Buffalo Movies: “Project Hail Mary” starring Ryan Gosling and more films hit local theaters this weekend. Here’s what they are and where to see them.

(Above: Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary (2026). Photo by Jonathan Olley/Jonathan Olley – © 2025 Amazon Content Services LLC. All Rights Reserved.)

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989, G) Re-release of the early Hayao Miyazaki animated feature about young witch doing a year of community service in a small town. Sat-Sun 11:30 am. North Park Regal Transit

THE POUT-POUT FISH (PG) Animated feature based on the grumpy fish (voice of Nick Offerman) featured in a series of children’s books by Deborah Diesen. With the voices of Nina Oyama, Miranda Otto, Jordin Spark  s, and Amy Sedaris. Directed by Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington. Angola, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

PROJECT HAIL MARY (PG-13) Science fiction adventure starring Ryan Gosling as an astronaut who wakes up on a space ship light years from Earth with no memory of who he is. Which is gonna make it hard for him to save the world. With Sandra Hüller. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse). AMC Maple Ridge, Aurora, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, North Park, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw 

READY OR NOT 2: HERE I COME (R) Sequel to the most recent film to steal the plot device from 1932’s The Most Dangerous Game. Starring Samara Weaving, Kathryn Newton, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Elijah Wood, and David Cronenberg. Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett (Scream VI). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

TOW (R) Rose Byrne in a drama based on the true story of a homeless Seattle woman fighting the local bureaucracy after the car where she lives is towed. With Octavia Spencer, Simon Rex, Corbin Bernson, and Demi Lovato. Directed by Stephanie Laing (Family Squares). Regal Quaker

USTAAD BHAGAT SINGH (NR) Telugu language action-drama about an honest cop in a corrupt district. Starring Pawan Kalyan Sreeleela,and Raashii Khanna. Directed by Harish Shankar. Regal Elmwood

VAMPIRES OF THE VELVET LOUNGE (R) Horror comedy about vampires who find their victims on dating apps. Starring Mena Suvari, Dichen Lachman, Stephen Dorff, and Tyrese Gibson. Directed by Adam Sherman. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

YOUTH (NR) From India, a coming of age story about a 15-year old boy. Starring Ken Karunas, Anishma Anilkumar, and Devadarshini Chetan. Directed by Pradeep Devakumar, Ken Karunas, and Joshua Williams. Regal Elmwood

NOW PLAYING:

AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (PG-13) Number three of five. With Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Stephen Lang, Sigourney Weaver, CCH Pounder, Giovanni Ribisi, Kate Winslet, Edie Falco, Jemaine Clement, Oona Chaplin and David Thewlis. Directed by James Cameron, the pride of Chippawa, Ontario. Regal Transit

THE BRIDE (R) Maggie Gyllenhaal wrote and directed this loose adaptation of The Bride of Frankenstein, updated to 1930s Chicago. Starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penélope Cruz. Read M. Faust’s review here. AMC Maple Ridge, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

CRIME 101 (R) Character-driven LA heist movie adapted from a Don Winslow novel. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Barry Keoghan, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Nolte, and Halle Berry. Directed by Bart Layton (American Animals). Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

DHURANDHAR (NR) Hindi language thriller based on the true story of government efforts to take down a terrorist network operating out of Pakistan. NB: It’s 3 ½ hours long, which is long even by Bollywood standards. Starring Ranveer Singh, Sanjay Dutt, and Akshaye Khanna. Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria  

EPIC: ELVIS PRESLEY IN CONCERT (PG-13) Baz Luhrmann, whose 2022 biopic of the king of rock and roll divided audiences, now presents the real thing in meticulously restored concert footage. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

GOAT (PG) Animated comedy with an all-animal cast headed by a goat who wants to be a star in the manic sport of roarball. With the voices of Caleb McLaughlin, Gabrielle Union, Stephen Curry, Nick Kroll, and Patton Oswalt. Directed by Tyree Dillihay and Adam Rosette. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

HOPPERS (PG) This year’s Pixar entry borrows heavily from Avatar for an ecologically conscious story about a girl trying to save an animal habitat from being razed for a new highway. With the voices of Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Kathy Najimy, Dave Franco, Jon Hamm, and Meryl Streep. Directed by Daniel Chong (We Bare Bears). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (R) Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, loosely inspired by the Thomas Pynchon novel Vineland, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as a onetime radical who tried to summon up his former fire when his daughter is kidnapped. Co-starring Sean Penn, Benecio del Toro and Regina Hall. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

REMINDERS OF HIM (PG-13) Adaptation of a Colleen Hoover novel (It Ends with Us, Regretting You), so expect the equivalent of a Lifetime movie with dark patches. Starring Maika Monroe, Tyriq Withers, Rudy Pankow, Lauren Graham, and Bradley Whitford. Directed by Vanessa Vaswill (Love at First Sight). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw 

