New movies in theaters include Ezra starring Robert De Niro

By Alexandra Heilbron on May 30, 2024 | Leave a Comment

Check out the new movies opening this weekend, including Ezra starring Robert De Niro, Bobby Cannavale and Rose Byrne, and watch the trailers to decide what you want to see at the movies. ~Alexandra Heilbron

HAIKYUU! The Dumpster Battle – Shoyo Hinata joins Karasuno High’s volleyball club to be like his idol, a former Karasuno player known as the “Little Giant.” But, Hinata soon finds that he must team up with his middle school nemesis, Tobio Kageyama. Also available in IMAX. Click here for showtimes.

Ezra – Max Bernal (Bobby Cannavale) lives with his father (Robert De Niro) while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife (Rose Byrne). When Max is given the opportunity to further his stand-up comedy career and Ezra’s school decides the boy is too much for them to handle, Max takes him on a cross-country road trip to help them both. Click here for showtimes.

The Commandant’s Shadow – Eight decades after Auschwitz, Hans Jurgen Höss and Anita Lasker Wallfisch come face to face to explore how the Holocaust has impacted all their lives. It’s a historic moment, the first time the descendant of a major war criminal meets a survivor in such a private and intimate setting. Playing May 29 and 30 only. Click here for showtimes.

In a Violent Nature – When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 60-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it. Playing in select cities. Click here for showtimes.

Backspot – A driven cheerleader (Devery Jacobs) faces both new adversity and the increased drive for perfection and triumph when she and her girlfriend are both selected for an elite cheer squad with an overbearing head coach (Evan Rachel Wood). Playing in select cities. Click here for showtimes.

Handling the Undead – On a hot summer day in Oslo, a strange electric field surrounds the city as the newly dead awaken. Three families faced with loss try to figure out what this resurrection means and if their loved ones really are back. Playing in Toronto/Montreal; opens June 2 in Vancouver. Click here for showtimes.

The Great Escaper – In the summer of 2014, Bernard Jordan (Michael Caine) made global headlines. He staged a “great escape” from his care home to join fellow war veterans on a beach in Normandy, commemorating their fallen comrades at the D-Day Landings 70th anniversary. It was a story that captured the imagination of the world as Bernie embodied the defiant, “can-do” spirit of a generation that was fast disappearing. Click here for showtimes.

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