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Movie rundown for the weekend through Nov. 24

By Carlotta Olson November 21, 2024 | updated 9 months ago

Gladiator II

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“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.

“Gladiator II” — (Action, R, 148 minutes). 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.

“Wicked” — (Fairy Tale, PG, 160 minutes). Elphaba’s and Glinda’s friendship reaches a crossroads after an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.

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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.

“Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” — (Comedy, PG-13, 104 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. A portal to the afterlife is opened after Lydia’s teenage daughter finds a model of the town in the attic of the Winter River home. Lydia knows it won’t be long before someone says Beetlejuice three times and the demon will return to unleash his own brand of mayhem.

“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.

“Blitz” — (Action, PG-13, 120 minutes). Follows a group of Londoners during the British capital bombing in WWII.

“Conclave” — (Thriller, PG, 120 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. When Cardinal Lawrence is given the task to find a new pope after the unexpected death of the current one, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the foundation of the Catholic Church.

“Elevation” — (Action, R, 90 minutes). While trying to save the life of a young boy, two women and a single father face monstrous creatures in the post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains.

“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.

“Here” — (Drama, PG-13, 104 minutes). Grade: C-, Katie Walsh. The story of families’ love, loss, laughter and life shared through the generations.

“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.

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Featured Local Savings

“Kanguva” — (Action, not rated, 154 minutes). A shadow cop’s quest in the future is somehow connected to a tribal warrior’s fight to save his people a millennium ago.

“Matka” — (Action, not rated, 152 minutes). Based on the Matka gambling scams that took place in the 20th century. 

“Memoir of a Snail” — (Animation, R, 95 minutes). The story of Grace Pudel who hoards snails, romance novels and guinea pigs.

“The Metropolitan Opera: Tosca” — (Opera, not rated, 210 minutes). A live broadcast of opera performed at The Metropolitan Opera.

“Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom” — (Anime, R, 135 minutes). Hoping to defeat the Demon Emperor Jaldabaot, Momonga rallies the Sorcerer Kingdom to join the fight along with the Sacred Kingdom and the Slane Theocracy.

“Pom Poko” 30th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Fest 2024 — (Anime, PG, 119 minutes). Magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs fight to prevent their forest home from being replaced by urban development.

“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.

“Small Things Like These” — (Drama, PG-13, 98 minutes). Father Bill Furlong uncovers disturbing secrets of the local convent while discovering truths of his own.

“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.

“Terrifier 3” — (Horror, not rated, 125 minutes). Art the Clown returns on Christmas Eve to cause chaos in the lives of Miles County residents.

“Transformers One” — (Action PG, 104 minutes). Tells the story of a time when Optimus Prime and Megatron, who were good friends, changed the fate of Cybetron forever.

“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.

“We Live in Time” — (Drama, R, 107 minutes). After a chance encounter, an up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives changed forever during a decade-spanning romance.

“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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