Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One Credit: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

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JAILER: A prison official (Rajinikanth) goes up against a gang determined to spring its leader from the joint in this Tamil action comedy. Nelson Dilipkumar directed. (168 min, NR. Majestic)

JULES: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for a different generation? Ben Kingsley plays a man who befriends an alien he finds in his backyard in this drama from Marc Turtletaub. With Harriet Sansom Harris and Jane Curtin. (90 min, PG-13. Palace)

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER: Remember the unlucky ship the title character sailed on in Bram Stoker’s Dracula? This horror flick tells its story. With Corey Hawkins and Aisling Franciosi. André Øvredal directed. (188 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

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BARBIE ★★★★ Margot Robbie plays the Mattel toy as she experiences her first-ever existential crisis. With Ryan Gosling and America Ferrera. Greta Gerwig directed. (114 min, PG-13. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden; reviewed 7/26)

HAUNTED MANSION ★★1/2 In Disney’s horror-comedy based on its theme park ride, a single mom (Rosario Dawson) assembles a motley team of specialists to help her exorcise her new home. Justin Simien directed. (122 min, PG-13. Bethel, Essex, Majestic, Roxy, Sunset)

INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY ★★★ The intrepid archaeologist (Harrison Ford) battles Nazis in both 1944 and 1969 in the fifth installment of the adventure series. James Mangold directed. (154 min, PG-13. Majestic)

MEG 2: THE TRENCH ★★ Erstwhile experimentalist Ben Wheatley directed this sequel to the summer hit in which Jason Statham aids deep-sea researchers as they battle various menaces, including prehistoric sharks. (116 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Stowe, Sunset)

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE — DEAD RECKONING PART ONE ★★★★ Tom Cruise returns as secret agent Ethan Hunt in the seventh installment of the action franchise. (163 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

NO HARD FEELINGS ★★★ A down-on-her-luck woman (Jennifer Lawrence) is hired by a 19-year-old’s parents to bring him out of his shell before college in this comedy. (103 min, R. Sunset)

OPPENHEIMER ★★★★★ Director Christopher Nolan tells the story of the man (Cillian Murphy) who played a key role in creating the atomic bomb. With Emily Blunt, Matt Damon and Robert Downey Jr. (180 min, R. Big Picture, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Marquis, Palace, Playhouse, Roxy, Star, Stowe, Sunset, Welden; reviewed 8/2)

SOUND OF FREEDOM ★★1/2 Jim Caviezel stars in this action thriller based on the life of Tim Ballard, a former federal agent who founded an organization to fight human trafficking. (135 min, PG-13. Essex, Palace)

TALK TO ME ★★★1/2 A group of friends learns that using an embalmed hand to conjure spirits is a very bad idea in this horror thriller from Australia. Danny and Michael Philippou directed. (94 min, R. Majestic, Palace, Roxy, Sunset; reviewed 8/8)

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM ★★★1/2 Cowriter Seth Rogen and directors Jeff Rowe and Kyler Spears reboot the comic-based series about four crime-fighting brothers raised in the New York sewers for this animated adventure. (99 min, PG. Bethel, Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Roxy, Star, Sunset, Welden)

THEATER CAMP ★★★1/2 A staff of thespians must make an unusual alliance to save their beloved summer retreat in this comedy directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman, starring Ben Platt. (92 min, PG-13. Roxy)

older films and special screenings

CORALINE (Essex, Mon & Tue only)

A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Playhouse, Tue only)

THE FARM BOY (Playhouse, Sun only)

FATHOM’S BIG SCREEN CLASSICS: ENTER THE DRAGON 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Essex, Sun & Wed 16 only)

INSIDIOUS: THE RED DOOR (Star, Sunset)

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Star)

SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Catamount, Thu only)

THE SUMMER OF WALTER HACKS (Playhouse, Mon only)

open theaters

The Capitol Showplace, Catamount Arts and Savoy Theater are currently closed until further notice. (* = upcoming schedule for theater was not available at press time)

Note: These capsule descriptions are not intended as reviews. Star ratings come from Metacritic unless we reviewed the film (noted at the end of the description). Find reviews written by Seven Days critic Margot Harrison at sevendaysvt.com/onscreen-reviews.

This article appears in The Animal Issue 2023.

Margot Harrison is a consulting editor and film critic at Seven Days. Her film reviews appear every week in the paper and online. In 2024, she won the Jim Ridley Award for arts criticism from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia. Her book reviews...