OPENING
“The Apprentice” — (Documentary, not rated, 120 minutes). Tells the story of how Donald Trump started his real estate business with the help of lawyer Roy Cohn.
“Average Joe” — (Family, PG-13, 110 minutes). A former Marine, who is now a high school coach, takes a legal stand to help defend religious liberty and freedom for everyone.
“Jung Kook: I Am Still” — (Documentary, not rated, 90 minutes). Showcases Kook’s rise to stardom with interviews, performances and unseen footage.
“My Hero Academia: You’re Next” — (Anime, PG-13, 110 minutes). U.A. High Class 1-A faces off with Dark Might and the Gollini family.
“Piece by Piece” — (Animation, PG, 93 minutes). The life of singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams is told in Lego animation.
“Saturday Night” — (Biography, R, 109 minutes). A behind-the-scenes-look at what happened in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 11, 1975.
“Seven Cemeteries” — (Fantasy, not rated, 95 minutes). A parolee hires a Mexican witch to bring his old posse back to life to help him save a woman’s ranch from a drug lord.
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” — (Documentary, PG-13, 104 minutes). The story of how Reeve became a film star and then an activist for disability rights and spinal cord injury treatments after a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995.
“Terrifier 3” — (Horror, not rated, 125 minutes). Art the Clown returns on Christmas Eve to cause chaos in the lives of Miles County residents.
SPECIALTY
Festival in the Community — Hosted by Rocky Mountain Women’s Film in partnership with In-Balance Dance Studio with three screenings. 3 p.m. Saturday. (In-Balance Dance Studio. Tickets: tinyurl.com/5dvwkmp4).
ONGOING
“Azrael” — (Action, R, 85 minutes). Azrael must fight to survive after being imprisoned by a female-led community in a world where no one speaks.
“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.
“Deadpool & Wolverine” — (Action, R, 127 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Deadpool and Wolverine team up to defeat a common enemy.
“Joker: Folie à Deux” — (Drama, R, 138 minutes). Grade: C-, Adam Graham. While in prison awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker, Arthur Fleck finds the love of his life and discovers the music that has always been inside him.
“Megalopolis” — (Sci-fi, R, 138 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. When there is a difference of opinion on what should become of the city of New Rome, Julia Cicero’s loyalty becomes divided between her father, the greedy Mayor Franklyn Cicero, and her beloved, an artist named Cesar Catilina.
“My Old Ass” — (Comedy, R, 88 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Elliott begins to rethink her life after a mushroom trip brings her face-to-face with her 39-year-old self.
“Never Let Go” — (Drama, R, 101 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. After being haunted by an evil spirit for years, a family’s safety is in danger when one of the children asks if the evil is real.
“Sleepy Hollow” 25th Anniversary — (Horror, R, 105 minutes). After three people are decapitated, Ichabod Crane goes to Sleepy Hollow to investigate and finds out the culprit is The Headless Horseman.
“Speak No Evil” — (Thriller, R, 110 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A family’s dream vacation turns into a nightmare.
Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” — (Animation, PG, 76 minutes). Jack Skellington, Halloweentown’s pumpkin king, tries to bring Christmas under his control by kidnapping Santa and taking over his role.
“The Substance” — (Horror, R, 140 minutes). Grade: A, Katie Walsh. A celebrity past her prime decides to try a black-market drug that will temporarily make her a younger, better version of herself.
“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.
“White Bird” — (Adventure, PG-13, 120 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. Julian, who is struggling to fit in at his new school after being expelled from his last one, is transformed after hearing stories from his grandmother of her attempts to escape Nazi-occupied France during World War II.
“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.
CARLOTTA OLSON, THE GAZETTE