Screening Report 5/20/2026
Go see I Love Boosters for me!
Hello, everyone, and welcome to this week’s screening report! WUD Film and Cinematheque have both announced their exciting full summer lineups - I’ll be working on my summer preview roundup, though it may come with a longer turnaround time than I’ve managed in the past.
The major event this week is The Mandalorian and Grogu, which, even despite lukewarm reception, will likely dominate the box office (and the total number of screening times) for the next month or so. Of the other films releasing, only Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters is a hit with critics so far - starring Keke Palmer and a large ensemble of fellow fashion shoplifters targeting Demi Moore’s plagiarizing designer, the follow-up to Sorry to Bother You sounds like it is similarly more entertaining than solely incisive. The colorful film is my most anticipated until Spielberg’s Disclosure Day - very happy to get another chance after missing the WUD preview. In repertory, Arrietty is not a favorite of mine among the Ghibli catalog, but I may try to make it out to finally see the acclaimed Godzilla Minus One.
Next week’s lineup is somewhat sparse - I expect most people know which film appeals to them between viral “it came from online” horror film Backrooms, father-is-a-wholesome-putz comedy The Breadwinner, or the precipice-of-D-Day film Pressure. But the best of the week might be TIFF thriller Tuner, a Damien Chazelle-ish heist riff about a musician-turned-safecracker and reviewed quite well at the festival. If you did want an anime winner, Michael Arias’s Tekkonkinkreet is an ambitious, delightful dystopian romp that goes huge in a way that reminded me of FLCL. And WUD Film will kick off the Terrace season with perhaps the ultimate 90s special boy object, Space Jam. Coming the week of June 5th, we’ll see the releases of Masters of the Universe, the sixth Scary Movie, and the “maybe-going-to-shock-the-box-office-sensation?” The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act.
PLUG ZONE
-Looking for the Ocean: A Pixar Journey covers Domee Shi’s Turning Red (which I should really rewatch sometime!)
-Rob Thomas and James Kreul review The Wizard of the Kremlin. Rob also has a review of Blue Heron and I Love Boosters, and James writes up nearby drive-in Highway 18 Outdoor Theater for their reopening.
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THIS WEEK (5/21/26-5/27/26)
New Releases
-Corporate Retreat - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-I Love Boosters - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Passenger - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Chand Mera Dil - AMC
-May Contain: My Life - AMC
-Saccharine - AMC
-Vanishing Point - AMC
-Pressure (Early Access Screening) - 2p 5/25 at AMC/Marcus Point/Marcus Palace
-The Devil Wears Prada 2 - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-In the Grey - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Is God Is - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Michael - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Mortal Kombat II - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Obsession - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Project Hail Mary - AMC, Marcus Point, Flix Brewhouse
-The Sheep Detectives - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
Repertory
-The Secret World of Arrietty - 10a 5/23 at AMC
-Saving Private Ryan - 2p, 6p 5/25 at Flix Brewhouse
-Godzilla Minus One - AMC
-Legally Blonde - AMC, Marcus Point, Flix Brewhouse
-Shrek - AMC
-Top Gun - Marcus Point
-Top Gun: Maverick - Marcus Point
NEXT WEEK (5/28/26-6/3/26)
New Releases
-Backrooms - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Breadwinner - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Pressure - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Tuner - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Masters of the Universe (Early Access Screening) - 7p 6/3 at Marcus Point/Marcus Palace
-Peddi - 6/3 at AMC/Marcus Point/Marcus Palace
-Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
Repertory
-Space Jam - 9p 6/1 at Memorial Union Terrace
-Sing - 12p, 3p 6/2 at Flix Brewhouse
-Jurassic Park - Flix Brewhouse
-Tekkonkinkreet - AMC, Marcus Point
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