OPENING
“HIT: The Third Case” — (Action, not rated, 150 minutes). A HIT officer from Visakhapatnam, India, named Arjun Sarkaar has his skills and mental strength tested when he is sent to Jammu and Kashmir to investigate a series of murders.
“Rosario” — (Horror, R, 88 minutes). During a severe snowstorm, Rosario is attacked by supernatural entities while she waits for an ambulance to pick up her grandmother’s body.
“Shadow Force” — (Action, R, 104 minutes). After leaving Shadow Force, Kyrah and Isaac go on the run with their son because a unit of the Shadow Force wants to kill them.
“The Surfer” — (Suspence, R, 103 minutes). A man is pushed to his breaking point when he takes his son to the beach where he surfed during his childhood and is angered and humiliated by a group of locals.
“Thunderbolts*” — (Action, PG-13, 126 minutes). While on a dangerous mission, an unconventional team of antiheroes must confront their dark pasts when they get captured in a death trap.
SPECIALTY
NY Cat & Dog Film Festival: NY Cat Film Festival, 4 p.m., and NY Dog Film Festival, 6:30 p.m., Friday. (Cottonwood Center for the Arts. Tickets: ifsoc-catsanddogs.eventive.org/welcome.)
“Sally” — (Documentary, not rated, 104 minutes). Explores the professional and personal life of Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space. 7 p.m. Sunday. (Ivywild School. Tickets: rmwfilm.org/pop-up-cinema.)
ONGOING
“A Minecraft Movie” — (Action, PG, 101 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Four misfits are pulled into a mysterious and bizarre cubic land.
“A Working Man” — (Action, R, 116 minutes). Grade: C, Katie Walsh. Levon Cade has left his past profession as a legendary figure in the world of counterterrorism and is living an everyday life working in construction. But when a local college student goes missing, he is asked to use his skills to find her.
“The Accountant 2” — (Action, R, 132 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. When an old acquaintance is killed, Wolf recruits his estranged brother to help him find the murderer.
“The Amateur” — (Action, PG-13, 123 minutes). Grade: C-, Katie Walsh. After his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a CIA cryptographer is determined to find those responsible for her death.
“Carlo Acutis: Roadmap to Reality” — (Documentary, not rated, 95 minutes). Looks at the soon-to-be Saint Carlo Acutis’ approach to the modern digital world while following a group of high school students who were encouraged to disconnect from technology while on a pilgrimage to Italy.
“Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie” — (Documentary, R, 120 minutes). Explores Cheech and Chong’s lives and their decades-long career of stand-up comedy, records and hit films.
“The Chosen: Last Supper Part 1” — (Drama, not rated, 130 minutes). When Jesus arrives in the holy city as king, he finds that his Father’s house of prayer has been turned into a corrupt market.
“The Chosen: Last Supper Part 2” — (Drama, not rated, 172 minutes). Afraid of public outcry, Caiaphas wants to arrest Jesus quietly at night, but no one knows where to find him.
“The Chosen: Last Supper Part 3” — (Drama, not rated, 194 minutes). Jesus’ enemies assemble for a manhunt as Jesus and his followers gather for a Passover meal.
“Drop” — (Drama, PG-13, 95 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. A widowed mother starts wondering if her charming date is the one sending threatening messages to her phone.
“The Legend of Ochi” — (Adventure, PG, 96 minutes). Although a girl who lives in a remote village on the island of Carpathia has been taught to fear an animal species known as ochi, when she finds a wounded baby ochi that has been left behind, she goes on a quest to bring it home.
“Monty Python and the Holy Grail” 50th Anniversary — (Comedy, not rated, 96 minutes). King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table encounter many silly obstacles while searching for the Holy Grail.
“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.
“Pride & Prejudice” 20th Anniversary (2025 re-release) — (Drama, PG, 128 minutes). Rich Mr. Darcy finds himself falling in love with Elizabeth, a woman beneath his class. However, both will need to overcome their own pride and prejudice if the relationship is to work.
“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.
“Until Dawn” — (Drama, R, 117 minutes). Grade: B-, Katie Walsh. A group of friends trapped in a time loop must survive until dawn to escape mysterious foes trying to kill them.
“Warfare” — (Action, R, 95 minutes). Grade: A-, Adam Graham. The story of the chaos and brotherhood of war as told through the memory of a group of Navy SEALs who embarked on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq.
“The Wedding Banquet” — (Comedy, R, 102 minutes). Grade: B, Katie Walsh. To get a green card, a gay man named Min makes a deal with his lesbian friend Angela to marry her and in exchange pay for her IVF treatments. However, their elopement plans are ruined when Min’s grandmother surprises them with a Korean wedding banquet.
Editor’s note: Please contact individual movie theaters for showtimes.
CARLOTTA OLSON, THE GAZETTE
