New Movie Releases

Alien Country Not Rated
Overall: C+

Online Rental: An alien portal allows bio-engineered monsters to come to earth but they might meet their match with a stock car driver and his girlfriend.

Bookworm
Overall: B+

Theaters: Eleven-year-old Mildred's world is turned upside down when her estranged father comes to look after her and agrees to take her camping to find a mythological beast known as the Canterbury Panther.

We Live in Time R
Overall: C-

Theaters: An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together and they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time.

Rumours R
Overall: C-

Theaters: Heads of state attending a G7 meeting find themselves grappling with something far more terrifying than a communique.

Theaters: When Tarrell's mother tries to reunite him with his abusive, newly sober father, Tarrell struggles with his terrible memories.

Woman of the Hour R
Overall: C

Netflix: The true story of a single woman looking for a suitor on a hit 1970s TV dating show, who chooses a charming bachelor with a deadly secret.

Goodrich R
Overall: C

Theaters: A man's life is upended when his wife enters rehab, leaving him to care for their young children and mend his relationship with his adult daughter from a prior marriage.

Smile 2 R
Overall: D

Theaters: A global pop star begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events as she embarks on her world tour.

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The Croods: A New Age PG
Overall: A-

Digital on Demand: The Croods have found some new neighbors, a family called the Bettermans, who claim to be more highly evolved than the Croods. And you thought your neighbors were snooty.

Greenland PG-13
Overall: B+

Digital on Demand: A colossal comet is streaking towards Earth, and fragments are doing unspeakable damage across the globe. John, his wife Allison, and son Nathan now have to make a run for safety, while the sky falls around them and society collapses.

Toys of Terror R
Overall: D

When kids find a box of toys in a creepy attic, there's no way they can be prepared for what those toys are going to do.

Love and Monsters PG-13
Overall: B

In Theaters: Although the rise of terrifying monsters and the apocalypse drove them apart, Joel was determined not to give up on Aimee. Now separated by an insurmountable 85 miles, every inch of which is crawling with dangerous monsters, Joel embarks on the journey of a lifetime for love.

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Upcoming New Movies

Oct
23

Family Pack

TV-14
Netflix: When a mysterious card game send them back in time, a family has to fend off dangerous werewolves each night as they try to make their way home.
Oct
25

Venom: The Last Dance

Theaters: Eddie and Venom are forced into a devastating decision as they are pursued by a mysterious military man and forces from Venom's home world.
Oct
25

Conclave

PG
Theaters: When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he he soon uncovers a trail of deep secrets that could shake the very foundation of the Roman Catholic Church.

Upcoming Blu-ray/Streaming

Oct
6

I Used to Go Here

Not Rated
Digital on Demand: After publishing her novel, Kate is invited to speak at her alma mater. But going back to school means more than familiar surroundings, and Kate soon finds herself drawn into the personal lives of some of the current students.
Oct
6

The Secret Garden (2020)

PG
Digital on Demand: After her parents die from cholera, Mary Lennox is sent from India to her uncle's remote Yorkshire estate. Alone and unhappy, Mary finds solace in a secret, walled garden with magical properties.
Oct
6

Tesla

PG-13
Digital on Demand: A biopic exploring a sensational take on the life of famed inventor Nikola Tesla, and his struggles to sell AC electricity to a society already interested in rival Thomas Edison's DC system.
Nov
10

Bill & Ted Face the Music

PG-13
In Theaters: Although they had been told that their music would save the universe, BIll and Ted still struggle to make their music take off. Now ageing parents, the duo need a little help from the future to make sure the future is most excellent.