upcoming films

[Robert Roten]

Greetings fellow film fans:
Four new movies are opening at one or more Laramie theaters this week, including one that is getting good reviews, "The Inventor," an animated film about Leonardo daVinci. Also opening is a promising-looking new Kenneth Branagh movie inspired by the writings of Agatha Christie, "A Haunting in Venice". Two comedies, also open in Laramie this week, "Camp Hideout" and "The Retirement Plan".

Some good movies in town include "Bottoms", "The Equalizer 3", "Blue Beetle", "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem", "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer".

Check the local theater web pages (links below) to see information about upcoming movie schedules, because the lists below do not include the kids series movies, or other limited run showings in town, like "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001 Extended Edition) "The Terminator" (1984) and "The Goonies" (1985) as well as some other Fathom Events, TCM anniversary showings, sports events, concerts, operas, etc. Check the following web pages often to find these and other special showings:

https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-fox-theater/
https://wyomovies.com/showtimes/
https://pages.wyomovies.com/flashback/

Movies now playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th, Laramie
(with critics ratings):
Barbie -- C+
Blue Beetle -- B
Elemental -- C+
The Equalizer 3 -- B
The Hill -- C
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 -- C
The Nun II -- C

Opening on Thursday, September 14 at the Regal Fox:
Camp Hideout -- C
The Retirement Plan -- C

Closing this week at the Regal Fox:
Blue Beetle -- B (Last shows on Wednesday, September 13)
Barbie -- C+ (Last shows on Thursday, September 14)
The Hill -- C (Last shows on Thursday, September 14)

Now playing at the Studio City UW+ARQ® Theater, 2433 E. Grand (with critics ratings):
Barbie -- C+
Blue Beetle -- B
Bottoms -- B
The Equalizer 3 -- B
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story -- C+
Meg 2: The Trench -- C+
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 -- C
The Nun II -- C
Oppenheimer -- B
Strays -- C
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem -- B

Opening on Thursday, September 14 at Studio City:
A Haunting in Venice -- C+
The Inventor -- B

Opening on Friday, September 15 at Studio City:
Camp Hideout -- C

Closing this week (last shows on Thursday, September 14)
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story -- C+
Strays -- C
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem -- B

New movie videos for sale this week (with critics' ratings):
Air -- B
Cobweb -- C+
Corner Office -- C
Joy Ride -- B

New movie videos for rent this week (with critics' ratings):
Dead for a Dollar -- C+
The Lost Husband -- C+
Rogue -- C

Here is a list of top 2022 movies, and year end award nominees, in alphabetical order, and where you can see them:

Top rated movies (A):

All Quiet on the Western Front - (Netflix)
All That Breathes - (HBO Max)
Argentina, 1985 - (Amazon Prime)
Catherine Called Birdy - (Amazon Prime)
Close (Paramount+ Showtime and Fubo)
Emily the Criminal - (DVD, Netflix)
Everything Everywhere All at Once - (DVD, Paramount+ with Showtime add on)
The Fabelmans - (DVD, digital rental or sale)
Fire of Love - (Disney+)
Moonage Daydream - (DVD, digital rental or sale)
Nanny - (Amazon Prime)
Navalny - (HBO Max)
She Said - (DVD, Peacock Premium)
Slumberland - (Netflix)
Tár - (DVD, Peacock)
Turning Red - (DVD, Disney+)

Movies rated (B+):

Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths - (Netflix)
Elvis - (DVD, HBO Max)
Emergency - (Amazon Prime)
Hustle - (Netflix)
The Territory - (Disney+)
Thirteen Lives - (Amazon Prime)
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (DVD)

Other award nominated films below (with critic ratings):

Aftersun - D+ (digital rental or purchase)
The Banshees of Inisherin - B (DVD, HBO Max and digital rental)
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever - C+ (Disney+ DVD in Feb. 2023)
Blonde - C+ (Netflix)
Causeway - B (Netflix)
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - B (Netflix, DVD in March 2023)
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio - B (Netflix)
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On - B (rent on Amazon)
RRR - B (Netflix, DVD in June 2023)
The Sea Beast - B (Netflix)
Top Gun: Maverick - B (DVD, Paramount+ and Amazon)
Triangle of Sadness - B (YouTube rental, Apple TV and Amazon, DVD in April 2023)

Here is my own 2022 top 10 list (http://www.lariat.org/atthemovies/essays/2022top10.html).

Thanks to our sponsors, The Alibi Pub Wood Fire Pizzeria and Bakery, the Mizu Sushi restaurant and The Pedal House, supporting all Laramie Film Society activities.
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--  Robert Roten, movie guru, journalist and curmudgeon
http://www.lariat.org/AtTheMovies/index.html --

[Robert Roten]

Greetings fellow film fans:
Two new movies are opening at one or more Laramie theaters this week, the action sequel "Expend4bles" and the horror film "It Lives Inside".

Some good movies in town include "Bottoms", "The Inventor", "The Equalizer 3", "Blue Beetle", "Barbie" and "Oppenheimer".

Check the local theater web pages (links below) to see information about upcoming movie schedules, because the lists below do not include the kids series movies, or other limited run showings in town, like "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" (2001 Extended Edition) "Howl's Moving Castle" (2004) and "Legally Blonde" (2001) as well as some other Fathom Events, TCM anniversary showings, sports events, concerts, operas, etc. Check the following web pages often to find these and other special showings:

https://www.regmovies.com/theatres/regal-fox-theater/
https://wyomovies.com/showtimes/
https://pages.wyomovies.com/flashback/

Movies now playing at the Regal Fox Theater 6, 505 S. 20th, Laramie
(with critics ratings):

Camp Hideout -- C

Elemental -- C+
The Equalizer 3 -- B

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 -- C
The Nun II -- C

The Retirement Plan -- C+

Opening on Thursday, September 21 at the Regal Fox:
The Expend4bles -- C

Now playing at the Studio City UW+ARQ® Theater, 2433 E. Grand (with critics ratings):
Barbie -- C+
Blue Beetle -- B
Bottoms -- B

Camp Hideout -- C

The Equalizer 3 -- B
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story -- C+

A Haunting in Venice -- C+
The Inventor -- B

Meg 2: The Trench -- C+
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 -- C
The Nun II -- C
Oppenheimer -- B

Opening on Thursday, September 21 at Studio City:
The Expend4bles -- C
It Lives Inside -- C+

Closing this week (last shows on Thursday, September 21)
Bottoms -- B

Meg 2: The Trench -- C+

New movie videos for sale this week (with critics' ratings):

The Little Mermaid -- B
Past Lives -- A
What's Love Got To Do With It? (2022) -- C+

New movie videos for rent this week (with critics' ratings):

Sick -- B