Memphis Movies This Week: Jason Statham, ‘Some Like it Hot’
What were the odds English-Irish actor Steve Coogan would grace local screens twice this week? Strangely, pretty good.
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March 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Anora’ returns, ‘Mickey 17’ arrives
The follow-up to South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon Ho’s 2020 Best Picture-winning “Parasite” is here.
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February 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: Stephen King is back
One might think that all of Stephen King’s work has already been adapted into a movie or miniseries, but here comes “The Monkey,” adapted from “Skeleton Crew,” one of King’s short story collections.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Captain America,’ ‘Paddington,’ ‘In the Mood for Love’
It’s a week of uncertain sequels, Oscar shorts and an encore for a modern classic screen in Memphis this week.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘I’m Still Here’ completes Oscars checklist
The last of the Oscars’ Best Picture nominees to arrive in Memphis arrive this week, playing exclusively at Ridgeway Cinema Grill.
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January 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘September 5,’ ‘Paris is Burning’
The most notable new wide-release film opening in Memphis this week is the mysterious “Companion,” a comedy-thriller that’s gotten positive early buzz.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Brutalist’ arrives ahead of Oscar noms
The nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards will be announced Thursday, Jan. 23, and “The Brutalist” will probably figure prominently.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Nickel Boys,’ ‘Hard Truths,’ ‘Sing Sing’
Clear your calendars, Memphis cinephiles. Three of 2024’s very best films are in local theaters this week, and there’s no telling how long they’ll stick around.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Den of Thieves,’ ‘The Girl with the Needle’
Amid awards season, “Den of Thieves 2” won’t be seeking any but will instead try to reward audiences with shootouts, car chases, big scores and pulpy dialogue.
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December 2024
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Thanks to her role in ‘Mufasa,’ Pilar is a star
Hollywood sound designer Watson Wu spent a week in Memphis in 2022 recording sounds at the zoo for “Mufasa: The Lion King.”
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Herrington: My 10 best films of 2024
This year’s list gives us strippers, tennis players, boys, daughters, jurors and hundreds of beavers. Plus, there are “Special Jury (of One)” prizes.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘A Complete Unknown,’ ‘Babygirl,’ more
A quartet of very different, but quite notable, new movies open in Memphis on Christmas Day.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Big screen ‘Mufasa,’ little screen ‘Juror #2’
One of the year’s best films mostly bypassed theaters and will be available on HBO’s streaming service, Max. It’s a little bit “12 Angry Men,” a little bit Alfred Hitchcock and a little bit John Grisham.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Daniel Craig in ‘Queer,’ ‘White Christmas’ at 70
There are still a bunch of film award contenders on-deck, waiting to make their Memphis debuts, but only one is showing up in local theaters this week.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Flow,’ ‘The Order,’ and a chance to meet ‘The Wizard’
While “Wicked,” “Gladiator II” and “Moana 2” dominate screens, you can also catch Glinda, Elphaba, Dorothy and Toto on the big screen at the Pink Palace.
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November 2024
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Gladiator II,’ ‘Wicked’ bring back familiar stories
This pre-Thanksgiving weekend brings a couple of prestige-oriented films to the big screen, alongside stars Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Denzel Washington and Pedro Pascal.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Anora’ arrives, a ‘Snail’ tale moves ‘forwards’
A version of the “beauty and the billionaire” fairy tale, “Anora” won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival this summer and is now being touted as a top contender for a much more mainstream prize: The Oscar.
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October 2024
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Here,’ ‘Haxan’ and ‘Godzilla’ returns
“Godzilla Minus One” works as action and drama, as monster-movie and as a metaphor for the nuclear anxiety of postwar Japan. It’s just a terrific movie, according to Chris Herrington.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Pre-Halloween double-features, if you dare
This week’s recommendations are very much in “proceed with caution” territory. Plus, “Conclave” joins the Oscar race.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘We Live in Time,’ ‘Rumours,’ horror galore
Chris Herrington’s pick for the best movie in Memphis this week is Mel Brooks’ black-and-white horror-comedy classic “Young Frankenstein.”
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September 2024
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Beetlejuice’ is back, ‘Red Shoes’ are for dancing
Opening in Memphis on Wednesday is “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” a 36-years-later sequel that features all four key principals from the original.
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The Essential Memphis Library: ‘Walk the Line’
The film stands as both a great Memphis story and a showcase for the city as a filmmaking location that can do more than play itself.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘The Rainmaker’
In 1997, Matt Damon's first starring role and Francis Ford Coppola's last major film intersected in Memphis with the third and (so far) final locally set John Grisham adapation.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Ira Sachs’ Sundance-winning ‘Forty Shades of Blue’
“Forty Shades of Blue” hit theaters 15 years ago today, and it is now among the many examples of films not currently available on any streaming platform. But if you’re lucky enough to find a way to see it, you’ll encounter a very good move.
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The Essential Memphis Library: Tom Cruise goes Beale Street flipping in ‘The Firm’
As a depiction of the terrain of Memphis, circa 1993, “The Firm” is notable for its trip to the now dated and decaying Mud Island River Park, arguably the most inventive use of a Memphis location in any film. Here, it’s the setting for a climactic Hitchockian chase scene.
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