SCREAM 7 (R) Kevin Williamson returns as writer and debuts as director for the latest in this endless horror series. Starring Neve Campbell, Isabel May, Courteney Cox, and Joel McHale. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SEND HELP (R) Co-workers (Rachel McAdams, Dylan O’Brien) stranded on a desert island find their balance of power is very different away from civilization in this dark comedy directed by Sam Raimi (The Evil Dead). Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

SLANTED (R) A teen of Asian heritage goes to extremes to fit in with her high school’s clique of popular girls in this dark-humored body horror movie. Starring Shirley Chen, Fang Du, and Mckenna Grace. Directed by Amy Wang. Regal Elmwood

UNDERTONE (R) Meticulous sound design reportedly provides most of the scares in this low-budget horror film about a podcaster (Nina Kiri) beset by unseen forces. Directed by Ian Tuason. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

WUTHERING HEIGHTS (R) Capping the trifecta of gothic remakes after the recent updates of Frankenstein and Dracula. Starring Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi, Hong Chau, and Martin Clunes. Directed by Emerald Fennell (Saltburn). Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

ETC. 

THE DEER HUNTER (R) Writer-director Michael Cimino’s epic take on the Vietnam War and its effect on three young men from a Pennsylvania mining town. Starring Robert De Niro, Christopher Walken and John Savage, with John Cazale, Meryl Streep, George Dzundza and Joe Grifasi. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Fri only)

FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1952, NR) Fred Zinneman’s  adaptation of James Jones’ WWII novel about three soldiers (Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, Frank Sinatra) stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Winner of eight Oscars including Best Picture. With Deborah Kerr, Donna Reed, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Warden, and George Reeves. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

PADDINGTON 2 (2016, PG) For Anglophiles of all ages, the return of the beloved “short but polite” talking bear (voiced by Ben Whishaw) of children’s books. If only they’d stopped at 2. With Sally Hawkins, Hugh Bonneville, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Tom Conti, Peter Capaldi, Richard Ayoade, and Joanna Lumley. Directed by Paul King (The Mighty Boosh). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sat-Sun only)

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (1998, R)—Tom Stoppard’s delightful take on the Bard of Avon somehow became an object of derision after it won seven Oscars (including Best Picture), but if you’ve never seen it do yourself a favor. Starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth, Ben Affleck, Judi Dench, Rupert Everett, Simon Callow, Jim Carter, Imelda Staunton and Tom Wilkinson. Directed by John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Tues only)

UNFORGIVEN (1992, R) We’re still trying to figure out if Clint Eastwood put one over on the Oscar voters who so adored this (revisionist?) western. Was all that ambiguity intentional, or was he just hedging his bets? With Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris and Saul Rubinek. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sun only)

WINGS (1927, NR) William A. Wellman’s epic of WWI fighter pilots who love the same woman was the first film to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Starring Clara Bow, Charles “Buddy” Rogers, Richard Arlen and Gary Cooper. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Mon only)

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THEATER LOCATIONS AND WEBSITES

AMC Maple Ridge, 4276 Maple Road, Amherst https://www.amctheatres.com/movie-theatres/buffalo/amc-maple-ridge-8

Angola Theatre, 72 N. Main St., Angola, NY https://angolatheatre.com/

Aurora Theater, 673 Main Street, East Aurora https://theauroratheatre.com/

Dipson Amherst, 3500 Main Street, Buffalo. www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Capitol Theater, 720 Builders Way, Niagara Falls www.dipsontheatres.com

Dipson Flix, 4901 Transit Road, Depew www.dipsontheatres.com

Dunkirk Multiplex, 10520 Bennett Road, Dunkirk https://www.dunkirkmultiplex.com/

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center Cinema, 431 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo https://www.hallwalls.org/

Hamburg Palace, 31 Buffalo Street, Hamburg www.hamburgpalace.com

Joylan, 11 W. Main Street, Springville https://joylantheater.com/

North Park, 1428 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo 

Regal Elmwood, 2001 Elmwood Avenue., Buffalo https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Quaker Crossing, 3450 Amelia Drive, Orchard Park https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Transit, 6707 Transit Road. Williamsville https://www.fandango.com/

Regal Walden Galleria, Galleria Mall, Cheektowaga https://www.fandango.com/

Riviera Theater, 67 Webster Street, North Tonawanda https://rivieratheatre.org/

The Screening Room, Boulevard Mall Amherst www.screeningroom.net

Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, 23 S Main Street, Warsaw https://www.spotlighttheater.com/movie-theater/warsaw

Squeaky Wheel, Tri-Main Center, 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo https://squeaky.org/Transit Drive-In Theatre, 6655 S. Transit Road, Lockport https://www.transitdrivein.com CLOSED UNTIL SPRING