Festivals, fairs and other activities happening in the area over the Labor Day weekend:
Armada
• Blake’s Sunflower Festival is Aug. 30-Sept. 1, (10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays and Labor Day), at Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill, 17985 Armada Center Road, Armada, 100+ artisans featuring handcrafted products, food vendors, children’s activity tent, Funland, DIY workshops, speakers, beer tent, live entertainment, U-pick sunflowers, fruits and vegetables to purchase, blakefarms.com, general admission is $12+, additional fees for some activities.
Clarkston/Independence Twp.
• Annual Labor Day Fair & Classic Car Show is 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Labor Day, Monday Sept. 1, at First Congregational Church, 5449 Clarkston Road, Independence Twp., (just east of Sashabaw Road), free admission to the fair, $2 parking donation, vendors, food trucks, classic cars to view, silent auction, raffles, rummage sale, children’s Fun Land games and inflatables, antiques, bake sale, 248-394-0200, www.fcclarkston.com, $20 to enter a classic car in the show.
Detroit
• Detroit International Jazz Festival is Aug. 29-Sept. 1, in downtown Detroit, (Hart Plaza, Cadillac Square, Gretchen C. Valade Jazz Center), free admission. For artists lineup, visit www.detroitjazzfest.org.
Franklin
• Franklin Community Association’s 80th annual Labor Day Round Up is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sept. 1, at Franklin Community Park, Village Green, with a parade at noon, Art in the Village art fair is 10 a.m.-5 p.m., petting farm, pony rides, inflatables, magic show, jugglers, midway games, food vendors, classic car display, Franklin Road is closed from 14 to Carol at 11:30 a.m. Franklin village 200th birthday, www.fcamichigan.org/roundup, tickets are $2 each – pricing varies for activities, vendors and food.
Hamtramck
• The 45th annual Hamtramck Labor Day Festival is noon-10 p.m. Aug. 30-Sept. 1, featuring live music, wrestling at 5 p.m., entertainment, carnival, food vendors. Activities are at Joseph Campau from Caniff north to approximately Carpenter, in Hamtramck, hamtownfest.com, free admission, carnival ticket prices vary.
Holly
• Michigan Renaissance Festival is 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through Sept. 28, at 12600 Dixie Hwy., Holly, Renaissance-themed entertainment, jousting, vendors, themed weekends, (also open Labor Day, Sept. 1 and Festival Friday, Sept. 26), rain or shine, www.michrenfest.com, parking passes are $15 plus fees, admission ticket prices vary.
New Baltimore
• Annual Art on the Bay is 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 30-31, Walter & Mary Burke Park, 6300 Front Street, downtown New Baltimore, fine arts and crafts, and food vendors, music, www.artonthebay.com.
Novi
• The Michigan State Fair is Aug. 28-Sept. 1, hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 28-29 and 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Aug. 30-Sept. 1), at the Suburban Collection Showplace, 46100 Grand River Ave., Novi, www.michiganstatefairllc.com, featuring carnival, fair, entertainment, agriculture, livestock and indoor vendor booths, live music, beer tent, and food vendors. Moovin’ Thru the Midway 5K is 8 a.m. Aug. 30, $40+ register at www.michiganstatefairllc.com/5k. Admission to the fair is $11+, circus, special events and carnival rides are extra. No unaccompanied minors are allowed to enter the fair.
Rochester
• The Paint Creek Trail Labor Day Bridge Walk is paused this year due to transitions in trail management staffing. The Paint Creek Trailways Commission is committed to resuming the walk in 2026, according to a post on the Friends of the Paint Creek Trail Facebook page.
Romeo
• Romeo Peach Festival is Aug. 28-Sept. 1, in Romeo, carnival, live music, car shows, arts and crafts show, and food vendors, fireworks at dusk on Friday, parade at 1:30 p.m. Monday, https://romeopeachfestival.com.
• Peach Festival Craft Show is 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Aug. 30-Sept. 1, 67310 Van Dyke Road, north of 31 Mile Road, Washington Twp., frontiertownromeo.com.
Royal Oak
• Arts, Beats & Eats is Aug. 29-Sept. 1, (11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday-Sunday, and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday), in downtown Royal Oak, juried fine art show, food, live music, https://artsbeatseats.com, parking options at artsbeatseats.com/parking-transportation, admission and concert ticket prices vary.
Arts, Beats and Eats is Labor Day weekend, Friday-Monday, Aug. 29-Sept. 1, in downtown Royal Oak. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Lottery Arts, Beats and Eats presented by Flagstar)
The following list includes movies available at local theaters, and movies that are available to watch through online streaming and video on demand services including: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Hulu, Vudu, FandangoNow, Apple TV+, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max and more.
Showing at theaters
• “The Roses” (R): Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage and great kids. But beneath the facade, a storm is brewing as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s ambitions take off. Inspired by the 1989 classic film “The War of The Roses,” based on the novel by Warren Adler. Also starring Andy Samberg and Allison Janney. In theaters, Aug. 29.
• “Caught Stealing” (R): Hank Thompson (Austin Butler) is a New York City bartender. When his punk-rock neighbor Russ (Matt Smith) asks him to take care of his cat for a few days, Hank gets caught in the middle of a motley crew of threatening gangsters. Also starring Zoë Kravitz and Bad Bunny. In theaters, Aug. 29.
• “The Toxic Avenger” (R): Fifth installment in “The Toxic Avenger” film series and remake of the original 1984 film about a janitor who becomes a mutant in a freak accident at a chemical factory. He soon uses his newfound superhuman strength to battle criminals and a corrupt CEO. Starring Peter Dinklage, Jacob Tremblay, Taylour Paige, Julia Davis, Elijah Wood, and Kevin Bacon. In theaters, Aug. 29.
• “Ne Zha II”: A rebellious young demigod, born to mortal parents, uses his powers to battle an ancient force that’s bent on humanity’s destruction. Animated sequel, featuring the voices of Michelle Yeoh, Yanting Lü, Yu Yang and Deshun Wang.
• “Trust” (R): A Hollywood starlet retreats to a remote cabin after a scandal, but she’s not alone and soon finds herself trapped in a brutal game of survival, starring Sophie Turner, Peter Mensah, Gianni Paolo and Renata Vaca.
• “Honey Don’t” (R): Comedy/Mystery where a small-town private investigator, Honey O’Donahue, delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. Starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Charlie Day, Billy Eichner and Chris Evans.
“Relay” (R): A bribe broker facilitates deals between corrupt companies and their threats. He follows an exacting set of rules until a potential client needs protection just to stay alive. Starring Riz Ahmed, Lily James, Sam Worthington and Willa Fitzgerald.
• “Highest 2 Lowest” (R): When a powerful music mogul (Denzel Washington), is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Directed by Spike Lee. Also starring Ilfenesh Hadera, A$AP Rocky and Ice Spice.
• “Shin Godzilla 4K” (PG-13): Re-release of “Shin Godzilla” (2016), remastered in theatrical 4K. A huge horrific creature has surfaced in Tokyo Bay, and makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake.
• “Nobody 2” (R): Workaholic assassin Hutch and his wife Becca take their kids on a much-needed vacation to Wild Bill’s Majestic Midway and Waterpark where Hutch finds himself in the crosshairs of a corrupt theme-park operator, a shady sheriff, and a bloodthirsty crime boss. Starring Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, RZA, Colin Hanks, with Christopher Lloyd and Sharon Stone.
• “Coolie”: Deva, a former gold smuggler seeks to regain his past glory by reviving his old gang with stolen technology hidden in vintage golden watches. Starring Rajinikanth, Nagarjuna Akkineni, Soubin Shahir, Shruti Haasan and Aamir Khan.
• “Freakier Friday” (PG): Sequel to the 2003 film “Freaky Friday” with a multigenerational twist starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan. Years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As the two families merge, Tess and Anna discover that lightning might indeed strike twice. Also starring Julia Butters, Sophia Hammons, Manny Jacinto, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Rosalind Chao, Chad Michael Murray, and Mark Harmon.
• “Sketch” (PG): A widowed father faces challenges when his young daughter’s drawings become real, affecting their town. Starring Tony Hale, D’Arcy Carden, Allie McCulloch and Kalon Cox.
• “Weapons” (R): Horror/Mystery film where all but one child from the same classroom mysteriously vanish on the same night at the same time. Starring Josh Brolin, Julia Garner, Cary Christopher, Benedict Wong and Austin Abrams.
• “The Bad Guys 2” (PG): New chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s comedy about a crew of animal outlaws, the now-reformed Bad Guys are trying very hard to be good, but find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes heist, by a new team of criminals – The Bad Girls. Featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Craig Robinson, Anthony Ramos, Awkwafina, Danielle Brooks, Natasha Lyonne, Maria Bakalova and Zazie Beetz.
• “The Naked Gun” (PG-13): Detective Frank Drevin Jr. follows in the footsteps of his bumbling father and must solve a murder case to prevent the police department from shutting down. The film is a sequel to “Naked Gun 33⅓-The Final Insult” (1994) and is the fourth film in The Naked Gun franchise. Starring Liam Neeson, Pamela Anderson, Paul Walter Hauser, CCH Pounder, Kevin Durand, Cody Rhodes, Liza Koshy, Eddie Yu with Danny Huston.
• “The Fantastic Four-First Steps” (PG-13): Set in a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ “The Fantastic Four: First Steps” introduces Marvel’s First Family – Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they are tasked with defending Earth from a space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson), and Silver Surfer (Julia Garner).
• “Smurfs” (PG): New Smurfs animated musical film featuring the voice of Rihanna as Smurfette. When Papa Smurf is taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, the Smurfs go on a mission to the real world to save him. Also featuring the voices of Xolo Maridueña, Octavia Spencer, Nick Offerman, Kurt Russell and John Goodman.
• “I Know What You Did Last Summer” (R): Sequel in the franchise which started with the 1997 movie of the same name. In the new film, five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, then cover up their involvement and agree to keep it a secret. A year later, they learn that someone knows about it, and they are being stalked by a mysterious killer. Starring Madelyn Cline, Lola Tung, Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
• “Superman” (PG-13): New live-action film where Superman, played by David Corenswet, must reconcile his Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as Clark Kent. It is the first film of the DC Universe Chapter One-“Gods and Monsters.” Also starring Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult and Nathan Fillion.
• “Jurassic World Rebirth” (PG-13): Five years after the events of the film “Jurassic World Dominion”, Zora Bennett (Scarlett Johansson) leads a team to an island research facility for the original Jurassic Park. Their mission is to secure genetic material from dinosaurs whose DNA can provide life-saving benefits to humankind. Also starring Mahershala Ali, Jonathan Bailey, Rupert Friend, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Luna Blaise, David Iacono, Audrina Miranda, Philippine Velge, Bechir Sylvain, Ed Skrein.
• “F1 The Movie” (PG-13): Sonny Hayes (Brad Pitt) was Formula 1’s most promising driver in the 1990s until an accident on the track. Thirty years later, his former teammate and owner of a struggling Formula 1 team convinces Sonny to return to racing. Also starring Javier Bardem, Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, Tobias Menzies and Kim Bodnia.
Streaming movies
• “The Thursday Murder Club” (PG-13): Based on Richard Osman’s international bestseller novel of the same name, the film follows four retirees — Elizabeth, Ron, Ibrahim and Joyce — who spend their time solving cold case murders for fun. Then their casual sleuthing takes a thrilling turn when find themselves with a real whodunit on their hands. Starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie and Daniel Mays. Available on Netflix, Aug. 28.
• “Mission: Impossible-The Final Reckoning” (PG-13): Latest film in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, with Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and team racing against time to find the Entity, a rogue artificial intelligence that can destroy mankind. Also starring Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales, Pom Klementieff, Mariela Garriga, Henry Czerny, Holt McCallany, Janet McTeer, Nick Offerman, Hannah Waddingham and Angela Bassett.
• “Elio” (PG): Disney animated cosmic misadventure about Elio, a young space fanatic with an active imagination who finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization, where he is mistakenly identified as Earth’s leader. Starring the voices of Yonas Kibreab, Zoe Saldaña, Remy Edgerly, Brad Garrett, Jameela Jamil, and Shirley Henderson.
• “How to Train Your Dragon” (PG): Live action remake of the original movie, (part of a trilogy), based on Cressida Cowell’s book of the same name. A Viking boy named Hiccup breaks tradition by befriending a dragon named Toothless. Starring Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James and Murray McArthur.
• “Eddington” (R): Western/Comedy set during the COVID-19 pandemic, that follows a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor in Eddington, a fictional town in New Mexico. Starring Pedro Pascal, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix and Austin Butler.
• “Happy Gilmore 2” (PG-13): Sports comedy film sequel to “Happy Gilmore” about a hockey player turned golfer. Starring Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Ben Stiller, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Travis Kelce, John Daly, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Conor Sherry, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau,. Available on Netflix.
• “M3GAN 2.0” (PG-13): The sequel takes place two years after the original M3GAN AI doll went on a murderous rampage and was subsequently destroyed. Its creator, Gemma, has become an advocate for government oversight of AI. Unbeknownst to her, the underlying tech for M3GAN has been stolen by a defense contractor to create a military-grade weapon known as Amelia. Starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Brian Jordan Alvarez, Jen Van Epps, Amie Donald, Jenna Davis, Ivanna Sakhno, Aristotle Athari, Timm Sharp and Jemaine Clement.
• “Lilo & Stitch” (PG): Live-action remake of Disney’s 2002 animated film “Lilo & Stitch.” Starring Sydney Agudong, Maia Kealoha, Tia Carrere and Zach Galifianakis.
• “Strange Harvest” (R): Detectives hunt for “Mr. Shiny”, a sadistic serial killer from the past who has returned with a new wave of grotesque crimes tied to a dark cosmic force. Starring Andrew Lauer, Nicole Dionne, Peter Zizzo and Roy Abramsohn.
• “She Rides Shotgun” (R): Action-thriller about newly released ex-con Nate (Taron Egerton), who must now protect his estranged 11-year-old daughter, Polly (Ana Sophia Heger) as they flee to evade the corrupt sheriff and leader of a gang. Also starring Rob Yang, John Carroll Lynch and Keith Jardine.
• “House on Eden” (R): A team sets out to film their next paranormal investigation, and encounter an ancient spirit that resides in an abandoned house in the woods. Starring KallMeKris, Celina Myers, Jason-Christopher Mayer and Carrie Kidd.
• “The Home” (R): Max (Pete Davidson) is assigned community service at a retirement home and discovers a plot which will endanger the lives of the residents and his own. Horror/Suspense film, also starring John Glover, Bruce Altman, Ethan Phillips and Marilee Talkington.
• “28 Years Later” (R): Nearly three decades after the rage virus escaped from a biological weapons laboratory, people are still living in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine. A member of a group of survivors living on a small island decides to venture onto the mainland, and discovers a mutation that has spread. Starring Jodie Comer, Ralph Fiennes, Edvin Ryding and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
• “The Life of Chuck” (R): Based on Stephen King’s novella about the life of an ordinary man named Charles “Chuck” Krantz. Starring Mike Flanagan, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Sara and Mark Hamill.
• “From the World of John Wick-Ballerina” (R): Fifth film in the John Wick series, taking place during the events of “John Wick-Chapter 3 – Parabellum,” the film follows Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas) who is beginning her training in assassin traditions. Also starring Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Lance Reddick, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Norman Reedus, with Ian McShane and Keanu Reeves.
• “Bride Hard” (R): Action/comedy about Sam (Rebel Wilson), a world-class secret agent but not a good maid of honor. After blowing off bridal duties for an international spy mission, she is demoted to bridesmaid at her best friend’s wedding. But when armed mercenaries crash the big day, Sam’s the only one who can save the bride, and hopefully earn back her trust. Also starring Anna Camp, Anna Chlumsky and Justin Hartley.
• “Materialists” (R): A young New York City matchmaker’s lucrative business gets complicated when she finds the perfect match for her imperfect ex. Starring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, Chris Evans and Dasha Nekrasova.
• “Dangerous Animals” (R): A shark-obsessed serial killer holds a surfer captive on his boat. She must escape before he carries out a ritualistic feeding to the sharks. Starring Hassie Harrison, Jai Courtney, Josh Heuston and Ella Newton.
• “The Unholy Trinity” (R): Western revenge film about a young man returning to an old Montana town to reclaim his legacy, set in the 1870s. Starring Pierce Brosnan, Brandon Lessard, Samuel L. Jackson and Veronica Ferres.
• “Sovereign” (R): Inspired by real events, a father and son who follow the Sovereign Citizen belief system of distrust in government authority, find themselves in a standoff with a chief of police that sets off a manhunt. Starring Jacob Tremblay, Dennis Quaid, Nick Offerman and Martha Plimpton.
• “The Phoenician Scheme” (PG-13): Benicio del Toro stars as Zsa-zsa Korda, one of the richest men in Europe in a story of a family and a family business. Also starring Mia Threapleton, Michael Cera, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Bill Murray, Bryan Cranston, Riz Ahmed, Mathieu Amalric, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Ayoade, Rupert Friend, Hope Davis, and Benedict Cumberbatch. Directed by Wes Anderson.
• “Madea’s Destination Wedding” (PG-13): Brian and his ex-wife Debrah are shocked to learn their daughter Tiffany is engaged to a rapper she met on a yacht — and the wedding is in two weeks. Madea and her crew head to the Bahamas, stirring up chaos and heartwarming fun. Starring Tyler Perry, Cassi Davis Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Taja V. Simpson, Diamond White, Jermaine Harris and Xavier Smalls. Directed by Tyler Perry. Available on Netflix.
• “The Ritual” (Horror film): Based on true events, two priests must put aside their differences to perform a series of dangerous exorcisms on a possessed young woman. Starring Al Pacino, Dan Stevens, Abigail Cowen, and Ashley Greene.
• “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life” (R): A lonely young woman works at a bookshop in Paris while she dreams of being a successful writer, and of experiencing love. Starring Camille Rutherford, Pablo Pauly and Charlie Anson.
• “Final Destination Bloodlines” (R): Sixth installment in the “Final Destination” horror film franchise. The film follows a college student who experiences a violent and recurring nightmare, and heads home to track down the person who might be able to break the cycle of death and save her family. Starring Tony Todd, Brec Bassinger, Richard Harmon and Teo Briones.
• “Karate Kid-Legends” (PG-13): After moving to New York City with his mother, Li Fong (Ben Wang), a kung fu prodigy, struggles to fit in with his new classmates. When a new friend needs his help, Li enters a karate competition and gets help from Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) and Daniel LaRusso, (Ralph Macchio).
• “40 acres” (R): A former soldier (Danielle Deadwyler) and her family survive on an isolated farm after a series of plagues and wars. Also starring Michael Greyeyes, Leenah Robinson and Elizabeth Saunders.
• “Sinners” (R): A vampire thriller about twin brothers who return to their hometown to leave their troubled lives behind, only to discover that an even greater evil awaits. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O’Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Delroy Lindo.
• “The Old Guard 2” (R): Sequel with Andy (Charlize Theron) and her team of immortal warriors back to protect the world. Andy grapples with her newfound mortality as a new threat emerges that could jeopardize everything she’s worked toward for thousands of years. Also starring KiKi Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Veronica Ngô, Henry Golding, with Uma Thurman and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Available on Netflix.
• “The Last Rodeo” (PG): A 50-year-old man returns to bull riding after a crisis strikes his family. Starring Neal McDonough, Ruve McDonough, Sarah Jones and Daylon Swearingen.
• “Bring Her Back” (R): A brother and sister witness a terrifying ritual at the home of their new foster mother. Starring Sally Hawkins, Billy Barratt, Jonah Wren Phillips and Sora Wong.
• “Thunderbolts*” (PG): Marvel Studios antiheroes — Yelena Belova, Bucky Barnes, Red Guardian, Ghost, Taskmaster and John Walker — must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront their pasts. Starring Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Olga Kurylenko, Lewis Pullman, Chris Bauer and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
• “Echo Valley” (R): Thriller that follows Kate (Julianne Moore) who lives on a farm in Pennsylvania, and her troubled daughter (Sydney Sweeney) who shows up on Kate’s doorstep, hysterical and covered in someone else’s blood. Available on Apple TV+.
• “DAN DA DAN-Evil Eye” (R): Anime film kicking off the second season of DAN DA DAN series, set to premiere this summer.
• “Friendship” (R): Suburban dad Craig (Tim Robinson) tries to befriend his charismatic new neighbor (Paul Rudd), but it soon threatens to ruin both of their lives.
• “Shadow Force” (R): Kyrah (Kerry Washington) and Isaac (Omar Sy) were once the leaders of a multinational special forces group called Shadow Force. They broke the rules by falling in love, and must go on the run with their son. Also starring Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Mark Strong, and Method Man.
• “The Accountant 2″ (R): Sequel film with forensic accountant Christian Wolff (Ben Affleck) teaming up with his estranged brother, Brax (Jon Bernthal) to track down assassins. Also starring J.K. Simmons and Daniella Pineda. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “Hurry Up Tomorrow” (R): A musician suffering from insomnia meets a mysterious stranger who begins to unravel everything he knows about himself. Starring Jenna Ortega, The Weeknd, Barry Keoghan and Gabby Barrett.
• “Clown in a Cornfield” (R): Horror film that follows a father and daughter who move to the quiet town of Kettle Springs, hoping for a fresh start. They soon learn the community has fallen on hard times after losing a factory in a fire, and a sinister clown has emerged from the cornfields and started killing the town’s teenagers. Adapted from the novel of the same name by Adam Cesare. Starring Katie Douglas, Kevin Durand, Cassandra Potenza and Aaron Abrams.
• “Straw” (TV-MA): A single mother faces a series of unfortunate events that lead her down a path where she finds herself at the center of suspicion. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Ashley Versher, Mike Merrill and Glynn Turman. Written and directed by Tyler Perry. Available on Netflix.
• “A Minecraft Movie” (PG): Adventure/Comedy film based on the Minecraft video game. Four misfits — Garrett “The Garbage Man” Garrison (Jason Momoa), Henry (Sebastian Hansen), Natalie (Emma Myers) and Dawn (Danielle Brooks) — are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld: a bizarre, cubic wonderland.
• “HIT-The Third Case” (R): Indian Telugu-language action thriller film, starring Srinidhi Shetty, Rao Ramesh and Nani. Available on Netflix.
• “The King of Kings” (PG): Animated film inspired by Charles Dickens’ short story, “The Life of Our Lord.” Featuring the voice talents of: Kenneth Branagh, Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan, UmaThurman, Forest Whitaker and Mark Hamill.
• “Fight or Flight” (R): A mercenary takes on the job of tracking a high-value asset known as “The Ghost” on an international flight. Realizing the plane is filled with assassins assigned to kill them both, they must work together in a fight for their lives. Starring Josh Hartnett, Charithra Chandran, Katee Sackhoff and Julian Kostov.
• “On Swift Horses” (R): Muriel and her husband, Lee, begin a new life after he returns from the Korean War. But their newfound stability is upended by the arrival of Lee’s charismatic brother, Julius, a wayward gambler. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, Diego Calva, Sasha Calle.
• “Bono-Stories of Surrender”: A reimagining of Bono’s one-man stage show, “Stories of Surrender: An Evening of Words, Music and Some Mischief…” The film features never-before-seen footage from the tour and Bono performing many of the iconic U2 songs. Available on Apple TV+.
• “The Amateur” (PG-13): Charlie Heller (Rami Malek) is a brilliant, but deeply introverted decoder for the CIA. When his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack and his supervisors refuse to take action, he takes matters into his own hands, travelling across the globe to hunt down those responsible. Also starring Rachel Brosnahan, Caitríona Balfe, Jon Bernthal, Michael Stuhlbarg, Holt McCallany, Julianne Nicholson, Adrian Martinez and Laurence Fishburne.
• “Until Dawn” (R): After her sister disappears, Clover and her friends head to the remote valley where she vanished to search for answers. Starring Ella Rubin, Peter Stormare, Maia Mitchell and Rami Malek.
• “The Shrouds” (R): Karsh (Vincent Cassel), a businessman and grieving widower, builds a device to communicate with the dead inside a burial shroud. Also starring Diane Kruger, Guy Pearce and Sandrine Holt.
• “Death of a Unicorn” (R): While driving to a weekend retreat, a father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn. The father’s billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) tries to exploit the creature’s miraculous curative properties. Horror/Comedy film.
• “Sacramento” (R): A comedy film about friends on an L.A. to Sacramento road trip. Directed by Michael Angarano, and starring Angarano, Kristen Stewart, Michael Cera and Maya Erskine.
• “I’m Still Here” (PG-13): The film is based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s biographical book and tells about 1971 Brazil and the tightening grip of a military dictatorship. Eunice Paiva, a mother of five children is forced to reinvent herself after her family suffers a violent and arbitrary act by the government. Starring Fernanda Torres, Selton Mello and Fernanda Montenegro.
• “The Ugly Stepsister” (18+): Twist on the fairy tale “Cinderella,” this horror film follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her beautiful stepsister. Starring Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Naess, Ane Dahl Torp, Isac Calmroth and Flo Fagerli.
• “Inheritance” (2025) (R): When Maya (Phoebe Dynevor) learns that her father was once a spy, she suddenly becomes the center of an international conspiracy. Also starring Rhys Ifans, Necar Zadegan and Ciara Baxendale.
• “Screamboat” (NR): Horror/Comedy film about a late-night ferry ride in New York City that becomes a struggle for survival when a mouse transforms into a monster. Starring David Howard Thornton, Kailey Hyman, Jesse Posey and Amy Schumacher.
• “Rule Breakers” (PG): In a nation where educating girls is seen as rebellion, a visionary teacher leads Afghanistan’s first all-girls robotics team. Based on a true story, starring Ali Fazal, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Nikohl Boosheri and Christian Contreras.
• “The Luckiest Man in America” (R): An ice-cream truck driver discovers a secret way to win as a contestant on the game show, Press Your Luck. Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Maisie Williams and Haley Bennett.
• “Cheech & Chong’s Last Movie” (R): Documentary about Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong who discuss their lifelong friendship and popularity as a comedic duo with interviews, sketches and never-before-seen footage.
