Movie rundown for the weekend through June 29: ‘F1: The Movie’ opens
OPENING
“F1: The Movie” — (Drama, PG-13, 155 minutes). Sonny Hayes was Formula 1’s most promising driver until the 1990s, when an accident on the track nearly ended his career. Thirty years later, he is coming out of retirement to mentor and team up with a hotshot rookie.
“Hot Milk” — (Drama, R, 92 minutes). A mother and her daughter, who have a strange illness, journey to the Spanish coast looking for a cure. During the trip, the daughter discovers a way of life different than the one she has with her controlling mother.
“M3GAN 2.0” — (Horror, PG-13, 119 minutes). Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, resurrects her two years after her first rampage to defeat Amelia, the military-grade weapon that stole M3GAN’s tech.
ONGOING
“28 Years Later” — (Horror, R, 115 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. Almost three decades after the rage virus emerged, one of the survivors, who has been living on a small island, goes on a mission to the mainland, where he discovers horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors.
“Ballerina” — (Action, R, 125 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Eve Macarro, an assassin trained in the traditions of the Ruska Roma, seeks revenge after her father dies.
“Bride Hard” — (Action, R, 115 minutes). A mercenary group has no idea what they are in for when they take a wedding hostage, because the maid of honor, who is a secret agent, is ready to punish anyone who thinks about ruining her best friend’s wedding.
“Bring Her Back” — (Horror, R, 99 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. While at the secluded home of their new foster mother, a brother and sister discover a terrifying ritual.
“Brokeback Mountain” 20th Anniversary — (Drama, R, 134 minutes). The lives of two shepherds get complicated when they fall for each other, but they still get married to their respective girlfriends.
“Clueless” 30th Anniversary — (Comedy, PG-13, 97 minutes). Cher, the most popular girl at Beverly Hills High, is good at helping others find love but is completely clueless when it comes to her own heart.
“Elio” — (Animation, PG, 99 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. A space fanatic named Elio, who is trying to figure out who he is meant to be, is beamed up to Communiverse where he forms bonds with alien lifeforms while navigating an intergalactic crisis.
“Final Destination Bloodlines” — (Horror, R, 110 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. After having a recurring nightmare, a college student returns home to get help from the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from a horrific fate.
“Friendship” — (Comedy, R, 100 minutes). Grade: C, Michael Phillips. Two lives are threatened to be ruined when a suburban dad falls for his new neighbor.
“How to Train Your Dragon” — (Adventure, PG, 120 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. During a time when an ancient threat endangers dragons and Vikings on the isle of Berk, a friendship forms between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and a Night Fury dragon named Toothless.
“Karate Kid: Legends” — (Action, PG-13, 94 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. After getting unwanted attention from a local karate champion in New York City, kung fu prodigy Li Fong asks Mr. Han and Daniel LaRusso for help when he decides to enter the ultimate karate competition.
“The Life of Chuck” — (Drama, R, 110 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A story based on Stephen King’s novella about the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.
“Lilo & Stitch” — (Comedy, PG, 108 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. A lonely Hawaiian girl asks a fugitive alien to help mend her broken family.
“Materialists” — (Comedy, R, 116 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A New York matchmaker is torn between her imperfect ex and her perfect match.
“Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” — (Action, PG-13, 169 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. Ethan Hunt learns that our lives are the sum of our many choices when he and the IMF team must find a rogue artificial intelligence before it destroys mankind.
“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.
“The Phoenician Scheme” — (Action, PG-13, 101 minutes). Grade: B-, Michael Phillips. After a wealthy businessman appoints his only daughter, a nun, as heir to his estate, they become the target of foreign terrorists and assassins..
“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.
“Sitaare Zameen Par” — (Comedy, not rated, 155 minutes). An arrogant basketball coach must work with neurodivergent adults for community service after his DUI. Although prejudiced at first, this fades as the players show him a new perspective on life.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette