Buffalo Movies: New film releases are set to open across Buffalo this weekend. Here’s which movies are opening and where to see them in WNY.

(Above: Amanda Seyfried in The Testament of Ann Lee (2025). Photo by Searchlight Pictures/Searchlight Pictures – © 2025 Searchlight Pictures. All Rights Reserved.)

By M. Faust

OPENING THIS WEEK: 

BORDER 2 (NR) Hindi-language action sequel set against the backdrop of the India–Pakistan war of 1971. Starring Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, and Diljit Dosanjh. Directed by Anurag Singh. Regal Elmwood 

CHATHA PACHA: THE RING OF ROWDIES (PG-13) Professional wrestling is the theme of this Malayalam-language action-comedy. Starring Arjun Ashokan, Roshan Mathew, and Boris Johnson. Directed by Adwaith Nayar. Regal Elmwood 

CLIKA (R) Crime drama set against the backdrop of the Mexican-American music scene. Starring Jay Dee, Concrete, DoKnow, and Laura Lopez. Directed by Michael Greene. Regal Quaker

H IS FOR HAWK (PG-13) British drama starring Claire Foy as a woman who deals with grief by training a wild goshawk. With Brendan Gleeson, Denise Gough, and Lindsay Duncan. Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe Regal Transit

IN COLD LIGHT (R) Released from prison, a drug lord (Maika Monroe) struggles against her competition (Helen Hunt) to reclaim her territory. Co-staring Troy Kotsur and Allan Hawco. Directed by Maxime Giroux. Regal Elmwood, Regal Transit

MERCY (PG-13) Futuristic sci-fi action starring Chris Pratt as a detective who has 90 minutes to prove to an AI-generated prosecutor (Rebecca Ferguson) that he did not kill his wife. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw

RETURN TO SILENT HILL (R) One more entry in the horror series based on a video game. Starring Jeremy Irvine and Hannah Emily Anderson. Directed by Christophe Gans. Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE (R) From the creators of The Brutalist, a biopic about the woman who founded the Shaker movement. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Thomasin McKenzie, Lewis Pullman, Tim Blake Nelson, Directed by Mona Fastvold. Dipson Amherst, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

TTT: THALAIVAR THAMBI THALAIMAIYIL (NR) Tamil-language political satire set in a village where a funeral and a wedding compete for attendees. Starring Jiiva, Prathana Nathan and Thambi Ramaiah. Directed by Nithish Sahadev. Regal Elmwood 

NOW PLAYING: 

28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (R) New entry in the zombie series that began in 2002. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams and Jack O’Connell. Directed by Nia DaCosta (the Candyman remake). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ANACONDA (PG-13) Paul Rudd and Jack Black as aspiring filmmakers (from Buffalo!) who go to the South American jungle to remake their favorite bad 1990s horror movie. With Steve Zahn, Thandiwe Newton, and Ice Cube. Directed by Tom Gormican (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent). Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Joylan, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

CHARLIE THE WONDERDOG (PG) Family animation with Owen Wilson as the voice of a dog who becomes a superhero after he is captured by aliens. Directed by Shea Wageman (Young Jedi Adventures). Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex

THE CHORAL (R) Writer Alan Bennett and director Nicholas Hytner (The Madness of King George, The History Boys) reunite for this drama set in 1916 about a Yorkshire town trying to mount a production of Elgar’s oratorio The Dream of Gerontius despite so many of the town’s men being off at war. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Roger Allam, Mark Addy, Alun Armstrong, Robert Emms, and Simon Russell Beale. Read M. Faust’s review here. North Park

DEAD MAN’S WIRE (R) Gus Van Sant (Drugstore Cowboy) directed this drama based on the true 1977 story of a disgruntled business developer who held hostage the mortgage broker who he believed cheated him. Starring Bill Skarsgård Dacre Montgomery, Cary Elwes, Myha’la, Colman Domingo, and Al Pacino. Read M. Faust’s review here. Regal Quaker, Regal Transit

GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION (PG-13) Gerard Butler and family emerge from their underground bunker to see what is left of the world after a comet strike. With Morena Baccarin, Amber Rose Revah, and Roman Griffin Davis. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (Angel has Fallen). Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

