Barbie

To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you’re a Ken.

From Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ( Little Women, Lady Bird) comes Barbie, starring Oscar-nominees Margot Robbie ( Bombshell, I, Tonya) and Ryan Gosling ( La La Land, Half Nelson) as Barbie and Ken, alongside America Ferrera ( End of Watch, the How to Train Your Dragon films), Kate McKinnon ( Bombshell, Yesterday), Michael Cera ( Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Juno), Ariana Greenblatt ( Avengers: Infinity War, 65), Issa Rae ( The Photograph, Insecure), Rhea Perlman ( I’ll See You in My Dreams, Matilda), and Will Ferrell (the Anchorman films, Talladega Nights), Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter Dua Lipa and Oscar-winner Helen Mirren ( The Queen).

Gerwig directed Barbie from a screenplay by Gerwig and Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach ( Marriage Story, The Squid and the Whale), based on Barbie by Mattel. The film’s producers are Oscar nominee David Heyman ( Marriage Story, Gravity), Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner.

OPENING THURSDAY

Cobweb

Terror at home

Eight-year-old Peter is terrified by a constant mysterious tap within his bedroom walls.

Like any child, he turns to his parents (Lizzy Caplan and Anthony Starr) for help but when they ignore him, he starts to believe that they are hiding a terrible and dangerous secret … and what could be more frightening for a child than that?

Also starring: Woody Norman, Cleopatra Norman

Director: Samuel Bodin

Screenplay: Chris Thomas Devlin

OPENING FRIDAY

The Baker

Anything for family

A quiet, solitary baker (Ron Perlman) suddenly must do everything he can to protect his granddaughter from hitmen and find his son.

Also starring: Oscar winner, Harvey Keitel, Elias Kotel, John David Moore

Directed by: Jonathan Sobol

Written by: Paolo Mancini, Thomas Michael

Haunted Mansion

Mystery around every corner

Inspired by Disney’s classic theme park attraction, Haunted Mansion is a comedy drama about a woman and her son who enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters. The film is directed by Justin Simien and produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich.

The stellar cast includes: Academy Award winner Jamie Lee Curtis, Academy Award nominees Owen Wilson and Danny DeVito, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Rosario Dawson, Dan Levy and Jared Leto.

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Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

It’ll take your breath away

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Unite or fall

The Little Mermaid

Breaking the rules

Insidious: The Red Door

Terrifying conclusion

Elemental

No Mixing Allowed

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Doing his own thing

Oppenheimer

A matter of life or death

Schedules

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