MOVIE GUIDE
OPENING THIS WEEK
MALEFICENT: MISTRESS OF EVIL: Angelina Jolie and Elle Fanning reprise their roles in this sequel to the 2014 film, which continues to explore the relationship between the horned fairy and the
soon-to-be Queen. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
ZOMBIELAND: DOUBLE TAP: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin and Bill Murray all reprise their roles in this sequel to the 2009 horror comedy “Zombieland.” AMC Mt. Lebanon, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Manor; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
CURRENT MOVIES
ABOMINABLE Animated film about an Asian teenager (voice of Chloe Bennet) who helps a magical Yeti return to his Everest family. PG for some action and mild rude humor. 97 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Dependable; Phoenix NV.
AD ASTRA Brad Pitt plays an astronaut who goes into space to uncover the truth about his lost father, and the doomed experiment threatens the universe. PG-13 for some violence and bloody images and for brief strong language. 122 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Tarentum.
THE ADDAMS FAMILY An animated version of Charles Addams’ series of cartoons about a peculiar, ghoulish family. PG for macabre and suggestive humor, and some action. 87 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
DOWNTON ABBEY The popular upstairs/downstairs PBS series makes its first jump to the big screen and lands in 1927. The family of Lord and Lady Grantham and the servants who make Downton tick are back and bustling for a royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary. PG for thematic elements, some suggestive material, and language. 122 min.
AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Manor; Phoenix CV & NV; Waterworks.
FIDDLER: A MIRACLE OF MIRACLES The origin story behind one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals, “Fiddler on the Roof,” and its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when “tradition” was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving. PG-13 for some thematic elements/disturbing images. 92 min. Tull.
GEMINI MAN Ang Lee sci-fi action film, originally conceived in 1997, follows an aging hitman (Will Smith) who is targeted by a younger clone of himself. PG-13 for violence and action throughout, and brief strong language. 117 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
GOOD BOYS Three sixth grade boys ditch school and embark on an epic journey while carrying accidentally stolen drugs, being hunted by teenage girls, and trying to make their way home in time for a long-awaited party. R for strong crude sexual content, drug and alcohol material, and language throughout all involving tweens. 96 min. AMC Westmoreland, Cinemark Tarentum.
HUSTLERS Jennifer Lopez leads a group of former strip club employees who are out to exact revenge on some Wall Street types. With Constance Wu and Cardi B. R for pervasive sexual material, drug content, language and nudity. 104 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, Robinson & Tarentum; Phoenix NV; SouthSide Works.
IT CHAPTER TWO Twenty-seven years after their first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club members have grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back. R for disturbing violent content and bloody images throughout, pervasive language, and some crude sexual material. 169 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, Robinson & Tarentum; Phoenix NV.
JEXI A comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. R for strong/crude sexual content and language throughout, some drug use and graphic nudity. 84 min. AMC Waterfront, AMC Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; SouthSide Works; Phoenix CV & NV; Waterworks.
JOKER How much darker can the “Batman” villain go? Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, a down-on-his-luck Gotham City clown who becomes a criminal mastermind. R for strong bloody violence, disturbing behavior, language and brief sexual images. 121 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Manor; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
JUDY Rene Zellweger plays Judy Garland, the “Wizard of Oz” star and iconic singer, in the last turbulent months of her life. Zellweger sings live in the film, which is based on a stage show and not endorsed by Garland’s family. PG-13 for substance abuse, thematic content, some strong language and smoking. 118 min. AMC Mt. Lebanon, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark North & Tarentum; Cranberry; Manor; Waterworks.
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE With one of the most memorably stunning voices that has ever hit the airwaves, Linda Ronstadt burst onto the 1960s folk rock music scene in her early 20s. PG-13 for brief strong language and drug material. 95 min. Manor, Tull.
THE LION KING After the murder of his father, a young lion prince flees his kingdom and learns the true meaning of responsibility and bravery. PG for sequences of violence and peril and some thematic elements. 118 min. AMC Westmoreland, Cinemark Tarentum, Dependable, Phoenix NV.
LUCY IN THE SKY Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a transcendent experience during a mission to space and begins to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small. R for language and some sexual content.. 124 min. AMC Waterfront, Cinemark Tarentum.
OFFICIAL SECRETS Keira Knightley stars as whistleblower Katharine Gun, who leaked a secret memo exposing an illegal spying operation regarding the 2003 invasion of Iraq. R for language. 111 min. Tull.
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON Zak runs away from his care home to pursue his dream of becoming a wrestler. PG13 for thematic content, language throughout, some violence and smoking. 93 min. AMC Delmont.
RAMBO: LAST BLOOD Sylvester Stallone unearths his ruthless combat skills and returns as action hero John Rambo for the last chapter of the legendary series. R for strong graphic violence, grisly images, drug use and language. 89 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Tarentum; Phoenix NV.
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives. PG-13 for terror/ violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language including racial epithets, and brief sexual references. 111 min. Phoenix NV.
Screening times in many of the movie theater ads in this section are for Thursday only. See Friday’s Magazine section for Friday show times.