Film Focus: It’s a ‘Wicked’ weekend, but ‘Baristas’ is back in town too
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Film Focus: It’s a ‘Wicked’ weekend, but ‘Baristas’ is back in town too

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Buffalo Movies: What’s opening and where to find them

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

120 BAHADUR (NR) Indian historical drama recounting the 1962 Battle of Rezang La, in which 120 Ahirs fought of 3000 Chinese Army soldiers. Starring Farhan Akhtar, Raashii Khanna, and Vivan Bhatena. Directed by Razneesh Ghai Regal Elmwood

BARISTAS VS BILLIONAIRES (NR) Fresh from the Buffalo International Film Festival, the award-winning documentary about the battle, which largely took place in Buffalo, to unionize Starbucks stores. Read our review of it here. Directed by Mark Mori. North Park (Fri-Tues only)

KÖLN 75 (NR) Docudrama about Vera Brandes, an 18-year old fan who brought Keith Jarrett to Köln for what became one of the most famous concerts in modern jazz history. Starring Mala Emde, Susanne Wolff and John Magaro. Directed by Ido Fluk. North Park (Fri-Tues only)

MASTIII 4 (NR) Comedy about three ex-husbands who find that life after divorce does not live up to their expectations. Starring Riteish Deshmukh, Vivek Oberoi and Aftab Shivdasani. Directed by Milap Zaveri. Regal Elmwood

MIDDLE CLASS (NR) In this Tamil comedy, a worker can realize his lifelong dream of buying his own farm thanks to an inheritance from his father, until he loses the check. Starring Kaali Venkat, Munishkanth, and Vijayalakshmi Ahathian. Directed by Kishore M. Ramalingam. Regal Elmwood

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES (1987, R) Apparently an annual holiday re-release of this road comedy with Steve Martin and John Candy is now a thing. Directed by John Hughes (Weird Science). North Park (Sat-Sun only), Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

RENTAL FAMILY (PG-13) Brendan Fraser as an actor struggling to get by in Japan until he lands a new gig with a “rental family” agency. Co-starring Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto, and Shannon Gorman. Directed by Hikari (37 Seconds). Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE (R) This sequel to a Finnish action movie I’ve never heard of is being described by reviewers as a delight for those who revel in imaginative killing scenes. Caveat emptor. Starring Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang and Richard Brake. Directed by Jalmari Helander. AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

WICKED: FOR GOOD (PG) Sequel. Actually, more of the same film, they just broke it up into two parts to get you to spend twice as much to see it. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Jon M. Chu. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Angola, Aurora, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Hamburg Palace, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

NOW PLAYING: 

BLACK PHONE 2 (R) Horror sequel. Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw Demián Bichir and Ethan Hawke as The Grabber. Directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose). AMC Maple Ridge, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

BUGONIA (R) The new film from Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) is a comedy about a Big Pharma executive (Emma Stone) kidnapped by a conspiracist (Jesse Plemons) who believes her to be an evil alien. With Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, and Alicia Silverstone. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker 

DIE, MY LOVE (R) Jennifer Lawrence as a woman driven to madness in the Montana house where she moved with her husband and child to write a novel. With Robert Pattinson, Nick Nolte and Sissy Spacek. Directed by Lynne Ramsay (You Were Never Really Here). Regal Quaker

GOOD FORTUNE (R) Comedy starring Keanu Reeves as a guardian angel who switches the lives of a struggling gig worker and a venture capitalist to teach them life lessons, but then cannot switch them back. With Seth Rogan, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Aziz Anzari, who also directed. Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

KEEPER (R) Osgood Perkins’s new horror thriller set in a secluded cabin, where a young woman is plagued by disturbing visions after being left alone by her boyfriend. Starring Tatiana Maslany and Rossif Sutherland. Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T (PG-13) Guess they didn’t want to just call it Now You See Me 3. Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, and Morgan Freeman. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

NUREMBERG (PG-13) Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring preparing to face trial for war crimes, being interrogated by US Army psychiatrist Rami Malek. With Michael Shannon, Richard E. Grant, Colin Hanks and John Slattery. Directed by James Vanderbilt (Truth). Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, North Park, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

PREDATOR: BADLANDS (PG-13) Sequel. Starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

REGRETTING YOU (PG-13) Drama about a woman and her teenaged daughter struggling to recover after the death of her husband. Starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, and Clancy Brown. Directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Joylan, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

THE RUNNING MAN (R) Remake of the 1987 Stephen King dystopian thriller that was only notable for the performance of its star. The world just isn’t the same without Richard Dawson. This one stars Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Sean Hayes, and Josh Brolin. Directed by Edgar Wright (Last Night in Soho). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

SARAH’S OIL (PG) True story of an African-American girl in Oklahoma of the early 1900s who believes there is oil under the family house. Starring Naya Desir-Johnson, Zachary Levi, and Sonequa Martin-Green. Directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. Capitol, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (PG-13) Boss biopic centering on the recording of his atypical 1982 album Nebraska. Starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, and Stephen Graham. Directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart). Regal Quaker

STITCH HEAD (PG) Family-friendly animated tale about a junior grade Frankenstein-ish monster. With the voices of Asa Butterfield, Rob Brydon and Alison Steadman. Directed by Steve Hudson. Regal Quaker

TRON: ARES (PG-13) Sequel. Or reboot—so hard to keep these straight. Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Jeff Bridges, Gillian Anderson, and Hasan Minhaj. Directed by Joachim Rønning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil). Regal Transit

VIOLENT ENDS (R) Crime drama set in the Ozarks where a young man (Billy Magnussen) tries to break out of the cycle of violence that is his family legacy. With Alexandra Shipp, Kate Burton, Bruce McKinnon, and Nick Stahl. Directed by John-Michael Powell (Dear White People). Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

ETC:

CABARET (1972, R)—Eight Oscars went to Bob Fosse’s adaptation of the Kander-Ebb musical starring Liza Minelli as a nightclub singer in pre-WWII Berlin. With Michael York, Joel Gray and Marisa Berenson. Fri 7:30 pm Sat 8 pm (sing-a-long version), Tues 7:30 pm. Screening Room

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