HAMNET (PG-13) Fictional story about William Shakespeare and his wife that asks what effect the death of their young son might have had on his work. Starring Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Emily Watson, and Joe Alwyn. Directed by Chloé Zhao (Nomadland). Read M. Faust’s review here. Dipson Amherst, Dipson Flix, Dipson Capitol, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw

THE HOUSEMAID (R) A troubled woman tries to clean up her life by taking a job as a housemaid for a wealthy family. Trouble, of course, ensues. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, and Elizabeth Perkins. Directed by Paul Feig (Bridesmaids). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

IS THIS THING ON? (R) Will Arnett and Laura Dern as a couple contemplating divorce in a drama written by Arnett and directed by Bradley Cooper (Maestro). Read M. Faust’s review here. Angola

MARTY SUPREME (R) Timothée Chalamet as a character loosely based on 1950’s ping pong hustler Marty Reisman. With Odessa A’zion, Larry ‘Ratso’ Sloman, and Gwyneth Paltrow. Directed by Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems). Read M. Faust’s review here. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

NARI NARI NADUMA MURARI (NR) Yet another Telugu rom-com, plot unavailable. Starring Sharwanand, Samyuktha, and Sakshi Vaidya. Directed by Ram Abbaraju. Regal Elmwood

NO OTHER CHOICE (R) In this Korean adaptation of Donald Westlake’s novel The Ax, an industrial manager fired from his longtime position determines that the only way he can get the one job suitable to his qualifications is to kill the other candidates. Starring stars Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, and Lee Sung-min. Directed by Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). Dipson Amherst, Regal Quaker, Regal Walden Galleria

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

PRIMATE (R) Young women on vacation in Hawaii are attacked by an enraged chimpanzee. Starring Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur and Gia Hunter. Directed by Johannes Roberts (The Strangers: Prey at Night). AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

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. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

SONG SUNG BLUE (PG-13) True story of a Milwaukee couple of the 1990s who found local success performing Neil Diamond songs. Starring High Jackman, Oscar nominee Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens and Jim Belushi. Directed by Craig Brewer (Dolemite is My Name). Read M. Faust’s review here. Dipson Capitol, Hamburg Palace, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Spotlight Theater of Warsaw

THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SEARCH FOR SQUAREPANTS (PG) Number four of who knows how many. With the voices of Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Regina Hall, and Mark Hamill. Directed by Derek Drymon. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, 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. Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ZOOTOPIA 2 (PG) Ten years is a long time in coming for a sequel to a children’s film, but here it is anyway. With the voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Shakira, Idris Elba, Ke Huy Quan, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Patrick Warburton, Quinta Brunson, and Danny Trejo. Directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard. AMC Maple Ridge, Dipson Capitol, Dipson Flix, Dunkirk Multiplex, Regal Elmwood, Regal Quaker, Regal Transit, Regal Walden Galleria

ETC.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES (PG-13, 1991) John Hughes production starring Frank Whaley and Jennifer Connelly as a mismatched couple trapped overnight in a department store. Directed by Bryan Gordon (Ray’s Male Heterosexual Dance Hall). Wed-Thur 9:30 pm. North Park 

MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (England, 1975)—Restored version of the cult classic about pornographic moose dentistry. Directed by 40 specially trained Ecuadorian mountain llamas, six Venezuelan red llamas, 142 Mexican whooping llamas, 14 North Chilean guanacos (closely related to the llama), Reg Llama of Brixton, 76,000 battery llamas from “llama-fresh” farms ltd. near Paraguay, and Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones. Fri, Tues 7:30 pm. Screening Room

TWIN PEAKS series 1, episodes 1 and 2 (NR) Opening a series of theatrical broadcasts of David Lynch’s epochal 1990 television show. Starring Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Peggy Lipton, and of course Jack Nance. Fri-Tues 9:30 pm. North Park 

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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

AMC Market Arcade, 639 Main Street, Buffalo CLOSED PERMNENTLY

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 https://northparktheatre.org/

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