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Movie rundown for the weekend through Dec. 1

By Carlotta Olson November 28, 2024 | updated 9 months ago

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“Heavier Trip” — (Comedy, not rated, 96 minutes). The band Impaled Rektum escapes from jail after the guitarist’s father gets ill and the family home and business is threatened by demolition.

“Moana 2” — (Adventure, PG, 100 minutes). After Moana receives an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, she journeys to the far seas of Oceania and finds herself on an adventure unlike any adventure she has ever been on before.

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“A Real Pain” — (Comedy, R, 90 minutes). Grade: B, Mark Meszoros. Old tensions resurface when two mismatched cousins tour Poland to honor their grandmother.

“Anora” — (Comedy, R, 139 minutes). Once news reaches Russia that Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, marries the son of an oligarch, her parents travel to New York to get the marriage annulled.

“The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” — (Drama, not rated, 114 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. When six of the worst kids in the history of the world take over the town’s yearly Christmas performance, they may unwittingly teach the town the true meaning of Christmas.

“Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin.” — (Drama, PG-13, 132 minutes). Risking his faith and fate to save millions of Jews from genocide, Dietrich Bonhoeffer joins a plot to assassinate Hitler as the world teeters on the brink of annihilation.

“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.

“Gladiator II” — (Action, R, 148 minutes). Grade: B Katie Walsh. Lucius must look to his past to find a way to return the glory of Rome to its people after it’s conquered by tyrannical emperors.

“Hello, Love, Again” — (Drama, not rated, 120 minutes). After a global shutdown, time and distance kept them apart, Joy and Ethan meet again in Canada but realize they have individually changed.

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“Heretic” — (Horror, R, 110 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. After knocking on the wrong door, two young missionaries become entangled in Mr. Reed’s deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

“Maria” — (Drama, R, 124 minutes). The world’s greatest opera singer, Maria Callas, confronts her identity and life as she lives out the last days of her life in Paris.

“National Lampoon’s Vacation” — (Comedy, R, 98 minutes). The Griswold family’s well-planned cross-country trip to Walley World theme park turns out to be a lot more stressful than they could have ever imagined.

“Red One” — (Comedy, PG-13, 123 minutes). Grade: D, Katie Walsh. When Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole’s head of security and a world-famous bounty hunter go on a mission to save Christmas.

“Smile 2” — (Horror, R, 127 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. While on a world tour, pop sensation Sky Riley is forced to face her dark past when she becomes overwhelmed by the pressures and horrors of fame.

“Venom: The Last Dance” — (Action, PG-13, 109 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. While Eddie and Venom are on the run and being hunted by both their worlds, the duo is forced to make a decision that will end their last dance.

“Wicked” — (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.

“The Wild Robot” — (Animation, PG, 102 minutes). After becoming shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, an intelligent robot named Roz bonds with the island’s animals and starts caring for an orphaned baby goose.

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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