On local screens the week of Aug. 27-Sept. 2

Published 1:15 am Thursday, February 27, 2020

HEADS UP

“Beverly Hills Cop” (star rating unavailable) A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills. 105 minutes. (R)

“Bill & Ted Face the Music” (star rating unavailable) Once told they’d save the universe during a time-traveling adventure, 2 would-be rockers from San Dimas, California find themselves as middle-aged dads still trying to crank out a hit song and fulfill their destiny. 88 minutes. (PG-13)

“The Dark Knight” (star rating unavailable) When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, Batman must accept one of the greatest psychological and physical tests of his ability to fight injustice. 152 minutes. (PG-13)

“The Dark Knight Rises” (star rating unavailable) Eight years after the Joker’s reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. 164 minutes. (PG-13)

“Interstellar” (star rating unavailable) A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival. 169 minutes. (PG-13)

“I Still Believe” (star rating unavailable) The true-life story of Christian music star Jeremy Camp and his journey of love and loss that looks to prove there is always hope. 116 minutes. (PG)

“John Wick” (star rating unavailable) An ex-hitman comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him. 101 minutes. (R)

“Jumanji: The Next Level” () The pleasures of “Jumanji: The Next Level” are not visual or story-based, as they revolve around the ability of each of our stars and their abilities to do impressions. Once again, this is a one-joke movie, but for the time being, that joke still has some tread on the tires, especially with such charming stars and some light innovation. 123 minutes. (PG-13)

“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” Extended Edition (star rating unavailable) A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron. 228 minutes. (PG-13)

“The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Extended Edition (star rating unavailable) While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron’s new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. 223 minutes (PG-13)

“New Mutants” (star rating unavailable) Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. 94 minutes. (PG-13)

“The Personal History of David Copperfield” () Known for his darkly barbed political satires “In The Loop,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Veep,” Armando Iannucci is the unlikely yet perfect auteur to put his stamp on Dickens’ novel. He and co-writer Simon Blackwell, a frequent collaborator, set out to do something entirely new with “David Copperfield,” which is allow it to be funny. They’ve taken Dickens’ epic and pared it down to the essentials, and the laughs. The result is quite airy, yet also a soulful tale about writing, and owning, your own story. 119 minutes. (PG)

“Rocky” (star rating unavailable) A small-time boxer gets a supremely rare chance to fight a heavyweight champion in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. 120 minutes (PG)

“Rocky II” (star rating unavailable) Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. 119 minutes. (PG)

“Rocky III” (star rating unavailable) After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy. 99 minutes. (PG)

“Rocky IV” (star rating unavailable) Rocky Balboa proudly holds the world heavyweight boxing championship, but a new challenger has stepped forward: Drago, a six-foot-four, 261-pound fighter who has the backing of the Soviet Union. 91 minutes. (PG)

“Rocky V” (star rating unavailable) Reluctantly retired from fighting, Rocky takes charge of Mickey’s gym and agrees to train a young protégé who’s hungry for success. 104 minutes. (PG-13)

“Rocky Balboa” (star rating unavailable) Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason ‘The Line’ Dixon. 102 minutes. (PG)

“Shrek” (star rating unavailable) A mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back. 90 minutes. (PG)

“Tenet” (star rating unavailable) Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. 150 minutes. (PG-13)

“Wonder Woman” (star rating unavailable) When a pilot crashes and tells of conflict in the outside world, Diana, an Amazonian warrior in training, leaves home to fight a war, discovering her full powers and true destiny. 141 minutes. (PG-13)

WHAT’S NEW

“Almost Famous” (star rating unavailable) A high-school boy is given the chance to write a story for Rolling Stone Magazine about an up-and-coming rock band as he accompanies them on their concert tour. This film screens at 8 p.m. Monday at Tin Pan Theater in Bend. 122 minutes. (R)

STILL SHOWING

“Beetlejuice” (star rating unavailable) The spirits of a deceased couple are harassed by an unbearable family that has moved into their home, and hire a malicious spirit to drive them out. 92 minutes. (PG)

“Inception” (star rating unavailable) A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O. 148 minutes. (PG-13)

“Jurassic Park” (star rating unavailable) A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park’s cloned dinosaurs to run loose. 127 minutes. (PG-13)

“Tesla” () An attempt at a revisioning of what a biopic could be but it falls short, feeling more like a script by the edgy and cool guy in your MFA. Ethan Hawke makes a wonderful Nikola Tesla, Kyle Mclaughlin does a solid job as Thomas Edison and even Jim Gaffigan sinks his teeth into George Westinghouse but the film as a whole fails them and falls too much into the realm of exposition with little dramatic action to back it up. Sadly we’ll still have to wait for a good film about the genius that harnessed alternating current. 102 minutes. (PG-13).

“Unhinged” () In the sadistic yet middling road-rage thriller “Unhinged,” Russell Crowe literally steers the vehicle delivering the big box of acting, over- and under-. While there’s barely a movie there, a year from now, when the multiplexes of the world will either largely be back, be gone or be something in between, we’ll have forgotten “Unhinged.” But we’ll remember who gave it the sauce and — without actually repeating the “Gladiator” line out loud — who asked the rhetorical question: Are you not entertained? 91 minutes. (R)

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