (Opera, not rated, 252 minutes). A broadcast of opera performed at The Metropolitan Opera.

“Rental Family” — (Comedy, PG-13, 103 minutes). A struggling American actor living in Tokyo rediscovers purpose, belonging and the beauty of human connection when he takes a gig at a rental family agency and plays stand-in roles for strangers.

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“Sentimental Value” — (Drama, R, 133 minutes). An exploration of memories, family and the healing power of art.

“Sisu: Road to Revenge” — (Action, R, 88 minutes). A brutal pursuit takes place when a man returns to destroy the house where his family was murdered and the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks him down.

“Wicked: For Good” — (Fairy Tale, PG, 138 minutes). Elphaba and Glinda are driven further apart when Glinda attempts a conciliation between Elphaba and The Wizard of Oz.

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ONGOING

“Black Phone 2” — (Horror, R, 114 minutes). Grade: C-, Katie Walsh. While Finn is still struggling with life four years after he was abducted and escaped, his sister starts receiving calls from the black phone in her dreams.

“Brothers on Three” — (Documentary, not rated). Offers insight into rugby and military academy life after the West Point rugby team wins the 2023 National Championship.

“Bugonia” — (Comedy/Sci-Fi, R, 118 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A high-powered CEO of a major company is kidnapped by two conspiracy-obsessed men who believe she is an alien trying to destroy Earth.

“Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc” — (Anime, R, 100 minutes). Denji faces a deadly battle after Reze comes into his life.

“The Carpenter’s Son” — (Horror, R, 94 minutes). A family hiding in Roman Egypt faces natural and divine horrors when the son doubts the guardian, known as the Carpenter.

“Christy” — (Drama, R, 135 minutes). Based on the true story of the most successful female boxer of the ’90s, Christy Martin, and her struggles outside the ring with family, her identity and a life-or-death relationship.

“Die My Love” — (Drama, R, 118 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Grace, a young mother and writer, is becoming more agitated and erratic as she slips into madness, leaving her companion, Jackson, feeling helpless.

“Frankenstein” — (Horror, R, 149 minutes). In a monstrous experiment, a brilliant, egotistical scientist brings a creature to life, unaware that this will lead to his and his creation’s undoing.

“Keeper” — (Horror, R, 99 minutes). When a dark presence reveals itself, a romantic anniversary trip to a secluded cabin turns sinister and forces the couple to confront the property’s haunting past.

“King Ivory” — (Crime, R, 130 minutes). After his son gets hooked on fentanyl, Tulsa drug cop Layne West makes it his mission to take down those responsible.

“Meet, Greet & Bye” — (Drama, not rated, 107 minutes). When their mother’s cancer returns, the Facundo family’s lives are upended.

“Muzzle: City of Wolves” — (Drama, R, 99 minutes). After an ex-K-9 officer’s family is attacked, he and his new K-9 partner uncover a drug ring and confront corrupt officials while tracking down the criminals.

“Now You See Me: Now You Don’t” — (Thriller, PG-13, 112 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Retired Horsemen illusionists join new performers to catch dangerous criminals during a diamond heist.

“Nuremberg” — (Drama, PG-13, 148 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. As a WWII psychiatrist forms a disturbing bond with Hermann Göring, he begins to become obsessed with understanding evil.

“One Battle After Another” — (Action, R, 161 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. A group of ex-revolutionaries reunite after one of their daughters goes missing when their enemy resurfaces after 16 years.

“Predator: Badlands” — (Sci-Fi, PG-13, 107 minutes). Grade: B, Mark Meszoros. While on his journey to find the ultimate adversary, a young Predator outcast finds an unlikely ally.

“Regretting You” — (Drama, PG-13, 117 minutes). After Morgan’s husband’s death, she and her teenage daughter must try to navigate life’s challenges together even though their relationship is strained.

“Roofman” — (Drama, R, 126 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. After escaping, Jeffrey Manchester, who was in jail for robbing McDonald’s restaurants by cutting holes in their roofs, secretly lives inside a Toys “R” Us while trying to figure out his next move. However, his double life gets harder when he falls for a divorced mom named Leigh.

“The Running Man” — (Action, R, 133 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Ben Richards joins a game show where the contestants, called Runners, try to survive 30 days while being hunted by professional assassins for a large cash prize.

“Sarah’s Oil” — (Biography, PG, 103 minutes). The story of Sarah Rector, an 11-year-old African American girl born in the early 1900s, who believed there was oil beneath the barren land in the Oklahoma Indian Territory.

“Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” — (Biography, PG-13, 120 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Chronicles Bruce Springsteen’s making of his 1982 “Nebraska” album.

“Stitch Head” — (Animation, PG, 89 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Stitch Head is a small creature who was awoken by a mad professor to protect the professor’s other creations from the townspeople of Grubbers Nubbin.

“Trap House” — (Action, R, 82 minutes). An undercover DEA agent and his partner try to catch a group of thieves who are also their own teenagers.

“Tron: Ares” — (Action, PG-13, 119 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Ares, a very sophisticated AI being from the digital world, is sent to the real world to complete a dangerous mission.

“Wicked” Re-release — (Fairy Tale, PG, 160 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Elphaba’s and Glinda’s friendship reaches a crossroads after an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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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