Film Focus: ‘F1 The Movie,’ ‘Hot Milk’ and ‘M3gan 2.0’ hit the theaters
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Film Focus: ‘F1 The Movie,’ ‘Hot Milk’ and ‘M3gan 2.0’ hit the theaters

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Week of June 26-July 2, 2025

By M. Faust
(Image above from ‘F1 The Movie’)

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

F1 THE MOVIE (PG-13) Brad Pitt as a Formula 1 driver. With Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies, and Javier Bardem. Directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick). 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

HOT MILK (R) Adaptation of Deborah Levy’s novel about a young woman confronting her own life while taking her mother to a medical specialist at the height of a Spanish summer. Starring Emma Mackey, Fiona Shaw and Vicky Krieps. Directed by Rebecca Lenkiewicz (She Said). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

KANNAPPA (NR) Indian fantasy-drama based on the myth of a huntsman who was changed by a meeting with Lord Shiva. Starring Vishnu  Manchu and Akshay Kumar. Directed by Mukesh Kumar Singh Regal Elmwood

M3GAN 2.0 (PG-13) Sequel to the 2023 film about a robot AI that goes out of control, here resurrected to combat a military clone. Starring Allison Williams, Jemaine Clement, and Violet McGraw. Directed by Gerard Johnstone (Housebound). 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

MAA (NR) In this Indian horror movie, a mother transforms into the goddess Kali to battle a demon’s curse. Starring Kajo, Ronit Roy and Indraneil Sengupta. Directed by Vishal Furia. Regal Elmwood

MAARGAN (NR) Supernatural thriller about a troubled cop hunting a serial killer. Starring Vijay Antony, Ajay Dhishan, Samuthirakani, and Brigida Saga. Directed by Leo John Paul. Regal Elmwood

MR. & MRS. 420 AGAIN (PART 3) (NR) Cross-dressing Punjbi comedy sequel. Starring Jassie Gill, Jagjeet Sandhu and Gurpreet Ghuggi. Directed by Ksshitij Chaudhary. Regal Elmwood

SHALL WE DANCE? (NR, 1996) Reissue of the Japanese romantic comedy about an accountant who finds new life when he takes ballroom dance lessons. Starring Kôji Yakusho, Tamiyo Kusakari and Naoto Takenaka. Directed by Masayuki Suô. North Park

WITHNAIL AND I (R, 1987) Restored reissue of the cult British comedy starring Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann as underemployed actors circa 1969 who spend a weekend at the country cottage of the former’s lecherous uncle (Richard Griffiths). Written and directed by Bruce Robinson. North Park

NOW PLAYING:

28 YEARS LATER (R) Director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland are both back for this sequel to 28 Days Later in which a survivor of the plague journeys from his safe island to the mainland to see what has become of humanity. Starring Jodie Comer, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Ralph Fiennes. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive In

BALLERINA (R) Ana de Armas as a trainee assassin in this John Wick spin-off. With Anjelica Houston, Gabriel Byrne, Ian McShane, Norman Reedus, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Keanu Reeves. Directed by Len Wiseman. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

BRIDE HARD (R) Comedy combining Bridesmaids and Die Hard, though given that the director is slam-bang specialist Simon West (Con Air, The Expendables 2), it’s not hard to guess which it will veer more closely to. Starring Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Stephen Dorff, Sam Huntington and Colleen Camp. Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Quaker

ELIO (PG) An imaginative kid gets to live out his dreams of space exploration in this new Pixar movie. With the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly and Brad Garrett. 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

FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES (R) Horror sequel. Starring Tony Todd, Brec Bassinger, and Richard Harmon. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein. Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

FRIENDSHIP (R) Comedy starring Tim Robinson as a suburban father whose attempts to build a friendship with his new neighbor (Paul Rudd) lead to disaster. With Kate Mara and Jack Dylan Grazer. Directed by Andrew DeYoung. Regal Transit Read M. Faust’s review here. 

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (PG) Another live action remake of an animated classic. See Lilo & Stitch for relevant snarky comment. Starring Mason Thames, Nico Parker, Gerald Butler and Nick Frost. Directed by Dean DeBlois, who also did the animated version. Aurora, AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Aurora, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, Dunkirk Multiplex, Hamburg Palace, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In

KARATE KID: LEGENDS (PG-13) Another go at the perennial formula, this time with both Jackie Chan (from the 2010 remake) and Ralph Macchio (from the 1984 original). With Ben Wang and Joshua Jackson. Directed by Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World). Joylan, Regal Quaker

KUBERAA (NR) Social thriller charting the rise to power of a former beggar. Starring Rashmika Mandanna, Dhanush and Nagarjuna Akkineni. Directed by Sekhar Kammula. Regal Elmwood

THE LIFE OF CHUCK (R) Critically acclaimed adaptation of a Steven King story looking at three periods in the life of an ordinary guy. Starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Benjamin Pajak, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Directed by Mike Flanagan (Absentia, Doctor Sleep). Dipson Amherst, North Park

LILO & STITCH (PG) Another live-action remake of a Disney animated. Didn’t they learn anything from Snow White? Starring Sydney Elizabeth Agudong, Billy Magnussen, Tia Carrere, Courtney B. Vance, and Zach Galifianakis. Directed by Dean Fleischer Camp (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

MATERIALISTS (R) Celine Song, director of the celebrated Past Lives, makes her English-language debut with the romcom starring Dakota Johnson as a matchmaker torn between two suitors (Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans). Co-starring Zoë Winters and Marin Ireland. AMC Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – THE FINAL RECKONING (PG-13) Sequel. Expect Tom Cruise to show off his peculiar running stance a lot. With Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Esai Morales and Angela Bassett. Directed by Christopher McQuarrie. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE PHOENICIAN SCHEME (PG-13) Benicio del Toro as a repentant arms dealer trying to reconnect with his daughter, a novice nun, amid numerous other problems. The cast includes Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Willem Dafoe, Bill Murray—geez, this must be a Wes Anderson movie. Dipson Amherst

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. Transit Drive In

ETC.

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1972)—The original 1970s disaster movie. In one of his more ridiculous roles, Gene Hackman hams it up as a post—“God is Dead” priest egging a band of survivors out of an overturned luxury liner. With Ernest Borgnine, Red Buttons, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowall, Stella Stevens, Shelley Winters, Pamela Sue Martin, and Leslie Nielsen. Directed by Ronald Neame. Fri 7:30 pm Screening Room

PRETTY IN PINK (PG-13, 1986) and SIXTEEN CANDLES (PG, 1984)—A double shot of John Hughes and Molly Ringwald (remember her?) for this week’s Retro Drive-In Tuesday double feature. Tues at dusk. Transit Drive-In

SHADOW OF A DOUBT (1943)—Small town girl Teresa Wright idolizes her uncle (Joseph Cotton) visiting from the big city—until she starts to suspect that he is a serial killer on the run. Low key thriller that many Alfred Hitchcock fans consider his best film. With Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers and Hume Cronyn. Sat, Tues 7:30 pm. Screening Room

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