Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Scott and Hope, along with Hank and Janet, explore the Quantum Realm, where they interact with bizarre creatures and embark on an adventure that goes beyond the limits of what they thought was possible.

rating: PG-13
starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas, Michelle Pfeiffer
directed by: Peyton Reed

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

After failing to defeat Aquaman the first time, Black Manta wields the power of the mythic Black Trident to unleash an ancient and malevolent force. Hoping to end his reign of terror, Aquaman forges an unlikely alliance with his brother, Orm, the former king of Atlantis. Setting aside their differences, they join forces to protect their kingdom and save the world from irreversible destruction.

rating: PG-13
starring: Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
directed by: James Wan

Asteroid City

The production of a play is fraught with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.

rating: PG
starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks
directed by: Wes Anderson

2. 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. Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

rating: PG-13
starring: Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling
directed by: Greta Gerwig
awards: Best Song: Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell for “What Was I Made For?” (Academy Awards 2024)

Blue Beetle

Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he’s bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that’s capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

rating: PG-13
starring: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Becky G
directed by: Angel Manuel Soto

The Color Purple

A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to freedom. Torn apart from her sister and her children, Celie faces many hardships in life, including an abusive husband. With support from a sultry singer named Shug Avery, as well as her stand-her-ground stepdaughter, Celie ultimately finds extraordinary strength in the unbreakable bonds of a new kind of sisterhood.

rating: PG-13
starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks
directed by: Blitz Bazawule

The Creator

Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child.

rating: PG-13
starring: John David Washington, Madeleine Yuna Voyles, Gemma Chan
directed by: Gareth Edwards

3. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a long lost relic, but their charming adventure goes dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

rating: PG-13
starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page
directed by: John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein

Elemental

An all-new, original feature film set in Element City, where fire-, water-, land- and air residents live together. The story introduces Ember, a tough, quick-witted, and fiery young woman, whose friendship with a fun, sappy, go-with-the-flow guy named Wade challenges her beliefs about the world they live in.

rating: PG
starring: Leah Lewis, Mamoudou Athie, Ronnie Del Carmen
directed by: Peter Sohn

Fast X

Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family have outsmarted, out-nerved and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confront the most lethal opponent they’ve ever faced: A terrifying threat emerging from the shadows of the past who’s fueled by blood revenge, and who is determined to shatter this family and destroy everything and everyone that Dom loves, forever.

rating: PG-13
starring: Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Jason Statham
directed by: Louis Leterrier, Justin Lin

The Flash

Worlds collide when Barry uses his superpowers to travel back in time in order to change the events of the past. But when his attempt to save his family inadvertently alters the future, Barry becomes trapped in a reality in which General Zod has returned, threatening annihilation, and there are no Superheroes to turn to. That is, unless Barry can coax a very different Batman out of retirement and rescue an imprisoned Kryptonian, albeit not the one he’s looking for. Ultimately, to save the world that he is in and return to the future that he knows, Barry’s only hope is to race for his life. But will making the ultimate sacrifice be enough to reset the universe?

rating: PG-13
starring: Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Sasha Calle
directed by: Andy Muschietti

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Our beloved band of misfits is looking a bit different these days. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him to defend the universe along with protecting one of their own. A mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

rating: PG-13
starring: Chris Pratt, Dave Bautista, Bradley Cooper
directed by: James Gunn

Haunted Mansion

A single mom named Gabbie hires a tour guide, a psychic, a priest and a historian to help exorcise her newly bought mansion after discovering it is inhabited by ghosts. Inspired by the classic Disneyland theme park attraction.

rating: PG-13
starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Rosario Dawson, Owen Wilson
directed by: Justin Simien

10. The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Years before he becomes the tyrannical president of Panem, 18-year-old Coriolanus Snow remains the last hope for his fading lineage. With the 10th annual Hunger Games fast approaching, the young Snow becomes alarmed when he’s assigned to mentor Lucy Gray Baird from District 12. Uniting their instincts for showmanship and political savvy, they race against time to ultimately reveal who’s a songbird and who’s a snake.

rating: PG-13
starring: Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Viola Davis
directed by: Francis Lawrence

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones races against time to retrieve a legendary dial that can change the course of history. Accompanied by his goddaughter, he soon finds himself squaring off against Jürgen Voller, a former Nazi who works for NASA.

rating: PG-13
starring: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Antonio Banderas
directed by: James Mangold

Knights of the Zodiac

Seiya, a headstrong street teen, spends his time fighting for cash while he searches for his abducted sister. When one of his fights unwittingly taps into mystical powers he never knew he had, Seiya finds himself thrust into a world of warring saints, ancient magical training, and a reincarnated goddess who needs his protection. If he’s to survive, he will need to embrace his destiny and sacrifice everything to take his rightful place among the Knights of the Zodiac.