• “Sneaks” (PG): Adventure/Animation about a designer sneaker that finds himself lost in New York City, and must rescue his sister and return to his rightful owner. Featuring the voice talents of Mustard, Laurence Fishburne, Anthony Mackie and Keith David.
• “Fountain of Youth” (PG-13): The film follows two estranged siblings (John Krasinski and Natalie Portman) who partner on a global heist to find the mythological Fountain of Youth. Available on Apple TV+.
• “The Wedding Banquet” (R): A gay man proposes a green card marriage to a female friend in exchange for paying for her IVF treatment. Things get complicated when his grandmother plans an extravagant Korean wedding banquet. Starring Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang and Han Gi-chan.
• “The Legend of Ochi” (PG): A young girl is raised to fear an elusive forest creature known as ochi. When a baby ochi is left behind by its pack, she embarks on an adventure to reunite it with its family. Starring Helena Zengel, Willem Dafoe, Finn Wolfhard and Emily Watson.
• “Deaf President Now!”: Documentary about the 1988 protests at Gallaudet University, where students protested for a deaf president for the university. Available on Apple TV+.
• Disney’s “Snow White” (PG): Live-action musical reimagining of the classic 1937 film. Starring Rachel Zegler in the title role and Gal Gadot as her Stepmother, the Evil Queen. Also starring Andrew Burnap and Martin Klebba.
• “Juliet & Romeo” PG-13): Musical romantic drama based on the real story that inspired William Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet.” Starring Jason Isaacs, Clara Rugaard, Jamie Ward and Rebel Wilson.
• “The Surfer” (R): Psychological thriller about a man who revisits his childhood beach to surf with his son. Starring Nicolas Cage, Julian McMahon, Finn Little and Justin Rosniak.
• “Drop” (PG-13): While on a first date at an upscale restaurant, a widowed woman (Meghann Fahy) receives phone messages from a hooded figure who threatens to kill her young son and sister unless she kills her date, Henry (Brandon Sklenar). Also starring Jacob Robinson, Violett Beane, Reed Diamond, Gabrielle Ryan, Jeffery Self, Ed Weeks, Travis Nelson.
• “Warfare” (R): A surveillance mission goes wrong for a platoon of American Navy SEALs in insurgent territory in Iraq. Starring D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Cosmo Jarvis, Joseph Quinn, Kit Connor, Will Poulter, Michael Gandolfini, Noah Centineo, Charles Melton.
• “A Working Man” (R): Levon Cade (Jason Statham) left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. That ends when his boss’s daughter is taken by human traffickers and his search for her uncovers a world of corruption. Also starring Jason Flemyng and Merab Ninidze, with Michael Peña and David Harbour.
• “Nonnas” (PG-13): After the loss of his mother, a man risks everything to honor her by opening an Italian restaurant with local grandmothers (nonnas) as the chefs. Starring Vince Vaughn, Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire, Linda Cardellini, Drea de Matteo, Joe Manganiello, Michael Rispoli, Campbell Scott and Brenda Vaccaro. Available on Netflix.
• “Another Simple Favor” (R): Stephanie Smothers (Anna Kendrick) agrees to travel to Italy to be the maid of honour for the devious Emily Nelson (Blake Lively).
• “Havoc” (R): Walker (Tom Hardy), a disillusioned detective, fights his way through the criminal underworld threatening his city. Also starring Jessie Mei Li, Justin Cornwell, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Michelle Waterson, Sunny Pang and Jim Caesar, with Timothy Olyphant and Forest Whitaker, directed by Gareth Evans.
• “In the Lost Lands” (R): Fantasy/Action CGI about a witch (Milla Jovovich) who travels to the Lost Lands in search of a magical power that allows a person to transform into a werewolf. Also starring Dave Bautista, Simon Loof and Arly Jover.
• “Ballad of Wallis Island” (PG-13): An eccentric millionaire hires his favorite musician to perform on his remote desert island, and then secretly hires a former bandmate and ex-girlfriend of the musician. Starring Carey Mulligan, Tom Basden, Tim Key, Akemnji Ndifornyen and Sian Clifford. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Locked” (R): When a thief breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap. Starring Bill Skarsgård, Anthony Hopkins, Navid Charkhi and Michael Eklund.
• “The Penguin Lessons” (PG-13): Comedy drama inspired by the true story of an Englishman who went to work as a teacher in a school in Argentina in 1976, during a turbulent time. He experiences a personal and political awakening after he rescues a penguin from an oil-slicked beach. Starring Steve Coogan.
• “The Last Supper” 2025 (PG-13): The film depicts Jesus’ last days. Starring Jamie Ward, Robert Knepper, Daniel Fathers and James Faulkner.
• “Becoming Led Zeppelin” (PG-13): Directed by Bernard MacMahon, the film explores the origins of the group and their meteoric rise to stardom, includes interviews and rare performance footage.
• “Brave the Dark” (PG-13): When a teacher finds out out one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Starring Nicholas Hamilton, Jared Harris, Jamie Harris and Rodney Jones.
• “G20” (R): When terrorists take over the G20 summit, US President Danielle Sutton (Viola Davis) must use her governing and military experience to fight off the attack. Also starring Antony Starr, Marsai Martin and Anthony Anderson. Available on Amazon Prime.
• “Captain America-Brave New World” (PG-13): Anthony Mackie returns as the Marvel Comics superhero Sam Wilson/Captain America. After meeting with the newly elected U.S. President Thaddeus Ross (Harrison Ford), Sam finds himself in the middle of an international incident and must uncover the reason behind a global plot. Also starring Danny Ramirez, Shira Haas, Xosha Roquemore, Carl Lumbly, with Giancarlo Esposito, Liv Tyler and Tim Blake Nelson.
• “Paddington in Peru” (PG): Third film in the “Paddington” live-action/animated film series. Paddington learns his beloved aunt has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears and he and the Brown family head to the jungles of Peru to find her. Starring Emily Mortimer, Ben Whishaw, Madeleine Harris, Hugh Bonneville, Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas.
• “The Day The Earth Blew Up-A Looney Tunes Movie” (PG): A new film from Warner Bros. Animation with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck. The pair become Earth’s only hope when their antics at the local bubble-gum factory uncover a secret alien mind-control plot. Featuring the voices of Eric Bauza, Candi Milo, Peter MacNicol, Wayne Knight, and Laraine Newman.
• “The Friend” (R): New York City writer Iris finds her quiet, solitary life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor bequeaths her a Great Dane. Starring Bill Murray, Naomi Watts, Carla Gugino and Constance Wu.
• “Mickey 17” (R): Sci-fi film about a young worker who signs up to be an “expendable” to colonize the ice world Niflheim, based on Edward Ashton’s novel “Mickey7.” Starring Robert Pattinson, Naomi Ackie, Steven Yeun and Holliday Grainger.
• “Novocaine” (R): When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man turns his inability to feel pain into an unexpected strength as he fights to get her back. Starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson and Betty Gabriel.
• “The Alto Knights” (R): American biographical crime drama set in the 1950s that follows New York crime bosses Frank Costello and Vito Genovese. Starring Robert De Niro, Cosmo Jarvis, Debra Messing and Kathrine Narducci.
• “The Woman in the Yard” (PG-13): Ramona is grief stricken after her husband dies in a car accident, leaving her to care for her two children alone in her rural farmhouse. Her sadness turns to fear when a woman in black appears on her front lawn, warning her “today’s the day.” Starring Okwui Okpokwasili, Danielle Deadwyler, Russell Hornsby and Estella Kahiha.
• “Hell of a Summer” (R): A camp counselor thinks his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his co-workers, but he doesn’t know there is a masked killer lurking on the campgrounds, picking off victims. Starring Finn Wolfhard, Billy Bryk, Fred Hechinger and Abby Quinn.
• “Ash” (R): A woman wakes up on a mysterious planet to find the crew of her space station slaughtered. Starring Flying Lotus, Eiza González, Aaron Paul and Iko Uwais.
• “Dog Man” (PG): When a police dog and his human police officer owner are injured together on the job, a harebrained life-saving surgery fuses them together creating Dog Man. Animated film, featuring the voices of Pete Davidson, Lil Rel Howery, Island Fisher, Poppy Liu, Stephen Root, Billy Boyd and Ricky Gervais.
• “Black Bag” (R): The film follows intelligence agents George Woodhouse (Michael Fassbender) and his beloved wife Kathryn (Cate Blanchett). When she is suspected of betraying the nation, George must choose to be loyal to his marriage or his country.
• “The Monkey” (R): When twin brothers find a wind-up toy monkey, a series of outrageous deaths ensue. Twenty-five years later, the monkey begins a new killing spree. Starring Oz Perkins, Theo James, Tatiana Maslany and Rohan Campbell.
• “O’Dessa” (PG-13): Rock opera set in a post-apocalyptic future about a farm girl on a quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a city where she meets her one true love. Starring Sadie Sink, Regina Hall, Kelly Macdonald and Kelvin Harrison Jr.
• “The Electric State” (PG-13): Sci-fi film set in the aftermath of a robot uprising in an alternate version of the ’90s. The film follows an orphaned teenager who ventures across the American West with a cartoon-inspired robot and others in search of her younger brother. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, Ke Huy Quan, Jason Alexander, Woody Norman, with Giancarlo Esposito and Stanley Tucci. Available on Netflix.
• “Mufasa-The Lion King” (PG): New Disney CGI-animated film in “The Lion King” franchise, “Mufasa-The Lion King” is told in flashbacks. The story introduces Mufasa as an orphaned cub, lost and alone until he meets a sympathetic lion named Taka — the heir to a royal bloodline. Featuring the voices of Aaron Pierre, Blue Ivy Carter, Mads Mikkelsen, John Kani, Tiffany Boone, Seth Rogen, Donald Glover, and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.
• “The Unbreakable Boy” (PG): Based on the New York Times bestselling book of the same name about the true story of a couple who learn that their son, Austin, is autistic and has brittle bone disease. With the father’s growing faith in God and Austin’s incredible spirit, they find joy, gratitude and courage in the most trying times. Starring Jacob Laval, Zachary Levi, Meghann Fahy and Peter Facinelli.
• “Opus” (R): Horror film about a young writer (Ayo Edebiri) who is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star (John Malkovich) who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago. Also starring Juliette Lewis and Stephanie Suganami.
• “Last Breath” (PG-13): Based on a true story, the film follows seasoned deep-sea divers as they battle the elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean’s surface. Starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole and Cliff Curtis.
• “Heart Eyes” (R): Horror/Comedy about a masked maniac with glowing red eyes who terrorizes unsuspecting couples on Valentine’s Day. Starring Olivia Holt, Mason Gooding, Jordana Brewster and Devon Sawa.
• “Sonic The Hedgehog 3” (PG): Sonic, Knuckles and Tails reunite to fight Shadow, a mysterious new enemy with powers unlike anything they’ve faced before. Starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba and Keanu Reeves and Krysten Ritter.
• “One of Them Days” (R): When her boyfriend takes her rent money, Alyssa and her roommate race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact. Starring Keke Palmer, SZA, Maude Apatow and Katt Williams.
• “Night of the Zoopocalypse” (PG): Animated film about a meteorite falling at a zoo, unleashing a virus that turns zoo animals into zombies. Featuring the voices of Gabbi Kosmidis, David Harbour, Bryn McAuley and Scott Thompson.
• “The Rule of Jenny Pen” (R): A judge who is recovering from a stroke at an assisted living facility encounters a psychopathic patient who uses a hand puppet to abuse fellow residents. Starring John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush, Nathaniel Lees and Holly Shanahan.
• “Riff Raff” (R): A former criminal’s life is turned upside down when his old family shows up for a long-awaited reunion. Starring Emanuela Postacchini, Jennifer Coolidge, Bill Murray and Lewis Pullman.
• “My Dead Friend Zoe” (R): A U.S. veteran keeps seeing the presence of her best friend who died in combat. When her estranged grandfather is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, she becomes his caretaker while also trying to heal herself. Starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Natalie Morales, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris.
• “Valiant One” (R): A U.S. helicopter goes down in North Korea during a routine mission, and a group of reserve soldiers must find a way out before starting a war. Starring Chase Stokes, Lana Condor, Daniel Jun and Jonathan Whitesell.
• “Flight Risk” (R): In this suspense thriller, Mark Wahlberg plays a pilot transporting an Air Marshal (Michelle Dockery) accompanying a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery, and Topher Grace, directed by Mel Gibson.
• “Companion” (R): A weekend getaway turns bloody when an android that’s built for human companionship goes haywire. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Jack Quaid, Megan Suri and Lukas Gage.
• “Love Hurts” (R): Ke Huy Quan stars as Marvin Gable, a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs. When Marvin receives a crimson envelope from Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime whom he had left for dead, he finds himself thrust back into a world of ruthless hit men and double-crosses that turn his open houses into war zones. Also starring Daniel Wu, Sean Astin, Mustafa Shakir, Lio Tipton, Rhys Darby, Marshawn Lynch and André Eriksen.
• “The Gorge” (PG-13): Two highly-trained operatives are appointed to posts in guard towers on opposite sides of a vast gorge, protecting the world from a highly classified evil lurking within. Starring Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver. Available on Apple TV+.
• “A Complete Unknown” (R): Set in the influential New York music scene of the early 60s, the film follows 19-year-old Minnesota musician Bob Dylan’s (Timothée Chalamet) meteoric rise as a folk singer to concert halls and the top of the charts. Also starring Elle Fanning, Scoot McNairy, Edward Norton, Boyd Holbrook and Monica Barbaro.
• “Presence” (R): A family moves into a suburban house and becomes convinced they’re not alone. Starring Julia Fox, Lucy Liu, Callina Liang, Chris Sullivan and West Mulholland.
• “Moana 2” (PG): Walt Disney Animation Studios’ animated musical reunites Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) and Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson) three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers.
• “The Room Next Door” (PG-13): Ingrid (Julianne Moore) and Martha (Tilda Swinton) were close friends while working together at the same magazine. Years later, they meet up again. Also starring Alvise Rigo and Esther Rose McGregor.
• “The Brutalist” (R): Escaping postwar Europe, a visionary architect comes to America to rebuild his life, his career, and his marriage. Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce and Joe Alwyn.
• “Den of Thieves 2-Pantera” (R): Lawman “Big Nick” O’Brien (Gerard Butler) gets embroiled in the treacherous world of diamond thieves as he pursues a career criminal to Europe. Also starring Evin Ahmad, 50 Cent and Ciryl Gane.
• “Wolf Man” (R): A family is attacked by an unseen animal and must barricade inside a remote farmhouse. As the night wears on, the father begins to behave strangely and transforms into something unrecognizable. Adapted from “The Wolf Man” (1941). Producers are Ryan Gosling and Jason Blum. Starring Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth and Sam Jaeger.
• “The Last Showgirl” (R): A seasoned showgirl must plan for her future when her show abruptly closes after a 30-year run. Starring Pamela Anderson, Kiernan Shipka, Jamie Lee Curtis and Dave Bautista.
• “Love Me” (R): Long after humanity’s extinction, a buoy and a satellite meet online and learn what it means to be alive and in love.
• “Homestead” (PG-13): A former green beret and other survivors take refuge inside an elaborate compound when an attack on America leaves the world in chaos. Starring Neal McDonough, Dawn Olivieri, Bailey Chase and Olivia Sanabia.
• “Better Man” (R): The true story of the meteoric rise, fall and resurgence of British pop superstar Robbie Williams. Starring Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Steve Pemberton, Damon Heriman, Raechelle Banno, Alison Steadman, Kate Mulvany, Frazer Hadfield, Tom Budge and Anthony Hayes.
• “Rob Peace” (R): Based on a true story about a young Black man who attends Yale University while working to free his imprisoned father. Starring Camila Cabello, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jay Will and Mary J. Blige.
• “September 5” (R): Drama focused on the 1972 Munich Olympics, when an American sports broadcasting crew is thrust into covering the hostage crisis involving Israeli athletes. Starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Leonie Benesch and Ben Chaplin.
• “Queer” (R): Set in 1950s Mexico City, the film follows an outcast American expat who becomes infatuated with a younger man. Starring Drew Starkey, Daniel Craig, Omar Apollo and Jason Schwartzma.
• “Wicked” (PG): Film adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, about the untold story of the witches of Oz. This is the first film of a two-part series. Starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, Jonathan Bailey, Ethan Slater, Marissa Bode, Bowen Yang.
• “Nosferatu” (R): American gothic horror film remake of the 1922 German film of the same name about an obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her. Written and directed by Robert Eggers, starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin, Ralph Ineson, Simon, McBurney, and Willem Dafoe.
• “Babygirl” (R): A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins an affair with a much younger intern. Starring Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson and Antonio Banderas.
• “Nickel Boys” (PG-13): Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel by Colson Whitehead, the film chronicles the powerful friendship between two young black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida. Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
• “Kinda Pregnant” (R): Jealous of her friend’s pregnancy, Lainy (Amy Schumer) wears a fake baby bump, and coincidentally meets the man of her dreams. Also starring Jillian Bell, Will Forte, Damon Wayans Jr., Brianne Howey, Alex Moffat, Joel David Moore, Lizze Broadway, Urzila Carlson and Francis Benhamou.
• “The Sand Castle” (2025) (PG-13): A family of four become stranded on a deserted island and must scavenge for survival. Starring Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri and Zain Al Rafeea.
• “Unstoppable” (PG-13): Born with one leg, Anthony Robles (Jharrel Jerome) defies expectations to become a champion wrestler in college, competing against the very school that rejected him. Available on Amazon Prime.
• “The Damned” (R): A 19th-century widow and her community are forced to make an impossible choice during a cruel winter when a ship sinks off the coast, risking what’s left of the village’s dwindling supplies. Starring Rory McCann, Odessa Young, Joe Cole and Siobhan Finneran.
• “Taking Care”: Documentary about Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen as they navigate Lauren’s mother’s advancing Alzheimer’s disease.
• “Back in Action” (PG-13): Years after giving up life as CIA spies to start a family, Emily (Cameron Diaz) and Matt (Jamie Foxx) are pulled back into the world of espionage. Also starring Kyle Chandler, Andrew Scott, Jamie Demetriou, McKenna Roberts, Rylan Jackson and Glenn Close. Available on Netflix.
• “Kraven the Hunter” (R): Origin story of how Marvel Comics supervillain Kraven the Hunter came to be. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Kraven, a man whose relationship with his gangster father, Nikolai Kravinoff (Russell Crowe), starts him down a path of vengeance. Also starring Ariana DeBose and Alessandro Nivola. Available on Google Play.
• “Gladiator II” (R): Years after witnessing the death of hero Maximus at the hands of his uncle, Lucius (Paul Mescal) is forced to enter the Colosseum after his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors. Starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Fred Hechinger, Lior Raz, Derek Jacobi with Connie Nielsen and Denzel Washington. Directed by Ridley Scott.
• “The Fire Inside” (PG-13): Based on the true story of Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, a high school junior from Flint, Michigan, who trained to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. Starring Ryan Destiny, Brian Tyree Henry, Jessica Grossi and Judy Greer.
• “Bloody Axe Wound” (R): Horror/Comedy film that follows a teenager who inherits her father’s real-life slasher business. Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Billy Burke, Sari Arambulo and Molly Brown.
• “Bonhoeffer” (PG-13): The true story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Lutheran pastor and anti-Nazi dissident, who was involved in a plot to assassinate Hitler. Starring Jonas Dassler, Flula Borg, Moritz Bleibtreu and August Diehl.
• “A Real Pain” (R): Mismatched cousins David ( Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji ( Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. Also starring Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey, Kurt Egyiawan, Liza Sadovy, and Daniel Oreskes.
• “The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry” (PG-13): Based on the New York Times best-selling novel, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry’s (Kunal Nayyar) struggles after his wife’s tragic death. Also starring Lucy Hale, Christina Hendricks and David Arquette.
• “The Return” (R): A retelling of Homer’s “Odyssey.” After 20 years away, Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. He finds much has changed since he left to fight in the Trojan War, and he must fight to save his family. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Charlie Plummer and Amir Wilson.
• “The Monster Beneath Us” (NR): Horror film set in Yorkshire, 1898. When her ex-husband suddenly dies, a woman and her son move to his country estate. Starring Becca Hirani, Nicola Wright, Jennifer Lim and Marshall Hawkes.
• “The Lord of the Rings-The War of the Rohirrim” (PG-13): Set nearly 200 years before the events of the original “The Lord of the Rings” films, this prequel tells about an attack on the house of Helm Hammerhand, the legendary King of Rohan. Animated, featuring Gaia Wise, Miranda Otto, Christopher Lee and Brian Cox.
• “Flow”: Animated film about a cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences.
• “Anora” (R): A sex worker from Brooklyn gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled. Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eidelstein, Yuriy Borisov and Ivy Wolk.
• “Hitpig!” (PG): Animated feature about a bounty-hunting pig who catches escaped animals. Featuring the voices of Jason Sudeikis, Anitta, Rainn Wilson and Lilly Singh.
• “Red One” (PG-13): When a villain kidnaps Santa Claus from the North Pole, an E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative helps to find him and save Christmas. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Liu. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” (PG): Based on the book of the same name, the film centers on the Herdmans, who have a reputation for being the worst kids in the world. When the six siblings take over their local church pageant, they might unwittingly teach the community the true meaning of Christmas. Starring Lauren Graham, Judy Greer, and Pete Holmes.
• “Werewolves” (R): Two scientists work to stop a mutation that turns people into werewolves. Starring Frank Grillo, Katrina Law, Lou Diamond Phillips and Ilfenesh Hadera.
• “Y2K” (R): On New Year’s Eve of 1999, two high school juniors crash a party, and then must fight for their lives when Y2K becomes a reality. Starring Rachel Zegler, Kyle Mooney, Jaeden Martell and Julian Dennison.
• “Venom-The Last Dance” (PG-13): The final chapter of the “Venom” trilogy. Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and Venom must make a devastating decision as they’re pursued by a mysterious military man. Also starring Juno Temple, Peggy Lu and Rhys Ifans.
• “The Order” (R): Based on the true story of a veteran FBI agent who goes after a white supremacist terrorist group that was active in the 1980s. Starring Jude Law, Nicholas Hoult, Jurnee Smollett and Tye Sheridan.
• “The Six Triple Eight” (PG-13): Inspired by the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in WWII. Given an extraordinary mission and united in their determination, these unsung heroes delivered hope and shattered barriers. Starring Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Milauna Jackson, Kylie Jefferson, Shanice Shantay, Sarah Jeffery, Susan Sarandon, Sam Waterston, and Oprah Winfrey. Directed by Tyler Perry. Available on Netflix.
• “Carry-On” (PG-13): Action thriller film about a young TSA agent who tries to outsmart a mysterious traveler who has blackmailed him into letting a dangerous package slip onto a Christmas Eve flight. Starring Taron Egerton, Jason Bateman, Sofia Carson, Danielle Deadwyler, Tonstiuh, Theo Rossi, Logan Marshall-Green, and Dean Norris. Available on Netflix.
• “That Christmas” (PG): Animated Christmas fantasy based on the trilogy of children’s books by writer/director Richard Curtis. The film follows a series of tales about family and friends, love and loneliness, and Santa Claus making a big mistake. Featuring the voices of Bill Nighy, Brian Cox, Guz Khan, Jack Wisiewski, Zazie Hayhurst, India Brown, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Freddie Spry, and Ava Talbot. Available on Netflix.
• “The Wild Robot” (PG): DreamWorks Animation adaptation of Peter Brown’s #1 New York Times bestseller of the same name. The adventure follows a robot named Roz that is shipwrecked on a deserted island and must learn to adapt to the harsh surroundings, gradually building relationships with the native animals, forming a parental bond with an orphaned gosling. Featuring the voices of Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal, Catherine O’Hara, Bill Nighy, Kit Connor, Stephanie Hsu, with Mark Hamill, Matt Berry and Ving Rhames.
• “Heretic” (R): Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (Hugh Grant). Starring Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East.
• “Juror #2” (PG-13): A juror for a high-profile murder trial finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma that could influence the verdict and potentially convict, or free, the accused killer. Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Nicholas Hoult, Zoey Deutch, Toni Collette, Gabriel Basso, Francesca Eastwood, Kiefer Sutherland, Leslie Bibb and Chris Messina.
• “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” (PG-13): A family gathers on Christmas Eve for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. Starring Sawyer Spielberg, Michael Cera, Elsie Fisher and Lev Cameron.
• “Smile 2” (R): Global pop sensation Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is about to embark on a world tour when she begins experiencing terrifying and inexplicable events, and is forced to face her dark past. Also starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Kyle Gallner, Lukas Gage, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Peter Jacobson, Raúl Castillo and Ray Nicholson.
• “Conclave” (PG): Mystery-thriller film based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. Cardinal Lawrence (Ralph Fiennes) is tasked with participating in the secretive process of selecting a new pope. Surrounded by other religious leaders in the halls of the Vatican, he soon uncovers secrets that could shake the foundation of the Roman Catholic Church. Also starring Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Carlos Dietz, Isabella Rossellini, Sergio Castellitto and Lucian Msamati.
• “Terrifier 3″: Third installment in the “Terrifier” horror film franchise with Sienna and her brother struggling to rebuild their lives after surviving Art the Clown’s Halloween massacre. Starring David Howard Thornton, Lauren LaVera, Samantha Scaffidi and Elliott Fullam.
• “Exhibiting Forgiveness” (R): A Black artist’s path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering addict. Starring Andra Day, André Holland, John Earl Jelks and Dan Nainan.
• “Here” (PG-13): A generational story about the comings and goings in a house over the course of a century. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Kelly Reilly and Paul Bettany.
• “The Piano Lesson” (PG-13): A battle between brother and sister over an heirloom piano. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Ray Fisher, Corey Hawkins, Michael Potts, Skylar Aleece Smith, Stephan James, and Erykah Badu. Available on Netflix.
• “Spellbound”: Animated tale that follows the teenage daughter of the rulers of Lumbria as she goes on a quest to save her family and kingdom after a spell transforms her parents into monsters. Featuring the voices of Rachel Zegler, John Lithgow, Jenifer Lewis, Nathan Lane, Tituss Burgess, Javier Bardem, and Nicole Kidman. Available on Netflix.
• “Joy”: Based on the true story behind the ground-breaking birth of Louise Joy Brown in 1978, the world’s first ‘test-tube- baby’, and the tireless 10-year journey to make it possible. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Bill Nighy, Charlie Murphy, James Norton, Douggie McMeekin, Rish Shah, and Eoin Duffy. Available on Netflix.
• “Blitz” (PG-13): In World War II London, a 9-year-old boy is sent to safety by his mother. Determined to return home, the boy embarks on the journey, only to find himself in immense peril. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller, Stephen Graham, Leigh Gill, Mica Ricketts, CJ Beckford, Alex Jennings, Joshua McGuire, Hayley Squires, Erin Kellyman and Sally Messham. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Beetle Juice Beetle Juice” (PG-13): Sequel to the 1988 horror comedy, “Beetle Juice.” After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River, where Lydia’s rebellious teenage daughter discovers a mysterious portal to the afterlife. Starring Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, Arthur Conti, with Jenna Ortega and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Tim Burton.
• “Transformers One” (PG): Animated prequel to the “Transformers” film series, origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, featuring the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson and Steve Buscemi.
• “We Live in Time” (R): Romance/Comedy film about Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) who are brought together by a surprise encounter that changes their lives.
• “Saturday Night” (R): Comedy/Drama that follows producer Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle) and the cast of young comedians and writers as they prepare for the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” on Oct. 11, 1975. Also starring Ella Hunt, Cory Michael Smith and Rachel Sennott.
• “Absolution” (R): An aging gangster attempts to reconnect with his children and rectify the mistakes of his past. Starring William Xifaras, Josh Drennen, Chanel Rose Connor and Ian Dylan Hunt.
• “Weekend in Taipei” (R): A former DEA agent and an ex-undercover operative rekindle their romance during a weekend in Taipei. Starring Luke Evans, Sung Kang, Gwei Lun-mei and Patrick Lee.
• “Emilia Pérez” (R): Musical/Comedy follows the journey of four remarkable women in Mexico, each pursuing their own happiness. Starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, Edgar Ramírez, and Mark Ivanir. Available on Netflix.
• “Super/Man-The Christopher Reeve Story” (PG-13): The story of Christopher Reeve, from unknown actor to iconic movie star in four “Superman” films and other roles, before a near-fatal horse-riding accident in 1995 left him paralyzed from the neck down. He then became a charismatic leader and activist to find a cure for spinal cord injuries, and an advocate for disability rights and care. Starring Glenn Close, Whoopi Goldberg, Susan Sarandon and Jeff Daniels.
• “Your Monster” (R): A romantic-comedy-horror film about an actress whose life falls apart. She recovers her voice after finding a terrifying but charming monster living in her closet. Starring Tommy Dewey, Melissa Barrera, Edmund Donovan and Meghann Fahy.
• “Piece by Piece” (PG): Animated documentary about the life of singer/songwriter and record producer Pharrell Williams, told with LEGO animation. Featuring the voices of Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay Z and Snoop Dogg.
• “White Bird”: A coming of age story, based on R.J. Palacio’s graphic novel, “White Bird: A Wonder Story”. Starring Bryce Gheisar, Ariella Glaser, Orlando Schwerdt and Helen Mirren.
• “Joker: Folie À Deux” (R): “Joker” sequel with Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) institutionalized at Arkham awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur finds his true love, Harley Quinn, played by Lady Gaga. Also starring Brendan Gleeson, Catherine Keener, and Zazie Beetz, (Thriller/Musical)
• “Time Cut” (NR): A teenager travels back to the early 2000s to stop a vicious killer from murdering her sister. Starring Michael Shanks, Griffin Gluck, Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Summer H. Howell, Rachel Crawford and Megan Best. Available on Netflix.
• “Megalopolis” (R): A Roman fable set in an imagined modern America with a conflict between Cesar, an artist who seeks a utopian, idealistic future, and Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to the status quo. Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito, Nathalie Emmanuel, Aubrey Plaza, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Voight, Laurence Fishburne and Dustin Hoffman. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
• “Here After” (PG-13): Claire is overjoyed when her daughter, Robin, is revived after a nearly fatal accident, yet soon starts to suspect that something dark has followed her daughter back from the brink of death. Starring Connie Britton, Giovanni Cirfiera, Tommaso Basili and Giorgia Trasselli.
• “The Substance” (R): Horror/Sci-fi film that follows Elisabeth Sparkle, (Demi Moore) renowned for an aerobics show, as she is fired on her 50th birthday. A laboratory offers her a substance which promises to transform her into an enhanced version of herself. Also starring Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid and Tiffany Hofstetter.
• “Speak No Evil” (R): When an American couple and their daughter are invited to spend the weekend at a British family’s idyllic country estate, what begins as a dream holiday soon becomes a nightmare. Starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough and Scoot McNairy.
• “The Crow” (R): Reboot of the 1994 cult classic of the same name, based on the comic book series by James O’Barr. Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered. Eric is given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, and sets out to seek revenge, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead. Starring Bill Skarsgård, FKA twigs, Danny Huston, Laura Birn, Karel Dobrý, and David Bowles.
• “Luca” (PG): Animated feature set in a seaside town on the Italian Riviera, about a young boy experiencing a summer filled with gelato, pasta and endless scooter rides. However, the fun is threatened by the secret that he is a sea monster from another world. Featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Giacomo Gianniotti and Emma Berman. Previously released direct-to-streaming on Disney+.
• “Stree 2”: The town of Chanderi is being haunted again with women being abducted by a headless entity. Horror/Comedy film starring Shraddha Kapoor, Tamannaah Bhatia, Rajkummar Rao and Amar Kaushik. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “Deadpool & Wolverine” (R): New superhero film with Marvel Studios characters Deadpool and Wolverine teaming up to defeat a common enemy. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, Emma Corrin, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney, Leslie Uggams, Karan Soni and Matthew Macfadyen.
• “Woman of the Hour” (R): Based on the true story of an aspiring actress in 1970s Los Angeles and a serial killer, whose lives intersect during an episode of The Dating Game. Starring Anna Kendrick, Tony Hale, Jedidiah Goodacre, Kelly Jakle, Daniel Zovatto, and Max Lloyd-Jones. Available on Netflix.
• “Lonely Planet” (R): A young man goes with his girlfriend to a prestigious workshop for writers in Morocco. As their relationship becomes strained, he engages in a romance with a famous, reclusive writer. Starring Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Diana Silvers, Ben Youcef, Bellina Logan and Dillon Lane. Available on Netflix.
• “The Apprentice” (R): Biographical drama about young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan) when he started his real estate business in New York in the 1970s and 1980s.
• “My Old Ass” (R): An 18th-birthday mushroom trip brings Elliott face-to-face with her 39-year-old self. Starring Maisy Stella, Aubrey Plaza, Maddie Ziegler and Percy Hynes.
• “Monster Summer” (PG-13): When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their summer fun, a group of friends team up with a retired police detective to save their island. Starring Mel Gibson, Kevin James, Lorraine Bracco and Mason Thames.
• “The Outrun” (R): After living on the edge in London, Rona attempts to come to terms with her troubled past and returns to Scotland’s Orkney Islands where she grew up. Adapted from the bestselling memoir by Amy Liptrot. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Paapa Essiedu, Saskia Reeves and Stephen Dillane. In select theaters.
• “Azrael” (R): Years after the apocalypse, a cult of mute zealots hunts down Azrael, a young woman who escaped imprisonment. Starring Samara Weaving, Vincent Willestrand, Victoria Carmen Sonne and Sebastian Bull Sarning.
• “Cabrini” (PG-13): Based on a true story, an Italian immigrant, Francesca Cabrini, arrives in New York City in 1889, and is greeted by disease, crime and impoverished children. She soon sets off to convince the mayor and fight to secure housing and health care for immigrant orphans.
• “Hold Your Breath” (R): Set in Oklahoma during the dust storms of the 1930s, a woman (Sarah Paulson) is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family. Also starring Amiah Miller, Annaleigh Ashford, Alona Jane Robbins, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach. Available on Hulu.
• “Never Let Go” (R): Psychological thriller/horror film — as an evil force takes over the world beyond their front door, the only protection for a mother (Halle Berry) and her twin sons, is their house and their family’s protective bond. Also starring Anthony B. Jenkins, Percy Daggs III and Percy Daggs IV.
• “Alien-Romulus” (R): New sci-fi/horror-thriller of the “Alien” franchise. While scavenging a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers face the most terrifying life form in the universe. Producer Ridley Scott, starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu.
• “It Ends With Us” (PG-13): Lily Bloom (Blake Lively) moves to Boston to chase her lifelong dream of opening her own business, and meets a charming neurosurgeon Ryle Kincaid (Justin Baldoni). As the two fall in love, she begins to see sides of Ryle that remind her of her parents’ relationship. Also starring Brandon Sklenar and Isabela Ferrer.
• “Reagan” (PG-13): Drama based on the life of Ronald Reagan, from his childhood to Hollywood stardom to becoming the 40th president of the United States. Starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller, Scott Stapp and Darci Lynne Farmer.
• “Average Joe” (PG-13): Based on a true story, high school football coach Joe Kennedy (Eric Close) finds himself in a fight for religious freedom after he’s fired for publicly taking a knee in prayer after each game. Also starring Amy Acker, Jimmy Gonzales and Paul Rae.
• “Someone Like You” (PG): After the tragic loss of his best friend, a grieving young architect launches a search for her secret twin sister. Starring Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, Scott Reeves and Robyn Lively.
• “Lee” (R): Drama based on the true story of photographer Elizabeth `Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II. Starring Kate Winslet, Andy Samberg, Alexander Skarsgård and Marion Cotillard.
• “God’s Not Dead-In God We Trust” (PG): Drama with Rev. David Hill (David A.R. White) running for Congress against an opponent who wants to erase religion from policy. Also starring Dean Cain , Isaiah Washington , Scott Baio and Samaire Armstrong.
• “The Forge” (PG): A young man with no plans for his future, is challenged by his single mom and a successful businessman to start charting a better course for his life. Through the prayers of his mother and biblical discipleship from his new mentor, he begins discovering God’s purpose for his life. Starring Priscilla Shirer, Aspen Kennedy, Jerry Shirer and Karen Abercrombie.
• “It’s What’s Inside” (R): A group of college friends gather for a pre-wedding party that descends into a nightmare when an estranged friend arrives with a mysterious game that awakens long-hidden secrets. Starring Brittany O’Grady, James Morosini, Alycia Debnam-Carey and Devon Terrell. Available on Netflix.
• “Wolfs” (R): George Clooney plays a professional fixer hired to cover up a high-profile crime. But when a second fixer (Brad Pitt) shows up, the two “lone wolves” are forced to work together. Also starring Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, and Poorna Jagannathan. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Twisters” (PG-13): A former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years, is lured back to the open plains by a friend to test a groundbreaking new tracking system. Starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Maura Tierney and Brandon Perea.
• “The Killer’s Game” (R): Top hitman Joe Flood (Dave Bautista) is diagnosed with a terminal illness, and decides to take take a hit out on himself. But when the hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend (Sofia Boutella), he must fend off assassin colleagues and win back the love of his life. Also starring Terry Crews and Scott Adkins, with Pom Klementieff, and Ben Kingsley.
• “Rez Ball” (PG-13): The Chuska, New Mexico high school basketball team is rich in Native American heritage. After the loss of their star player, the team must face their greatest challenge to keep their dreams of a state championship alive. Starring Jessica Matten, Kauchani Bratt, Cody Lightning, Dallas Goldtooth, Ernest David Tsosie, Kusem Goodwind, Zoey Reyes, Amber Midthunder and Julia Jones. Available on Netflix.
• “His Three Daughters” (R): Bittersweet and often funny story of an elderly patriarch and the three grown daughters who come to be with him in his final days. Starring Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, Jovan Adepo and Jay O. Sanders. Available on Netflix.
• “Uglies” (PG-13): In a futuristic world that imposes a mandatory cosmetic surgery at 16, a teen awaiting her turn leaves to search for her friend who ran away. Starring Joey King, Chase Stokes and Laverne Cox. Available on Netflix.
• “Rebel Ridge” (TV-MA): Terry Richmond (Aaron Pierre) enters the town of Shelby Springs to post bail for his cousin. But when Terry’s life savings is unjustly seized by law-enforcement, he’s forced to go head to head with local police chief Sandy Burnne (Don Johnson) and his combat-ready officers. Terry finds an ally in court clerk Summer McBride (AnnaSophia Robb). Available on Netflix.
• “Blink Twice” (R): A young waitress in Los Angeles meets a tech entrepreneur who invites her to vacation with him and his friends on his private island. When strange things start to happen, Frida must uncover the truth to make it out alive. Starring Channing Tatum, Geena Davis, Kyle MacLachlan and Adria Arjona.
• “Borderlands” (PG-13): Lilith (Cate Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter returns to her home planet and forms an alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Based on a video game franchise. Also starring Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Jack Black, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Florian Munteanu.
• “Despicable Me 4” (PG): Sequel to “Despicable Me 3” with a new member of the family, Gru Jr. The family is forced to go on the run when criminal mastermind Maxime Le Mal escapes from prison and vows revenge against Gru. Animated, featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell, Pierre Coffin, Joey King, Sofia Vergara, Stephen Colbert, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Madison Polan.
• “My Penguin Friend” (PG): A heartbroken fisherman rescues a penguin drifting alone in the ocean. Starring Jean Reno, Adriana Barraza, Rocio Hernandez and Nicolás Francella.
• “Ryan’s World the Movie-Titan Universe” (PG): When Ryan’s twin sisters Emma and Kate get trapped in a comic book world, he enters the realm to rescue them. Starring Ryan Kaji, Albie Hecht, Shion Kaji and Kate Kaji.
• “Cuckoo” (R): Horror film about a 17-year-old girl who reluctantly leaves her American home to live with her father at a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick and Kalin Morrow.
• “How To Come Alive with Norman Mailer”: Detroit Film Theatre at the Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward Ave., Detroit, dia.org, ticket prices vary.
• “Kneecap” (R): Biopic film about the rise of the Irish hip hop act, Kneecap. Starring Naoise Ó Cairealláin “Móglaí Bap”, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh “Mo Chara”, JJ Ó Dochartaigh “DJ Provaí”, Josie Walker, Fionnuala Flaherty, Jessica Reynolds, Adam Best, with Simone Kirby and Michael Fassbender.
• “Kalki 2898 AD”: Indian Sci-fi/Action film. A modern avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu is said to have descended on Earth to protect the world from evil forces, subtitles. Starring Prabhas, Kamal Haasan, Deepika Padukone and Amitabh Bachchan.
• “Sound of Hope-The Story of Possum Trot” (PG-13): Donna and Reverend Martin ignite a movement of compassion in their East Texas church for 22 families to adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster system.
• “Bad Newz”: Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Anand Tiwari. Starring Tripti Dimri, Vicky Kaushal, Ammy Virk and Fatima Sana Shaikh.
• “The Front Room” (R): Horror/thriller film that follows a newly pregnant woman whose mother-in-law moves in and tries to get her claws on the child. Starring Brandy, Kathryn Hunter, Andrew Burnap and Neal Huff.
• “Slingshot” (R): A trio of astronauts aboard a years-long, possibly compromised mission to Saturn’s moon Titan must attempt a slingshot maneuver that will either catapult them to Titan or into deep space. Starring Casey Affleck, Tomer Capone, Laurence Fishburne and Emily Beecham.
• “Strange Darling” (R): A twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree. Starring Willa Fitzgerald, Kyle Gallner, Giovanni Ribisi and Barbara Hershey.
• “Between The Temples” (R): A cantor in a crisis of faith finds his world turned upside down when his former grade school music teacher re-enters his life as his new adult Bat Mitzvah student. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Carol Kane, Dolly De Leon and Madeline Weinstein.
• “City of Dreams” (R): A young Mexican farmer travels to Los Angeles with the promise of training at a soccer camp. Soon he realizes he’s really been sold to a sweatshop, and plans his escape. Starring Ari López, Jason Patric, Renata Vaca and Diego Calva.
• “Afraid” (PG-13): Curtis (John Cho) and his family are selected to test a new digital assistant device which begins to anticipate their needs and makes sure nothing gets in the family’s way. Also starring Katherine Waterston, Lukita Maxwell and Havana Rose Liu.
• “1992” (R): Mercer (Tyrese Gibson) is trying to rebuild his life and his relationship with his son amid the turbulent Los Angeles riots in 1992, following the Rodney King verdict. Meanwhile, another father and son put their own strained relationship to the test as they plan a heist where Mercer works. Also starring Ray Liotta, Scott Eastwood and Dylan Arnold.
• “Inside Out 2” (PG): Disney and Pixar’s sequel to “Inside Out” with Riley (voiced by Kensington Tallman) now a teenager with a new set of emotions. Animated comedy featuring the voices of Maya Hawke, Amy Poehler, Ayo Edebiri, Lewis Black and Phyllis Smith.
• “You Gotta Believe” (PG): A group of underdog youth baseball players make it all the way to the 2002 Little League World Series. Starring Patrick Renna, Luke Wilson, Greg Kinnear and Sarah Gadon.
• “Harold and the Purple Crayon” (PG): Animated fantasy comedy film, based on the children’s book of the same title by Crockett Johnson. Starring Zachary Levi, Zooey Deschanel, Tanya Reynolds and Lil Rel Howery.
• “Didi” (R): In 2008, during the last month of summer before high school begins, a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy learns how to skate, how to flirt, and how to love your mom. Starring Izaac Wang, Joan Chen, Shirley Chen, and Chang Li Hua.
• “Trap” (PG-13): A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, featuring performances by his daughter, rising music star Saleka Shyamalan. Starring Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills and Allison Pill.
• “The Fabulous Four” (R): Lifelong friends travel to Key West, Fla., to be bridesmaids in the wedding of their college girlfriend. Starring Bette Midler, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Susan Sarandon and Megan Mullally.
• “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat” (PG-13): Lifelong best friends Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean share an unbreakable bond from decades of weathering life’s storms. Now, as heartbreak and illness stir up the past, their bond is put to the test. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, Mekhi Phifer, Julian McMahon and Russell Hornsby. Available on Hulu.
• “The Union” (PG-13): Mike (Mark Wahlberg), a construction worker from Jersey, gets recruited by his high school sweetheart Roxanne (Halle Berry) to serve on a high-stakes US intelligence mission. Also starring J.K. Simmons, Mike Colter, Alice Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, and Jessica De Gouw.
• “The Instigators” (R): Rory (Matt Damon) and Cobby (Casey Affleck) are reluctant partners thrown together to rob a corrupt politician. When the heist goes wrong, they convince Rory’s therapist (Hong Chau) to join their getaway, and must put aside their differences and work together. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Bad Boys-Ride or Die” (R): Fourth installment of the “Bad Boys” action comedy franchise with the Miami detectives on the run as falsely accused fugitives. Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence, Paola Núñez, Jacob Scipio and Vanessa Hudgens.
• “Fly Me to the Moon” (PG-13): Sparks fly between a marketing executive and a NASA official as he makes preparations for the Apollo 11 moon landing. Starring Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Woody Harrelson and Anna Garcia.
• “Longlegs” (R): FBI Agent Lee Harker is assigned to an unsolved serial killer case that takes an unexpected turn, revealing evidence of the occult. Starring Nicolas Cage, Maika Monroe, Alicia Witt and Kiernan Shipka.
• “Gunner”: A father tries to save his sons from a dangerous drug gang. Starring Luke Hemsworth, Morgan Freeman, Joseph Baena and Grant Feely.
• “Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1” (R): Families, friends and foes discover the lure of the Old West as the Civil War divides the country. Starring Kevin Costner, Abbey Lee, Sam Worthington, Jena Malone and Danny Huston. Directed by Kevin Costner.
• “Beverly Hills Cop-Axel F” (R): Detective Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) is back on the beat in Beverly Hills. After his daughter’s life is threatened, she (Taylour Paige) and Foley team up with a new partner (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and old pals Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and John Taggart (John Ashton) to turn up the heat and uncover a conspiracy. Also starring Kevin Bacon.
• “The Fall Guy” (PG-13): As a stuntman, Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) gets blown up, shot, crashed, and thrown through windows. After an almost career-ending accident, he must spring back into action to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life, while still doing his day job. Also starring Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham and Stephanie Hsu.
• “Oddity” (R): After the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items to exact revenge. Starring Carolyn Bracken, Gwilym Lee, Tadhg Murphy and Steve Wall.
• “Disciples in the Moonlight” (PG-13): In the not-too-distant future, the United States bans the Bible and replaces it with a government-approved version. A small group of Christians tries to smuggle the true Word of God to underground churches throughout the Midwest. Starring Brett Varvel, Micah Lynn Hanson, Sharon Oliphant and Myles Clohessy.
• “Kinds of Kindness” (R): Three stories: One follows a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; Another is about a policeman whose wife went missing at sea and returns seeming like a different person; and a woman who searches for someone with a special ability. Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Willem Dafoe, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Joe Alwyn, Mamoudou Athie and Hunter Schafer.
• “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” (PG-13): Director Wes Ball breathes new life into the global franchise set several generations in the future, in which apes are the dominant species living harmoniously and humans have been reduced to living in the shadows. Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy.
• “The Garfield Movie” (PG): New Garfield movie with Garfield being reunited with his long-lost father, a scruffy street cat, who draws him into a high-stakes heist. Animated, featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Nicholas Hoult, Ving Rhames and Samuel L. Jackson.
• “Daddio” (R): A young woman jumps into the backseat of a yellow taxi at JFK airport. As the driver takes off into the night toward Manhattan, she gradually tells the driver about her unfortunate decisions that led to an affair with a married man and the driver also reveals about his life. Starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn.
• “The Abandon” (R): A wounded U.S. soldier awakens trapped in a strange cube that tests his physical and mental limits as he struggles to find a way to escape. Thriller/sci-fi film starring Jonathan Rosenthal, Tamara Perry, Mezi Atwood and Priscilla Avila.
• “A Quiet Place-Day One” (PG-13): Prequel to “A Quiet Place,” the day the world went quiet. Starring Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff and Djimon Hounsou and Lupita Nyong’o.
• “Touch” (R): A romantic adventure that spans several decades and continents; following one widower’s emotional journey to find his first love who disappeared 50 years ago. The film is based on the 2022 Icelandic best-selling novel by Olafur Johann Olafsson. Starring Egill Olafsson, Kōki, Pálmi Kormákur, Masahiro Motoki, Yoko Narahashi, Ruth Sheen, María Ellingsen, Meg Kubota and Charles Nishikawa.
• “The Exorcism” (R): A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a horror film. His estranged daughter wonders if he’s slipping back into his past addictions or if there’s something more sinister at play. Starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Simpkins, Chloe Bailey and Sam Worthington.
• “Ghostlight” (R): When a construction worker joins a local theatre’s production of “Romeo and Juliet,” the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life. Starring Dolly De Leon, Keith Kupferer, Katherine Kupferer and Tara Mallen.
• “MaXXXine” (R): Horror film set in 1980s Hollywood about an adult film star/aspiring actress who finally gets her big break, but a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Los Angeles. Starring Mia Goth, Halsey, Elizabeth Debicki and Lily Collins.
• “Babes” (R): Pregnant from a one-night-stand, Eden leans on her best friend and mother of two, Dawn, to guide her. Starring Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau, Hasan Minhaj and Stephan James.
• “The Bikeriders” (R): During a rebellious time in America, a Midwestern motorcycle club transforms from a gathering place for local outsiders into an underworld of violence. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Michael Shannon and Norman Reedus.
• “Summer Camp” (PG-13): Comedy about childhood best friends Nora, Ginny and Mary who used to spend every summer at a sleep-away camp together. Years later, they’re given the opportunity to reunite. Starring Diane Keaton, Kathy Bates, Josh Peck and Victoria Rowell.
• “The Dead Don’t Hurt” (R): Western/Romance film about star-crossed lovers on the western U.S. frontier in the 1860s. Vivienne Le Coudy (Vicky Krieps) is a fiercely independent woman who must fend for herself when Holger Olsen (Viggo Mortensen) goes to fight in the Civil War. Also starring Solly McLeod and Jason Clarke.
• “Dandelion” (R): A struggling singer-songwriter falls into an intoxicating romance that leads her to a deeper appreciation of her artistic journey as she discovers a voice that is authentically her own. Starring KiKi Layne, Thomas Doherty, Melanie Nicholls-King and Cliff Cash.
• “IF” (PG): From writer and director John Krasinski, “IF” is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends – and what she does with that superpower to reconnect forgotten IFs with their kids. Starring Ryan Reynolds, John Krasinski, Cailey Fleming, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. and Steve Carell.
• “Godzilla x Kong-The New Empire” (PG-13): Latest film in the Monsterverse franchise following “Godzilla vs. Kong,” pitting Kong and Godzilla against a colossal undiscovered threat hidden deep within the planet. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, Kaylee Hottle and Nicola Crisa and Dan Stevens.
• “Young Woman and the Sea” (PG) Based on the true story of Trudy Ederle, the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel. Starring Daisy Ridley, Stephen Graham and Kim Bodnia. Available on Disney+.
• “Dragonkeeper” (PG): A young orphan ventures across ancient China to save the last surviving dragons from extinction. Animated.
• “Sting” (R): Charlotte, a rebellious 12-year-old girl finds a tiny spider in her rundown apartment building. She keeps it in a jar, but it soon starts to grow at a monstrous rate and neighbors begin to disappear. Starring Alyla Browne, Ryan Corr, Penelope Mitchell and Jermaine Fowler.
• “Treasure” (R): A music journalist accompanies her father, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. Starring Lena Dunham, Stephen Fry, Sandra Drzymalska and Zbigniew Zamachows.
• “Thelma” (PG-13): A 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a con artist on the phone gets help from a friend and his motorized scooter to travel across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her. Starring June Squibb, Richard Roundtree, Parker Posey and Clark Gregg.
• “Tuesday” (R): A mother and her daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of a talking bird. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Arinze Kene and Ellie James.
• “The Strangers-Chapter 1″ (R): First entry of horror film series. After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. where they are terrorized by three masked strangers. Starring Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso and Rachel Shenton.
• “Challengers” (R): Tennis player turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has transformed her husband, Art (Mike Faist), from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion.
• “Furiosa-A Mad Max Saga” (R): Fifth installment in the Mad Max franchise, and prequel to “Mad Max- Fury Road,” a young Furiosa falls into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Starring Chris Hemsworth, Quaden Bayles, Tom Hardy and Anya Taylor-Joy.
• “Divorce in the Black” (R): New Tyler Perry movie. After her husband deserts their marriage, a woman gets a chance to find true love. Starring Meagan Good, Cory Hardrict, Joseph Lee Anderson and Richard Lawson. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “Hit Man” (R): A professional killer breaks protocol to help a woman trying to flee an abusive husband and finds himself falling for her. Available on Netflix.
• “The Watchers” (PG-13): An artist gets stranded in a forest in western Ireland and becomes trapped alongside three strangers who are stalked by mysterious creatures every night. Starring Dakota Fanning, Georgina Campbell, Olwen Fouéré and Siobhan Hewlett.
• “Sight” (PG-13): Based on the true story of Dr. Ming Wang, a Chinese immigrant who defies all odds to become a world-renowned eye surgeon. Starring Greg Kinnear, Terry Chen, Ben Wang and Mia SwamiNathan.
• “Fancy Dance” (TV-MA): Following her sister’s disappearance, Jax (Lily Gladstone) and her niece Roki hit the road on a journey to the Grand Nation Powwow in Oklahoma City. Starring Lily Gladstone, Isabel Deroy-Olson, Shea Whigham, Ryan Begay, Crystle Lightning, and Audrey Wasilewski. Available on Apple TV+.
• “I Am-Celine Dion” (PG): Celine Dion highlights the music that has guided her life while also showcasing the resilience of the human spirit as she struggles with a life-altering illness. Available on Amazon Prime.
• “Unsung Hero” (PG): Based on a true story that follows David Smallbone, his pregnant wife Helen, and their seven children as they leave Australia to rebuild their lives in America. David and Helen realize the musical talent of their children, who become two of the most successful acts in Inspirational Music history. Starring Joel Smallbone, Rebecca St. James, Candace Cameron and Daisy Betts.
• “Ezra” (R): Divorced stand-up comedian Max Bernal struggles to raise his autistic son, Ezra. Forced to confront difficult decisions about the boy’s future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both of their lives. Starring Robert De Niro, Tony Goldwyn, Bobby Cannavale and William A. Fitzgerald.
• “Back to Black” (R): The story of Amy Winehouse’s rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black, that catapulted her to global fame. Starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.
• “In A Violent Nature” (NR): Horror film where a group of teens take a locket from a collapsed fire tower in the woods, and unwittingly resurrect the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime. Starring Ryan Barrett, Andrea Pavlovic, Charlotte Creaghan and Lauren-Marie Taylor.
• “Firebrand” (R): In Tudor England, Katherine Parr reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII. Her predecessors were either vanquished or dead. Starring Jude Law, Alicia Vikander, Junia Rees and Anna Mawn.
• “Tarot” (PG-13): A group of friends unwittingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within a cursed deck of tarot cards. Starring Avantika Vandanapu, Jacob Batalon, Larsen Thompson and Harriet Slater.
• “The Beach Boys” documentary: A celebration of the band that revolutionized pop music and the harmonious sound they created that personified the California dream. Available on Disney+.
• “Atlas” (PG-13): Sci-fi action film about a data analyst with a deep distrust of AI who finds it may be her only hope when a mission to capture a renegade robot goes awry. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Strong, Sims Liu, Lana Parrilla, and Lesley Fera. Available on Netflix.
• “Monkey Man” (R): A young man ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where he is beaten bloody by popular fighters for cash. After years of suppressed rage, his mysteriously scarred hands unleash an explosive campaign of retribution. Starring Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Sikandar Kher, Sobhita Dhulipala and Adithi Kalkunte.
• “The Strangers”-Chapter 1 (R): First entry of horror film series. After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple is forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. where they are terrorized by three masked strangers. Starring Madelaine Petsch, Froy Gutierrez, Gabriel Basso and Rachel Shenton.
• “Not Another Church Movie” (R): Taylor Pherry (Kevin Daniels), is given a mission from God to tell his family’s stories and inspire his community. What he doesn’t know is that the devil has other plans. Also starring Jamie Foxx, Tisha Campbell and Vivica A. Fox.
• “The First Omen” (R): When a young American woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, she encounters a darkness that causes her to question her own faith. Starring Nell Tiger Free, Sonia Braga, Ralph Ineson and Bill Nighy.
• “Abigail” (R): A group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure. All they have to do to collect a $50 million ransom, is watch the girl overnight in an isolated mansion. Starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Alisha Weir, Kathryn Newton, William Catlett, Kevin Durand, Angus Cloud and Giancarlo Esposito.
• “Civil War” (R): In a dystopian future, a team of military-embedded journalists race to reach Washington, D.C. before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Jesse Plemons.
• “Ghostbusters-Frozen Empire” (PG-13): The Spengler family returns to the New York City firehouse to team up with the original Ghostbusters. When an ancient artifact unleashes an evil force, Ghostbusters new and old must unite to protect the world from a second ice age. Starring Mckenna Grace, Emily Alyn Lind, Bill Murray, Finn Wolfhard, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson and Paul Rudd.
• “Kung Fu Panda 4” (PG): After three death-defying adventures defeating villains with his courage and martial arts skills, Po the Dragon Warrior is called upon to become the Spiritual Leader of the Valley of Peace. Animated, featuring the voices of Jack Black, Awkwafina, Viola Davis, Dustin Hoffman, James Hong, Bryan Cranston, Ian McShane and Ke Huy Quan.
• “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” (R): Based upon recently declassified files of the British War Department and inspired by true events, this action-comedy tells the story of the first-ever special forces organization formed during WWII. The top-secret combat unit, composed of a motley crew of rogues and mavericks, goes on a daring mission against the Nazis. Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González, Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Babs Olusamokun, Henrique Zaga, Til Schweiger, with Henry Golding and Cary Elwes.
• “Jeanne du Barry”: Historical drama about Jeanne, a working-class woman determined to climb the social ladder. She becomes one of the favorites of King Louis XV and falls madly in love. Against all convention, Jeanne moves to Versailles. Starring Johnny Depp, Maïwenn, Pauline Pollmann and Diego Le Fur.
• “Boy Kills World” (R): Boy (Bill Skarsgård) trains to become an instrument of death and assassinate Hilda Van Der Koy (Famke Janssen), the matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty who murdered his family. Also starring Jessica Rothe and Andrew Koji.
• “Mother of the Bride” (PG-13): Lana’s daughter Emma returns from abroad and drops a bombshell: she’s getting married. Things get worse when Lana learns that the man who captured Emma’s heart is the son of the man who broke hers years ago. Starring Brooke Shields, Benjamin Bratt, Miranda Cosgrove, and Chad Michael Murray. Available on Netflix.
• “Unfrosted” (PG-13): Imaginative tale set in Battle Creek, Michigan, 1963, about Kellogg’s and Post, sworn cereal rivals, race to create a pastry that changes breakfast forever. Starring Jerry Seinfeld in his directorial film debut, Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Max Greenfield, and Hugh Grant. Available on Netflix.
• “Dune 2″ (PG-13): The sci-fi epic continues with Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) uniting with Chani and the Fremen, while seeking revenge against those who destroyed his family. Adaptation of Frank Herbert’s bestseller “Dune,” with returning and new stars, including Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Austin Butler, Christopher Walken and Florence Pugh. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.
• “The Image Of You” (R): Zoe becomes skeptical when her twin sister, Anna, falls for Nick. As Zoe digs into Nick’s past, they all get pulled into a dangerous game where honesty could prove fatal. Starring Sasha Pieterse (as Anna and Zoe), Parker Young, Mira Sorvino and Néstor Carbonell.
• “We Grown Now” (PG): In 1992 Chicago, best friends Malik and Eric traverse the city of Chicago, looking to escape the mundaneness of school and the hardships of growing up in public housing. They soon find their unbreakable bond challenged when a tragedy shakes their community. Starring Blake Cameron James, Gian Knight Ramirez, S. Epatha Merkerson, Avery Holliday, and Ora Jones, with Lil Rel Howery and Jurnee Smollett. Available on Apple TV.
• “Arthur the King” (PG-13): Based on a true story, pro adventure racer Michael Light (Mark Wahlberg) convinces a sponsor to back him and a team of athletes for the Adventure Racing World Championship in the Dominican Republic. Over the course of 10 days and 435 miles, an unbreakable bond is forged between Light and a street dog named Arthur. Also starring Simu Liu, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ali Suliman, with Bear Grylls as himself, and Paul Guilfoyle.
• “The Long Game” (PG): In 1955, five young Mexican-American caddies are determined to learn how to play and create their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas desert. Starring Jay Hernandez, Dennis Quaid, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Cheech Marin and Julian Works.
• “Imaginary” (PG-13): A woman moves back into her childhood home with her family, and her youngest stepdaughter develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear that she finds in the basement. Starring DeWanda Wise, Pyper Braun, Tom Payne and Taegan Burns.
• “The American Society of Magical Negroes” (PG-13): Comedy about a young man who gets recruited into a secret society of magical Black people who dedicate their lives to making white people’s lives easier. Starring Justice Smith, David Alan Grier, Nicole Byer and Rupert Friend.
• “Wicked Little Letters” (R): Set in a 1920’s seaside town, the residents of Littlehampton start receiving letters filled with obscenities and hilarious profanity, and blame Rose, a rowdy Irish immigrant. Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan.
• “Tillu Square”: Indian Telugu-language romantic crime comedy, starring Anupama Parameswaran, Siddu Jonnalagadda, Madonna Sebastian and Fish Venkat. Available on Netflix.
• “Spy × Family Code-White”: A spy and an assassin keep their double lives to themselves while pretending to be the perfect family. Anime film.
• “Sasquatch Sunset” (R): Comedy/Drama Deep in the woods in North America, a family of Sasquatches find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them. Starring Riley Keough, Nathan Zellner and Jesse Eisenberg.
• “Arcadian” (R): In the near future on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons find tranquility by day but terror by night when ferocious creatures awaken and consume all living souls in their path. Starring Nicolas Cage, Maxwell Jenkins, Sadie Soverall and Jaeden Martell.
• “They Shot the Piano Player” PG-13: A New York music journalist goes on a quest to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of Brazilian piano virtuoso Francisco Tenório Júnior. Animated docudrama, featuring the voice of Jeff Goldblum.
• “Blood for Dust” (R): Travelling salesman Cliff (Scoot McNairy) is drowning under the weight of providing for his family and finds himself on a dangerous path after a chance encounter with a colleague who has a dark past. Starring Kit Harington, Josh Lucas and Ethan Suplee.
• “Rebel Moon-Part Two-The Scargiver” (PG-13): The continued science fiction/fantasy saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to fight alongside the brave people of Veldt, to defend a once peaceful village, a newfound homeland for those who have lost their own in the fight against the Motherworld. Starring Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam, Charlotte Maggi, Staz Nair and Anthony Hopkins. Available on Netflix.
• “The Greatest Hits” (PG-13): Harriet (Lucy Boynton) discovers certain songs can transport her back in time – literally. While she relives romantic memories of her former boyfriend, her time travelling collides with a new love interest in the present Also starring David Corenswet, Justin H. Min, Retta, Jackson Kelly, and Robert Keane. Available on Hulu.
• “Housekeeping for Beginners” (R): Dita never wanted to be a mother, but circumstances force her to raise her girlfriend’s two daughters. The three butt heads yet become an unlikely family that must fight to stay together. Starring Anamaria Marinca, Alina Serban, Samson Selim and Vladimir Tintor.
• “Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp”: After getting kicked out of the forest, Woody thinks he’s found a forever home at Camp Woo Hoo, until an inspector threatens to shut down the camp. Available on Netflix.
• “Girls State” (TV-MA): A political coming-of-age story that follows young female leaders from different backgrounds across Missouri participating in an experiment to build a government from the ground up. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Argylle” (PG-13): Reclusive author Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard) writes a series of best-selling espionage novels about secret agent Argylle. The plot thickens when Elly’s fictional books about Argylle and his mission to unravel a global spy syndicate begin to mirror reality. Also starring Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, John Cena, Dua Lipa and Samuel L. Jackson.
• “Ordinary Angels” (PG): A struggling hairdresser meets a widowed father working hard to care for his two daughters. With his youngest critically ill and waiting for a liver transplant, the woman rallies the community to help. Starring Alan Ritchson, Hilary Swank, Nancy Travis and Skywalker Hughes.
• “Bob Marley-One Love”: (PG-13): Celebrates the life of Jamaican singer-songwriter Bob Marley, who overcame adversity to become the most famous reggae musician in the world. Produced in partnership with the Marley family and starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob Marley and Lashana Lynch as his wife Rita.
• “Migration” (PG): Animated tale about a family of ducks who decide to leave their New England pond for a family adventure trip to Jamaica, but wind up in New York City. Featuring the voices of Elizabeth Banks, Kumail Nanjiani, Awkwafina, Keegan-Michael Key, David Mitchell, Carol Kane, Caspar Jennings, Tresi Gazal and Danny DeVito.
• “One Life” (PG): Based on a true story, London broker Nicholas “Nicky” Winton helps rescue hundreds of predominantly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia, before the Nazi occupation closes the borders during World War II. Fifty years later, Winton is still haunted by the fate of those he wasn’t able to rescue. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Johnny Flynn, Lena Olin and Helena Bonham.
• “Late Night with the Devil” (R): Horror-comedy set in 1977, about a live television broadcast that goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation’s living rooms. Starring David Dastmalchian, Ingrid Torelli, Laura Gordon and Georgina Haig.
• “Immaculate” (R): An American nun joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. She soon discovers her new home has a sinister secret with unspeakable horrors. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Benedetta Porcaroli, Simona Tabasco and Álvaro Morte.
• “The Beekeeper” (R): One man’s brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after it is revealed that he is a former operative of a powerful and clandestine organization known as “Beekeepers.” Starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, with Phylicia Rashad and Jeremy Irons.
• “Love Lies Bleeding” (R): A reclusive gym manager falls for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder who’s heading to Las Vegas to pursue her dream. Their love soon leads to violence due to Lou’s criminal family. Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy M. O’Brian, Jena Malone and Anna Baryshnikov.
• “Knox Goes Away” (R): After being diagnosed with a rapidly evolving form of dementia, a contract killer gets the chance to redeem himself by saving his estranged son’s life. Starring Michael Keaton, Al Pacino, James Marsden and Joanna Kulig.
• “Madame Web” (PG-13): Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson) is a New York City paramedic who develops the power to foresee the future. She must protect three young women from a deadly adversary. Also starring Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced and Emma Roberts.
• “Irish Wish” (R) When the love of her life gets engaged to her best friend, Maddie (Lindsay Lohan) puts her feelings aside to be a bridesmaid at their wedding in Ireland. Before the wedding, Maddie makes a spontaneous wish for true love, and wakes up as the bride-to-be. Also starring Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan, Ed Steelers and Jane Seymour. Available on Netflix.
• “Drive-Away Dolls” (R): Comedy that follows Jamie and her demure friend Marian who take an impromptu road trip to Tallahassee, Fla., but things quickly go awry when they cross paths with a group of inept criminals along the way. Starring Margaret Qualley, Geraldine Viswanathan, Pedro Pascal and Matt Damon.
• “Night Swim” (PG-13): A former baseball player, forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, moves into a new house with his wife and two children. He hopes that the backyard swimming pool will be fun for the kids and provide physical therapy for himself. But a dark secret in the home’s past will unleash terror. Starring Wyatt Russell, Kerry Condon, Amélie Hoeferle and Gavin Warren.
• “Anyone But You” (R): Despite an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s initial attraction quickly turns sour. However, when they unexpectedly find themselves at a destination wedding in Australia, they pretend to be the perfect couple to keep up appearances. Starring Sydney Sweeney, Glen Powell, Darren Barnet and Alexandra Shipp.
• “Mean Girls” (PG-13): When new student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls ruled by the queen bee Regina George (Reneé Rapp), Cady makes the misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend. Musical comedy adapted from the Broadway musical, based on the 2004 movie of the same name. Also starring Bebe Wood, Avantika, Christopher Briney, Auli’i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Jon Hamm, Tina Fey and Tim Meadows.
• “American Fiction” (R): Jeffrey Wright stars as Monk, a frustrated novelist who’s fed up with the establishment profiting from “black” entertainment that relies on tired and offensive tropes. Also starring Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams and Adam Brody.
• “Damsel” (PG-13): A damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince and then finds the royal family has made her a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Thrown into a cave with a fire-breathing dragon, she must rely on her wits and will to survive. Starring Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson and Shohreh Aghdashloo. Available on Netflix.
• “Spaceman” (R): Astronaut Jakub (Adam Sandler) is on a solitary research mission to the edge of the solar system. Six months into the voyage, he realizes that his marriage back home is in trouble. A mysterious creature that he finds hiding in the ship offers to help him fix things with his wife, Lenka (Carey Mulligan). Available on Netflix.
• “Lisa Frankenstein” (PG-13): A horror comedy about a misunderstood teenager and her high school crush, a handsome corpse who comes back to life. Starring Kathryn Newton, Cole Sprouse, Liza Soberano, Henry Eikenberry, Joe Chrest and Carla Gugino.
• “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (PG-13): Having failed to defeat Aquaman (Jason Momoa) in the first film, Black Manta (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) is still driven by the need to avenge his father’s death, and will stop at nothing to take down Aquaman, his family and Atlantis. Also starring Nicole Kidman, Dolph Lundgren and Randall Park.
• “Wonka” (PG): Prequel to “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, based on Roald Dahl’s children’s book, “Wonka” tells the story of how the inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Calah Lane, Keegan-Michael Key, Paterson Joseph, Matt Lucas, Mathew Baynton, Sally Hawkins, Rowan Atkinson, Jim Carter, and Olivia Colman.
• “No Way Up” (R): Survivors of a plane crash into the ocean must find a way to escape as sharks circle the wreckage. Starring Sophie McIntosh, Colm Meaney, Will Attenborough and Jeremias Amoore.
• “The Zone of Interest” (R): A commandant of Auschwitz, strives to build a dream life for his family in a house and garden next to the concentration camp. Starring Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel.
• “Land of Bad” (R): A Delta Force team is ambushed in enemy territory, and their only hope lies with an Air Force drone pilot as the eyes in the sky. Starring Russell Crowe, Liam Hemsworth, Luke Hemsworth and Ricky Whittle.
• “The Boys in the Boat” (PG-13): A sports drama that follows the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. Based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. Starring Joel Edgerton and Callum Turner. Directed by George Clooney.
• “Suncoast” (R): Story of teenager (Nico Parker) who, while caring for her brother along with her mother (Laura Linney), strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time. Available on Hulu.
• “Orion and the Dark” (NR): Animated adventure about Orion, an average elementary school kid who is confronted by his worst fear-the Dark. Featuring the voices of Jacob Tremblay, Paul Walter Hauser, and Werner Herzog. Available on Netflix.
• “I.S.S.” (R): Sci-fi thriller set in the near future aboard the International Space Station. When a worldwide conflict breaks out on Earth, the U.S. and Russian astronauts each receive orders from the ground to take control of the station by any means necessary. Starring Ariana DeBose, Masha Mashkova, Chris Messina and Costa Ronin.
• “The Book of Clarence” (PG-13): A man struggles to find a better life for his family while fighting to free himself of debt. Captivated by the power and glory of the rising Messiah, he risks everything to carve his own path and discovers that the redemptive power of belief may be his only way out. Starring LaKeith Stanfield, RJ Cyler, James McAvoy and Teyana Taylor.
• “The Iron Claw” (R): Based on the true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980’s. Starring Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Maura Tierney with Holt McCallany and Lily James.
• “Ferrari” (R): During the summer of 1957, bankruptcy looms over the company that Enzo Ferrari and his wife built 10 years earlier. Enzo decides to wager it all on the iconic Mille Miglia, a treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy. Starring Penélope Cruz, Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey and Shailene Woodley.
• “The Jungle Bunch 2: World Tour” (PG): A vicious beaver covers the jungle with a dangerous pink substance that explodes when coming into contact with water. With the rainy season approaching, a group of animals hurry to find the antidote. Animated, featuring the voices of Emmanuel Curtil, Céline Monsarrat, Jérémie Covillault and Mark Camacho.
• “Wish” (PG): Walt Disney Animation Studios’ all-new musical-comedy taking audiences to the magical kingdom of Rosas, where Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force. Featuring the voices of Ariana DeBose as Asha, Chris Pine as Magnifico, and Alan Tudyk as Asha’s favorite goat, Valentino.
• “Turning Red” (2022) (PG): Mei Lee (voice of Rosalie Chiang), is a 13-year-old torn between staying her mother’s dutiful daughter and the urges of adolescence, plus whenever she gets too excited, she “poofs” into a giant red panda. Her mother is Ming (voice of Sandra Oh).
• The Underdoggs (R): When Jayden “Two Js” Jennings, a washed-up former pro football star is sentenced to do community service coaching an unruly pee-wee football team in his hometown, he sees it mostly as an opportunity to rebuild his public image. Starring Snoop Dogg, Tika Sumpter and Mike Epps. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “Masters of the Air” ( TV-MA): Limited series based on Donald L. Miller’s book of the same name, the film follows the men of the 100th Bomb Group (the “Bloody Hundredth”) as they conduct perilous bombing raids over Nazi Germany. Starring Austin Butler, Barry Keoghan, Elliot Warren and Ncuti Gatwa. Available on Apple TV+.
• “The Hunger Games-The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” (PG-13): Prequel set 64 years before Katniss Everdeen volunteered as a tribute, and decades before Coriolanus Snow became the tyrannical President of Panem. It follows a young Coriolanus (Tom Blyth) who is reluctantly assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird (Rachel Zegler), a tribute from District 12. Also starring Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman, and Viola Davis.
• “Trolls Band Together” (PG): After two films of friendship and flirting, Poppy (Anna Kendrick) and Branch (Justin Timberlake) are now a couple, and Poppy discovers that Branch and his brothers were once part of her favorite boy band. Animated musical comedy, also featuring the voices of Camila Cabello, Eric Andre and Amy Schumer.
• “The Color Purple” (PG-13): Musical/drama remake of the 1985 film, based on the novel and the Broadway musical about the extraordinary sisterhood of three women. Directed by Blitz Bazawule and produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders and Quincy Jones. Starring Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo, Corey Hawkins and Halle Bailey.
• “Lift” (PG-13): An international heist crew races to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet. Starring Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio and Úrsula Corberó. Available on Netflix.
• “The Marvels” (PG-13): Sequel to “Captain Marvel” with Carol Danvers aka Captain Marvel teaming up with two other super heroes to save the universe as “The Marvels.” Starring Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani, Zawe Ashton, Gary Lewis, Seo-Jun Park, Zenobia Shroff, Mohan Kapur, Saagar Shaikh, and Samuel L. Jackson. Available on Disney+.
• “Next Goal Wins” (PG-13): Sports comedy that follows the American Samoa soccer team, known for its brutal 2001 FIFA loss. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen (Michael Fassbender) hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around. Also starring Oscar Knightly, Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House, Beulah Koale, Will Arnett, and Taika Waititi.
• “Rebel Moon-Part One-A Child of Fire” (PG-13): An epic science fiction/fantasy film. When a peaceful settlement on a moon on the edge of the galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, their best hope for survival is Kora (Sofia Boutella), a mysterious stranger living among the villagers. Also starring Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher, Charlie Hunnam and Anthony Hopkins. Available on Netflix.
• “Good Grief” (R): An artist grieving the loss of his famous writer husband takes his two best friends on a trip to Paris. Starring Dan Levy, Luke Evans, Ruth Negga, and Himesh Patel.
• “The Family Plan” (PG-13): Dan Morgan (Mark Wahlberg) lives a quiet suburban life as a devoted husband, father of three and successful car salesman. But when enemies from his past life as a government assassin track him down, he packs his unsuspecting wife (Michelle Monaghan), and children into their minivan and takes off on a cross-country road trip to Las Vegas. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Silent Night” (R): A man witnesses the death of his young son when the boy gets caught in the crossfire between warring gangs on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that took his voice, the father goes on a bloody quest to punish those responsible for his son’s death. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Kid Cudi, Catalina Sandino Moreno and Harold Torres.
• “Chicken Run-Dawn of the Nugget” (PG): Sequel to the stop-motion animated film, “Chicken Run” of 2000. After escaping from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger and Rocky have found a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock. But they must return to the mainland, because chicken-kind faces a terrible threat. Featuring the voices of Thandiwe Newton, Zachary Levi, Bella Ramsey, Imelda Staunton, and Lynn Ferguson. Available on Netflix.
• “Maestro” (R): Love story about the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. Starring Carey Mulligan, Bradley Cooper, Matt Bomer, Maya Hawke, Sarah Silverman and Josh Hamilton. Directed by Bradley Cooper. Available on Netflix.
• “Dream Scenario” (R): Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. Also starring Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula and Dylan Baker.
• “Thanksgiving” (R): An axe-wielding maniac terrorizes residents of Plymouth, Mass., after a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy. Starring Addison Rae, Rick Hoffman, Nell Verlaque and Milo Manheim.
• “Journey To Bethlehem” (PG): A musical retelling the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Starring Milo Manheim, Fiona Palomo, Joel Smallbone and Antonio Banderas.
• “The Holdovers” (R): An instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Starring Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Tate Donovan and Carrie Preston.
• “Five Nights at Freddy’s” (PG-13): Horror film based on the video game series of the same name. A troubled young man caring for his 10-year-old sister Abby, and haunted by the past disappearance of his younger brother, takes a job as a night security guard at an abandoned theme restaurant: Freddy Fazbear’s Pizzeria. Starring Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Kat Conner Sterling, Piper Rubio, Mary Stuart Masterson and Matthew Lillard. Also available streaming on Peacock.
• “Killers of the Flower Moon” (R): An epic western crime saga, based on a true story and told through the romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), about the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation after oil was discovered underneath their land. Also starring Robert De Niro, Jesse Plemons, Tantoo Cardinal, Cara Jade Myers, JaNae Collins, Jillian Dion, William Belleau, Louis Cancelmi, and Brendan Fraser. Written and Directed by Martin Scorsese.
• “Eileen” (R): Set in 1964 Massachusetts, a young secretary becomes enchanted by Rebecca, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their friendship soon takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret. Based on a novel by Ottessa Moshfegh. Starring Thomasin McKenzie, Anne Hathaway, Sam Nivola and Owen Teague.
• “Waitress-The Musical” (NR): A new musical comedy-drama film consisting of a live stage recording of Sara Bareilles and Jessie Nelson’s 2015 musical of the same name, based on the 2007 film of the same name written by Adrienne Shelly.
• “Priscilla” (R): The story of Elvis and Priscilla’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, as seen through Priscilla’s eyes. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, starring Cailee Spaeny and Jacob Elordi.
• “Leave the World Behind” (R): A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive, seeking refuge from a cyberattack. Starring Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon. Available on Netflix.
• “Candy Cane Lane” (PG): A man makes a deal with a mischievous elf who casts a magic spell that brings “The Twelve Days of Christmas” to life. Starring Eddie Murphy, Jillian Bell, Tracee Ellis Ross and Thaddeus J. Mixson. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “May December” (R): Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actor arrives to do research for a film about their past. Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore and Charles Melton. Available on Netflix.
• “Family Switch” (PG): A chance encounter with an astrological reader causes a family to wake up to a full body switch on the morning of an important day in each of their lives including landing a promotion, a college interview, sealing a record deal, and soccer tryout. Starring Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers and Brady Noon. Available on Netflix.
• “Leo” (PG): Animated musical comedy about the last year of elementary school –– as seen through the eyes of a class pet, a 74-year-old lizard named Leo (Adam Sandler) who has been stuck in the same Florida classroom for decades with his terrarium-mate turtle (Bill Burr). Also featuring the voices of Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler and Rob Schneider. Available on Netflix.
• “Best. Christmas. Ever!” (PG-13): Charlotte’s friend Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter every year. A twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s doorstep just days before Christmas. Starring Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood, Matt Cedeño and Jason Biggs. Available on Netflix.
• “It’s a Wonderful Knife” (R): After saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie (Jane Widdop) wishes she was never born and finds herself transported to a nightmarish parallel universe. Also starring Cassandra Naud, Justin Long and Jessica McLeod.
• “What Happens Later” (R): Snowed-in at a regional airport overnight, ex-lovers Willa and Bill meet again and realize they’re still attracted to each other, yet also still equally annoyed with each other. Starring Meg Ryan, David Duchovny and Eric Parkinson.
• “Dumb Money” (R): Comedy-drama film based on the true story about regular people who flipped the script on Wall Street with GameStop stock. Starring Paul Dano, Shailene Woodley, Seth Rogen and Pete Davidson.
• “Oppenheimer” (R): IMAX-shot thriller about the American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan, starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon.
• “The Creator” (PG-13): Epic sci-fi action thriller set amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence. Starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Madeleine Yuna Voyles and Allison Janney.
• “The Persian Version” (R): Iranian-American Leila (Layla Mohammadi) strives to find balance and embrace her opposing cultures. When her family reunites in New York City for her father’s heart transplant, Leila attempts to keep her “real” life separate from her family life. Also starring Niousha Noor, Kamand Shafieisabet and Bijan Daneshmand.
• “The Kill Room” (R): A hit man teams up with an art dealer for a money-laundering scheme that unwittingly turns him into an avant-garde sensation. Starring Uma Thurman, Maya Hawke, Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Morgan.
• “The Retirement Plan” (R): A woman turns to her estranged beach bum father for help to escape a ruthless crime boss. Starring Nicolas Cage, Ashley Greene, Ron Perlman and Jackie Earle Haley.
• “Outlaw Johnny Black” (PG-13): Cowboy Johnny Black vows to gun down the man responsible for the death of his father. He soon becomes a wanted outlaw while posing as a preacher in a small mining town. Starring Michael Jai White, Byron Minns, Anika Noni Rose and Tony Baker.
• “Back on the Strip” (R): Comedy film starring Spence Moore II as Merlin, a young man who moves to Las Vegas to pursue work as a magician, only to get hired as the frontman for the notorious Black male stripper crew, the Chocolate Chips. Also starring Wesley Snipes, Tiffany Haddish and Kevin Hart.
• “Landscape with Invisible Hand” (R): When an occupying alien species’ leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, two teenagers hatch a risky plan to save their families. Starring Asante Blackk, Brooklynn Mackenzie and Kylie Rogers.
• “Shortcomings” (R): Ben, a struggling filmmaker in Berkeley, California, lives with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben begins to explore what he thinks he might want. Starring Justin H. Min, Sherry Cola, Ally Maki and Debby Ryan.
• “The Miracle Club” (PG-13): Set in 1967, three women of Ballygar, Ireland, get their ticket of a lifetime to escape domestic life and make a pilgrimage to the sacred French town of Lourdes, a place of miracles, with help from their local priest. Starring Laura Linney, Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates.
• “Past Lives” (PG-13): Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are torn apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later, they are reunited in New York in this heartening modern romance. Starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro.
• “After Death” (PG-13): Scientists, authors and survivors of near-death experiences discuss mortality and the afterlife. Directed by Chris Radtke and Stephen Gray. Starring Doug Lito.
• “Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow” (PG): Fired from his detective job after a mission goes awry, Inspector Sun boards a seemingly normal plane for a much-needed vacation. Starring Ronny Chieng, Jesús Barreda, Vicente Gil and Fernando García Cabrera.
• “Freelance” (R): A former special forces operative reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for a washed-up journalist as she interviews a ruthless dictator. When a military coup breaks out, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle and make it out alive. Starring Alison Brie, John Cena, Alice Eve and Juan Pablo Raba.
• “Rustin” (PG-13): The architect of 1963’s momentous March on Washington, Bayard Rustin was one of the greatest activists and organizers the world has ever known. Starring Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Glynn Turman, Audra McDonald. Available on Netflix.
• “The Killer” (R): Thriller that follows an assassin who, after a near-miss, battles his employers on an international manhunt. Directed by David Fincher. Starring Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte, and Tilda Swinton. Available on Netflix.
• “PAW Patrol-The Mighty Movie” (PG): After a meteor strikes Adventure City, the PAW Patrol pups gain superpowers in this new PAW Patrol computer-animated film. Featuring the voices of McKenna Grace, Marsai Martin, Iain Armitage, Christian Convery, Ron Pardo, Finn Lee-Epp, Christian Corrao, Luxton Handspiker, Nylan Parthipan, Callum Shoniker, Kristen Bell, James Marsden, Serena Williams, Taraji P. Henson, Kim Kardashian and Chris Rock.
• “Saw X” (R): New installment in the “Saw” franchise, set between the events of “Saw I” and “Saw II”, a sick and desperate John Kramer (Tobin Bell) travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure to cure for his cancer – only to discover it is a scam. He turns the tables on the con artists through a series of traps. Also starring Shawnee Smith, Synnøve Macody Lund, Renata Vaca and Steven Brand.
• “The Exorcist-Believer” (R): After a single father’s daughter and her friend Katherine disappear in the woods for three days with no memory of what happened, they start showing signs of demonic possession. Terrified and desperate, he seeks out Chris MacNeil, (Ellen Burstyn) who reprises her iconic role from the 1973 film, “The Exorcist”. Also starring Leslie Odom Jr., Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Lidya Jewett and Olivia Marcum.
• “Fingernails” (R): Science fiction film set in a near-future where couples can use a new technology to test their love. Starring Jessie Buckley, Riz Ahmed, Jeremy Allen White and Luke Wilson. Available on Apple TV+.
• “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” (PG-13): Members of the Portokalos family reunite in Greece for a new adventure. Starring Nia Vardalos, Lainie Kazan, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor and Elena Kampouris.
• “The Equalizer 3” (R): Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington), takes solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Now living in Southern Italy, he learns his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses and becomes his friends’ protector. Also starring Dakota Fanning, Sonia Ammar, Gaia Scodellaro and David Denman.
• “Blue Beetle” (PG-13): When Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) finds an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab, he becomes its symbiotic host, and is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor with extraordinary powers. Also starring Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez and Belissa Escobedo.
• “Barbie” (PG-13): Barbie and Ken, (Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling) are living in the seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land, but then decide to join the real world. The all-star cast includes: Greta Gerwig, Will Ferrell, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Michael Cera, Ariana Greenblatt, singer/songwriter Dua Lipa, and Helen Mirren as narrator.
• “Expend4bles” (R): The Expendables are back in the fourth installment of the action movie franchise with invincible veteran mercenary Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his entourage, armed with every weapon available. Also starring Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren and Megan Fox.
• “NYAD” (R): Based on the true story of Diana Nyad, (American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer), who swam from Cuba to Florida, at the age of 64. Starring Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ifans, Ethan Jones Romero and Luke Cosgrov. Available on Netflix.
• “The Blind” (PG-13): Byopic based on “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson’s troubled past and road to redemption. Starring Aron Von Andrian, Amelia Eve, Matthew Erick White and Aaron Dalla Villa.
• “The Nun II” (R): Horror film sequel follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with a demonic force. Starring Bonnie Aarons, Taissa Farmiga, Storm Reid and Anna Popplewell.
• “A Haunting in Venice” (PG-13): Supernatural thriller based upon the novel “Hallowe’en Party” by Agatha Christie’ and directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh as retired detective Hercule Poirot. Poirot attends a Halloween séance at a haunted palazzo, where one of the guests is murdered. Also starring Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey and Michelle Yeoh.
• “Pain Hustlers” (R): Liza Drake (Emily Blunt), a blue-collar single mom who has just lost her job, has a chance meeting with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans). Out of desperation, she takes a job at the pharmaceutical startup, which helps her financially, but she becomes entangled in a dangerous racketeering scheme. Also starring Andy Garcia and Chloe Coleman. Available on Netflix.
• “Vindicta” (R): A seasoned detective and a young paramedic are forced into a deadly game of vengeance with a masked serial killer, who remains on the loose. Starring Sean Astin, Elena Kampouris, Jeremy Piven and Daniel Cudmore.
• “She Came to Me” (R): A composer has a creative block and is unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. His wife, who was formerly his therapist, suggests he search for inspiration. Starring Anne Hathaway, Peter Dinklage, Marisa Tomei and Joanna Kulig. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Old Dads” (R): Comedy about three middle-aged fathers who struggle to keep up with changing times. Starring Bill Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine and Katie Aselton. Available on Netflix.
• “The Pigeon Tunnel” (PG-13): Documentarian Errol Morris tells about the storied life and career of former British spy and author David Cornwell, known by the pen name of John le Carré, author of classic espionage novels. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Mission Impossible-Dead Reckoning Part One” (PG-13): Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) and his team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. Also starring Hayley Atwell, Rebecca Ferguson, Vanessa Kirby, Esai Morales and Pom Klementieff.
• “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (PG): New Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated film. After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers. A new friend helps them take on a crime syndicate, but they are soon under attack by an army of mutants. Featuring the voices of Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, Nicolas Cantu, Micah Abbey, Brady Noon, Shamon Brown Jr., John Cena and Ayo Edebiri.
• “Fair Play” (R): When a coveted promotion at a cutthroat financial firm arises, a newly engaged couple’s relationship is pushed to the brink. Starring Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer and Sebastian De Souza. Available on Netflix.
• “Reptile” (R): A hardened detective attempts to solve the case of a brutal murder of a young real estate agent, where nothing is as it seems. Starring Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Alicia Silverstone and Domenick Lombardozzi. Available on Netflix.
• “Haunted Mansion” (PG-13): Film inspired by the Disney theme park attraction, “Haunted Mansion”, about a woman and her son who enlist so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. Starring LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase W. Dillon, Dan Levy, with Jamie Lee Curtis and Jared Leto. Available on Disney+.
• “The Inventor” (PG): Animated biographical film about famous inventor and artist Leonardo da Vinci, when he leaves Italy to join the French court, to experiment, invent machines and study the human body. Featuring the voices of Daisy Ridley, Jim Capobianco, Stephen Fry and Marion Cotillard.
• “Jawan”: A man driven by a personal vendetta to rectify the wrongs in society, comes up against a monstrous outlaw. Starring Shah Rukh Khan, Atlee Kumar, Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi.
• “Meg 2: The Trench” (PG-13): Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean where they are forced into a battle for survival against prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers. Also starring Able Wanamakok and Li Bingbing.
• “Gran Turismo” (PG-13): A player wins Nissan-sponsored video game competitions and then becomes a real-life professional race car driver. Starring Archie Madekwe, David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Darren Barnet.
• “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” (PG): A rich man learns about a guru who can see without using his eyes and then sets out to master the skill to cheat at gambling. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel, Sir Ben Kingsley and Richard Ayoade. Available on Netflix.
• “Flora and Son” (R): At a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, single mom Flora tries to occupy him with a beat-up acoustic guitar. With the help of a washed-up LA musician, Flora and her son, Max, discover the transformative power of music. Starring Eve Hewson, Jack Reynor, Orén Kinlan and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Spy Kids-Armageddon” (PG): When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus, they become spies themselves to save their parents and the world. Starring Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla and Connor Esterson. Available on Netflix.
• “Sound of Freedom” (PG-13): After a federal agent rescues a boy from ruthless child traffickers, he learns the boy’s sister is still captive and embarks on a dangerous mission to save her. Starring Jim Caviezel, Eduardo Verástegui, Mira Sorvino and Bill Camp.
• “Love at First Sight” (PG-13): After missing her flight from New York to London, Hadley (Haley Lu Richardson) meets Oliver (Ben Hardy) in a chance encounter at the airport that sparks an instant connection. Available on Netflix.
• “Golda” (PG-13): Biopic of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Helen Mirren), set during the 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Also starring Liev Schreiber, Camille Cottin and Jaime Ray Newman.
• “Talk to Me” (R): A group of friends discover how to conjure spirits by using an embalmed hand, and find it thrilling until one of them unleashes terrifying supernatural forces. Directed by Danny and Michael Philippou.
• “Strays” (R): When Reggie (Will Ferrell), a naive Border Terrier, is abandoned on the mean city streets by his lowlife owner, Doug (Will Forte), Reggie falls in with a Boston Terrier named Bug (Jamie Foxx), a stray who loves his freedom. Also starring Isla Fisher, Randall Park and Josh Gad.
• “Bottoms” (R): PJ and Josie start a high school fight club to meet girls and lose their virginity. Starring Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Nicholas Galitzine and Havana Rose Liu.
• “Retribution” (R): While driving with his two children, a man ( Liam Neeson) receives a phone call from an unknown assailant who claims there is a bomb in the car. Also starring Noma Dumezweni, Lilly Aspell, Jack Champion and Emily Kusche.
• “The Hill” (PG): Sports drama based on the true story of Rickey Hill who overcame a physical handicap to play professional baseball. Starring Dennis Quaid, Colin Ford, Scott Glenn and Joelle Carter.
• “Elemental” (PG): New Disney and Pixar animated film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in. Featuring the voices of Leah Lewis as Ember and Mamoudou Athie as Wade.
• “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (PG-13): Harrison Ford returns as archaeologist Indiana Jones for the fifth installment of the franchise. Also starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas, John Rhys-Davies, Shaunette Renee Wilson, Mads Mikkelsen and Boyd Holbrook. Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures.
• “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” (R): Based on a chapter from Bram Stoker’s novel “Dracula”, about the merchant ship Demeter, which was chartered to carry 50 unmarked wooden crates from Carpathia to London. Starring Corey Hawkins, Aisling Franciosi, Liam Cunningham and David Dastmalchian.
• “Attack of the Flies”: Sci-fi thriller produced and directed by August Leo of Detroit, filmed in 2021 in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, set in the 1920s Prohibition Era, focused on the despair and isolation of the time, and a bizarre infestation of insects. Starring Jet Jandreau, Kyle del Santo and Marlon Morton. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah” (PG-13): Comedy about Stacy and Lydia, best friends who’ve always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. Plans go awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threaten their friendship. Starring Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Dylan Hoffman and Sarah Sherman. Available on Netflix.
• “The Monkey King” (PG): Computer-animated action comedy film inspired by an epic Chinese tale, about a monkey and his magical fighting stick battling demons, dragons and gods. Starring Jimmy O. Yang, Bowen Yang, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Jo Koy, Ron Yuan, Hoon Lee and Stephanie Hsu. Available on Netflix.
• “Heart of Stone” (PG-13): Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is an intelligence operative in a global peacekeeping organization who must protect the organization’s most valuable and dangerous weapon. Also starring Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, and Jing Lusi. Available on Netflix.
• “Happiness for Beginners” (TV-14): Newly divorced, Helen (Ellie Kemper), joins a quirky group of strangers on a survival course for the “adventure of a lifetime”, with hope of learning how to live and love again. Also starring Luke Grimes, Nico Santos and Blythe Danner. Available on Netflix.
• “Insidious- The Red Door” (PG-13): Fifth installment of the Insidious horror franchise, with Josh Lambert (Patrick Wilson) heading east to drop his son, Dalton, off at school. However, Dalton’s college dream soon becomes a living nightmare when the demons of his past return to haunt them both. Also starring Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye and Joseph Bishara.
• “Theater Camp” (PG-13): Comedy about how the staff of a rundown theater camp in upstate New York band together when their founder falls into a coma. Starring Molly Gordon, Ben Platt, Jimmy Tatro and Ayo Edebiri.
• “The Beanie Bubble” (R): The tale of the Beanie Baby empire in the 1990s. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Elizabeth Banks, Sarah Snook and Geraldine Viswanathan. Available on Apple TV+.
• “They Cloned Tyrone” (R): Science fiction/mystery film about an unlikely trio on the trail of a government conspiracy. Starring John Boyega, Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, with Kiefer Sutherland. Available on Netflix.
• “Spider-Man-Across the Spider-Verse” (PG): Brooklyn’s neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse where he encounters a team of Spider-People. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Karan Soni, Shameik Moore, Oscar Isaac and Daniel Kaluuya.
• “Jules” (PG-13): A UFO crashes into a man’s backyard in rural Pennsylvania. As he befriends the extraterrestrial, things get complicated when two neighbors discover it. Starring Ben Kingsley, Jade Quon, Jane Curtin and Harriet Sansom Harris.
• “Joy Ride” (R): Comedy that centers on four unlikely friends who embark on an international adventure. When Audrey’s business trip to Asia goes awry, she enlists the help of Lolo, her childhood best friend, Kat, a college friend, and Deadeye, Lolo’s eccentric cousin. Starring Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, and Sabrina Wu.
• “The First Slam Dunk” (PG-13): Japanese animated sports film with the Shohoku High School basketball club in a match against Sannoh High School.
• “Transformers-Rise of the Beasts” (PG-13): New Transformers film will take audiences on a ’90s globetrotting adventure with Optimus Prime and the Autobots teaming up with a new faction of Transformers – the Maximals – to join them as allies in the battle for Earth. Starring Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy and Pete Davidson.
• “Stephen Curry-Underrated” (PG-13): A documentary about Stephen Curry’s rise from an undersized college basketball player at a small town Division I college to a four-time NBA champion with archival footage and on camera interviews. Available on Apple TV+.
• “The Flash” (PG-13): Warner Bros. superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. The Flash uses his superpowers to travel back in time to save his family, but inadvertently alters the future. He becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation and there are no super heroes to turn to, unless he can coax a very different Batman out of retirement. Starring Ezra Miller, Sasha Calle, Michael Shannon, Ron Livingston, Michael Keaton and Ben Afleck.
• “Asteroid City” (R): World-changing events disrupt a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention in a fictional American desert town, circa 1955. Science fiction comedy film directed by Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman, Tom Hanks, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Hope Davis, Rupert Friend, Maya Hawke, Steve Carrell, Matt Dillon, Margot Robbie, Willem Dafoe and Scarlett Johansson.
• “Every Body” (R): Documentary focusing on three individuals who overcame shame, secrecy, and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods. Starring River Gallo, Sean Saifa Wall and Ruth Deibel.
• “No Hard Feelings” (R): On the brink of losing her childhood home, a desperate woman agrees to date a wealthy couple’s introverted and awkward 19-year-old son before he leaves for college. Comedy starring Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti and Natalie Morales.
• “The Blackening” (R): A group of Black friends reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize it isn’t a game. Starring Grace Byers, Jermaine Fowler, Melvin Gregg, Dewayne Perkins and Sinqua Walls.
• “The Little Mermaid” (PG): Disney live-action remake of the animated “The Little Mermaid,” based on the fairy tale written by author Hans Christian Andersen about a beautiful and spirited young mermaid who longs to find out more about the world beyond the sea. Starring singer and actress Halle Bailey as Ariel; Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric; Daveed Diggs as the voice of Sebastian; and Melissa McCarthy as Ursula.
• “The Boogeyman” (PG-13): A horror-thriller based upon the short story by Stephen King about a high school student and her younger sister who are reeling from the death of their mother and aren’t getting much support from their father, Will, a therapist who is dealing with his own pain. When a desperate patient unexpectedly shows up at their home seeking help, he leaves behind a terrifying supernatural entity that preys on families. Starring Sophie Thatcher, Chris Messina, Vivien Lyra Blair, Marin Ireland and Madison Hu.
• “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (PG): DreamWorks Animation action comedy about a shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens. Animated film featuring the voices of Lana Condor, Toni Collette, Annie Murphy, Sam Richardson, Liza Kosher and Jane Fonda.
• “Bird Box Barcelona” (R): From the producers of “Bird Box” comes an expansion of the 2018 film. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. Starring Mario Casas, Georgina Campbell, Diego Calva and Alejandra Howard. Available on Netflix.
• “The Out-Laws” (R): Owen Browning (Adam Devine) is a bank manager about to get married to the love of his life, Parker (Nina Dobrev). When his bank is held up by the infamous Ghost Bandits during his wedding week, he believes his future in-laws (Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin), who just arrived in town, are the outlaws. Available on Netflix.
• “Beau is Afraid” (R): A paranoid man embarks on an epic odyssey to go home to his mother. Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Hayley Squires.
• “Showing Up” (R): A sculptor preparing to open a new show must balance her creative life with the daily dramas of family and friends in this funny portrait of art and craft. Starring Michelle Williams, Hong Chau, Maryann Plunkett, John Magaro and Andrè Benjamin.
• “Spinning Gold” (R): Neil Bogart launched Casablanca Records in the 1970s, giving rise to musical acts including Donna Summer, Parliament, Glady Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, Bill Withers and KISS. Starring Jeremy Jordan, Michelle Monaghan, Jay Pharoah, Casey Likes, Tayla Parx, Dan Fogler and Jason Issacs.
• “Nimona” (PG): When Ballister Boldheart (Riz Ahmed), a knight in a futuristic medieval world, is framed for a crime he didn’t commit, the only one who can help him prove his innocence is Nimona (Chloë Grace Moretz), a teen who happens to be a shape-shifting creature Ballister has been trained to destroy. Also starring Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy and Lorraine Toussaint. Available on Netflix.
• “John Wick-Chapter 4” (R): New film in the franchise where hit man John Wick (Keanu Reeves) takes his fight against The High Table global, facing off against a new enemy with alliances in the underworld across the globe. Also starring Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård and Laurence Fishburne.
• “Fast X” (PG-13): The 10th film in the Fast & Furious saga. Now Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his family confront their most lethal opponent, emerging from the shadows of the past fueled by blood revenge. Also starring Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jason Momoa, John Cena, Jason Statham, Sung Kang, Alan Ritchson, Scott Eastwood, with Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Brie Larson and Rita Moreno.
• “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” (PG-13): New Marvel Studios’ superhero film where Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) must rally his team to defend the universe and protect one of their own. Also starring Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana and Karen Gillan.
• “About My Father” (PG-13): Comedy about a man who is encouraged by his fiancée to bring his immigrant, hairdresser father to a weekend get-together with her super-rich and eccentric family. Starring Robert De Niro, Sebastian Maniscalco, Leslie Bibb and Kim Cattrall.
• “Extraction 2” (R): Tyler Rake (Chris Hemsworth) is back in a second movie as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster. Also starring Golshifteh Farahani, Daniel Bernhardt and Tinatin Dalakishvili. Available on Netflix.
• “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (PG): Computer-animated film based on Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. video game franchise. Featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, Jack Black, Keegan-Michael Key and Seth Rogen.
• “Evil Dead Rise” (R): Horror film about two estranged sisters trying to survive and save their family from demons in a Los Angeles apartment building. Starring Alyssa Sutherland, Lily Sullivan, Mia Challis and Gabrielle Echols.
• “You Hurt My Feelings” (R): A novelist’s long-standing marriage is suddenly upended when she overhears her husband giving his honest reaction to her latest book. Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michaela Watkins, Owen Teague and Tobias Menzies and Arian Moayed.
• “Chevalier” (PG-13): Inspired by the true story of composer Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges. The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Bologne (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), rises in French society as a celebrated violinist-composer and champion fencer. Also starring Samara Weaving, Lucy Boynton, Ronkẹ Adékoluẹjo, Marton Csokas, Alex Fitzalan, and Minnie Driver.
• “The Machine” (R): Comedy adventure about a man’s past coming back to haunt him, when a murderous mobster tries to kidnap him to atone for his crimes. Starring Bert Kreischer, Jimmy Tatro, Stephanie Kurtzuba and Mark Hamill.
• “Book Club-The Next Chapter” (PG-13): Sequel to “Book Club”, the new film follows the four best friends as they take their book club to Italy for the fun girls trip they never had. Starring Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson, Giancarlo Giannini, with Andy Garcia and Don Johnson.
• “It Ain’t Over” (PG): The story of Lawrence Peter, “Yogi Berra”, the beloved New York Yankees baseball legend who became famous for his championship rings and funny proverbs. Granddaughter Lindsay Berra tells his story along with his sons, former Yankee teammates, players he managed, writers, broadcasters, and admirers (such as Billy Crystal).
• “Flamin’ Hot” (PG-13): The story of Richard Montañez, the Frito Lay janitor who channeled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry. Starring Jesse Garcia, Annie Gonzalez, Tony Shalhoub, Dennis Haysbert and Emilio Rivera. Directed by Eva Longoria. Available streaming on Disney+ and Hulu.
• “Shooting Stars” (PG-13): Based on the book by LeBron James and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of Friday Night Lights, Buzz Bissinger, is the inspiring origin story of a basketball superhero. Starring Marquis “Mookie” Cook, Caleb McLaughlin, Avery S. Wills Jr., Khalil Everage and Wood Harris.
• “Still-A Michael J. Fox Movie R: Recounts Fox’s story in his own words – the improbable tale of an undersized kid from a Canadian army base who rose to stardom in 1980’s Hollywood, and his diagnosis at age 29 with Parkinson’s disease. Available on Apple TV+.
• Guy Ritchie’s “The Covenant” (R): Directed by Guy Ritchie, the film follows Sergeant John who on his last tour of duty in Afghanistan is teamed with local interpreter Ahmed. After John is injured, Ahmed risks his own life to carry John across miles of grueling terrain to safety. Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Beecham and Anthony Starr.
• “Dungeons & Dragons-Honor Among Thieves” (PG-13): The roleplaying game Dungeons and Dragons comes to the big screen in an action-packed adventure with a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers who undertake an epic heist to retrieve a lost relic. Starring Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Sophia Lillis, Hugh Grant, Daisy Head and Chloe Coleman.
• “Hypnotic” (R): When a detective learns that his missing daughter and a string of high profile bank robberies might be connected, he goes on a gripping search for his daughter. Starring Ben Affleck, Alice Braga, William Fichtner and Hala Finley.
• “Love Again” (PG-13): Coping with the loss of her fiance, Mira Ray (Priyanka Chopra) sends a series of romantic texts to his old cell phone number, not realizing it was reassigned to journalist Rob Burns (Sam Heughan). When Burns is assigned to write a profile of superstar Celine Dion, he enlists her help to figure out how to meet Mira in person. Starring Priyanka Chopra, Sam Heughan, Celine Dion and Sofia Barclay.
• “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (PG-13): Adaptation of author Judy Blume’s book of the same name about 11-year old Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson) who has a Christian mother and a Jewish father. Margaret is moving to a new town and beginning to contemplate everything about life. She relies on her mother (Rachel McAdams) who offers loving support but is seeking her own footing in a new place, and her grandmother Sylvia (Kathy Bates).
• “Sisu” (R): During the last days of World War II, a prospector crosses paths with Nazis on a scorched-Earth retreat in northern Finland. When the soldiers decide to steal his gold, they quickly discover they just tangled with no ordinary miner. Starring Jorma Tommila, Mimosa Willamo, Onni Tommila and Aksel Hennie.
• “Rally Road Racers” (PG): Animated comedy about a rookie race-car driver who gets the opportunity to compete against the reigning champion of the rally car circuit. Featuring the voices of Chloe Bennet, Jimmy O. Yang, J.K. Simmons and Lisa Lu.
• “Big George Foreman” (PG-13): The film tells the story of world heavyweight boxing champion George Foreman, who retired from boxing, became a preacher, then stepped back in the ring to regain the championship at age 45. Starring George Foreman, Khris Davis, Jasmine Mathews and Sullivan Jones.
• “Mafia Mamma” (R): Action comedy film about a mild-mannered suburban mom who unexpectedly inherits her grandfather’s mafia empire in Italy. Starring Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci, Giulio Corso and Livia De Paolis.
• “Air” (R): A biographical sports drama that follows the history of former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, and Nike’s partnership with basketball rookie Michael Jordan to create the Air Jordan brand. Directed by Ben Affleck. Starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Viola Davis and Chris Tucker.
• “Polite Society” (PG-13): Action comedy film about martial artist-in-training Ria Khan (Priya Kansara), who believes she must save her older sister Lena (Ritu Arya) from her impending marriage. Also starring Ella Bruccoleri, Shobu Kapoor, Nimbra Bucha and Rachel Kwok.
• “Scream VI” (R): Sixth installment in the “Scream” film series. Four survivors of the original Ghostface killings attempt to leave Woodsboro for a fresh start. Starring Jenna Ortega, Hayden Panettiere, Melissa Barrera, Samara Weaving and Courtney Cox.
• “The Pope’s Exorcist” (R): Horror film based on the memoirs of Father Gabriele Amorth (Russell Crowe), chief exorcist for the Vatican. Also starring Laurel Marsden, Franco Nero and Alex Essoe.
• “Renfield” (R): Dracula’s loyal servant, Renfield (Nicholas Hoult), is forced to procure his master’s prey and do his every bidding. After centuries of servitude to Dracula (Nicolas Cage), Renfield is ready to see if there’s life outside his boss’s shadow. Also starring Awkwafina, Ben Schwartz, Adrian Martinez.
• “Peter Pan and Wendy” (PG): Based on the classic tale, Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Starring Alexander Molony, Jude Law, Ever Anderson and Yara Shahidi. Available on Disney+.
• “Creed III” (PG-13): Still dominating the boxing world, Adonis Creed must face off with childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian, who resurfaces after serving in prison. Starring Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors and Tessa Thompson.
• “Avatar-The Way of Water” (PG-13): Set more than a decade after the first film, “Avatar”, the new film centers on the Sully family (Jake, Neytiri and their children) and their battles to stay alive. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver and Kate Winslet.
• “Ghosted” (PG-13): Cole (Chris Evans) falls head over heels for Sadie (Ana de Armas) – but then finds out that she’s a secret agent. Before they go on a second date, Cole and Sadie are swept away on an international adventure to save the world. Also starring Adrian Brody, Amy Sedaris and Lizze Broadway. Available on Apple TV+.
• “Quasi” (R): A hapless hunchback finds himself in the middle of a murderous feud between the Pope and the king of France when each orders the hunchback to kill the other. Starring Adrianne Palicki, Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan, Gabriel Hogan, Steve Lemme, Erik Stolhanske, and Paul Soter. Available on Hulu.
• “Murder Mystery 2” (PG-13): Four years after solving their first murder mystery, Nick and Audrey Spitz (Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston) are now full-time detectives struggling to start up their private eye agency, when they’re invited to the wedding of the Maharaja (Adeel Akhtar) on his private island. Trouble ensues when the groom is kidnapped for ransom. Available on Netflix.
• “Shazam! Fury of the Gods” (PG-13): The story continues about teenager Billy Batson who, upon reciting the magic word “Shazam!,” is transformed into his adult Super Hero alter ego, Shazam. Starring Zachary Levi, Asher Angel, Jack Dylan Grazer, Adam Brody, Rachel Zegler, Lucy Liu and Helen Mirren.
• “A Thousand and One” (R): Free-spirited Inez kidnaps her 6-year-old son, Terry, from the foster care system and they set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity and stability in a rapidly changing New York City. Starring Temana Taylor, William Catlett, Don DiPetta, and Lia Lando.
• “65” (PG-13): After their spaceship crashes on an unknown planet, pilot Mills (Adam Driver) quickly discovers he’s actually stranded on Earth, 65 million years ago. Mills and the only other survivor, Koa, (Ariana Greenblatt) must traverse an unknown terrain riddled with dangerous prehistoric creatures. Also starring Chloe Coleman and Alexandra Shipp.
• “Ant-Man and The Wasp-Quantumania” (PG-13): New adventure of Marvel Studios superhero partners Scott Lang (Paul Rudd) and Hope Van Dyne (Evangeline Lilly) as Ant-Man and the Wasp. Also starring Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jonathan Majors and Kathryn Newton.
• “Paint” (PG-13): Carl Nargle, a Bob Ross-inspired painter, hosts his own painting show on Vermont public television in this comedy starring Owen Wilson, Ciara Renée, Wendi McLendon‑Covey and Michaela Watkins.
• “Jesus Revolution” (PG-13): Based on the book of the same name about a pastor who opened his congregation in California to welcome youth and hippies in the 1970s. Starring Jonathan Roumie, Kelsey Grammer, Joel Courtney and Kimberly Williams-Paisley.
• “Cocaine Bear” (R): Dark comedy inspired by the 1985 true story of a drug runner’s plane crash, missing cocaine, and the black bear that ate it. Starring Keri Russell, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and Christian Convery-Jennings.
• “Tetris” (R): Based on the true story about how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way to avid players around the globe. Henk Rogers (Taron Egerton) discovers Tetris in 1988, and then travels to the Soviet Union during the Cold War-era where he joins forces with inventor Alexey Pajitnov (Nikita Efremov). Available on Apple TV+.
• “Champions” (PG-13): Woody Harrelson stars in the story of a former minor-league basketball coach who, after a series of missteps, is ordered by the court to manage a team of players with intellectual disabilities. He soon realizes that this team can go further than imagined. Also starring Ernie Hudson, Cheech Marin, Matt Cook, and Kaitlin Olson.
• “Inside” (R): A high-end art thief becomes trapped inside a luxury, high-tech penthouse in New York’s Times Square during a heist. Starring Willem Dafoe, Eliza Stuyck, Josia Krug and Gene Bervoets.
• “A Good Person” (R): Film about a woman whose life falls apart following her involvement in a fatal accident. Starring Florence Pugh, Morgan Freeman and Celeste O’Connor.
• “Moving On” (R): Two estranged women reunite to seek revenge against the husband of their recently deceased best friend. Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Richard Roundtree and Malcolm McDowell.
• “80 For Brady” (PG-13): Inspired by the true story of four best friends who take a wild trip to the 2017 Super Bowl LI to see their hero Tom Brady play. Starring Lily Tomlin, Jane Fonda, Rita Moreno, Sally Field and Tom Brady.
• “A Snowy Day in Oakland” (PG-13): A psychologist from San Francisco decides to end a stalled romance with her high-profile psychiatrist boyfriend and business partner, and open her own practice in Oakland, California. Starring Loretta Devine, Kyle Bary, Michael Jai White and Nicole Ari Parker.
• “Luther-The Fallen Sun” (R): Continuation of the television series featuring detective John Luther (Idris Elba) who sits behind bars, haunted by his failure to capture the serial killer who is terrorizing London. Also starring Cynthia Erivo and Andy Serkis and Dermot Crowley. Available on Netflix.
• “Operation Fortune-Ruse de Guerre” (R): Elite spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) must track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds (Hugh Grant). Also starring Aubrey Plaza and Josh Hartnett.
• “Magic Mike’s Last Dance” (R): Mike Lane (Channing Tatum) reprises his role as Magic Mike in this third installment of the franchise. He takes to the stage again when a business deal that went bad leaves him broke and bartending in Florida. Then he is lured to London with a wealthy socialite. Also starring Salma Hayek, Juliette Motamed and Matthew McConaughey.
• “M3GAN” (PG-13): Sci-fi horror film about a life-like doll programmed to be a child’s companion. Equipped with artificial intelligence, the doll can listen, watch and learn as she becomes playmate, teacher and protector for a child. When the creator of the doll becomes the unexpected caretaker of her 8-year-old niece, she gives the girl a M3GAN prototype. Starring Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng and Brian Jordan Alvarez.
• “Knock at the Cabin” (R): While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her parents are taken hostage by four armed strangers. Starring Dave Bautista, Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge and Nikki Amuka-Bird.
• “A Man Called Otto” (PG-13): A grumpy widower named Otto (Tom Hanks), has his life turned around when a lively young family moves in next door. Based on the New York Times bestseller, “A Man Called Ove”. Also starring Mariana Treviño, Manuel Garcia‑Rulfo and Rachel Keller.
• “Puss in Boots-The Last Wish” (PG): DreamWorks Animation new adventure in the Shrek universe where daring outlaw Puss in Boots discovers that he has burned through eight of his nine lives and sets out to restore his nine lives. Featuring the voices of Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek and Olivia Colman.
• “Missing” (PG-13): When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June searches for answers from her home in Los Angeles. Starring Storm Reid, Nia Long, Megan Suri and Ken Leung.
• “The Whale” (R): A reclusive English teacher tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter. Starring Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Ty Simpkins and Hong Chau.
• “Plane” (R): Pilot Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare (Mike Colter), an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI.
• “Shin Ultraman”: Japanese superhero Kaiju film starring Masami Nagasawa, Akari Hayami, Takumi Saitoh and Hideaki Anno.
• “Of an Age” (R): Set in the summer of 1999 as a 17-year-old Serbian born, Australian amateur ballroom dancer experiences an unexpected and intense 24-hour romance with a friend’s older brother. Starring Thom Green, Toby Derrick, Hattie Hook and Elias Anton.
• “The Amazing Maurice” (PG): Maurice is a streetwise ginger cat who comes up with a money-making scam by befriending a group of talking rats. Animated film with voices of Emilia Clarke, Hugh Bonneville, Gemma Arterton and Himesh Patel.
• “Marlowe” (R): Detective Phillip Marlowe (Liam Neeson) becomes embroiled in an investigation with a wealthy family, in the late 1930s in Bay City, California. Also starring Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange and Daniela Melchior.
• “Emily” (R): Imagined story about English novelist Emily Brontë, author of “Wuthering Heights”, and her journey to womanhood as a rebel and a misfit. Starring Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson‑Cohen, Fionn Whitehead and Amelia Gething.
• “Living” (PG-13): The story of an ordinary man, worn down by years of office routine, who makes a supreme effort to turn his dull life into something wonderful. Starring Bill Nighy, Aimee Lou Wood, Alex Sharp, and Tom Burke.
• “Black Panther- Wakanda Forever” (PG-13): Marvel Studios’ new superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Black Panther with the Wakandans fighting to protect their nation from intervening world powers in the wake of King T’Challa’s death. Starring Angela Bassett, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Danai Gurira.
• “Sharper” (R): Motivations are suspect and expectations are turned upside down in this thriller set in New York City. Starring Julianne Moore, Sebastian Stan, Justice Smith and Brianna Middleton.
• “Your Place or Mine” (PG-13): Debbie (Reese Witherspoon) and Peter (Ashton Kutcher) are best friends and total opposites, who decide to swap houses for a week. Also starring Jesse Williams, Tig Notaro, Zoe Chao and Steve Zahn. Available on Netflix.
• “Infinity Pool” (R): A couple on vacation venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence and horror. Starring Mia Goth, Alexander Skarsgård, Cleopatra Coleman and Thomas Kretschman.
• “Fear” (R): A weekend vacation becomes a nightmare for a group of friends in this horror film. Starring King Bach, Joseph Sikora, T.I. and Terrence J., Annie Ilonzeh and Ruby Modine.
• “Maybe I Do” (PG-13): With their relationship at a crossroads, Michelle and Allen invite their parents to finally meet. As it turns out, their parents already know each other. Starring Emma Roberts, Richard Gere, Luke Bracey and Diane Keaton.
• “Alice Darling” (R): Pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Alice rediscovers herself and gains perspective while on vacation with two close girlfriends. Starring Anna Kendrick, Kaniehtiio Horn, Charlie Carrick and Wunmi Mosaku.
• “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” (PG-13): Musical drama about Whitney Houston, (Naomi Ackie) as she rises to fame in the 1980s. Also starring Stanley Tucci and Ashton Sanders.
• “House Party” (R): Comedy film about aspiring club promoters and buddies Damon and Kevin who are broke and in need of a huge windfall. Their solution is to host the party of the year at an exclusive mansion owned by NBA superstar LeBron James. Starring LeBron James, D.C. Young Fly, Jacob Latimore and Andrew Santino.
• “The Fabelmans” (PG-13): A semi-autobiography based on Steven Spielberg’s own childhood growing up in Arizona, from age 7 to 18. Starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle. Directed by Steven Spielberg.
• “Shotgun Wedding” (R): Darcy and Tom gather their families for a destination wedding, but the ceremony gets put on hold when gunmen take everyone hostage. Starring Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge and Lenny Kravitz. Available on Amazon Prime Video.
• “She is Love”: A divorced couple unexpectedly cross paths at a country inn and rekindle a long-lost love. Starring Haley Bennett, Sam Riley, Michael Smiley and Rosa Robson.
• “Babylon” (R): A tale of ambition and excess, it traces the rise and fall of multiple characters during an era of decadence and depravity in early Hollywood. Starring Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie and Diego Calva.
• “You People” (R): Comedy about a new couple and their families who find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures. Starring Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, Nia Long, with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy. Available on Netflix.
• “Pamela, A Love Story” (NR): An intimate and humanizing portrait of one of the world’s most famous blonde bombshells, Pamela, a love story follows the trajectory of Pamela Anderson’s life and career from small town girl to international sex symbol, actress, activist and doting mother. Starring Pamela Anderson. Available on Netflix.
• “Ticket to Paradise” (PG-13): George Clooney and Julia Roberts star as a divorced couple who team up and travel to Bali to stop their lovestruck daughter from making the same mistake they made 25 years ago.
• “The Son” (PG-13): The film centers on Peter (Hugh Jackman), whose busy life with his infant and new partner Beth (Vanessa Kirby) is upended when his ex-wife Kate (Laura Dern) appears at his door to discuss their son Nicholas (Zen McGrath), who is now a troubled teenager. Also starring Anthony Hopkins.
• “Strange World” (PG): Walt Disney Animation Studios’ adventure about a family of explorers, the Clades, as they attempt to navigate an uncharted, treacherous land alongside a motley crew that includes a mischievous blob, a three-legged dog and a slew of ravenous creatures. The voice cast includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Dennis Quaid, Jaboukie Young-White and Lucy Liu. Available on Disney+.
Theaters
• AMC Theatres: AMC Forum Sterling Heights, 586-254-1381; AMC Star Gratiot Clinton Township, 586-791-2095; AMC Star Great Lakes Auburn Hills, 248-454-0314; AMC Star John R Madison Heights, 248-585-4477, amctheatres.com
• Cinemark Southland Center, Taylor, 734-287-0629, www.cinemark.com/theatres
• Emagine Theatres: Birmingham 8, 248-723-6230; Emagine Palladium in Birmingham, 248-385-0500; Canton, 734-787-3002; The Riviera in Farmington Hills, 248-788-6572; Hartland, 810-207-5757; Macomb, 586-372-3456; Novi, 248-468-2990; Rochester Hills, 248-378-2991; Royal Oak, 248-414-1000, emagine-entertainment.com
Today is Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 239th day of 2025. There are 126 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 27, 2011, Hurricane Irene made landfall in the United States; the storm would be responsible for 49 total deaths and more than $14 billion in damage.
Also on this date:
In 1883, the island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic explosions. The explosions (which could be heard 3,000 miles away) and resulting tsunamis in Indonesia’s Sunda Strait claimed some 36,000 lives in Java and Sumatra.
In 1894, Congress passed the Wilson-Gorman Tariff Act, which contained a provision for a graduated income tax that was later struck down by the Supreme Court.
In 1964, the film “Mary Poppins” had its world premiere in Los Angeles, California.
In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three other people, including his 14-year-old grandson Nicholas, were killed off the coast of Ireland in a boat explosion claimed by the Irish Republican Army.
In 1982, Rickey Henderson of the Oakland A’s stole his 119th base of the season, breaking Lou Brock’s single-season stolen base record. (Henderson would finish the season with a still-unmatched 130 stolen bases.)
In 1990, blues musician Stevie Ray Vaughn and four others were killed in a helicopter crash near East Troy, Wisconsin.
In 2001, Israeli helicopters fired a pair of rockets through office windows, killing senior PLO leader Mustafa Zibri.
In 2005, coastal residents jammed freeways and gas stations as they rushed to avoid Hurricane Katrina, which was headed toward New Orleans.
In 2008, Barack Obama was nominated for president by the Democratic National Convention in Denver, becoming the first Black presidential nominee from a major political party.
Today’s Birthdays:
Author William Least Heat-Moon is 86.
Actor Tuesday Weld is 82.
Former U.S. Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., is 82.
Actor G.W. Bailey is 81.
Rock musician Alex Lifeson (Rush) is 72.
Actor Peter Stormare is 72.
Rock musician Glen Matlock (The Sex Pistols) is 68.
Golfer Bernhard Langer is 68.
Gospel singer Yolanda Adams is 64.
Fashion designer and filmmaker Tom Ford is 64.
Actor Chandra Wilson is 56.
Baseball Hall of Famer Jim Thome is 55.
Rapper Mase is 50.
Actor Sarah Chalke is 49.
Actor Aaron Paul is 46.
Actor Patrick J. Adams (TV: “Suits”) is 44.
Singer Mario is 39.
Actor Alexa PenaVega is 37.
Singer-songwriter Kim Petras is 33.
U.S. Olympic and WNBA basketball star Breanna Stewart is 31.
Rapper/singer-songwriter Rod Wave is 27.
National Hurricane Center meteorologist David Zelinsky watches weather radar that shows the eye of Hurricane Irene as it nears North Carolina’s Outer Banks Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at the hurricane center in Miami. Forecasters warned Irene, currently category 1, would remain a hurricane as it moves up the mid-Atlantic coast, and then toward the New York City area and New England. (AP Photo/Andy Newman)
Leave your GPT nonsense at home, for no AI model can duplicate the pigskin picks of the great Kosmo.
Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again. The wizard of wide receivers, wing-T, Walled Lake and all things Oakland County football is ready to forecast via the crystal ball for another fall. Not that Kosmo could figure out any of this artificial intelligence stuff if he tried, but who needs that fancy pants tech when it’s all up in this ol’ noggin for your consumption.
Kosmo
The 2024 season was another heckuva year for footballing in the OC, and this looks like it’ll be no different. While some will kick it off on Friday, plenty of programs will find out if all the hard work they put in over the dog days of summer paid off on Thursday night.
Here’s a heavenly seven games that will be part of the Week 1 slate.
Thursday, Aug. 28
Clarkston vs. Belleville (at Wayne State), 4 p.m. — Right up there with Rockford and Saline, it may not have Bryce Underwood, but this remains one of the state’s best games of the opening week, and that’s the bottom line, ‘cuz Kosmo says so. Seriously, though, the Tigers remain more than formidable with Tre Britton at receiver and Kendall Franklin stepping up into Underwood’s shoes. Your wise one also hears Belleville’s next batch of beasts are in the oven, but Clarkston QB Alex Waszczenko isn’t so green for this one. If it was later in the year, it might be the Tigers’ game, but Kosmo really believes this one can go the way of the Wolves. Kosmo says: Clarkston
Lake Orion vs. Northville (at Wayne State), 7 p.m. — Two years ago, Northville defeated Clarkston by two scores in the Battle at the Big House to start the year, then Lake Orion exacted some OAA revenge in the season opener in 2024, beating the Mustangs 21-13. After playing in Northville last season, the teams will go toe-to-toe on neutral turf. Veteran coach Chris Bell felt he caught a young Northville at a good time by facing them so early last season. With some talent back along the lines, the Dragons are capable of grinding out another low-scoring victory again. Kosmo says: Lake Orion
South Lyon at Lakeland, 7 p.m. — The Lions are going to be determined to get revenge from last year’s meeting. Lakeland put up four TDs in a row to put a damper on homecoming festivities for South Lyon, with credit to running back Sam Broome for laying it on. Don’t expect a South Lyon team with some key linemen back to lay down, either. It should be a close game, but the Eagles should pull it out if they can avoid early mistakes at home. The way Walled Lake Western is expected to be strong again, it’s hard to afford losing a game like this to open the year in the LVC. Kosmo says: Lakeland
Bloomfield Hills at Troy, 7 p.m. — Scott Merchant looks to begin shaping Bloomfield Hills into a winner beginning Thursday. And there might be some bumps along the way this season. Troy will have a student section loud and ready to greet them, but this is a good draw for the Black Hawks getting a team that’s turning the page at QB and graduated its best WR, too. Kosmo says: Bloomfield Hills
Friday, Aug. 29
Farmington at Oak Park, 7 p.m. — Similar to Bloomfield Hills and Troy, this is one of the few OAA league games to start the season. This one, though, is more likely to involve teams in the hunt for the Blue Division title, with the teams doing battle in Oak Park picked to finish third (Farmington) and fourth. The Knights’ offense sputtered in last year’s 17-6 loss, but yours truly is under the impression there will be more scoring in this one. Kosmo says: Oak Park
Football, Warren Michigan Collegiate at Clarkston Everest, 7 p.m. — Everest might not have gotten deep into the playoffs last season, but it did win a bunch of games handily throughout its 9-0 start to 2024. The exception was its season opener in Warren, a 27-24 victory. Now, the Mountaineers will again face WMC. Kosmo expects Everest to have another winning season, make no mistake, but the Cougars bring back something like 15 starters from a team that, after the loss to the Mountaineers, didn’t taste defeat again until Marine City in the playoffs. Kosmo says: Warren Michigan Collegiate
Football, Chippewa Valley at Detroit Catholic Central, 7 p.m. — OAA vs. MAC games often litter the lineup of Week 1 and 2 games, but here’s a MAC/CHSL crossover for the masses. The Reds have some college-bound talent, like sophomore receivers Jude Tyler and (small but speedy) Joel Williams, as well as some quality players in the front seven of the defense like Dominik Kosznicki. It’ll provide the Shamrocks’ secondary a fun test before getting into the league portion of the schedule the following weekend, but this is likely to be no more than a flex of what other teams are in for from CC. Kosmo says: Detroit Catholic Central
Clarkston's Lukas Boman (1) stays low to the ground with the ball in a 35-28 loss to Belleville on Friday, August 30, 2024 at Wayne State University. The Wolves and Tigers will rematch at the same site in this year's season opener. (BRYAN EVERSON - MediaNews Group)
HIGHLAND – The Milford Mavericks and Walled Lake Western Warriors played to a 1-1 draw in an early season Lakes Valley Conference matchup Tuesday night.
The Mavericks started strong, controlling the play early and taking the lead barely five minutes into the match. Jesse Wyskiel popped a ball up into the middle of the box and Lucas Lansberry outjumped the goalie to head the ball into the now empty net.
However, Walled Lake Western would improve as the game went on. By halftime, the Warriors were even on the stat sheet, though they still trailed 1-0 at the break. Western would go on to dominate the second half, outshooting the Mavericks 9-5 after intermission, including a 7-2 edge in shots on frame.
Eventually, and most importantly, the Warriors pulled even on the scoreboard. Logan Maltese uncorked a blast from the left side of the penalty area that Mavericks goalie Mac Parvin made a nice diving save on, but Gavin Roberts was alone on the far side to tap in the rebound and make it an even scoreline with 20:01 to play.
“Milford came out a little differently than we expected, so we had to adjust to that, and once we made the switch it seemed to really open things up for us,” Warriors head coach Alex Wilson said.
