New releases
Stans: Reveals a superfan’s intensely personal connection to iconic rapper Eminem and that artist’s profound influence. Explores fandom’s power to forge identity and community. Not Rated. (C14)
Weapons: When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. Rated R for strong bloody violence and grisly images, language throughout, some sexual content and drug use. (C14)
Freakier Friday: 22 years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might strike twice. Rated PG for thematic elements, rude humor, language and some suggestive references. (CB, C14, ER)
Sketch: When a young girl’s sketchbook falls into a strange pond, her drawings come to life-chaotic, real and on the loose. As the towns descends into chaos, her family must reunite and stop the monsters they never meant to unleash. Rated PG for scary action, some violence, language and rude humor. (C14)
Strange Harvest: Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for “Mr. Shiny”-a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a dark cosmic force. Rated R for disturbing/grisly violent content and language. (C14)
Showing locally
The Bad Guys 2: The Bad Guys are struggling to find trust and acceptance in their newly minted lives as Good Guys, when they are pulled out of retirement and forced to do “one last job” by an all-female squad of criminals. Rated PG for action/mild violence, rude humor and language. (C14)
F1: The Movie: A Formula One driver comes out of retirement to mentor and team up with a younger driver. Rated PG-13 for strong language, and action. (C14)
The Fantastic Four: First Steps: Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, the Fantastic Four must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer. Rated PG-13 for action/violence and some language. (C14, CB)
How to Train Your Dragon: As an ancient threat endangers both Vikings and dragons alike on the isle of Berk, the friendship between Hiccup, an inventive Viking, and Toothless, a Night Fury dragon, becomes the key to both species forging a new future together. Rated PG for sequences of intense action, and peril. (C14)
I Know What You Did Last Summer: A group of friends are terrorized by a stalker who knows about a gruesome incident from their past. Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout, some sexual content and brief drug use. (C14)
Jurassic World: Rebirth: Five years post-Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three massive prehistoric creatures for a groundbreaking medical breakthrough. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence/action, bloody images, some suggestive references, language and a drug reference. (C14)
The Naked Gun: Only one man has the particular set of skills — to lead Police Squad and save the world. Rated PG-13 for crude/sexual material, violence/bloody images and brief partial nudity. (C14, BAY)
She Rides Shotgun: A girl marked for death, must fight and steal to stay alive, learning from the most frightening man she knows-her father. An adaptation of Jordan Harper’s award winning novel. Rated R for violence and language. (C14)
Smurfs: When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette leads the Smurfs on a mission to the real world to save him. Rated PG for action, language and some rude humor. (C14)
Superman: Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. (GAR, ST, C14)
Together: Years into their relationship, Tim and Millie find themselves at a crossroads as they move to the country. With tensions already flaring, an encounter with an unnatural force threatens to corrupt their lives, their love and their flesh. Rated R for violent/disturbing content, sexual content, graphic nudity, language and brief drug content. (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.
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.