OPENING

“Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris” — (Music, not rated, 85 minutes). To celebrate 25 years of “My Kind of Christmas,” Christina Aguilera performs a live show in Paris.

“The Cure: The Show of a Lost World” — (Music, not rated, 167 minutes). Features 31 remixed and remastered songs of the rock band The Cure.

“David“ Early Access Screening — (Animation, PG, 115 minutes). Follows David’s journey from a humble shepherd to an anointed king and the tests he faces that challenge the limits of faith and courage.

“Dick Van Dyke 100th Celebration” — (Documentary, not rated, 100 minutes). Dick Van Dyke shares rare footage and untold stories from his career.

“Dust Bunny” — (Horror, R, 106 minutes). A young girl asks a neighbor for help in killing the monster that is under her bed, which she believes ate her family.

“Ella McCay” — (Comedy, PG-13, 115 minutes). As a young woman juggles her family and work life, she learns how to survive the people she loves.

“The Metropolitan Opera: Andrea Chénier” — (Opera, not rated, 271 minutes). A broadcast of opera performed at The Metropolitan Opera.

“Mowgli” — (Drama, not rated, 145 minutes). A tribal man tries to save his mute and deaf girlfriend from a ruthless forest officer.

“Not Without Hope” — (Drama, R, 119 minutes). After their fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico, a group of friends stranded at sea struggle to survive.

“REBBECA: Becky G” — (Music, not rated, 112 minutes). The story of Becky G as she embarks on her debut Música Mexicana album.

“The Secret Agent” — (Drama, R, 158 minutes). A technology expert returns to his hometown of Recife and realizes that the city is not the refuge he seeks.

“Silent Night, Deadly Night” — (Horror, not rated, 95 minutes). Years after he saw his parents murdered by a man in a Santa suit, a man goes on a violent quest for revenge for those responsible while donning a Santa suit himself.

“Song Sung Blue” — (Music, PG-13, 133 minutes). The story of Lightning and Thunder, a husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute band, and their heartbreak and success they experience during their musical journey.

ONGOING

“100 Nights of Hero” — (Romance, PG-13, 90 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Cherry and her maid must fend off the seductive visitor who is staying at their remote castle.

“Arthur Christmas” 2011 — (Animation, PG, 97 minutes). Santa’s clumsy son Author and Grandsanta are on a mission to get a misplaced present to a young girl in less than two hours on Christmas day.

“The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two” (2020) — (Comedy, PG, 112 minutes). When a troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas forever, a cynical teen is reunited with Santa Claus.

“Dhurandhar” — (Action, not rated, 212 minutes). A movie inspired by true events about the criminals of the underworld, with a backdrop of Indian patriotism.

Dr. Suess’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (2000) 25th Anniversary — (Comedy, PG, 104 minutes). A green, revenge-seeking Grinch who lives on the outskirts of Whoville plans to ruin for all the people living in Whoville.

“Elf” — (Comedy, PG, 97 minutes). Buddy is a human who was adopted by and raised by elves in the North Pole. After finding out he was adopted, Buddy goes to New York to find his real father who doesn’t know he exists.

“Eternity” — (Comedy, PG-13, 112 minutes). Grade: B, Adam Graham. In an afterlife where souls have one week to decide where to spend eternity, Joan has to choose between the man she spent her life with or her first love.

“Fackham Hall” — (Comedy, R, 97 minutes). While the Davenport family deals with the disaster of their oldest daughter’s wedding to her cousin, a new porter forms a bond with their youngest daughter.

“Five Nights at Freddy’s 2” — (Horror, PG-13, 104 minutes). Anyone can survive five nights, but this time, no one should expect a second chance.

“Hamnet” — (Drama, PG-13, 125 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. The story of love and loss that inspired Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.”

“It’s a Wonderful Life” — (Drama, PG, 130 minutes). A classic Christmas movie about George Bailey, who wants to commit suicide on Christmas Eve until an angel appears and shows him what life would have been if he never existed.

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

“Jujutsu Kaisen: Execution” — (Anime, R, 90 minutes). During Halloween, a veil descends over the Shibuya area, trapping civilians inside and transforming colonies across Japan into dens of curses.

“Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair” — (Action, not rated, 275 minutes). After a bride is left for dead and her unborn child stolen, she must hunt down the four members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before she can confront Bill himself.

“Merrily We Roll Along” — (Musical, not rated, 150 minutes). A filmed version of the Broadway production, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.

“Mistress Dispeller” — (Documentary, not rated, 94 minutes). In an attempt to save her marriage, a Chinese woman secretly hires someone to end her husband’s affair.

“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.

“Paran” — (Drama, not rated, 146 minutes). Focuses on companionship and emotional relationships and not the physical existence.

“The Polar Express” — (Animation, G, 100 minutes). A doubting young boy goes on a magical train ride to the North Pole and learns about bravery, friendship and the spirit of Christmas

“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.

“Rebuilding” — (Drama, R, 96 minutes). Dusty ends up in a FEMA camp after wildfires destroy his ranch.

“Rental Family” — (Comedy, PG-13, 103 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. 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.

“Rolling Stones: At the Max” (1991) — (Music, not rated, 99 minutes). The Rolling Stones’ 1990 Steel Wheels concert in Europe.

“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.

“Sense and Sensibility” 30th Anniversary — (Drama, PG, 136 minutes). After wealthy Mr. Dashwood dies and leaves his second wife and three daughters destitute, the ladies move to a modest cottage.

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

“The Shining” (1980) — (Horror, R, 146 minutes). The father of a family who is staying at an isolated hotel for the winter turns into a homicidal manic and begins terrorizing his family.

“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” — (Comedy/Drama, PG-13, 140 minutes). In this sequel to “Glass Onion,” Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case to date.

“Wedding Crashers” 20th Anniversary — (Comedy, R, 119 minutes). A pair of womanizers who crash weddings looking for romance find themselves at odds when one of them falls in love.

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

“Zootopia 2” — (Animation, PG, 108 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. Rabbit cop Judy Hopps and the fox Nick Wilde try to crack the most intricate and perilous case of their careers.

Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.

Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette