Film Focus: A pop music ‘Romeo & Juliet,’ ‘Fight or Flight’ thriller among the openings
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Film Focus: A pop music ‘Romeo & Juliet,’ ‘Fight or Flight’ thriller among the openings

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Week of May 9-15, 2025

By M. Faust
(Image above: ‘Romeo & Juliet’)

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

#SINGLE (NR) What is it about Indian movies that the plot is kept such a secret until it’s actually in a theater? From the poster it appears to be come kind of romantic comedy. Starring Ivana, Sree Vishnu, and Vennela Kishore. Directed by Caarthick Raju. Regal Elmwood

BHOOL CHUK MAAF (NR) A small town youth learns that it’s a bad idea not to keep your promise to the gods in this Hindi comedy. Starring Wamiqa Gabbi, Rajkummar Rao, and Sanjay Mishra. Directed by Karan Sharma. Regal Elmwood

CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD (R) The titular menace strikes the residents of a small town in this horror movie adapted from a young adult novel. Starring Katie Douglas, Aaron Abrams, Carson MacCormac and Will Sasso. Directed by Eli Craig (Tucker and Dale vs Evil). AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: DAWN OF IMPRESSIONISM: PARIS, 1874 (NR) Documentary about the artistic movement told through the words of those who attended its groundbreaking 1874 exhibition. Directed by Ali Ray. North Park

FIGHT OR FLIGHT (R) Josh Hartnett as an American agent battling a planeful of international assassins on a flight from Bangkok to San Francisco. With Charithra Chandran, Katee Sackhoff. Directed by James Madigan. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

JULIET & ROMEO (PG-13) Pop musical adaptation of the famous tragedy. Starring Jamie Ward, Clara Rugaard, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Nicholas Podany, Rupert Graves, Jason Isaacs, Rebel Wilson, Rupert Everett, and Derek Jacobi. Directed by Timothy Scott Bogart (Spinning Gold). Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

PRINCE AND FAMILY (NR) The owner of a bridal boutique marries a woman wholly unlike him in this Malayalam-language comedy. Starring Dileep, Dhyan Sreenivasan, and Siddique. Directed by Binto Stephen. Regal Elmwood

SHADOW FORCE (R) 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. Starring Kerry Washington, Omar Sy, Jahleel Kamara and Mark Strong. Directed by Joe Carnahan (Narc). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SUBHAM (NR) Telugu-language horror comedy. Starring Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Shriya Kontham, and Shalini Kondepudi. Directed by Praveen Kandregula. Regal Elmwood

THE ANCESTRAL HOME (NHA GIA TIEN) (NR) Vietnamese ghost story. Starring Phuong My Chi, Trung Dan, and Huynh Dong. Directed by Lap Huynh. Regal Walden Galleria

THE SHROUDS (R) Who else but David Cronenberg would make a movie about the inventor of a device that lets bereaved watch the corpses of their loved ones as they decay? Starring Vincent Cassel, Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce, and Sandrine Holt. North Park

TOURIST FAMILY (NR) Indian comedy about a Sri Lankan family seeking a fresh start in India. Starring Yogi Babu, M.S. Bhaskar and Kamalesh. Directed by Abishan Jeevinth. Regal Elmwood

NOW PLAYING: 

THE ACCOUNTANT 2 (R) The return of Ben Affleck as a military-trained math savant who makes a living helping criminal groups hide their money. With Jon Bernthal, Cynthia Addai-Robinson, and J.K. Simmons. Directed by Gavin O’Connor, who helmed the original. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

THE AMATEUR (PG-13) Rami Malek as an introverted CIA coder who goes rogue to avenge the death of his family. Co-starring Rachel Brosnahan, Laurence Fishburne, Jon Bernthal and Caitríona Balfe. Directed by James Hawes (One Life). Aurora, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria 

BECOMING LED ZEPPELIN (PG-13) Documentary chronicling the early days of the band that was originally called the New Yardbirds. Directed by Bernard MacMahon. Regal Transit

CAPTAIN AMERICA: BRAVE NEW WORLD (PG-13) Captain America versus a giant, bellowing, incoherent mass of limitless anger colored red. Are we actually getting a political allegory from, of all places, Disney/Marvel? Starring Anthony Mackie, Harrison Ford, Danny Ramirez, Giancarlo Esposito and Carl Lumbly. Directed by Julius Onah (The Cloverfield Paradox). Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only 

DROP (PG-13) In this Blumhouse production, a widow (Meghann Fahy) goes out on a date only to have the evening disturbed by threatening text messages. With Brandon Sklenar and Violett Beane. Directed by Christopher Landon (Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse). Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

HIT: THE THIRD CASE (NR) “HIT” stands for “Homicidal Intervention Team,” which should tell you all you need to know about this Telugu action thriller. Starring Nani, Srinidhi Shetty and Surya Srinivas. Directed by Sailesh Kolanu. Regal Elmwood

A MINECRAFT MOVIE (PG) Video game adaptation. Starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Sebastian Hansen, and Jennifer Coolidge. Directed by Jared Hess (Nacho Libre). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

SINNERS (R) From director Ryan Coogler (Creed), a genre-mixing big budget movie starring Michael B. Jordan as twin brothers in the Jim Crow south who return to their Mississippi Delta hometown to open a juke joint. With Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, and Delroy Lindo. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

SNOW WHITE (PG) Another Disney live action remake of an animated feature. (Although in these days of CGI, “live action” doesn’t mean what it once did.) Starring Rachel Zegler, Gal Gadot, and Andrew Burnap. Directed by Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man 2). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE SURFER (R) Nicolas Cage as a middle-aged surfer whose return to the Australian beach he loved as a youth goes badly awry. Co-starring Julian McMahon, Nic Cassim, and Miranda Tapsell. Directed by Lorcan Finnegan (Without Name). Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THUNDERBOLTS (PG-13) The 36th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, concluding Phase 5. If that doesn’t mean anything to you, you can probably skip this. Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lewis Pullman, David Harbour and Wyatt Russell. Directed by Jake Schreier (Robot & Frank). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Hamburg Palace, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

UNTIL DAWN (R) The answer to the question, What if you crossed a slasher movie with Groundhog Day? (I have no idea who is asking these questions.) Starring Ella Rubin, Odessa A’zion, Michael Cimino and Peter Stormare. Directed by David F. Sandberg (Annabelle: Creation). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

WARFARE (R) Former Navy SEAL Ray Mendoza co-wrote and directed this immersive drama set in real time about a sniper unit in an Iraqi household. Starring Joseph Quinn, Charles Melton, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Will Poulter, Cosmo Jarvis and Kit Connor. Co-directed by Alex Garland (Civil War). Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

A WORKING MAN (R) This year’s Jason Statham thriller. With Jason Flemyng, Merab Ninidze, Maximilian Osinski, and Michael Pena. Directed by David Ayer (The Beekeeper). Transit Drive In (Fri-Sun only)

ETC.

62ND ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL TRAVELING TOUR—Latest touring edition of the second-longest running film festival in North America (and by far the oldest devoted to independent and experimental film). See here for a full schedule of the short films to be screened. Tues 7 pm. Hallwalls

SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)—The one Hollywood musical that everyone likes, even people who hate musicals. A story parodying the movies’ transition from silents to sound is the backdrop for some still astonishing dance numbers featuring Gene Kelly and Donald O’Connor. With Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Rita Moreno and Cyd Charisse. Fri, Sat, Tues 7:30 pm Screening Room

WOLF CHILDREN (Japan, 2012)—Anime feature about a woman trying to raise two young children in the city despite the fact that they are werewolves. Directed by Mamoru Hosoda. Sun 4:20, 7:00, Mon-Tues 7:00. North Park

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