Waterloo Region Record

On the Big Screen

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New releases

• Incredible­s 2: Bob Parr (Mr. Incredible) is left to care for Jack-Jack while Helen (Elastigirl) is out saving the world.

• Tag: A small group of former classmates organize an elaborate, annual game of tag that requires some to travel all over the country.

• Superfly: A remake of the 1972 blaxploita­tion film ‘Super Fly.’

• Let the Sunshine In: Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love at last.

• Five Seasons: The Gardens of Piet Oudolf: An immersion in the life and work of the most influentia­l landscape designer of the last 50 years, Piet Oudolf.

Ongoing

Ocean’s 8: Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala.

Hereditary: When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasing­ly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

Hotel Artemis: Set in riottorn, near-future Los Angeles, a nurse runs a secret, membersonl­y emergency room for criminals.

On Chesil Beach: Based on Ian McEwan’s novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.

Disobedien­ce: A woman returns to the community that shunned her for her attraction to a childhood friend. Once back, their passions reignite as they explore the boundaries of faith and sexuality.

Adrift: Based on the true story of survival, a young couple’s chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastroph­ic hurricanes in history.

Carry on Jatta 2: A Punjabi romantic comedy starring Gippy Grewal and Mahie Gill in the leading roles. It revolves around the confusing and comic events that arise after Jass lies to Mahie about his family in order to marry her.

Solo: A Star Wars Story: During an adventure into a dark criminal underworld, Han Solo meets his future co-pilot Chewbacca and encounters Lando Calrissian years before joining the rebellion.

Book Club: Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading “50 Shades of Grey” in their monthly book club.

Deadpool 2: Foul-mouthed mutant mercenary Wade Wilson (A.K.A. Deadpool), brings together a team of fellow mutant rogues to protect a young boy of supernatur­al abilities from the brutal, time-travelling mutant, Cable.

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

Rampage: When three different animals become infected with a dangerous pathogen, a primatolog­ist and a geneticist team up to stop them from destroying Chicago.

A Quiet Place: In a postapocal­yptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.

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.

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

 ?? KIRSTY GRIFFIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/STX FILMS ?? Shailene Woodley stars in “Adrift.”
KIRSTY GRIFFIN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/STX FILMS Shailene Woodley stars in “Adrift.”

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