Film Focus: ‘The Running Man,’ ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ open in theaters
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Film Focus: ‘The Running Man,’ ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ open in theaters

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WNY Movies: New film releases and where to see them in Western New York

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By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

CHRISTMAS KARMA (PG) Bollywood-style musical set in contemporary London based on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Starring Kunal Nayyar, Leo Suter, Charithra Chandran, Pixie Lott, Danny Dyer, Boy George, Hugh Bonneville, Billy Porter, and Eva Longoria. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham). Regal Elmwood

DE DE PYAAR DE 2 (NR) A man meets the family of his much young fiancée in this Hindi-language rom-com. Starring Ajay Devgn, R. Madhavan and Rakul Preet Singh Directed by Anshul Sharma. Regal Elmwood

JERRY ON TOP (NR) A young man battles personal as well as physical dangers as he tries to climb Mount Everest in this Nepalese drama. Starring Anmol KC, Aanchal Sharma, and Jassita Gurung. Directed by Suyog Gurung, Regal Walden Galleria

KAANTHA (NR) Tamil-language period drama loosely based on the Indian’s cinemas first great filmmaking team of the 1950s, Starring Dulquer Salmaan, Samuthirakani, Bhagyashri Borse and Rana Daggubati. Directed by Selvamani Selvaraj. Regal Elmwood

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

KING IVORY (R). In the mode of Stephen Soderbergh’s Traffic, a dramatic thriller centering on the American fentanyl trade. Starring James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, Graham Greene, and Melissa Leo. Directed by John Swab (Ida Red). Dipson Capitol, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

MUZZLE: CITY OF WOLVES (R) Sequel. Starring Aaron Eckhart, Tanya van Graan and Karl Thaning. Directed by John Stalberg Jr. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

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

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

SANTHANA PRAPTHIRASTHU (NR) Telugu family comedy about a man with a low sperm count. I do not make these things up. Starring Bindu Chandramouli, Chandini Chowdary and Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam. Directed by Sanjeev Reddy. Regal Elmwood

SHIVA (1989, NR) Re-release of the successful Telugu language film adapted from Bruce-Lee’s The Way of the Dragon. Starring Nagarjuna, Amala and Raghuvaran. Directed by Ram Gopal Varma. Regal Elmwood

TRAP HOUSE (R) A pair of undercover DEA agents discover that their teenage children are using their tactics to rob a drug dangerous cartel. Starring Dave Bautista, Jack Champion, Sophia Lillis, and Bobby Cannavale. Directed by Michael Dowse (Stuber). Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit

WICKED (PG) Re-release timed to capitalize on interest in the sequel, which comes out next week. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, and Jeff Goldblum. Directed by Jon M. Chu. Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Hamburg Palace, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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, AMC Market Arcade, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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. AMC Market Arcade, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

CHAINSAW MAN – THE MOVIE: REZE ARC (R) Feature sequel to the first season of the anime series. Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara. AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Regal Walden Galleria

CHRISTY (R) Sydney Sweeney de-glams in hopes of securing an Oscar nomination as a West Virginia girl looking to make it as a professional boxer. With Ben Foster and Merritt Wever. Directed by David Michôd (The King). AMC Market Arcade, Dunkirk Multiplex

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). AMC Maple Ridge, AMC Market Arcade, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

GABBY’S DOLLHOUSE: THE MOVIE (G) Feature adaptation of a Netflix series that you’re unlikely ever to have heard of unless you have very young children. Starring Laila Lockhart Kraner, Carla Tassara and Kristen Wiig. Directed by Ryan Crego (Shrek Forever After). 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. Aurora

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, Dunkirk Multiplex, North Park, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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 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, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw

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 Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ROOFMAN (R) Fact-based story of a burglar (Channing Tatum) who escaped prison and hid out in a toy store for six months. Co-starring Kirsten Dunst, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple and Peter Dinklage. Directed by Derek Cianfrance (The Light Between Oceans). Regal Quaker

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. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, 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). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

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 Quaker, Regal Transit

ETC:

METROPOLIS (Germany, 1927)—The fully restored version of Fritz Lang’s silent science fiction masterpiece, set in a futuristic city sharply divided between the working class and the city planners. Tues 7 pm. Screening Room

THE MUTILATOR (1984) —If I ever saw this 80s slasher entry, I don’t remember it. But I do remember the advertising tag line: “By sword, by pick, by axe, bye bye.” Starring no one you’ve ever heard of, directed by Buddy Cooper and John Douglass. Sat 7 pm. Screening Room

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)—Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller starring Cary Grant as an innocent man on the run from he’s not sure who. Eva Marie Sainte is on hand to help, with James Mason and Martin Landau hovering about. Mount Rushmore, orgasmic fireworks, crop duster—you know all this already. Fri 7 pm. Screening Room

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