What's Playing in Theaters This Weekend: 10/20/2023

Oct. 20—New releases

Killers of the Flower Moon: Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major F.B.I. investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. Rated R for violence, some gristly images and language. (C14, ST, BIJ)

Showing locally

Butcher's Crossing: An Ivy League-dropout travels to the Colorado wilderness, where he joins a team of buffalo hunters on a journey that puts his life and sanity at risk. Based on the novel by John Williams. Rated R for language, some violence/bloody images and brief sexual content. (C14)

The Creator: Against the backdrop of a war between humans and robots with artificial intelligence, a former soldier finds the secret weapon, a robot in the form of a young child. Rated PG-13 for violence, some bloody images and strong language. (C14, ER)

Dumb Money: A David vs. Goliath tale based on the true story of everyday people who flipped the script on Wall Street and got rich by turning GameStop (yes, the mall video game store) into the world's hottest company. Rated R for pervasive language, sexual material and drug use. (C14)

The Exorcist: Believer: When two girls disappear into the woods and return three days later with no memory of what happened to them, the father of one girl seeks out Chris MacNeil, who's been forever altered by what happened to her daughter 50 years ago. Rated R for some violent content, disturbing images, language and sexual references. (C14)

A Haunting in Venice: In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a séance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to once again uncover the killer. Rated PG-13 for some strong violence, disturbing images and thematic elements. (C14, BAY)

Hocus Pocus (30th anniversary): A teenage boy named Max and his little sister move to Salem, where he struggles to fit in before awakening a trio of diabolical witches that were executed in the 17th century. Rated PG for some scary sequences and for language. (C14)

The Nightmare Before Christmas (30th anniversary): Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion. Rated PG for some scary images. (C14)

Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie: A magical meteor crash lands in Adventure City and gives the PAW Patrol pups superpowers, transforming them into The Mighty Pups. Rated PG for mild action/peril. (C14)

Saw X: A sick and desperate John travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Rated R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, language and some drug use. (C14)

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour: Experience the Eras Tour concert, performed by Taylor Swift. Rated PG-13. (C14)

Information is based on data available at press time from AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 (C14), Elk Rapids Cinema (ER), Bay Community Theatre in Suttons Bay (BAY), the Garden Theater in Frankfort (GAR), State Theatre in Traverse City (ST), Bijou By the Bay in Traverse City (BIJ) and the Cherry Bowl Drive-in Theatre in Honor (CB). AMC Classic Cherry Blossom 14 offers private theater rentals for up to 20 people. Reservations are accepted online. The State Theatre and Bijou By the Bay encourage face masks and vaccinations. Reserve seats online or call the box office: 231-600-7272 (State) or 231-600-7300 (Bijou).