The Denver Gazette

MOVIE MINIS

Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes. CARLOTTA OLSON, THE DENVER GAZETTE

OPENING

“A Love Song” — (Romance, PG, 81 minutes). A woman waits alone at a rural campground for an old flame to arrive.

“Bodies Bodies Bodies” — (Horror, R, 95 minutes). What started out as a hurricane party planned by a group of rich young adults at a remote mansion goes terribly wrong and turns deadly.

”DCI 2022: Big, Loud & Live” — (Concert, not rated, 315 minutes). Fifteen drum corps ensembles performing live from the World Championship prelims at Lucas Oil Stadium.

“Emily the Criminal” — (Crime, R, 93 minutes). When Emily finds she is saddled with debt and unable to get a job due to a minor criminal record, she gets involved in a credit card scam and finds herself in the criminal underworld of Los Angeles that has deadly consequences.

“Fall” — (Thriller, PG-13, 107 minutes). Life for friends Becky and Hunter is all about pushing limits and conquering fears. But after climbing 2000 feet to the top of a remote radio tower and finding no way down, their skills are put to the test.

“Inu-oh” — (Animation, PG-13, 98 minutes). An animated rock opera staring a musician and a cursed dancer.

“Mack & Rita” — (Comedy, PG-13, 95 minutes). A 30-year old writer wakes up to find she has transformed into her 70-year-old self after a wild weekend in Palm Springs.

ONGOING

“The Black Phone” — (Horror, R, 102 minutes). A 13-year old boy is abducted by a child killer and put into a soundproof basement, where he starts receiving calls on a disconnected telephone on the wall and can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims.

“Bullet Train” — (Action, R, 126 minutes). During a non-stop ride through Japan on a bullet train, five assassins onboard realize that their missions have something in common.

“Collide” — (Thriller, R, 90 minutes). Story of three couples all at an Los Angeles restaurant on the same night who’s stories are weaved together with an explosive end.

“DC League of Super-Pets” — (Animation, PG, 106 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Krypto the Super-Dog and Superman are best friends and fight crime side-by-side. However, when Superman is kidnapped, Krypto must rely on his own powers to rescue him.

“Easter Sunday” — (Comedy, PG-13, 96 minutes). Join comedian Jo Koy as he plays as a man going home for Easter to celebrate with his drinking, bickering and loving family.

“Elvis” — (Biography, PG-13, 159 minutes). The story of the first rock ‘n roll star Elvis Presley and his rise to stardom and the changes he made with his music.

“Everything Everywhere All at Once” — (Adventure, R, 139 minutes). An immigrant from China finds herself in an adventure and the only way she can save the world is by exploring other universes that show her the other lives she could have led.

“Fire of Love” — (Documentary, PG, 98 minutes). The story of couple Katia and Maurice Krafft, scientists who died while doing what they loved, capturing explosive imagery of the mystery of volcanoes.

“Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” — (Documentary, PG-13, 115 minutes). Explores the life singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen.

“Journey to Hell” — (Comedy, PG, 101 minutes). After waking up from almost drowning and dreaming of going to a literal Bible Hell, a man is a changed person for Christ.

“Jurassic World: Dominion” — (Action, PG-13, 146 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Now that dinosaurs are living and hunting alongside humans, it must be determined if humans will remain the top predators on a planet they now share with these fearsome creatures.

“Lightyear” — (Animation, PG, 100 minutes). While Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear is trying to get back home he gets marooned on a hostile planet and comes in contact with Zurg who is trying to steel his fuel source.

“Luck” — (Animation, G, 105 minutes). Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world, finds herself in the Land of Luck and must find a way to turn her luck around.

“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” — (Comedy, PG, 90 minutes). Marcel, a small shell who lives along with his grandmother and their pet are the sole survivors from their community of shells after a mysterious tragedy. When Marcel gains millions of fans after a documentary filmmaker posts a short film online about him, Marcel has hopes of finding his long-lost family.

“Minions: The Rise of Gru” — (Animation, PG, 87 minutes). Before Gru became a master of evil, he was just a 12-year old boy plotting to take over the world. When Gru meets the Minions, they join forces and build a lair, weapons and try to start their first mission.

“Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” — (Comedy, PG, 115 minutes). A widowed British housekeeper has a dream to own a couture Christian Dior dress, prompting an adventure to Paris.

“My Donkey, My Lover & I” — (Comedy, not rated, 97 minutes). When teacher Antoinette finds out that Vladimir, a married father of one of her students, needs to cancel their vacation because his wife organized a hiking vacation, Antoinette decides to follow them and brings along her protective donkey.

“Nope” — (Horror, R, 135 minutes). Caretakers at a horse ranch in California discover a force that affects animal and human behavior.

“Thor: Love and Thunder” — (Action, PG-13, 125 minutes). Thor gets help from King Valkyrie, Korg and ex-girlfriend Jane Foster to defeat Gorr the God Butcher who is trying to make the gods extinct.

“Top Gun: Maverick” — (Action, PG-13, 131 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. After finding himself training a detachment of Top Gun graduates for a mission that asks for the ultimate sacrifice from those who fly it, Navy aviator Pete “Maverick” Mitchell must face his deepest fears.

“Vengeance” — (Comedy, R, 94 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A journalist and podcaster from New York travels to West Texas to find out about the death of a girl he was hooking up with.

“Where the Crawdads Sing” — (Drama, PG-13, 125 minutes). Kya was an abandoned girl who raised herself in the marshlands of North Carolina, which isolated her from her community. When a man that Kya was involved with is found dead, the community casts her as the main suspect.

LIFE

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