Movie rundown for the weekend through May 11: ‘Clown in a Cornfield’ opens
OPENING
“Bhool Chuk Maaf” — (Drama, not rated, 140 minutes). Ranjan gets a government job to marry Titli, but when he forgets about his vows to Lord Shiva, he is trapped until he fulfills his promise.
“Björk: Cornucopia” — (Concert, not rated, 98 minutes). This concert film, recorded live in Lisbon, blends Björk’s “Utopia” album with VR and digital theater.
“Clown in a Cornfield” — (Horror, R, 96 minutes). After the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burns down, the town of Kettle Springs falls on hard times and a sinister clown, once a symbol of success for the town, emerges to cleanse the town of its burdens, one victim at a time.
“Fight or Flight” — (Action, R, 97 minutes). A mercenary must find a way to protect himself and the woman he was sent to track down from the passengers on a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco who are trying to kill them both.
“Juliet & Romeo” — (Drama, PG-13, 121 minutes). An original pop musical based on the story of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet.”
“Shadow Force” — (Action, R, 104 minutes). After leaving Shadow Force, Kyrah and Isaac go on the run with their son because a unit of the Shadow Force wants to kill them.
ONGOING
“A Minecraft Movie” — (Action, PG, 101 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Four misfits are pulled into a mysterious and bizarre cubic land.
“The Accountant 2” — (Action, R, 132 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. When an old acquaintance is killed, Wolf recruits his estranged brother to help him find the murderer.
“The Amateur” — (Action, PG-13, 123 minutes). Grade: C-, Katie Walsh. After his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a CIA cryptographer is determined to find those responsible for her death.
“Disney’s Snow White” — (Musical, PG, 109 minutes). In this live-action adaptation of the 1937 film “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” a princess and seven dwarfs try to save the kingdom from her stepmother, the evil queen.
“HIT: The Third Case” — (Action, not rated, 150 minutes). A HIT officer from Visakhapatnam, India, named Arjun Sarkaar has his skills and mental strength tested when he is sent to Jammu and Kashmir to investigate a series of murders.
“The Karate Kid” re-release — (Action, PG, 126 minutes). Daniel asks Mr. Miyagi to teach him karate so he can defend himself from a gang of Cobra Kai dojo students.
“The King of Kings” — (Animation, PG, 100 minutes). The story of Jesus Christ is seen through the eyes of a child and told by Charles Dickens.
“The Legend of Ochi” — (Adventure, PG, 96 minutes). Although a girl who lives in a remote village on the island of Carpathia has been taught to fear an animal species known as ochi, when she finds a wounded baby ochi that has been left behind, she goes on a quest to bring it home.
“On Swift Horses” — (Drama, R, 112 minutes). Grade: B, Moira MacDonald. When Muriel and her husband Lee’s lives are upended by the arrival of Lee’s brother, Muriel begins gambling on racehorses.
“Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story” — (Biography, PG, 103 minutes). In 1908, after a chance meeting with a professor, eighth grader Alma Richards, who quit school to work as a ranch hand, resumes his education and competes at the Stockholm Olympics, winning a gold medal.
“Retro” — (Action, not rated, 168 minutes). A gangster vows to his wife to try to avoid violence so they can live a peaceful life.
“Rosario” — (Horror, R, 88 minutes). During a severe snowstorm, Rosario is attacked by supernatural entities while she waits for an ambulance to pick up her grandmother’s body.
“The Shrouds” — (Drama, R, 120 minutes). A grieving widower and businessman invents a machine used to communicate with the dead.
“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.
“Stelios” — (Biography, not rated, 132 minutes). Explores the music, hardships and devoted fans of the Greek singer Stelios Kazantzidis.
“The Surfer” — (Suspense, R, 103 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A man is pushed to his breaking point when he takes his son to the beach where he surfed during his childhood and is angered and humiliated by a group of locals.
“Thunderbolts*” — (Action, PG-13, 126 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. While on a dangerous mission, an unconventional team of antiheroes must confront their dark pasts when they get captured in a death trap.
“Until Dawn” — (Drama, R, 117 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A group of friends trapped in a time loop must survive until dawn to escape mysterious foes trying to kill them.
“Warfare” — (Action, R, 95 minutes minutes). Grade: A-, Adam Graham. The story of the chaos and brotherhood of war as told through the memory of a group of Navy SEALs who embarked on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq.
“Wolf Children” 4K — (Anime, PG, 157 minutes). After her werewolf lover dies, a mother must find a way to raise her half-human, half-werewolf children while keeping their trait hidden from society.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette






