Movie rundown for the weekend through March 3
OPENING
“The Chosen: Season 4 Episodes 7-8” — (Drama, not rated, 170 minutes). Episodes seven and eight of season four of the series about the life of Christ are shown on the big screen.
“Dune: Part Two” — (Action, PG-13, 166 minutes). Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen during his travels to seek revenge against those who destroyed his family.
“Io Capitano” — (Drama, not rated, 121 minutes). The story of two Senegalese teenagers who travel from Daker to Europe on a quest to become pop stars.
ONGOING
“American Fiction” — (Comedy, R, 117 minutes). A novelist who is upset with an establishment that is profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write an outlandish “Black” book, only to find himself caught up in the madness and hypocrisy he claims to disdain.
“Anyone But You” — (Comedy, R, 103 minutes). Grade: C, Michael Phillips. After a great first date, something happens that turns Ben and Bea’s fiery attraction ice cold. But when they both show up at a wedding in Australia, they have no choice but to pretend to be a couple.
“Argylle” — (Action, PG-13, 139 minutes). Grade: D, Katie Walsh. A spy novelist’s fictional and real world begin to blur together when her bestselling espionage novels start to mirror a real-life spy named Argylle.
“The Beekeeper” — (Action, R, 105 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. After being revealed to be a former operative for a secret and powerful organization known as Beekeepers, a man’s brutal crusade for vengeance takes on national stakes.
“Bob Marley: One Love” — (Biography, PG-13, 104 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. The story behind the reggae icon’s revolutionary music and the adversity he overcame.
“Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Hashira Training” — (Animation, R, 104 minutes). While Muzan searches for Nezuko and Ubuyashik, Tanjiro trains to become a Hashira.
“Drive-Away Dolls” — (Action, R, 84 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Things go wrong when Jamie and Marian meet up with a group of criminals during their road trip to Tallahassee.
“Guadalupe: Mother of Humanity” — (History, not rated, 102 minutes). Tells the story of the Virgin Mary who 500 years ago appeared to the Mexican Indian Juan Diego.
“Land of Bad” — (Action, R, 110 minutes). A drone pilot and Air Force combat controller try to turn a mission gone wrong into a rescue operation.
“Lisa Frankenstein” — (Comedy/Horror, PG-13, 111 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. After a teenager’s crush, who is a corpse, comes back to life, the two go on a journey to find happiness, love and some missing body parts.
“Madame Web” — (Action, PG-13, 117 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. After Cassandra Webb develops the power to see the future, she begins to realize she can use that to forge a different path.
“Migration” — (Animation, PG, 92 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A duck family convinces their overprotective father to go on vacation and it turns out to be a family vacation like no other.
“Night Swim” — (Horror, PG-13, 98 minutes). After moving into a new home, a family is terrorized by a dark secret in the home’s past when they go swimming in the backyard pool.
“Ordinary Angels” — (Drama, PG, 116 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Based on a true story about a hairdresser who gets an entire community involved in helping a widowed father’s daughter who needs a liver transplant.
“Perfect Days” — (Drama, PG, 124 minutes). The story of a janitor who lives in Japan and his love of music and books.
“Poor Things” — (Drama, R, 141 minutes). After Bella Baxter is brought back to life by scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter, she stands steadfast in her purpose for liberation and equality.
“Stopmotion” — (Horror, R, 93 minutes). After the loss of her overbearing mother, a stop-motion animator fights to control her demons.
“The Taste of Things” — (Drama, PG-13, 135 minutes). The story of an esteemed cook and the gourmet she has been working under for 20 years.
“Wish” — (Animation, PG, 92 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. When Asha makes a wish, a little ball of energy named Star appears and together they must confront the Ruler of Rosas to save the community.
“Wonka” — (Adventure, PG, 116 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A poor and young Willy Wonka discovers that the chocolate industry is run by a gang of greedy chocolatiers when he pursues his dream of opening a chocolate shop.
“The Zone of Interest” — (Drama, PG-13, 105 minutes). The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife try to build a life for their family while living next to the camp.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette





