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Spider-Man: Brand New Day

2026· 2h 25m

Big-screen superhero action with real weight behind the punches

Tom Holland's Spider-Man is fighting crime full time in a world that forgot him, and the strain cracks him open just as an unseen villain hits the city. Destin Daniel Cretton keeps the stakes personal and the set pieces large, with Jon Bernthal and Zendaya sharpening every confrontation. It lands 89% on Rotten Tomatoes and 8.1 on IMDb, and the scale demands a big screen.

Live-action sci-fi action built for spectacle
An invisible threat raises the tension fast
Widely available, easy to catch this week

Not currently screening

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The Uprising

A brutal medieval rebellion from an action director who does not slow down

Paul Greengrass drops you into 14th-century England as a peasant ignites an uprising against the King, and the fight is do or die. Andrew Garfield and Jamie Bell anchor an army of commoners charging into open combat, and Greengrass shoots the chaos with real momentum. The clashing steel and desperate stakes hit hardest on a big screen.

Kinetic action from a director known for it
High-stakes battle with a rise or die edge
Solidly scheduled, though not the widest run this week

Not currently screening

Resident Evil

A single savage night that never lets you breathe

Medical courier Bryan gets swallowed by one horrifying night as everything collapses into chaos, and survival is the only goal. Director Zach Cregger keeps this sci-fi thriller tight, fast, and relentless, with Austin Abrams and Paul Walter Hauser caught in the fallout. The claustrophobic dread and sudden violence pay off loud in a dark theater.

Nonstop survival pressure across one night
Kinetic sci-fi thriller, lean at 90 minutes
Plenty of screenings to catch it

Not currently screening