Film Focus: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ’40 Acres’ among openings
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Film Focus: ‘Jurassic World Rebirth,’ ’40 Acres’ among openings

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July 4-10, 2025

By M. Faust
(Image above: “Jurassic World Rebirth”)

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

3BHK (NR) Tamil-language drama adapted about a middle-class Indian family’s dream over the years of owning their own house. Starring R. Sarathkumar, Siddharth and Devayani. Directed by Sri Ganesh, Regal Elmwood

40 ACRES (R) After an apocalyptic plague kills all animal life, a black family tries to survive on an isolated farm. Starring Danielle Deadwyler, Kataem O’Connor and Michael Greyeyes. Directed by R.T. Thorne. Regal Transit

IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) (PG) Re-issue of Wong Kar Wai’s tragic love story set in Hong Kong circa 1962, where a middle-class man and woman who learn that their spouses are having an affair consider doing the same. Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Maggie Cheung Man-yuk. North Park

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH (PG-13) Illustrating Joe Bob Briggs’ law of sequels: When you make a sequel, it should be as much as possible the exact same movie as all the others. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, and Rupert Friend. Directed by Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). 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

 METRO… IN DINO (NR) Indian musical drama exploring modern romance among four generations in four cities. Starring Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali Fazal, Konkona Sen Sharma and Pankaj Tripathi. Directed by Anurag Basu (Life in a …Metro). Regal Elmwood

 PARANTHU PO (NR) Tamil musical comedy about a man and his 8-year-old son working out their differences during a road trip. Starring Shiva, Mithul Ryan and Grace Antony. Directed by Ram Subramaniam (Kattradhu Thamizh). Regal Elmwood

SARDAAR JI 3 (NR) Punjabi horror‑comedy sequel putting ghostbuster Jaggi (Diljit Dosanjh) to work in an ancient British castle. With Neeru Bajwa and Hania Aamir. Directed by Amar Hundal. Regal Elmwood

SHOWGIRLS (1995) (R) Universally derided when it was first released, Paul Verhoeven’s lurid look at life among Las Vegas dancers is now regarded as a camp classic, which may be what the director of RoboCop and Starship Troopers intended all along. Starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon and Robert Davi. North Park

THAMMUDU (NR) Telugu action drama in which a warrior returns to his home village to rescue his sister from terrorists. Starring Nithiin, Swasika Vijay, Laya and Saurabh Sachdeva. Directed by Venu Sriram. Regal Elmwood

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 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. 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, Transit Drive In

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

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

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. 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

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). Regal Quaker

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, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In

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 Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dipson McKinley, 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. 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.

GREASE (PG-13, 1978) and DIRTY DANCING (PG-13, 1987)—Travolta versus Swayze in this week’s Retro Drive-In Tuesday double feature. Tues at dusk. Transit Drive-In

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. Sat, Tues 7:30 pm Screening Room

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