Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (IFC Films (United States) Equinox Films (Canada)
Synopsis: This is a brand-new adventure from writer and director Nia Vardalos. Join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns.
Genre: Comedy, drama, romance
Cast: Nia Vardalos, Andrea Martin, Lainie Kazan, Elena Kampouris, Louis Mandylor, John Corbett
Director: Nia Vardalos
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
Synopsis: After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of mutants is unleashed upon them.
Genre: Adventure, action, animation
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maya Rudolph, Seth Rogen, Paul Rudd, Brady Noon, Hannibal Buress, Giancarlo Esposito, Post Malone, Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Natasia Demetriou, Ayo Edebiri, Rose Byrne, John Cena, Ice Cube
Directors: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears
School of Rock (20th anniversary) (Paramount Pictures)
Synopsis: After being kicked out of a rock band, Dewey Finn becomes a substitute teacher of a strict elementary private school, only to try and turn it into a rock band.
Genre: Comedy, musical
Cast: Jack Black, Mike White, Adam Pascal, Lucas Papaelias, Chris Stack, Jordan-Claire Green, Sarah Silverman, Joan Cusack
Director: Richard Linklater
The Nun II (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Synopsis: 1956–France. A priest is murdered. An evil is spreading. The sequel to the worldwide smash hit follows Sister Irene as she once again comes face-to-face with Valak, the demon nun.
Genre: Horror, mystery, thriller
Cast: Taissa Farmiga, Bonnie Aarons, Anna Popplewell, Katelyn Rose Downey, Storm Reid
Director: Michael Chaves
A Haunting in Venice (20th Century Studios)
Synopsis: An unsettling supernatural thriller based upon the novel Hallowe’en Party by Agatha Christie in which Oscar-winner Kenneth Branagh plays famed detective Hercule Poirot, who investigates a murder while attending a Halloween seance at a haunted palazzo in Venice, Italy.
Genre: Crime, drama, mystery
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Kenneth Branagh, Tina Fey, Camille Cottin, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio, Kyle Allen, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Jamie Dornan
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Blue Beetle (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Synopsis: Blue Beetle marks the DC Super Hero’s first time on the big screen. Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
Genre: Adventure, action, sci-fi
Cast: George Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Guillén, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Bruna Marquezine, Raoul Max Trujillo, Xolo Maridueña, Belissa Escobedo, Becky G., Adriana Barraza
Director: Angel Manuel Soto
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (Universal Pictures)
Synopsis: DreamWorks Animation dives into the turbulent waters of high school with a hilarious, heartfelt action comedy about a shy teenager who discovers that she’s part of a legendary royal lineage of mythical sea krakens and that her destiny, in the depths of the oceans, is bigger than she ever dreamed.
Genre: Adventure, animation, comedy
Cast: Toni Collette, Jane Fonda, Colman Domingo, Sam Richardson, Lana Condor, Nicole Byer, Eduardo Franco, Ramona Young, Annie Murphy, Blue Chapman, Echo Kellum, Jaboukie Young-White, Liza Koshy, Will Forte
Directors: Kirk De Micco, Faryn Pearl
