Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem debuted in theaters yesterday, while the sequel Meg 2: The Trench and several more will be released in theaters this weekend. Check out all of the new movies below and watch the trailers to decide what you want to see at the movies. ~Ireland Fidale
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem — After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers Donatello (Micah Abbey), Michelangelo (Shamon Brown Jr.), Leonardo (Nicolas Cantu), and Raphael (Brady Noon) decide to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts.
They set out to defeat villain Superfly (Ice Cube), a faceless antagonist who has been killing people. Their new friend April O'Neil (Ayo Edebiri) 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. Click here for showtimes.
Meg 2: The Trench — For 65 million years, The Meg has ruled the world and brought destruction with it. Jonas Taylor (Jason Statham) leads a daring research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation and violent threats from the biggest Meg in history threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Check here for showtimes.
Gran Turismo — Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough (Archie Madekwe), the film is the ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills earned him a spot in a Nissan trial to find someone who could become a real race car driver. Mardenborough manages to win a series of competitions to become an actual professional race car driver. However, in a video game when you make a mistake you reset, in real racing when you make a mistake you could die. Opens next weekend, but an early access screening plays in select cities on Wednesday, August 9. Click here for showtimes.
Princess Mononoke - Studio Ghibli Fest 2023 — Inflicted with a deadly curse, the young warrior Ashitaka heads west in search of a cure. There, he stumbles into a bitter conflict between Lady Eboshi, the proud people of Iron Town, and the enigmatic Princess Mononoke, a young girl raised by wolves, who will stop at nothing to prevent the humans from destroying her home and the forest spirits and animal gods who live there. Playing in select cities. Click here for showtimes.
Shortcomings — Ben (Justin H. Min), a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California with his girlfriend, Miko (Ally Maki). When he's not managing an art-house movie theater as his day job, Ben spends his time obsessing over unavailable blonde women, watching Criterion Collection DVDs, and eating in diners with his best friend Alice (Sherry Cola). When Miko moves to New York for an internship, Ben is left to his own devices and begins to explore what he thinks he might want, including meeting different women and experiencing new things. Playing in select cities. Click here for showtimes.
A Compassionate Spy — The remarkable story of Theodore Hall, a University of Chicago graduate who was chosen at the young age of 19 to work on the Manhattan Project, and build the first atomic bomb. Soon after he joined the group, he passed crucial military secrets to Soviet intelligence. The movie follows Hall's life in the 1940s and '50s by providing intimate interviews, including with his longtime partner Joan Hall, who fled with him to England to evade the FBI. Playing in Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal. Click here for showtimes.