OPENING THIS WEEK
CAPTIVE STATE Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, the film explores the lives on both sides of the conflict — the collaborators and dissidents. PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action, some sexual content, brief language and drug material. 109 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
CLIMAX ✮✮✮ French dancers gather in a remote empty school building to rehearse on a wintry night, but the all-night celebration morphs into a hallucinatory nightmare when they learn their sangria is laced with LSD. R for disturbing content involving a combination of drug use, violent behavior and strong sexuality, and for language and some graphic nudity. 97 min. AMC Waterfront, Regent Square.
EVERYBODY KNOWS A Spanish woman living in Buenos Aires returns to her hometown outside Madrid with her two children to attend her sister’s wedding. The trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open. R for some language. 133 min. Manor.
FAITH, HOPE & LOVE Faith, a recent divorcee, enters a dance contest to save her dance studio, where she meets Jimmy and starts rediscovering her faith and dreams. PG for some thematic elements. 106 min. AMC Waterfront.
FIVE FEET APART A pair of teenagers with life-threatening illnesses meet in a hospital and fall in love. PG-13 for thematic elements, language and suggestive material. 116 min. AMC Delmont, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
NANCY DREW AND THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set out to solve a mystery, make new friends, and establish their place in the community. PG for peril, suggestive material, thematic elements and language. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland.
WONDER PARK The story of a magnificent amusement park where the imagination of a wildly creative girl named June comes alive. PG for some mild thematic elements and action. 85 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
YARDIE Set in ’70s Kingston and ’80s Hackney, the film centers on the life of a young Jamaican man who has never fully recovered from the murder, committed during his childhood, of his older brother. No rating. 101 min. Harris.
CURRENT MOVIES
ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL Cyberpunk action film set in a post-apocalyptic world, starring Rosa Salazar in the title role and Christoph Waltz. 122 min. PG-13. AMC Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, Robinson & Tarentum.
APOLLO 11 A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin. 93 min. AMC Waterfront, Cranberry, Manor, SouthSide Works, Tull.
CAPTAIN MARVEL ✮✮½ Carol Danvers (Brie Larson) becomes one of the universe’s most powerful heroes when Earth is caught in the middle of a galactic war between two alien races. PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi violence and action and brief suggestive language. 124 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Manor; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; Tull; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
COLD PURSUIT A snowplow driver seeks revenge against the drug dealers he thinks killed his son. Based on a 2014 Norwegian film. R for strong violence, drug material and some language including sexual references. 118 min. Cinemark Tarentum, Phoenix NV.
FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY ✮✮✮ A former wrestler and his family make a living performing at small venues around the country while his kids dream of joining World Wrestling Entertainment. PG-13 for
crude and sexual material, language throughout, some violence and drug content. 108 min. AMC Delmont, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Phoenix CV.
GREEN BOOK ✮✮✮✮ A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South. PG-13 for thematic content, language including racial epithets, smoking, some violence and suggestive material. 129 min. AMC Delmont, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Cinemark North & Robinson, Cranberry; Phoenix CV & NV; Waterworks.
GRETA ✮✮½ A young woman befriends a lonely widow who’s harboring a dark and deadly agenda toward her. R for some violence and disturbing images. 98 min. AMC Mt. Lebanon & Westmoreland; Cinemark Monroeville, Robinson & Tarentum; Phoenix CV & NV.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON: THE HIDDEN WORLD When Hiccup discovers Toothless isn’t the only Night Fury, he must seek The Hidden World, a secret Dragon Utopia, before a hired tyrant named Grimmel finds it first. PG for adventure action and some mild rude humor. 104 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon, South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Dependable; Phoenix CV & NV; Waterworks.
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ✮✮✮½ A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiance is innocent of a crime while she is carrying their child. Based on
the novel by James Baldwin. R for language and some sexual content. 119 min. Cinemark Monroeville.
ISN’T IT ROMANTIC ✮✮✮: Rebel Wilson plays a woman who takes a hit to the head and wakes up to her life being a romantic comedy. PG-13 for language, some sexual material, and a brief drug reference. 88 min. AMC Delmont, Mt. Lebanon & Westmoreland; Cinemark North, Robinson & Tarentum; Phoenix CV.
THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART ✮✮✮½ It’s been five years since everything was awesome, and the citizens are facing a huge new threat: invaders from outer space, wrecking everything faster than they can rebuild. PG for some rude humor. 106 min. AMC Delmont, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Cranberry; Phoenix CV & NV; Waterworks.
SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE ✮✮✮½ Miles Morales becomes the Spider-Man of his reality and crosses paths with his counterparts from other dimensions to stop a threat. PG for frenetic sequences of animated action violence, thematic elements and mild language. 117 min. Cinemark Tarentum.
A STAR IS BORN ✮✮✮ A musician helps a young singer and actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral. R for language throughout, some sexuality/nudity and substance abuse. 136 min. AMC Delmont, South Hills & Waterfront; Cinemark Tarentum.
THEY SHALL NOT GROW OLD ✮✮✮½ Peter Jackson’s documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war. R for disturbing war images. 99 min. Cinemark Tarentum.
TYLER PERRY’S A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL A joyous family reunion becomes a hilarious nightmare as Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia, where they find themselves unexpectedly planning a funeral that might unveil unsavory family secrets. PG-13 for crude sexual content, language and drug references throughout. 102 min. AMC South Hills, Waterfront & Westmoreland; Century Square; Cinemark Monroeville, North, Robinson & Tarentum; Dependable; Penn Hills; Phoenix CV & NV; SouthSide Works; Waterworks.
THE UPSIDE Kevin Hart plays a recently paroled ex-convict who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a billionaire, played by Bryan Cranston, who is paralyzed. PG-13 for suggestive content and drug use. 125 min. AMC Delmont, South Hills & Westmoreland; Cinemark Robinson; Dependable.
WHAT MEN WANT A woman is boxed out by the male sports agents but gains an unexpected edge over them when she develops the ability to hear men’s thoughts. R for language and sexual content throughout, and some drug material. 117 min. AMC Waterfront, Phoenix NV, SouthSide Works.