What's Playing in Theaters This Weekend: 06/18/2021
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Jun. 18—New releases
The Sparks Brothers: A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks. Rated R for language. (C14)
Showing locally
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It: The Warrens investigate a murder that may be linked to a demonic possession. Rated R for terror, violence and some disturbing images. (C14)
Cruella: A live-action prequel feature film following a young Cruella de Vil. Rated PG-13 for some violence and thematic elements. (C14)
Dream Horse: Dream Alliance is an unlikely race horse bred by small-town Welsh bartender Jan Vokes. With no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to chip in their meager earnings to help raise Dream in the hopes he can compete with the racing elites. Rated PG for language and thematic elements. (ER)
Harriet: The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history. Rated PG-13 for thematic content throughout, violent material and language including racial epithets. (C14)
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (early access): The bodyguard Michael Bryce continues his friendship with assassin Darius Kincaid as they try to save Darius's wife Sonia. Rated R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexual content. (C14)
In the Heights: The scent of a cafecito caliente hangs in the air just outside of the 181st Street subway stop. The likeable, magnetic bodega owner Usnavi saves every penny from his daily grind as he hopes, imagines and sings about a better life. Rated PG-13 for some language and suggestive references. (C14, BAY)
Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway: Thomas and Bea are now married and living with Peter and his rabbit family. Bored of life in the garden, Peter goes to the big city, where he meets shady characters and ends up creating chaos for the whole family. Rated PG for some rude humor and action. (C14)
A Quiet Place Part II: Following the events at home, the Abbott family faces the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound aren't the only threats lurking beyond the sand path. Rated PG-13 for terror, violence and bloody/disturbing images. (C14, CB)
Spirit Untamed: Lucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit. Rated PG for some adventure action. (C14)
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run: After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home. Rated PG for rude humor, some thematic elements and mild language. (CB)
12 Mighty Orphans: Haunted by his mysterious past, a devoted high school football coach leads a scrawny team of orphans to the state championship during the Great Depression and inspires a broken nation along the way. Rated PG-13 for violence, language, some suggestive references, smoking and brief teen drinking. (C14)
Information is based on data available at press time from AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 (C14), the Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), the Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY), the Garden Theater in Frankfort (GAR) and the Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theatre in Honor (CB). The AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 offers private screenings for up to 20 people. Reservations are accepted online. Masks are not required for fully vaccinated guests. If not fully vaccinated, masks are necessary unless eating or drinking. The theater recently expanded to showing films on weekdays as well as weekends.
The State Theatre and Bijou By the Bay in Traverse City remain closed until further notice. An online theater offers one to three films each Friday at thevirtualstate.org. Traverse City Film Festival members and theater members can rent movies for $6; the public pays $12.
The Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay is open for film screenings every day.
The Garden Theater in Frankfort is closed for construction. Staff plans to resume full operations by the Frankfort Film Festival in October. The theater accepts donations to the fundraiser "Keep the Garden Growing." Contact: friends@frankfortgardentheater.com.
