What's playing in theaters this weekend: 12/22/2023

Dec. 22—New releases

Anyone But You: After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben's fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple. Rated R for language throughout, sexual content and brief graphic nudity. (C14)

Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom: Aquaman balances his duties as king and as a member of the Justice League, all while planning a wedding. Black Manta is on the hunt for Atlantean tech to help rebuild his armor. Orm plots to escape his Atlantean prison. Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence and some language. (C14)

The Iron Claw: The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Rated R for language, suicide, some sexuality and drug use. (C14)

Migration: A family of ducks try to convince their overprotective father to go on the vacation of a lifetime. Rated PG for action/peril and mild rude humor. (C14)

Showing locally

The Boy and the Heron: A young boy named Mahito yearning for his mother ventures into a world shared by the living and the dead. There, death comes to an end, and life finds a new beginning. A semi-autobiographical fantasy from the mind of Hayao Miyazaki. Rated PG-13 for some violent content/bloody images and smoking. (C14)

Godzilla Minus One: Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. Rated PG-13 for creature violence and action. (C14)

The Holdovers: A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go. Rated R for language, some drug use and brief sexual material. (C14)

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes: Coriolanus Snow mentors and develops feelings for the female District 12 tribute during the 10th Hunger Games. Rated PG-13 for strong violent content and disturbing material. (C14)

Napoleon: An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine. Rated R for strong violence, some grisly images, sexual content and brief language. (C14)

Poor Things: The tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter; a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist, Dr. Godwin Baxter. Rated R for strong and pervasive sexual content, graphic nudity, disturbing material, gore and language. (C14, ST)

Trolls Band Together: Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band "BroZone" with his brothers Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and Clay. When Floyd is kidnapped, Branch and Poppy embark on a journey to reunite his two other brothers and rescue Floyd. Rated PG for some mild rude and suggestive humor. (C14, GAR)

Wish: A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down from the sky to join her. Rated PG for thematic elements and mild action. (C14)

Wonka: With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run by a cartel of greedy chocolatiers. Rated PG for some violence, mild language and thematic elements. (C14, BIJ, ER)

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.