Movie rundown for the weekend through July 20: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ opens
OPENING
“Eddington” — (Comedy, R, 148 minutes). A standoff in 2020 between a small-town mayor and sheriff in Eddington, New Mexico, pits neighbors against neighbors.
“I Know What You Did Last Summer” — (Horror, R, 111 minutes). A year after five friends covered up their involvement in a deadly car accident last summer, they are forced to face their past when they find out someone knows what happened and is looking for revenge.
“Jujutsu Kaisen: Hidden Inventory/Premature Death – The Movie” — (Anime, not rated, 110 minutes). Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, two of the most powerful sorcerers, must protect Riko Amanai, a student who has been designated to be sacrificed as the Star Plasma Vessel.
“Smurfs” — (Animated, PG, 92 minutes). Smurfette leads a mission into the real world to save Papa Smurf, who was kidnapped by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel.
“Together” — (Horror, R, 102 minutes). When Tim and Millie move to the country, they encounter an unnatural force that threatens their love, their flesh and their lives.
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.
“Abraham’s Boys: A Dracula Story” — (Horror, R, 89 minutes). In an attempt to escape their past, Abraham van Helsing moves his two sons to the United States.
“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.
“F1: The Movie” — (Drama, PG-13, 155 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. 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.
“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.
“Jurassic World: Rebirth” — (Adventure, PG-13, 134 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Five years after the events of “Jurassic World Dominion,” a team of operatives journeys to an isolated equatorial region in the hope of extracting DNA from three prehistoric creatures that will bring life-saving benefits to humankind.
“Kiki’s Delivery Service” Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 — (Animation, G, 120 minutes). A young witch begins her mandatory year of independent life and supports herself by using her broom to run an air courier service.
“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.
“M3GAN 2.0” — (Horror, PG-13, 119 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. Gemma, M3GAN’s creator, resurrects her two years after her first rampage to defeat Amelia, the military-grade weapon that stole M3GAN’s tech.
“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.
“My Neighbor Totoro” Studio Ghibli Fest 2025 — (Animation, G, 100 minutes). After moving to a house in the country, Satsuki and Mei discover a gigantic but gentle forest spirit named Totoro, who can only be seen by children. Totoro and his friends take the two girls on a series of adventures.
“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.
“Sorry, Baby” — (Drama, R, 105 minutes). After something bad happens to Agnes, life goes on for everyone else, but not for her.
“Superman” — (Action, PG-13, 129 minutes). Grade: A-, Katie Walsh. In a world that views truth, justice and the human way as old-fashioned, Superman must try to integrate his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent.
“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