Waterloo Region Record

On the Big Screen

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New releases

Avengers: Infinity War: The Avengers and their allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastatio­n and ruin puts an end to the universe.

• Finding Your Feet: On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced into exile with her bohemian sister who lives on an impoverish­ed inner-city council estate.

• Best F(r)iends: When a drifter befriends a quirky mortician, an unlikely business partnershi­p is formed. Paranoia soon develops, however, and both men are forced to come to terms with the fragility of friendship and loyalty. • You Were Never Really Here: A traumatize­d veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe’s nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

Ongoing

I Feel Pretty: A woman struggling with insecurity wakes from a fall believing she is the most beautiful and capable woman on the planet. Her new confidence empowers her to live fearlessly, but what happens when she realizes her appearance never changed?

Super Troopers 2: When a border dispute arises between the U.S. and Canada, the Super Troopers are tasked with establishi­ng a highway patrol station in the disputed area.

Truth or Dare: A harmless game of truth or dare among friends turns deadly when someone — or something — begins to punish those who tell a lie or refuse the dare.

Rampage: Primatolog­ist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordin­arily intelligen­t gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry transforms this gentle ape into a raging monster.

Chappaquid­dick: Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvemen­t in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.

Indian Horse: Follows the life of Canadian First Nations boy, Saul Indian Horse, as he survives residentia­l school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles sterotypes and alcoholism.

Isle of Dogs: Set in Japan, a boy’s odyssey in search of his lost dog.

Blockers: Three parents try to stop their daughters from having sex on prom night.

A Quiet Place: A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

Ready Player One: When the creator of a virtual reality world called the OASIS dies, he releases a video in which he challenges all OASIS users to find his Easter egg, which will give the finder his fortune.

The Death of Stalin: Follows the Soviet dictator’s last days and depicts the chaos of the regime after his death.

Sherlock Gnomes: Garden gnomes, Gnomeo & Juliet, recruit renowned detective Sherlock Gnomes to investigat­e the mysterious disappeara­nce of other garden ornaments.

Black Panther: T’Challa, after the death of his father, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologi­cally advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.

 ?? QUANTRELL D. COLBERT/UNIVERSAL PICTURES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? From left, John Cena, Geraldine Viswanatha­n and Miles Robbins in a scene from the movie, “Blockers.”
QUANTRELL D. COLBERT/UNIVERSAL PICTURES THE ASSOCIATED PRESS From left, John Cena, Geraldine Viswanatha­n and Miles Robbins in a scene from the movie, “Blockers.”

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