Screening Report 6/3/2026
A lot of noise this week, but some exciting stuff ahead!
Hello, and welcome to this week’s screening report!
I’m going to admit: I’m just not very moved by this week’s new releases. Reviews so far for the reboot of Masters of the Universe are a little kinder than I expected, and Power Ballad seems to continue to deliver John Carney’s classic musical pleasures. (I’m not a fan, though Sing Street was solid.) Dinner in America/Snack Shack director Adam Rehmeier is back with lovers on the run riff Carolina Caroline, but it’s not quite as well loved as the former. The Amazing Digital Circus and Scary Movie certainly have opportunity to surpass my expectations. I’m excited to see Whip It on the Terrace on Monday, and I might finally get to catch up with Mike Nichols’ The Birdcage after missing it last summer.
Next week’s schedule is slim, but it’s anchored by one of the summer’s most exciting films in Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day. Negative outlook decries it as “like Close Encounters of the Third Kind again” - that movie rules, and Josh O’Connor rules! I’m fascinated by the indie anime film Jinsei, a one hundred year look at the life of an artist and oracle casting out toward 2095. An endorsement from action fan Brandon Streussnig makes The Furious sound like a must-see for action fans! And Stop! That! Train! combining Drag Race alums and the direction of Hairspray director Adam Shankman may result in a tame whimper or a laughing riot. Looking ahead to the week of June 19th, we’ll see the release of Toy Story 5, Leviticus, Girls Like Girls, and The Death of Robin Hood.
PLUG ZONE
-James Kreul shares an update on the upcoming MMOCA video art exhibition by Bill Bedford and a preview of next week’s Mills Folly Microcinema program of Emily Pelstring films in this week’s Moving Image Madison.
-Rob Thomas reviews Power Ballad, Seven Snipers, Ladies First, and Pressure.
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THIS WEEK (6/4/26-6/10/26)
New Releases
-The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Last Whale Singer - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Masters of the Universe - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Power Ballad - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Scary Movie - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Carolina Caroline - AMC
-Hai Jawani Toh Ishq Hona Hai - AMC
-Parimala and Co - AMC
-Peddi - AMC
-Our Psychedelic Nature: Short Films by Emily Pelstring - 7p 6/10 at Art + Lit Lab
-Backrooms - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Breadwinner - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Devil Wears Prada 2 - AMC, Marcus Point, Flix Brewhouse
-Michael - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Obsession - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Pressure - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Sheep Detectives - AMC, Marcus Point, Flix Brewhouse
-Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie - Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-I Love Boosters - AMC
-Project Hail Mary - AMC
-Tuner - AMC, Marcus Point
Repertory
-Whip It - 9p 6/8 at Memorial Union Terrace
-The Lego Movie - 12p, 3p 6/9 at Flix Brewhouse
-A Beautiful Planet 3D - 10a 6/10 at AMC
-Trainspotting - AMC, Marcus Point
-Milk - AMC
-The Birdcage - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
NEXT WEEK (6/11/26-6/17/26)
New Releases
-Disclosure Day - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace, Flix Brewhouse
-The Furious - AMC, Marcus Point
-Jinsei - AMC
-STOP! THAT! TRAIN! - AMC, Marcus Point
-Flag Day - 12p 6/14 at Marcus Palace
-Gregg Allman: The Music of My Soul - 7p 6/17 at Marcus Point
-The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act - AMC
-Charlie the Wonderdog - Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
-Masters of the Universe - AMC
-Scary Movie - AMC
Repertory
-Singin’ in the Rain - 1p 6/11, 1p 6/14 at AMC
-The Prince of Egypt - 2p 6/13 at Flix Brewhouse
-Purple Rain - 5p 6/13 at Flix Brewhouse
-The Signal Tower - 2p, 7p 6/13 at the Capitol Theater
-Hook - 6p 6/15 at Flix Brewhouse
-Speed Racer - 9p 6/15 at Memorial Union Terrace
-Paddington - 12p, 2:45p 6/16 at Flix Brewhouse
-Deep Sea 3D - 10a 6/17 at AMC
-Midnight Cowboy - 6:30p 6/17 at Madison Central Library
-Call Me By Your Name - AMC
-Ponyo - AMC, Marcus Point, Marcus Palace
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