What’s at the movies this week? ‘A Knives Out Mystery,’ ‘Zootopia 2,’ more
Also opening this week: “Zootopia 2” hits the big screen along with Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen and Miles Teller.
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November 2025
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This kids’ film festival is about digesting complex ideas — and having fun
Like You Children’s Film Fest brings both whimsy and education to the Pink Palace.
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It’s ‘cuffing season,’ so here are 5 Memphis first-date ideas
For those looking for someone special — even if only seasonally — here are some first-date ideas.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Ira Sachs, Mike McCarthy back on the big screen
Before Ira Sachs studied film and literature at Yale, he grew up in Memphis. And before he found a filmmaking groove in New York, he cut his teeth back home.
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September 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: Two modern classics, one night only
There are plenty of new movies opening this week, but it’s a particularly good week for Memphis’ inconsistent repertory scene. Plus, Chris Herrington gives us his top 5 Robert Redford movies.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Pavements,’ ‘The Long Walk’
The movie/TV Stephen King adaptation doesn’t have a great history, but it does have a lengthy one.
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August 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Jaws’ at 50, peak Prince on IMAX
As the “summer blockbuster” concept took hold, “Jaws” was widely credited — or blamed — with birthing the concept.
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July 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘The Naked Gun,’ ‘Sunset Boulevard’ at 75
At mid-year, the biggest comedy hit at a somewhat resurgent American box office has been a sleeper-success female-buddy movie. Maybe that will change in the weeks ahead.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Fantastic Four’ arrives, ‘Eddington’ remains
This latest Marvel Comics movie finally opens this weekend and marks the third attempt in the past 20 years to launch Marvel’s foundational comic-book hero team on the big screen.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Superman,’ ‘Top Gun’ take flight
Plus, two new horror films and a thriller about an anti-government extremist in a stand-off with a chief of police.
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June 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: Brad Pitt races in ‘F1,’ ‘Clueless’ turns 30
“Brad Pitt and race cars? I guess Father’s Day comes twice this year.”
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Materialists,’ an intriguing rom-dram
Plus, Chris Herrington ranks the Wes Anderson films he’s seen.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘John Wick’ goes dancing, ‘Terminator’ goes metal
Seeing a movie on the big screen with the score performed live is a real treat, and one usually reserved for silent films. But not so Thursday.
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May 2025
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‘Movie night for the whole city’ coming to a screen near you
With concessions curated by the chefs at Kinfolk, Hard Times Deli and Comeback Coffee, photo installations and a 40-foot screen, there’s a new club in town, and it’s all about bringing the community to the movies.
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Memphis, Mississippi play key role in new Michael B. Jordan vampire film
“Black Panther” director Ryan Coogler and actor Michael B. Jordan collaborate again in “Sinners,” where blues music and Memphis musicians play a major role.
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April 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: Marvel tries again with ‘Thunderbolts*'
Also, comedy classic “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” returns for a 50th anniversary big screen revival at several local theaters.
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Memphis Movies This Week: Go see ‘Sinners’ on the big screen
Believe the buzz; “Sinners” demands to be seen with the best sound and image quality you can find.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Sinners’ gets movie year going; Drive-In returns
Advance word on “Sinners,” which incorporates the contributions of many Memphis-area musicians, is very strong.
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March 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Snow White’ opens Friday
After updating “The Lion King” and “The Little Mermaid” in a semi-live-action style, Disney goes back to its theatrical roots with “Snow White.”
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February 2025
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Last Breath,’ Oscar predictions
There are a lot of new movies opening this week, including films with Woody Harrelson, Natalie Morales, Ed Harris, Pete Davidson and Mid-South great Morgan Freeman.
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December 2024
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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 Real Pain’ and a Hannibal Lecter double-dip
The big activity in local theaters this week is the annual Indie Memphis Film Festival, but those screenings aren’t your only options.
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October 2024
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Indie Memphis announces film-fest slate, featuring ‘Nickel Boys’
One of the year’s most highly anticipated films, an adaptation of author Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer-winning novel “Nickel Boys,” will be the centerpiece selection of the 27th Indie Memphis Film Festival.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Saturday Night’ any night; ‘Psycho,’ ‘Amadeus’ at Crosstown
The theme at the movies this week: New York in the 1970s, via two intriguing, high-profile new docudramas. Crosstown Theater’s Halloween movie series begins with a horror classic and a family-friendly cult favorite.
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Memphis Movies This Week: ‘Joker’ returns, ‘Mean Girls’ at 20
At the same time that “The Penguin” is the most promoted series on HBO, the biggest new movie on the big screens is “Joker: Folie à Deux.” But if you looking for an Oscar contender, check out “The Outrun.”
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