Milford's Brayden Kirbey (4) chases Walled Lake Western's Gabriel Chappell during a 1-1 LVC draw Tuesday evening. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Neither team would score again, though both would have good chances down the stretch. That’s due in large part to the fact that both goalies turned in strong performances to turn away everything they saw in the final 20 minutes. Overall, Parvin was the busier of the two goalies, finishing with 10 saves. Warriors goalie Denys Koda only have to make four saves in the game, but two were spectacular leaping efforts to turn shots over the crossbar.
“Tonight with what took place, it was the team aspect and being able to handle a lot of adversity during the game,” Milford head coach Tommy Hipple said. “We struggled in our first game, not being a team. And I think tonight we protected each other very well tonight. So just the team aspect of that part, and then anyone who came on did really tonight.”
With the draw, Milford is 2-0-1 overall and in the LVC. Despite graduating most of their starting lineup, the Mavericks are off to a good start against a schedule that is front loaded with league games and are quickly coming together as a unit.
“We lost nine starters from last year, and to be able to get seven points from your first three games is saying a lot for a brand new team,” Hipple said. “I was pleased with the way that we moved the ball and worked together,” he added. “It’s nice. Some of our seniors have stepped up for that leadership role. But we have tons of sophomores playing a lot of minutes. But I’m pleased with our first three games.”
Next up for Milford is a road trip to Waterford Kettering on Thursday to continue league play.
Walled Lake Western is 1-1-1 overall and 1-0-1 in LVC play. The Warriors host Mott on Thursday in another league contest for them.
“The key for us with this is just to try to build off of it and come through stronger the next few games,” Wilson said. “Taking a point from Milford is always good. We’re going to Mott on Thursday, and we’re looking to pick up three points there and then follow it up with two league games the following week. It’s a fun group, and we’re just looking to continuously get better every day.”
Walled Lake Western's Jesus Marquez (23) and Millford's Anthony Baidas battle for the ball during a 1-1 draw Tuesday night in Mavericks territory. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, August 26, 2025.
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Milford's Anthny Baidas (21) and Walled Lake Western's Bernado Amadoor-Santopietro battle for the ball during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Walled Lake Western's Aberin Hatija (3) battles Milford's Broden Lloyd during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Milford's Miles Dameworth (10) plays the ball in front of Walled Lake Western's Jesus Marquez during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Walled Lake Western's Jesus Marquez (23) and Milford's Anwar Brek battle for the ball during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Milford's T.J. Hipple with a header during a 1-1 draw with Walled Lake Western Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Milford's Lucas Lansberry celebrates his goal during a 1-1 draw with Walled Lake Western Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Milford's Brayden Kirbey (4) chases Walled Lake Western's Gabriel Chappell during a 1-1 LVC draw Tuesday evening. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Walled Lake Western's Jesus Marquez (23) and Millford's Anthony Baidas battle for the ball during a 1-1 draw Tuesday night in Mavericks territory. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Walled Lake Western's Gavin Roberts (9) takes a header in front of Milford's Nichlas Dziedzic during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
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In an early season LVC boys soccer matchup, Walled Lake Western visited Milford, who scored in the first half before the Warriors tied it after intermission, resulting in a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Walled Lake Western's Aberin Hatija (3) battles Milford's Broden Lloyd during a 1-1 draw Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (TIMOTHY ARRICK - For MediaNews Group)
Areas to Improve: Replacing key players on O-line, offensive production
Outlook: The Bronchos not only failed to make the playoffs for the first time under Keenist, but took a major step back. The defense kept Holly in games last season, but failing to score seven points in a game until Week 6 is all that needs pointing to in regards to why the team fell short on that side of the ball. There’s a belief that mentally the players who are seniors listed above will help right the ship.
Stars Division
ORTONVILLE BRANDON BLACKHAWKS
Coach: Brad Zube (10th year)
Division: 4
Last Year’s Record: 6-4, 2-3
Key Returners on Offense: Albert Rowe (QB, Sr.), Luke Hanson (WR, Sr.), Demetri McNeir (WR, Sr.), Damian Watton (RB, Sr.), Gavin Rochester (OL, Sr.), Evan Smith (OL, Sr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Luke Hanson (DB, Sr.), Albert Rowe (DL, Sr.), Kurt Briolat (LB, Jr.), Demetri McNair (DB, Sr.), Darrin Linenger (DL, Sr.), Jacob Dubiel (LB, Jr.)
Strengths: Starters returning among receiving core, defense
Areas to Improve: Replacing Lance Briolat at QB
Outlook: It was a solid year for Brandon, who continued to be an offensive threat with Briolat under center. HIs graduation leaves a void, but the good news is that Watton returns to tote the rock and players like Hanson and McNeir provide production in the receiving game. There are some key pieces back on defense in Briolat and McNeir. Winning the Stars Division has proved difficult in recent seasons, but if the Blackhawks can even admirably replace Briolat, they should give teams like Corunna and Goodrich a run for their money.
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INDEPENDENTS
DETROIT COUNTRY DAY YELLOWJACKETS
Coach: Dan MacLean (28th year)
Division: 5
Last Year’s Record: 3-5
Key Returners on Offense: Anthony Cartwright (TE, Jr.), Jre Jackson (OL, Sr.), Derrick Williams (RB, Sr.), Jaidyn Martin (WR, Jr.), Connor Dienes (OL, Jr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Jre Jackson (DL, Sr.), Derrick Williams (DB, Sr.), Jaidyn Martin (CB, Jr.), Connor Dienes (DL, Jr.)
Strengths: Big senior class, star talent
Areas to Improve: Staying in games
Outlook: The Yellowjackets had the misfortunate of making it back-to-back seasons that they missed the playoffs and only scored a combined 35 points in their last six games, which never equates to much success. Looking back, though, that stretch in which they went 1-5 saw Country Day lose to a pair of eventual state champs (Notre Dame Prep, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) and another team (Monroe St. Mary CC) that reached a final. DCD has had some good players the past few years like Gabe Winowich and Cade Wilhelmi, but the skill/speed spots seem to be the strength of these upperclassmen, led by Cartwright and Williams (Princeton). The schedule is almost identical to last fall, but a deeper crop of talent should offer a better chance at returning to the postseason.
PONTIAC NOTRE DAME PREP FIGHTING IRISH
Coach: Pat Fox (12th year)
Division: 5
Last Year’s Record: 12-1 (D5 state champs)
Key Returners on Offense: Brody Sink (WR, Sr.), Sam Stowe (QB, Sr.), Jack Williams (OL, Sr.), Logan Tuttle (OL, Sr.), Henry Ewels (OL, Sr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Brody Sink (LB, Sr.), Lucas Kattula (DE, Sr.), Drake Roa (DB, Sr.), Henry Ewles (DL, Sr.), Jack Williams (DL, Sr.)
Strengths: Returning QB and linemen
Areas to Improve: Replacing the rushing and receiving production
Outlook: Notre Dame Prep had it going on for a second consecutive season, but this time kept it going in the postseason all the way to glory at Ford Field. Fox’s team returns half of its starters from last year’s championship side, including All-Staters in QB Stowe (2,751 yards, 37 TDs) and ILB Brody Sink (133 tackles, eight sacks). Kattula is an impact player on the defensive line, and the offensive line returns all but one that started double-digit games in ’24. The toughest parts of the schedule include back-to-back games in Weeks 2 and 3 (Jackson Lumen Christi, Gibraltar Carlton) and Weeks 8 and 9 (Marine City, Unity Christian).
Key Returners on Offense: Anthony Madafferi (RB, Sr.), Cooper Koceski (WR, Sr.), Reece Pippin (TE, Sr.),
Key Returners on Defense: Anthony Madafferi (RB, Sr.), Reece Pippin (LB, Sr.), Colin Edwards (LB, Sr.), Ty Anderson (DB, Sr.), Emilio Acosta (DB, Sr.)
Strengths: Majority of defense returns
Area to Improve: Replacing starting QB, featured receivers
Outlook: Following another solid showing in the KLAA West, the Wildcats have to replace a majority of production on the offense, including QB Johnny Aurilia and his top trio of favored targets. Sparks believes that the sophomore class is going to produce and that there's depth to be had. Couple that with some healthy returners on defense, where the Wildcats have six starters back (including key guys in the secondary), and Novi should compete for a playoff spot once again.
Last Year’s Record: 6-3, 4-1 (MAC Bronze co-champs)
Key Returners on Offense: Jordan Davenport (WR, Sr.), Hunter Garrison (RB, Jr.), Graysen Carroll (TE, Jr.), Da'Shawn Williams (OL, Sr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Graysen Carroll (LB, Jr.), Hunter Garrison (LB, Jr.), Shane Dunlap (LB, Sr.), Da'Shawn Williams (DL, Sr.), Wyatt Roth (DL, Sr.), Davion Hall (DB, Soph.)
Strengths: Number of returning starters, depth
Areas to Improve: Special teams
Outlook: The Trojans were just one of two 6-3 teams in D6 to not make the playoffs, thwarted by rival Royal Oak in a road loss that turned up ending their season. It was a disappointing end after a four-game winning streak helped clinch a share of the Bronze league title. Participation continues to be good, which matters for a school of Clawson's size, and the depth that includes a number of returning starters bodes well for the usual goal of winning the division and pairing it with a playoff run.
Clawson's Elliott Groves (2) protects the ball in a 21-7 road loss at Royal Oak on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. (BRYAN EVERSON - MediaNews Group)
HAZEL PARK
Coach: John Callahan (4th year)
Division: 5
Last Year’s Record: 7-4, 4-1 (MAC Bronze co-champs)
Key Returners on Offense: Eli Cobb (QB, Jr.), Lathan Chambers (WR, Sr.), Will Eddy (WR, Sr.), Montrell Parker (RB, Sr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Will Eddy (DB, Sr.), Montrell Parker (DB, Sr.)
Strengths: Skill position returners
Areas to Improve: Replacing key players in the trenches
Outlook: Hazel Park stepped up and took care of business in the league. It beat Clawson but lost to Clintondale, leading the Vikings to split the Bronze with those teams. They also beat South Lake in their playoff opener. Cobb threw for 13 touchdowns and also ran for 550 yards with seven rushing scores and is back with Parker (1,664 rushing yards, 18 TDs), forming a powerful tandem that should continue to produce offense. Especially when coupled with every single one of Cobb's receivers returning. It should mean that Hazel Park holds up its end of making the division competitive once again.
MADISON HEIGHTS MADISON
Coach: Kyle Gary (2nd year)
Division: 8
Last Year’s Record: 3-6, 2-3
Key Returners on Offense: Nehemiah Patman (QB, Soph.), Arsenio Washington (RB/WR, Soph.), Lawrence Coleman (OL/K, Soph.), Antionio Lewis (OL, Soph.), Raymond Williams (WR, Soph.)
Key Returners on Defense: Gavyn Neal (DL, Soph.), Demarkus Parker (DL, Soph.), Zachary Marshall (DL, Soph.), Terrell Heard (LB, Sr.), Tristin Wallace (DB, Jr.), Raymond Williams (DB, Soph.)
Strengths: Young, talented core returns
Areas to Improve: Closing out games defensively
Outlook: A young Eagles team was better than its record appeared as they forfeited their first two games and still improved after being previously winless in 2023. The sophomore class was expected to make an instant impact and delivered, and now returns to set the standard under Gary, who won MAC Bronze Coach of the Year in his first season. After losing three of five games by single digits, new defensive coordinator Dayvon Anderson is seeking to implement a faster, more physical defense to create more turnovers as the Eagles hope to continue the upward trend and return the program to its glory days.
Key Returners on Defense: Mason Maczuga (LB, Sr.), Austin Dort (LB, Jr.), Jerry Taylor (LB, Sr.), Austin Maczuga (DB, Sr.), Logan Henkel (DL, Sr.), Devin Gardner, Jr. (DB, Jr.),Braylon Cox (DB, Jr.)
Strengths: Hard working, well-rounded with solid experience
Areas to Improve: Consistency, avoiding self-inflicted errors
Outlook: Only an 18-7 loss at Warren Fitzgerald denied the Rams an outright division title last fall. The only other team to give them a run for their money was Grosse Pointe North, who Lamphere beat 27-24 in the league opener. Ostrowski's expectation is to compete for a title in what he feels is one of the most difficult districts in the state. They've made the playoffs every year under his leadership.
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CHARTER SCHOOL CONFERENCE
Silver Division
ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY ACADEMY OF PONTIAC
Coach: N/A
Division: 8
Last Year’s Record: 3-6, 3-4
Key Returners: Charlie Newman (TE/DE, Sr.), Kabari Fair (LT/DT, Sr.)
Strengths: Defensive line
Areas to Improve: Closing the season strong
Outlook: ATAP took a step back in 2024 after making waves by qualifying for the playoffs the previous season, an impressive feat considering the program's infancy. Newman and Fair are back as multi-year starters, but the Lions, who forfeited several games last season, will hope to get back on the right side of .500 yet again. It'll begin with a battle for Pontiac bragging rights against the Phoenix.
SOUTHFIELD BRADFORD ACADEMY
Coach: Terrance Sims (1st year)
Division: 8
Last Year’s Record: 0-9, 0-7
Key Returners on Offense: Carri Galloway (WR, Sr.), Keishaun Chambers (WR, Sr.), Frank Williams (OL, Jr.), Elijohn Bass (OL, Jr.)
Key Returners on Defense: Carri Galloway (DB, Sr.), Keishaun Chambers (DB, Sr.), Frank Williams (LB, Sr.)
Strengths: Line play, skill position talent
Areas to Improve: Offensive production
Outlook: Sims arrives from Detroit Loyola and is carrying over the showing from there he put together, aiming to get a little bit better every day. He has some good two-way players in the secondary and along the line, but now needs to pair that and good team camradarie into a couple victories to build momentum.
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep quarterback Sam Stowe makes a throw in a 56-7 playoff victory over Corunna on Friday, Nov. 8, 2024. (BRYAN EVERSON - MediaNews Group)
The Detroit Lions on Tuesday revealed their initial 53-man — or, should we say, 50-man — roster.
Here are our biggest takeaways from all of the Lions’ moves on cutdown day:
• The Lions waived rookie defensive end Ahmed Hassanein with an injury settlement, which was arguably the most shocking news of the day. Hassanein suffered a pectoral injury in the team’s preseason game against the Miami Dolphins and is expected to miss significant time. However, it seemed like a foregone conclusion that Hassanein was destined for injured reserve, whether it be before cutdown day (which would end his season) or on cutdown day (which would give him a chance to return later on this year).
It appears the Lions are somewhat scarred by the number of starters who went to injured reserve last season, as they chose not to use one of the eight IR-to-return spots on Hassanein, opting instead for an alternate (and somewhat risky) route that would, under the right circumstances, still allow him to return at some point this season.
The amount of the injury settlement is based on the player’s salary and the expected duration of recovery. Once the settlement is over, he is free to sign with any team. It’s extremely rare for teams to claim an injured player in this situation, which means the big hurdle will be Hassanein choosing to re-sign with the Lions once his settlement is over.
Hassanein, plus his family and former coaches, all believed Detroit was the best destination for him on draft day. Perhaps that strong connection between team and player gave the Lions confidence that there’s less risk than appears on the surface.
Detroit Lions defensive end Ahmed Hassanein (61) walks off the field after being injured during the second half of an NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
• The Lions cut edge rushers Isaac Ukwu, Mitchell Agude and Nate Lynn. I thought Ukwu and Lynn had a chance to make the roster because injuries to Josh Paschal (undisclosed) and Hassanein depleted the team’s depth in the short term. Between Aidan Hutchinson, Marcus Davenport and Al-Quadin Muhammad, the team now has just three healthy edge defenders.
Given the injury history of Davenport and the lengths Holmes had to go to acquire Za’Darius Smith in a deadline move last season, I figured there would be more of an attempt to stockpile as much depth at that position as possible.
It seems apparent that cutting those three players — and only keeping 50 on the initial roster — is an indication they’re working on bringing in outside help, which could include Smith. Their current situation allows them to add quickly.
• Cutting quarterback Hendon Hooker and defensive tackle Brodric Martin, two third-round picks from the 2023 draft, represents a new reality for the Lions: Not everybody can be along for the ride. Gone are the days when the Lions can afford to keep someone on the roster throughout their rookie deal with the hopes that they’ll have a massive uptick in performance and make the investment worth it.
Ultimately, neither of these moves is all that surprising. Martin never escaped the bottom of the depth chart throughout this year’s training camp, and Hooker performed poorly when the lights came on in games. Lions coach Dan Campbell telegraphed the possibility of moving on from Hooker for the last week, suggesting he could use a change of scenery.
• Many Lions fans were surprised and/or disappointed to learn that wide receiver Jackson Meeks was waived. Meeks’ 176 receiving yards ranked second among all receivers in the preseason, and if the Lions were going to keep a sixth receiver, many figured it’d be the uber-productive, 6-foot-2, 218-pound guy. Instead, it was Dominic Lovett, a seventh-round pick by Detroit who caught seven passes for just 45 yards over three preseason appearances, who made the cut.
There are at least a few logical reasons why Meeks didn’t. For starters, the Lions are loaded at receiver. All five players at the top of the depth chart could contribute on any team in the league, and at the top end, they have All-Pro and Pro Bowl-caliber players. With the Lions being in win-now mode, the only way Meeks was going to end up on the 53-man roster was if he could prove that he could contribute to winning in the here and now. With less proven experience on special teams, I’d guess that’s an area where Lovett — an excellent gunner in college with potential as a kick returner — gained an edge.
Plus, while Meeks’ numbers are impressive, they are somewhat misleading. More than one-third of his yardage came on a single 68-yard catch in the Atlanta game — which, to be fair, was a really nice catch. Another 47 yards came on the final drive of the game against Miami, when he caught four passes as the checkdown outlet for Hooker against a prevent defense. Those two things accounted for 65.3% of his preseason production; he had just one catch for 5 yards in the Hall of Fame Game and was shut out entirely in the finale against Houston. Meeks did some of the small things right throughout his tenure, but if you’re looking for a reason why the production wasn’t enough, that probably explains it.
• Another move that surprised fans was the decision to release beloved offensive tackle Dan Skipper. With Giovanni Manu still not ready for action, it seems they’re more comfortable with Jamarco Jones filling the backup tackle role in the here and now. I’d expect Skipper, who’s set to turn 31 next month, to be a prime candidate for the practice squad.
• Second-year offensive lineman Kingsley Eguakun has officially won the backup center job. He was the lone interior lineman to make the roster with actual center experience outside of Graham Glasgow, who’s going to be the starter. Many wondered if the Lions would simply rely on rookie Tate Ratledge to be the fill-in if Glasgow ever had to miss time, but it seems they’re more comfortable with having a true center to be the backup. Eguakun beat out Trystan Colon and Michael Niese for the job.
• The Lions will not have a “true” safety backing up Brian Branch and Kerby Joseph. The team instead opted to keep six cornerbacks, some of whom possess hybrid abilities. Veterans Rock Ya-Sin and Avonte Maddox both played a healthy amount of safety in training camp and preseason, so those are the current stand-ins at that position.
However, I’d expect the Lions to keep a few of their young safeties on the practice squad with the chance to be permanently elevated later on down the line.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Jackson Meeks (83) celebrates his touchdown during the first half of an NFL preseason football game against the Miami Dolphins Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Detroit. (RYAN SUN — AP Photo)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has reached settlements with a group of current and former FBI agents who have said they were disciplined for invoking personal and political views, including about the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot and the COVID-19 vaccine, or for clashing with supervisors about approaches to investigations, their lawyers said Tuesday.
Empower Oversight, a group founded and led by former staff members of Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, announced the resolutions of 10 cases, including eight settlements in the last two weeks. Most of the cases concern agents who had accused the FBI of politicizing its work during President Joe Biden’s administration, a claim leadership denied.
Three of the agents are returning to duty at the FBI. Others are being permitted to voluntarily retire, and some are receiving restoration of back pay and benefits, the organization said in a statement announcing the deals. The FBI did not return an email seeking comment, though Director Kash Patel said on social media last week that agreements had been reached.
The resolutions come even as the FBI under Patel has moved to reassign and outright dismiss experienced senior executives for unclear reasons. The bureau this month fired, among others, a former acting director who had resisted a Trump administration demand to produce the names of agents who participated in Jan. 6 investigations. The head of its Washington field office, who had played an important role in those probes, was also forced out.
The FBI Agents Association has warned that those terminations were done without due process.
The settlements announced Tuesday include agents who were held up by Republican lawmakers looking to establish that the FBI during the Biden administration had become intolerant of the expression of conservative viewpoints — something Patel’s predecessor, Chris Wray, vigorously denied. Several accused the FBI of politicization before a special House committee in 2023 investigating what Republicans assert is the “weaponization” of the federal government against conservatives.
Democrats dismissed the testimony, calling the hearing another attempt by Republicans on the committee to help now-President Donald Trump.
Those being reinstated include Steve Friend, who has said he was suspended and later resigned after refusing to participate in a SWAT team arrest of a Jan. 6 suspect, and also objected to a COVID vaccine mandate.
Another is Garret O’Boyle, who complained to Congress about the FBI’s handling of Jan. 6 investigations. His lawyers said he was suspended after being suspected of improperly accessing and sharing case information about conservative activist group Project Veritas.
Also reinstated was Zachery Schoffstall, whose lawyers say he was disciplined after he complained about the exclusion of what he believed was exculpatory information in an FBI affidavit during an investigation into a white nationalist hate group.
One of the 10 settlements was reached last year, when the Biden administration agreed to restore the security clearance of Marcus Allen, another FBI employee who had accused the bureau of politicizing its work. He formally resigned.
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a news conference with President Donald Trump in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The Detroit Lions, in accordance with Tuesday’s deadline, have trimmed their active roster below the maximum of 53 players.
In fact, they went well below that threshold.
The Lions have 50 players on their initial roster, signaling some incoming moves before the season opener at the Green Bay Packers on Sept. 7. The Lions also interestingly waived sixth-round defensive end Ahmed Hassanein with an injury settlement. It doesn’t necessarily indicate Hassanein’s time in Detroit is over — he can re-sign with the team three weeks after the settlement’s expiration — but it’s a risk.
Below is a look at who did and did not make the cut. An asterisk next to a cut player’s name indicates he has less than four accrued seasons, making him subject to waivers. Players cut who do not have an asterisk are free to sign anywhere, including Detroit’s 16-man practice squad, which can officially begin forming Wednesday.
A quick refresher on the various injury lists: Players who begin the season on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list or Non-Football Injury (NFI) list don’t currently count against the 53-man roster, but they’re forced to miss the first four games of 2025.
Now, on to the roster.
Quarterback (2)
In: Jared Goff, Kyle Allen
Out: Hendon Hooker*
Running back (4)
In: Jahmyr Gibbs, David Montgomery, Sione Vaki, Craig Reynolds
Out: Jacob Saylors*, Deon Jackson*
Wide receiver (6)
In: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams, Kalif Raymond, Isaac TeSlaa, Tim Patrick, Dominic Lovett
Out: Malik Taylor, Tom Kennedy, Jackson Meeks*, Ronnie Bell*, Jakobie Keeney-James*
Tight end (3)
In: Sam LaPorta, Brock Wright, Shane Zylstra
Out: Zach Horton*, Gunnar Oakes*, Steven Stilianos*
IR: Kenny Yeboah (undisclosed)
Offensive line (9)
In: Penei Sewell, Taylor Decker, Jamarco Jones, Giovanni Manu, Tate Ratledge, Graham Glasgow, Christian Mahogany, Kayode Awosika, Kingsley Eguakun
Out: Dan Skipper, Netane Muti, Trystan Colon, Michael Niese*, Mason Miller*, Zack Johnson*, Gunner Britton*
In: Aidan Hutchinson, Marcus Davenport, Al-Quadin Muhammad
Out: Isaac Ukwu*, Nate Lynn*, Mitchell Agude*
NFI: Josh Paschal (undisclosed)
Waived with injury settlement: Ahmed Hassanein* (pec)
Defensive line (6)
In: DJ Reader, Tyleik Williams, Roy Lopez, Mekhi Wingo, Pat O’Connor, Chris Smith
Out: Myles Adams, Keith Cooper Jr.*, Brodric Martin*
PUP: Alim McNeill (knee)
IR: Levi Onwuzurike (knee)
Linebacker (6)
In: Alex Anzalone, Jack Campbell, Derrick Barnes, Grant Stuard, Trevor Nowaske, Zach Cunningham
Out: Anthony Pittman, DaRon Gilbert*
PUP: Malcolm Rodriguez (knee)
IR: Ezekiel Turner (lower leg)
Defensive back (8)
In: Brian Branch, Kerby Joseph, Terrion Arnold, D.J. Reed, Amik Robertson, Khalil Dorsey, Rock Ya-Sin, Avonte Maddox
Out: Loren Strickland*, Nick Whiteside*, Tyson Russell*, Allan George*, D.J. Miller*, Luq Barcoo*, Erick Hallett II*, Ian Kennelly*, Morice Norris*
IR: Ennis Rakestraw Jr. (shoulder), Dan Jackson (leg)
Specialists (3)
In: K Jake Bates, P Jack Fox, LS Hogan Hatten
Out: N/A
* — Player has less than four accrued seasons, making him subject to waivers.
Detroit Lions wide receiver Isaac TeSlaa (18) celebrates with Dominic Lovett after a touchdown catch against the Houston Texans during the first half of an NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 23, 2025, in Detroit. Both rookies made the final cut under the 53-man roster limit for the regular season. (PAUL SANCYA — AP Photo)
EAST LANSING — When Michigan State banned alcohol at Munn Field tailgates in 1998, the decision frustrated students so much as to lead to rioting. Two decades later, tailgating on the field was banned completely. Now, a Michigan State gameday tradition is back in action.
Michigan State athletics announced Monday morning that Munn Field will host food and alcohol vendors for the 2025 season, which begins Friday with a 7 p.m. kickoff against Western Michigan.
“We’re excited to introduce The Munn Tailgate as a pregame destination for Spartans of all ages,” athletic director J Batt said in a statement circulated by MSU Athletics. “Gameday traditions, including tailgating and the pregame experience, are an important part of what makes Michigan State football gamedays special. I’m confident The Munn Tailgate will quickly become a pregame tradition for many, providing food, drinks and fun for the entire family, and adding to the energy around Spartan Stadium.”
