Movie rundown for the weekend through July 6: ‘Jurassic World: Rebirth’ opens
OPENING
“Jurassic World: Rebirth” — (Adventure, PG-13, 134 minutes). 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.
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.
“40 Acres” — (Action, R, 115 minutes). With food being scarce in the post-apocalyptic world, a family of Black Canadian farmers, who descended from American Civil War migrants, tries to protect their homestead and resources from cannibals.
“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.
“Despicable Me 4 (2024)” — (Animation, PG, 95 minutes). Grade: D, Katie Walsh. The family, including the newest member Gru Jr., are forced to go on the run when Gru faces new nemeses, Maxime Le Mal and his girlfriend Valentina.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“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.
“Kannappa” — (Drama, not rated, 183 minutes). Kannappa, an atheist hunter, plucks out his eyes as a sign of devotion to Lord Shiva.
“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.
“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..
“This Is Spinal Tap” 41st Anniversary — (Music, R, 82 minutes). Chronicles the England band Spinal Tap’s disaster-filled U.S. tour.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes and other movies added after this list was compiled.
Carlotta Olson, The Denver Gazette