rating: PG-13
starring: Mackenyu, Famke Janssen, Madison Iseman
directed by: Tomasz Baginski

The Marvels

Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, has reclaimed her identity. However, when her duties send her to an anomalous wormhole linked to a Kree revolutionary, her powers become entangled with two other superheroes, Kamala Khan and Monica Rambeau, to form the Marvels.

rating: PG-13
starring: Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Iman Vellani
directed by: Nia DaCosta

Meg 2: The Trench

Jonas Taylor leads a research team on an exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean. Their voyage spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival. Pitted against colossal, prehistoric sharks and relentless environmental plunderers, they must outrun, outsmart and outswim their merciless predators.

rating: PG-13
starring: Jason Statham, Jing Wu, Shuya Sophia Cai
directed by: Ben Wheatley

6. Migration

The Mallard family is in a bit of a rut: while dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mom Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids – teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen – the whole wide world. After a migrating duck family alights on their pond with thrilling tales of far-flung places, Pam persuades Mack to embark on a family trip, via New York City, to tropical Jamaica.

rating: PG
starring: Kumail Nanjiani, Tresi Gazal, Elizabeth Banks
directed by: Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy

7. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, and dark forces from Ethan’s past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than his mission, not even the lives of those he cares about most.

rating: PG-13
starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
directed by: Christopher McQuarrie

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

After the death of the family’s patriarch, Toula attempts to locate her father’s childhood friends. Join the Portokalos family as they travel to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists, and turns. Opa!

rating: PG-13
starring: Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor
directed by: Nia Vardalos

Next Goal Wins

The story of the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world’s worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.

rating: PG-13
starring: Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley, Kaimana
directed by: Taika Waititi

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

When a magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City, it gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into the Mighty Pups! For Skye, the smallest member of the team, her new powers are a dream come true. But things take a turn for the worse when the pups’ archrival Humdinger breaks out of jail and teams up with Victoria Vance, a meteor-obsessed mad scientist, to steal the superpowers and turn themselves into supervillains. With the fate of Adventure City hanging in the balance, the Mighty Pups have to stop the supervillains before it’s too late, and Skye will need to learn that even the smallest pup can make the biggest difference.

rating: PG
starring: Dan Duran, Kristen Bell, James Marsden
directed by: Cal Brunker

Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken

Sweet, awkward sixteen-year-old Ruby Gillman is desperate to fit in at Oceanside High, but she mostly just feels invisible. She’s math-tutoring her skater-boy crush, who only seems to admire her for her fractals, and she’s prevented from hanging out with the cool kids at the beach because her over-protective supermom, has forbade Ruby from ever getting in the water.

But when she breaks her mom’s #1 rule, Ruby will discover that she is a direct descendant of the warrior Kraken queens and is destined to inherit the throne from her commanding grandmother, the Warrior Queen of the Seven Seas. The Kraken is sworn to protect the oceans of the world against the vain, power-hungry mermaids who have been battling with the Kraken for eons. There’s one major, and immediate, problem with that: The school’s beautiful, popular new girl, Chelsea just happens to be a mermaid. Ruby will ultimately need to embrace who she is and go big to protect those she loves most.

rating: PG
starring: Jane Fonda, Lana Condor, Toni Collette
directed by: Kirk DeMicco, Faryn Pearl

5. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Miles Morales catapults across the multiverse, where he encounters a team of Spider-People charged with protecting its very existence. When the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles must redefine what it means to be a hero.

rating: PG
starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry
directed by: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson

4. The Super Mario Bros. Movie

A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthropomorphic mushroom named Toad to find Mario’s brother, Luigi, and to save the world from a ruthless fire-breathing Koopa named Bowser.

rating: PG
starring: Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day
directed by: Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Pierre Leduc

9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers. Their new friend, April O’Neil, 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.

rating: PG
starring: Micah Abbey, Shamon Brown Jr., Nicolas Cantu, Brady Noon
directed by: Jeff Rowe, Kyler Spears

8. Trolls Band Together

Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band ‘BroZone’ with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd.

rating: PG
starring: Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Kenan Thompson
directed by: Walt Dohrn, Tim Heitz

Wish

Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force, a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.

rating: PG
starring: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine, Alan Tudyk
directed by: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn

1. Wonka

Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the jewel in the Roald Dahl crown and one of the bestselling children’s books of all time, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world’s greatest inventor, magician, and chocolate maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today. This irresistibly vivid and inventive big-screen spectacle will introduce audiences to a young Willy Wonka, chock full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time, proving that the best things in life begin with a dream. If you’re lucky enough to meet Willy Wonka, anything is possible.

rating: PG
starring: Timothée Chalamet, Gustave Die, Murray McArthur
directed by: Paul King
awards: Best Adapted Screenplay: Sarah Polley (Academy Awards 2023)