Batt was brought in this June as the first external hire at athletic director in more than 30 years, with a string of predecessors opting to limit tailgating, at the very least those furnished with alcohol, on campus sites. It took less than three months for Batt, a known revenue generator, to make a shockwave.
Munn tailgates were beloved among those alumni who attended Michigan State during its heyday. Couches and kegs were common accessories, with fans gathering at the field that’s located south of Munn Ice Arena and a stone’s throw to the southwest of Spartan Stadium.
In 1994, Michigan State banned kegs on Munn Field but allowed bottled and canned alcohol on site. That lasted until 1998, when alcohol was banned in its entirety. The decision caused uproar among students, leading to rioting on campus in May 1998. Police officers used tear gas to disperse students when the protest flowed onto Grand River Avenue in East Lansing, where they caused property damage. By 2018, all tailgating on the field was ceased.
This season’s Munn tailgates are far more controlled than their predecessors of yesteryear. The 517 Beer Garden will host multiple alcohol and food vendors for fans to access. Service begins four hours before kickoff and ends 30 minutes before the start of games. Fans looking to access the field will need a pass from the MSU athletic department.
“Counting on a record-sized student section this coming Friday to add to our energy and create a home-field advantage,” Michigan State football coach Jonathan Smith said Monday. “… Some unique, cool things at the tailgate at Munn Field that’s going to take place on Friday. So just a lot going on to add to the excitement of this particular game and this season.”
Martinez, Ahmetbasic game-time decisions
Safety Nikai Martinez and kicker Tarik Ahmetbasic — two of Michigan State’s starters — are injured heading into the season, and they’ll be game-time decisions Friday.
Depth behind Martinez softens the blow, including returners Malik Spencer, Justin Denson Jr. and Armorion Smith in addition to Bowling Green standout Tracy Revels. Michigan State plans to rotate defensive backs anyway, with a lot of different players auditioning in live reps for more secure spots later in the season.
It’s a little thinner at kicker, where the Spartans will utilize third-stringer Blake Sislo, a redshirt senior from Dexter who transferred from GLIAC school Davenport and has never kicked in a game.
Last year, the Spartans could turn to Jonathan Kim for its kicking needs, the transfer’s leg scoring 79 out of 232 points. Not having that kind of reliability at a key position creates some difficulties, especially when the offense struggled in the red zone a year ago and ranked 115th with a 75.7% conversion rate.
“Big old leg, extremely high confidence. Yeah, that changes your approach,” Smith said. “You get into the high red zone, we’ll call it, I don’t know, the 30- 40-yard line. And his distance, he had a big leg. And so depending on who’s our kicker this week will, we’ll call it impact, decision making and play calling on offense.”
At long snapper, Kaden Schickel continues to progress from his season-ending knee injury last season. He wasn’t active much in fall camp, and Smith said he expects Hudsonville true freshman long snapper Jack Wills to be the backup.
Not all of the injury news was bad. Jack Velling, the starting tight end, spent most of fall camp out of his pads with an injury. Smith expects him to be good to go for Friday, having been a full participant in recent practices.
WMU QB battle complicates prep
Michigan State didn’t have to worry much about who its quarterback will be this season with Aidan Chiles back for a second year as its starter. Its opponent, though, is still figuring out who’s going to be under center.
The competition is down to returner Broc Lowry and JUCO transfer Brady Jones, but Western Michigan’s quarterback duel is still undecided as of Monday. That poses some interesting wrinkles for Michigan State’s game prep.
“Prepared for both,” Smith said. “We can look at junior college tape, and we’ve done some of that. Obviously it’s a little bit of tape on the other one and the competition.”
Lowry played in 11 games last season as a redshirt freshman and threw for 21 yards on 4-for-8 completions. He really made his mark as a scrambler, rushing for 129 yards and three touchdowns on 24 attempts.
Jones is far more experienced, throwing for 4,456 yards and 44 touchdowns on 64% completion at Riverside Community College in California. His season ended in a 37-35 loss to Mt. San Antonio in the Southern California Football Association championship, throwing for 331 yards and a touchdown in the game.
Western Michigan coach Lance Taylor said Monday that both quarterbacks will play in Friday’s game, with a plan to split series and evaluate who may be the full-time starter the rest of the season.
“I think each one of them possesses something that we can use and that gives our offense a different edge,” Taylor said. “And so as we go into Week 1, we want to continue to evaluate that competition with live game, with live reps and really evaluate it as we go into the game.”
“I think both of them have unique skill sets,” Smith said. “One of them may be a little bit more physical, athletic, can run. The other one has thrown the ball for thousands of yards. So we’re prepared for both.”
Sparty the mascot runs onto the field for the start of a game between Michigan State University and Western Kentucky University, at Spartan Stadium, in East Lansing, October 2, 2021. (DAVID GURALNICK — The Detroit News)
DETROIT ― Following weeks of uncertainty surrounding the future of the Michigan Panthers, including speculation about possible relocation out of the state, the United Football League’s new co-owner said Monday that he’s “trying” to find a solution that could keep the Panthers from moving.
Mike Repole, who joined the ownership group of the UFL at the end of July, posted on X on Monday that the Panthers’ current venue, Ford Field, is the biggest obstacle for the franchise, and said he is monitoring the situation with Detroit City FC’s new stadium as a potential solution down the road.
Detroit City FC is spending $150 million to build a 15,000-seat stadium, which is scheduled to open in southwest Detroit in 2027. The soccer club released renderings and the stadium’s name earlier this month.
“I’m a big fan of Michigan Panthers and the @USFLPanthers,” Repole wrote on X on Monday night, in response to a fan asking about the future of the franchise. “Attendance was up this season but the venue remains the biggest obstacle in the market. Michigan is a passionate football state with a loyal fan base, but the current stadium options create too many challenges.
“That’s why I keep coming back to AlumniFi Field (the new DCFC stadium). I need more info. This is the exact type of venue I have in mind for the future of the (UFL). I’m trying.”
Messages to Detroit City FC officials weren’t immediately returned Monday.
The Panthers have played at Ford Field, also home of the Detroit Lions, for the last three seasons, first as part of the United States Football League, and then as part of the UFL created by the merger of the USFL and XFL. The Panthers survived the merger, which made an eight-team league out of 16 teams from the previous two leagues.
The ownership group of the old USFL liked the prestige of playing at Ford Field; it gave the league some credibility. But the challenges are numerous, including the game-day cost for the league, which is reported to be among the most expensive in the league, if not the most expensive. The optics are another issue. Even though Panthers attendance has been among the best in the league, and has been increasing, that still leaves a lot of empty seats in 65,000-seat Ford Field, which doesn’t look great on television.
The Panthers drew more than 10,000 fans for four of its five home games in 2025, including 16,014 for its last home game, which was Jake Bates bobblehead day. They averaged almost 11,681 fans per home game in 2025, making Michigan the only UFL team to see an increase in attendance last season.
Yet, there have been reports and speculation about the future of the Panthers, whose roots date to the early 1980s and the old UFL. Panthers general manager Steve Kazor and head coach Mike Nolan, among the only remaining employees with the franchise after ticket and marking staff was let go after the season, said they have heard nothing definitive yet about the Panthers’ future. The UFL has declined to make Repole available to The News.
Michigan Panthers fans have started petitions to keep the franchise, and they hope to see the same fate as the Birmingham Stallions, who also were reportedly on the chopping block but have now been confirmed for play in 2025.
The UFL has confirmed at least one new city will be hosting a team in 2025, in Columbus, Ohio. The league website continues to list the eight franchises from 2024, including Michigan.
Relope, 56, who has a strong background in branding and marketing and also co-founded multiple beverages that sold to Coca-Cola for a combined $10 billion, joined the UFL ownership group that also includes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Fox, Redbird Capital Partners and Dany Garcia. He’s been tasked to get more fans in the stands and eyes on the broadcasts for a league that’s already bucked the odds in lasting longer than most attempts at launching pro spring football leagues. TV ratings also were down 20% in 2025, from 2024, despite airing on ESPN and Fox platforms.
The product on the field has caught the attention of the NFL, though, with hundreds of UFL players signing some level of contract with NFL teams, 67 this year alone, including Panthers quarterback Bryce Perkins. The MVP in the UFL in 2025, Perkins signed with the Carolina Panthers. Bates is one of the UFL’s best success stories, becoming the Lions’ starting kicker in 2024, after he went viral earlier in the year with his booming kicks for the Panthers at Ford Field.
The Michigan Panthers huddle up prior to the game against the Houston Roughnecks at Ford Field on April 14, 2024 in Detroit. (GREGORY SHAMUS — Getty Images for UFL)
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 26, the 238th day of 2025. There are 127 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Aug. 26, 1985, 13-year-old AIDS patient Ryan White began “attending” classes at Western Middle School in Kokomo, Indiana via a telephone hook-up at his home, as school officials had barred White from attending classes in person due to his illness.
Also on this date:
In 1939, the first televised major league baseball games were broadcast on experimental station W2XBS: a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. The Reds won the first game, 5-2, and the Dodgers the second, 6-1.
In 1944, French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated by the Allies from Nazi occupation.
In 1958, Alaskans went to the polls to overwhelmingly vote in favor of statehood.
In 1968, the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets.
In 1972, the summer Olympics opened in Munich, West Germany.
In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani (al-BEE’-noh loo-CHYAH’-nee) of Venice was elected pope following the death of Paul VI. The new pontiff, who took the name Pope John Paul I, died just over a month later.
In 1980, the FBI inadvertently detonated a bomb planted at Harvey’s Resort Hotel in Stateline, Nevada, while attempting to disarm it. (The hotel had been evacuated and no injuries were reported but the blast caused significant damage.)
In 2009, kidnapping victim Jaycee Dugard was discovered alive in California after being missing for more than 18 years.
In 2022, an affidavit released by the FBI showed that 14 of the 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate contained classified documents, many of them top secret, mixed in with miscellaneous newspapers, magazines and personal correspondence.
Today’s Birthdays:
Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge is 80.
R&B singer Valerie Simpson (Ashford & Simpson) is 79.
Broadcast journalist Bill Whitaker is 74.
Puzzle creator/editor Will Shortz is 73.
Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 65.
Actor-singer Shirley Manson (Garbage) is 59.
Actor Melissa McCarthy is 55.
Latin pop singer Thalia is 54.
Actor Macaulay Culkin is 45.
Actor Chris Pine is 45.
Comedian/actor/writer John Mulaney is 43.
Country musician Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) is 40.
NBA guard James Harden is 36.
Actor Dylan O’Brien is 34. Actor Keke Palmer is 32.
AIDS victim Ryan White, of Kokomo, Ind., and his mother Jeanne White enter U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Aug. 16, 1985. Ryan, a hemophiliac, has been barred from attending middle school because he has AIDS. He and his mother filed suit, alleging the Western School Corp. violated Ryan’s rights to equal protection and illegally discriminated against. him as a handicapped person. The Whites are seeking an injunction to allow Ryan to start school Aug. 26. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Shea Langeliers hit his second career grand slam and Colby Thomas added a solo homer — all in a five-run seventh inning — as the Athletics rallied to beat the Detroit Tigers 8-3 on Monday night.
Langeliers was 0 for 8 with the bases loaded this season before his 450-foot shot over the left-field wall. It was the first grand slam allowed in Detroit ace Tarik Skubal’s career.
Skubal was in full control through six innings before running into trouble in the seventh. Thomas opened the inning with a homer and the Athletics had two straight hits and then an error, loading the bases. Skubal got back-to-back strikeouts before Langeliers’ blast gave the A’s a 6-3 lead.
Rookie Nick Kurtz added his 27th home run of the season in the eighth — the first of his career as a pinch hitter.
The Athletics have won six straight games against left-handed starters.
Skubal (11-4) allowed six runs, one earned, in 6 2/3 innings. He struck out 12 in his 10th game this season with double-digit strikeouts, moving within one of tying the club’s single-season record held by Mickey Lolich (11) since 1971.
Detroit, coming off a 5-1 homestand, lost for just the fifth time in 17 games dating to Aug. 8.
The Tigers opened the scoring with three runs in the sixth. Gleyber Torres hit a solo home run and Wenceel Perez found the gap in right-center field to drive home two for a 3-0 lead.
Key moment
Athletics reliever Michael Kelly (4-2) got Perez to pop out with the bases loaded to end the top of the seventh. Then Thomas led off the bottom half with a solo home run to get the A’s within 3-2.
Key stat
Detroit entered 55-15 when scoring first.
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal reacts after the final out of the bottom of the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Athletics, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in West Sacramento, Calif. (SCOTT MARSHALL — AP Photo)
By CHRIS RUGABER and WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday night that he’s firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, an unprecedented move that would constitute a sharp escalation in his battle to exert greater control over what has long been considered an institution independent from day-to-day politics.
Trump said in a letter posted on his Truth Social platform that he is removing Cook effective immediately because of allegations that she committed mortgage fraud. Bill Pulte, a Trump appointee to the agency that regulates mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, made the accusations last week.
Cook said Monday night that she would not step down. “President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so,” she said in an emailed statement. “I will not resign.”
Pulte alleged that Cook had claimed two primary residences — in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Atlanta — in 2021 to get better mortgage terms. Mortgage rates are often higher on second homes or those purchased to rent.
Trump’s move is likely to touch off an extensive legal battle that will probably go to the Supreme Court and could disrupt financial markets, potentially pushing interest rates higher. Stock futures declined slightly late Monday, as did the dollar against other major currencies.
If Trump succeeds in removing Cook from the board, it could erode the Fed’s political independence, which is considered critical to its ability to fight inflation because it enables it to take unpopular steps like raising interest rates. If bond investors start to lose faith that the Fed will be able to control inflation, they will demand higher rates to own bonds, pushing up borrowing costs for mortgages, car loans and business loans.
Cook has retained Abbe Lowell, a prominent Washington attorney. Lowell said Trump’s “reflex to bully is flawed and his demands lack any proper process, basis or legal authority,” adding, “We will take whatever actions are needed to prevent his attempted illegal action.”
Cook was appointed to the Fed’s board by then-President Joe Biden in 2022 and is the first Black woman to serve as a governor. She was a Marshall Scholar and received degrees from Oxford University and Spelman College, and she has taught at Michigan State University and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Her nomination was opposed by most Senate Republicans, and she was approved on a 50-50 vote with the tie broken by then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
Questions about ‘for cause’ firing
The law allows a president to fire a Fed governor “for cause,” which typically means for some kind of wrongdoing or dereliction of duty. The president cannot fire a governor simply because of differences over interest rate policy.
Establishing a for-cause removal typically requires some type of proceeding that would allow Cook to answer the charges and present evidence, legal experts say, which hasn’t happened in this case.
“This is a procedurally invalid removal under the statute,” said Lev Menand, a law professor at Columbia law school and author of “The Fed Unbound,” a book about the Fed’s actions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Menand also said for-cause firings are typically related to misconduct while in office, rather than based on private misconduct from before an official’s appointment.
“This is not someone convicted of a crime,” Menand said. “This is not someone who is not carrying out their duties.”
Fed governors vote on the central bank’s interest rate decisions and on issues of financial regulation. While they are appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, they are not like cabinet secretaries, who serve at the pleasure of the president. They serve 14-year terms that are staggered in an effort to insulate the Fed from political influence.
No presidential precedent
While some presidents have pushed out Fed chairs before, no president has sought to fire a Fed governor. In recent decades, presidents of both parties have largely respected Fed independence, though Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson put heavy pressure on the Fed during their presidencies — mostly behind closed doors. Still, that behind-the-scenes pressure to keep interest rates low, the same goal sought by Trump, has widely been blamed for touching off rampant inflation in the late 1960s and ’70s.
President Harry Truman pushed Thomas McCabe to step down from his position as Fed chair in 1951, though that occurred behind the scenes.
The Supreme Court signaled in a recent decision that Fed officials have greater legal protections from firing than other independent agencies, but it’s not clear if that extends to this case.
Menand noted that the Court’s conservative majority has taken a very expansive view of presidential power, saying, “We’re in uncharted waters in a sense that it’s very difficult to predict that if Lisa Cook goes to court what will happen.”
Sarah Binder, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, said the president’s use of the “for cause” provision is likely an effort to mask his true intent. “It seems like a fig leaf to get what we wants, which is muscling someone on the board to lower rates,” she said.
FILE – Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lisa Cook, right, talks with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before an open meeting of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve, June 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
A fight over interest rates
Trump has said he would only appoint Fed officials who would support lower borrowing costs. He recently named Stephen Miran, a top White House economic adviser, to replace another governor, Adriana Kugler, who stepped down about five months before her term officially ended Aug. 1.
Trump appointed two governors in his first term, Christopher Waller and Michelle Bowman, so replacing Cook would give Trump appointees a 4-3 majority on the Fed’s board.
“The American people must have the full confidence in the honesty of the members entrusted with setting policy and overseeing the Federal Reserve,” Trump wrote in a letter addressed to Cook, a copy of which he posted online. “In light of your deceitful and potentially criminal conduct in a financial matter, they cannot and I do not have such confidence in your integrity.”
Trump argued that firing Cook was constitutional. “I have determined that faithfully enacting the law requires your immediate removal from office,” the president wrote.
Cook will have to fight the legal battle herself, as the injured party, rather than the Fed.
Trump’s announcement drew swift rebuke from advocates and former Fed officials.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called Trump’s attempt to fire Cook illegal, “the latest example of a desperate President searching for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans. It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and must be overturned in court.”
Trump has repeatedly attacked the Fed’s chair, Jerome Powell, for not cutting its short-term interest rate, and even threatened to fire him.
Forcing Cook off the Fed’s governing board would provide Trump an opportunity to appoint a loyalist. Trump has said he would only appoint officials who would support cutting rates.
Powell signaled last week that the Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain moderate. Meanwhile, Trump will be able to replace Powell in May 2026, when Powell’s term expires. However, 12 members of the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee have a vote on whether to raise or lower interest rates, so even replacing the chair might not guarantee that Fed policy will shift the way Trump wants.
FILE – Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve member Lisa Cook, speaks during a conversations with leaders from organizations that include nonprofits, small businesses, manufacturing, supply chain management, the hospitality industry, and the housing and education sectors at the Federal Reserve building, Sept. 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday marked the fourth anniversary of the suicide bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the chaotic withdrawal at the end of the Afghanistan War by signing a proclamation honoring the fallen.
Surrounded by about 35 family members of those killed, including one wearing a “Make America Great Again” cap, Trump used the somber occasion to decry his predecessor, Democratic President Joe Biden, for allowing the attack to happen.
Tuesday is the anniversary of the bombing that also killed more than 100 Afghans at Abbey Gate outside the Kabul airport on Aug. 26, 2021. Trump called it “one of the dumbest days in the history of our country by the previous administration.”
“That was a terrible day,” Trump said. “And I think it was the worst day, and in many ways the most embarrassing day, in the history of our country.”
Biden’s White House was following a withdrawal commitment and timeline that the Trump administration had negotiated with the Taliban in 2020. A 2022 review by a government-appointed special investigator concluded decisions made by both Trump and Biden were the key factors leading to the rapid collapse of Afghanistan’s military and the Taliban takeover.
Trump made the suicide bombing and Biden’s handling of it a frequent topic as he campaigned for president. The relatives of some of the U.S. service members killed also appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention in July 2024.
On the third anniversary of the attack, Trump was invited by family members of some suicide bombing victims to Arlington National Cemetery’s Section 60, a hallowed section where U.S. forces killed in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are buried.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, speaks alongside family members of soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the attack at Abbey Gate, during an event where President Donald Trump signs a proclamation honoring the fourth anniversary of the attack, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In a statement marking the third anniversary of the attack, Biden called the 13 Americans who died “patriots in the highest sense” who “embodied the very best of who we are as a nation: brave, committed, selfless.”
“Ever since I became Vice President, I carried a card with me every day that listed the exact number of American service members who were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan — including Taylor, Johanny, Nicole, Hunter, Daegan, Humberto, David, Jared, Rylee, Dylan, Kareem, Maxton, and Ryan,” Biden said in a statement in August 2024.
Also on hand for Monday’s proclamation signing were Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Vice President JD Vance, who told victims’ relatives that Trump’s action was “a rectification of a wrong” because Biden “lost your loved ones through incompetence” and his government “never actually put pen to paper to say we’re grateful for your sacrifice.”
Trump has ordered a new Defense Department review of what occurred during the withdrawal of U.S. forces, and Hegseth said he expected that to be complete by the middle of next year.
“The military needs to answer for what happened in Afghanistan,” Hegseth said.
President Donald Trump, surrounded by family members of soldiers killed in Afghanistan at the attack at Abbey Gate, holds up a signed proclamation honoring the fourth anniversary of the attack, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Adm. Daryl Caudle took over as the Navy’s highest-ranking officer Monday, ending a six-month vacancy created by the Trump administration’s firing of his predecessor.
Caudle became chief of naval operations as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ousted a growing list of military leaders with little or no explanation. Remarks at a swearing-in ceremony at Washington Navy Yard offered several nods to the admiral being in close alignment with the Trump administration leaders above him.
In February, Hegseth fired Caudle’s predecessor, Adm. Lisa Franchetti, without explanation. Neither Caudle nor Navy Secretary John Phelan addressed the ouster at the ceremony Monday, though Franchetti was among several former chiefs of naval operations in attendance.
Phelan, the Navy’s civilian leader, described the sea service as rife with issues like “decaying shipyards, inadequate maintenance, enormous cost overruns (and) delayed delivery and repair rates” and unspecified traditions that were stifling innovation.
“Admiral Caudle, together we must rebuild, reform and refocus on what matters — readiness, accountability and results — in order to execute President Trump’s mandate of peace through strength,” Phelan said.
Caudle was unequivocal in his agreement with the often-repeated Trump administration phrase, saying, “Peace through strength works.”
The admiral, who until the promotion was commanding U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said he wanted to be “judged by the results we achieved.”
Specifically, he cited the number of ships delivered and repaired on time, the number of ships that are fully manned, and ordinance production as meeting the Navy’s demands.
Phelan said Caudle’s success “is inextricably linked to my success as secretary of the Navy and vice versa.”
FILE – Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander of the United States Forces Command, arrives to ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange, May 26, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A network of clinics in Maine will not resume getting Medicaid funds to treat thousands of low-income patients during its lawsuit over Trump administration cuts to abortion providers, a judge ruled Monday.
The decision against Maine Family Planning came despite a ruling last month by another federal judge, who said Planned Parenthood clinics around the country must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as the provider wrangles with the Trump administration over efforts to defund it. That legal fight continues.
Without Medicaid, the much smaller provider in Maine says it will have to stop serving hundreds of primary care patients by the end of October. The organization says abortions are a relatively small percentage of its overall services, which include cervical cancer screenings, contraception and primary care to low-income residents in one of the poorest and most rural states in the Northeast.
President Donald Trump’s policy and tax bill, known as the “ big beautiful bill,” blocked Medicaid money from flowing to Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider. The parameters in the bill also stopped funding from reaching Maine Family Planning, and it is the only other organization that has come forward publicly to say its funding is at risk.
Maine Family Planning says Medicaid dollars are not used for its abortion services, and it’s unfair to cut off funding for the clinics “solely because Congress wanted to defund Planned Parenthood,” an attorney for the organization told the judge earlier this month.
However, Judge Lance Walker said in his ruling Monday that the payments will not resume during the ongoing lawsuit by the provider seeking to restore the funds. He wrote that Congress can “withhold federal funds and otherwise disassociate from conduct that is not enshrined” as a constitutional right.
Walker, a 2018 Trump appointee, also wrote that it would be “a special kind of judicial hubris” to undermine the big bill, which he described as the end result of democratic processes.
The network of 18 clinics said in a statement Monday that Walker’s ruling will destabilize the state’s entire health infrastructure by potentially turning low-income patients away from their doctors. The group said about 8,000 people receive family planning and primary care from its clinics.
“Mainers’ health should never be jeopardized by political decisions, and we will continue to fight for them,” said George Hill, president and chief executive officer of Maine Family Planning.
When asked if the organization is considering appealing the decision, the group issued a statement that said the network is “considering all options to ensure that Maine’s Medicaid patients can continue to receive the health care they need and deserve.”
Attorneys representing the Trump administration did not immediately comment. Emily Hall, an attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice, told the judge in court earlier this month that Congress has a right not to contract with abortion providers.
“The rational basis is not simply to reduce the number of abortions, it’s to ensure the federal government is not paying out money to organizations that provide abortions,” Hall said.
While advocates of cutting Medicaid for abortion providers focused on Planned Parenthood, the bill did not mention it by name. Instead, it cut off reimbursements for organizations that are primarily engaged in family planning services — which generally include items such as contraception, abortion and pregnancy tests — and received more than $800,000 from Medicaid in 2023.
The U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian rejected a 2017 effort to defund Planned Parenthood because it was written to exclude all other providers by barring payments only to groups that received more than $350 million a year in Medicaid funds. Maine Family Planning asserts in its legal challenge that the threshold was lowered to $800,000 this time around to make sure Planned Parenthood would not be the only entity affected.
FILE – Vanessa Shields-Haas, a nurse practitioner, walks from the lobby toward the examination rooms at the Maine Family Planning healthcare facility, July 15, 2025, in Thomaston, Maine. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
West Nile virus has been detected in Washtenaw County mosquitoes, health officials said.
The virus was found in mosquitoes collected on Aug. 5 and Aug. 8 in Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti Township, and Saline, according to the Washtenaw County Health Department.
“No human cases of the West Nile virus have been identified in Washtenaw,” officials said in a post on the department’s Facebook page. “This testing confirms there is a possibility of infection in our local area.”
At least four human cases have been reported in Michigan so far this year.
Last week, Kent County officials said one of the county’s residents died from the virus.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 320 West Nile virus disease cases so far in 2025.
This undated photo shows a Culex pipiens, left, the primary mosquito that can transmit West Nile virus to humans, birds and other animals. It is produced from stagnant water. Aedes vexans, at right, primarily a nuisance mosquito produced from freshwater. (Photo courtesy Northwestern Mosquito Abatement District via AP)