SoCal new movies, March 13-20: ‘One Life,’ ‘Shirley,’ ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and current releases screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
Lights, camera and … action!
Opening
• Starts Thursday, March 14
‘Hundreds of Beavers’ A frontier-era traveling salesman is beset by a horde of angry beavers in Mike Cheslik’s 2022 action comedy. 108 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Starts Friday, March 15
‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’ Justice Smith and David Alan Grier star in writer-director Kobi Libii’s 2024 satire about a secret society of Black people tasked with helping white folks along on life’s journey. 104 mins. Rated PG-13. focusfeatures.com
‘Arthur the King’ Mark Wahlberg plays a professional adventure racer in Simon Cellan Jones’ fact-based 2024 drama; with Simu Liu. 90 mins. Rated PG-13. arthurtheking.movie
‘Do Not Expect Too Much from the World’ Radu Jude’s 2023 dark comedy about a put-upon production assistant helping to shoot a workplace safety film in Bucharest; with Ilinca Manolache and Uwe Boll. In Romanian, English, German, Hungarian, Italian with English subtitles. 163 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘High & Low — John Galliano’ The scandal-plagued French fashion designer is profiled in Kevin Macdonald’s 2023 documentary; with Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, Penelope Cruz, Charlize Theron and Anna Wintour. 116 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Knox Goes Away’ Michael Keaton directs and stars as a hit-man with early onset dementia in this 2023 thriller. With James Marsden, Marcia Gay Harden and Al Pacino. 114 mins. Rated R. lionsgate.com
‘One Life’ Anthony Hopkins portrays the elderly version of Nicholas “Nicky” Winton, a humble hero who helped rescue hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust, in James Hawes’ 2023 bio-drama; with Lena Olin, Jonathan Pryce and Helena Bonham Carter. 109 mins. Rated PG. bleeckerstreetmedia.com
‘Pastor’s Kid’ A troubled young college student reconnects with her estranged mother in Benjamin Ironside Koppin’s fact-based 2024 drama. 90 mins. Rated R. Various theaters
‘Prey’ A Christian missionary couple and a smuggler find themselves stranded in the wilds of Africa in this 2024 survival thriller directed by Mukunda Michael Dewil; with Ryan Phillippe, Mena Suvari and Emile Hirsch. 86 mins. Not Rated. Various theaters
‘Shirley’ Regina King portrays Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in Congress and the first to run for president in John Ridley’s 2024 historical drama; with Terrence Howard and the late Lance Reddick. 116 mins. Rated PG-13. landmarktheatres.com
‘Snack Shack’ Two best friends get jobs operating the concession stand at the local public pool in writer-director Adam Rehmeier’s 2024 comedy set in 1990s Nebraska. 112 mins. Rated R. amctheatres.com
‘The Throwback’ A nervous breakdown leads a middle aged wife and mother to revert to her carefree 20-something self in Mario Garcia’s 2024 comedy. With Justina Machado, Will Sasso and Bobby Lee. 96 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Uproar’ A Māori teen in 1980s New Zealand learns to embrace his cultural heritage in Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett’s 2023 drama; with Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby and Minnie Driver. 110 mins. Rated PG-13. laemmle.com, regmovies.com
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