ON THE BIG SCREEN

DUNE: PART TWO
PG-13  
It’s been three years since Dune: Part One hit big screens and took home six Oscars, so this second half is sure to thrill fans of the sci-fi epic based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 novel. Timothee Chalamet and Zendaya are back, joined by newcomers-to-the-franchise Austin Butler and Florence Pugh, as the saga of the planet Arrakis continues, in this perfect-for-the-big-screen flick.

GHOSTBUSTERS: FROZEN EMPIRE
Not yet rated
The Spengler family returns in their second outing as Ghostbusters, with as more ghostly adventures and evil entities along for the scary, funny fun. New Ghostbusters Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, and Mckenna Grace are the plucky family, who are out to save the world along with Paul Rudd, and the originals are all on board, too, as Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, and Annie Potts reprise the roles they began in 1984 in this beloved series.

GODZILLA X KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE
PG-13
The “Monsterverse” keeps rolling along with this new chapter, as Godzilla and King Kong join forces to fight an unexpected foe in the next chapter about the cinematic world’s biggest monsters. Fans of the franchise will be happy to see Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, and Kaylee Hottle back for more adventures, joined by Dan Stevens, Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen, in this Adam Wingard film.

THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
MAGICAL NEGROES
Not yet rated
This fantasy-comedy has been winning fans at film festivals and plenty of accolades for writer-director Kobi Libii, who left acting behind (you may remember him from Madame Secretary) to create this satirical look at being Black in a country (the USA) filled with fragile white people. It’s a romance, too, so navigating this cinematic journey through magic, racism, and love is quite a ride. Justice Smith stars along with David Allen Grier and Mia Ford.

WICKED LITTLE LETTERS
Not yet rated
Put two of the best British actresses working today together and they could read the phone book and make it fascinating. Happily, that’s not what Oscar-winning Olivia Colman (English) and Oscar-nominated Jesse Buckley (Irish) are doing in this quintessentially British crime comedy based on a true story from the 1920s. Instead, the pair are at odds over nasty anonymous letters being sent in a small English seaside village and the results are a delight to see.