New releases
Final Destination: Bloodlines: Plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle and save her family from the horrific fate that inevitably awaits them. Rated R for strong violent/grisly accidents, and language. (C14)
Hurry Up Tomorrow: An insomniac musician encounters a mysterious stranger, leading to a journey that challenges everything he knows about himself. Rated R for language throughout, drug use, some bloody violence and brief nudity (C14)
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The Accountant 2: Christian Wolff applies his brilliant mind and illegal methods to reconstruct the unsolved puzzle of a Treasury chief’s murder. Rated R for strong violence, and language throughout. (C14)
The Amatuer: When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands. Rated PG-13 for some strong violence, and language. (C14)
The Ballad of Wallis Island: An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favorite musicians to perform at his home. Rated PG-13 for some language and smoking. (GAR)
Clown in a Cornfield: A fading midwestern town in which Frendo the clown, a symbol of bygone success, reemerges as a terrifying scourge. Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking. (C14)
Fight or Flight: A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they’re surrounded by people trying to kill both of them. Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout and some drug material. (C14)
Juliet & Romeo: Based on the real story that inspired William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, follows the greatest love story of all time, set as an original pop musical. Rated PG-13 for some violence, bloody images and suggestive material. (C14)
A Minecraft Movie: Four misfits are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a quest with an unexpected, expert crafter. Rated PG for violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images (C14, CB)
One to One: John & Yoko: Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko’s world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage. Rated R for graphic nudity, some violent content, drug use and language. (ER)
Raising the Bar: The Alma Richards Story: In 1908, Alma Richards, an eighth-grader, quits school to work as a ranch hand. A chance meeting with a professor motivates him to resume his education, leading him to compete in high jump at the Stockholm Olympics and win a gold medal. Rated PG for thematic elements, language and smoking. (BAY)
Shadow Force: An estranged couple with a bounty on their heads must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them. Rated R for violence, and language throughout. (C14)
Sinners: Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back. Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content and language. (C14, ST)
The Surfer: A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point. Rated R for language, suicide, some violence, drug content and sexual material. (C14)
Thunderbolts: After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts. Rated PG-13 for strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references. (C14)
Until Dawn: A group of friends trapped in a time loop, where mysterious foes are chasing and killing them in gruesome ways, must survive until dawn to escape it. Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, gore and language throughout. (C14)
Warfare: A platoon of Navy SEALs embark on a dangerous mission in Ramadi, Iraq, with the chaos and brotherhood of war retold through their memories of the event. Rated R for intense war violence and bloody/grisly images, and language throughout. (C14)
Information is based on data available at press time from AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 (C14), Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY), the Garden Theater in Frankfort (GAR), State Theatre in Traverse City (ST) and the seasonal Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theatre in Honor (CB). AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 offers private theater rentals for up to 20 people. Make reservations online.