Buffalo Movies: Several movies will be opening in WNY theaters this weekend. Here’s what’s playing where.

(Above: Charlie Day, Chris Pratt, Keegan-Michael Key, and Donald Glover in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) via IMDB).

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

BIKER (NR) Telugu language action drama about motocross racers. Starring Sharwanand, Malvika Nair, and Rajasekhar. Directed by Abhilash Reddy Kankara. Regal Elmwood

BONOLOTA EXPRESS (NR) Bangladeshi adventure-comedy about the diverse passengers on an overnight train journey. Starring Mosharraf Karim, Chanchal Chowdhury, and Sariful Razz. Directed by Tanim Noor. Regal Elmwood

THE DRAMA (R) As measured by Metacritic, reviewers’ reactions to this comedy/drama about an engagement that may fall apart before the couple gets to the altar run the full gamut from zero to 100%. Starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Directed by Kristoffer Borgli (Dream Scenario). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

A GREAT AWAKENING (PG-13) Historical drama about an American preacher at the time of the Revolutionary War. Starring John Paul Sneed, Jonathan Blair, and JT Schaeffer. Directed by Joshua Enck. Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

RAAKAASAA (NR) Telugu comedy-fantasy about a man experiencing a dark force when he returns to his native village after years away Starring Nayan Sarika, Sangeeth Shobhan, and Vennela Kishore. Directed by Manasa Sharma. Regal Elmwood

RABB DA RADIO 3 (NR) Third in the Punjabi family drama series. Starring Nimrat Khaira, Simi Chahal, and Tarsem Jassar. Directed by Harry Bhatti. Regal Elmwood

THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE (PG) For the holiday weekend, you have 215 chances per day to see this animated sequel in local theaters, from 8:30 am to 11 pm, even though advance reviews indicate you might not want to bother. The all-star voice cast features Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key, Benny Safdie, Donald Glover, Issa Rae, Luis Guzman, Kevin Michael Richardson, Brie Larson, and Glen Powell. Directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic. AMC Maple Ridge, Angola, Aurora, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Hamburg Palace, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

NOW PLAYING:

THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST (PG-13) Documentarian Daniel Roher is spurred by the birth of his son to investigate what AI will do to the world the boy will inherit. Gee, maybe he should have thought of that first. Co-directed by Charlie Tyrell. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

BUNNY!! (NR) This dark psychological thriller was a huge hit in Vietnam, where it was made. And that’s about all I know about it. Starring Phao, Lyly, Van Mai Huong, and Tran Thanh, who also directed. 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). Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

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

FORBIDDEN FRUITS (R) A coven of witches working out of a mall clothing store is challenged by a new hire. Starring Lili Reinhart, Lola Tung, Victoria Pedretti, and Gabrielle Union. Directed by Meredith Alloway. 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. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

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

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 Sparks, and Amy Sedaris. Directed by Ricard Cussó and Rio Harrington. Regal Quaker

PROJECT HAIL MARY (PG-13) Science fiction adventure starring Ryan Gosling as an astronaut who wakes up on a spaceship 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, Dipson Amherst, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, North Park, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw, Transit Drive-In (Fri-Sat only)

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

THEY WILL KILL YOU (R) People never heed such warnings in horror movies, even the black comic ones. Starring Zazie Beetz, Myha’la, Paterson Joseph, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette. Directed by Kirill Sokolov (Why Don’t You Just Die). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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. Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

ETC. 

AIRPLANE! (1980, PG)—The movie that restored parody to the motion picture screen after years of banishment in the wastelands of television, in the process building new careers for such “B” actors as Leslie Nielsen, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Stack and Peter Graves, all longtime masters at keeping straight faces while delivering ridiculous dialogue. Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker and Jerry Zucker. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Weds only)

ANIMAL HOUSE (1978, R)—The apotheosis of the National Lampoon brand before it was put up for sale to any producer making a crude comedy. Starring John Belushi, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Peer Riegert, Kevin Bacon, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Bruce McGill, Mark Metcalf, and Donald Sutherland. Directed by John Landis (The Blues Brothers.) Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sat only)

BLAZING SADDLES (1974, R)—If you were to take a shot every time this Mel Brooks classic made you say, “Wow, they could never get away with that in a movie today!,” you’d be hammered before the end of the first reel. Richard Pryor was one of the screenwriters. Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, and Dom DeLuise. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Fri 4/3 only)

THE ‘BURBS (1989, PG)—Cult comedy starring Tom Hanks as a suburbanite obsessed with his reclusive new neighbors. With Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Rick Ducommun, Corey Feldman, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Gale Gordon, Brother Theodore, and Dick Miller. Directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Thurs 4/2 only)

THE JERK (1979, R)—Steve Martin’s film debut, from the era when he was selling out stadiums as a stand-up comic. Co-starring Bernadette Peters, Catlin Adams, Dick Anthony Williams, Bill Macy and M. Emmet Walsh. Directed by Carl Reiner (Oh, God!). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Mon only)

THE KILLER (Hong Kong, 1989, NR)—The John Woo crime drama that made him an international sensation. Martin Scorsese called it “Hysterical, and also very beautiful.” Starring Chow Yun-fat, Danny Lee, and Sally Yeh. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sun, Mon, Weds only)

THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979, G)—Kermit travels to Hollywood in search of fame, acquiring a retinue of other dreamers along the way. Jim Henson and Frank Oz lead the crew of puppeteers, while the human cast features Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton, and an endless parade of cameos from Bob Hope, Dom DeLuise, James Coburn, Cloris Leachman, Richard Pryor, Telly Savalas, Edgar Bergen, Orson Welles, Madeline Kahn, Milton Berle, Carol Kane, Steve Martin, Mel Brooks, Elliott Gould, and Paul Williams. Directed by James Frawley (The Big Bus). Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Sun only)

SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT (1977, PG)—Burt Reynolds drives a truckload of beer from Texarkana to Atlanta in the independent comedy that was only expected to play at Southern drive-ins but went on to become one of the most profitable films ever made. Co-starring Sally Gield, Jackie Gleason, Jerry Reed. Directed by former stuntman Hal Needham. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria (Tues 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