Movies Premiering in May at

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Marcus Theatres & Movie Tavern

The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King is a movie I am sure David would want to watch. Although, I will sit this out and Pray Charlie will go with David because I just cannot get into these films. Can you? As for Charlie I would like to take him to see The Met Live in HD: April 29th or May 3rd. Would you like to come with us?

THE MET: CHAMPION

Release date: 4/29/2023

Genre: Opera

Rating: TBD, Appropriate for all audiences

Runtime: 3 hours, 20 minutes

Director: James Robinson

Starring: Stephanie BlytheEric OwensLatonia MooreRyan Speedo GreenYannick Nézet-Séguin

Synopsis: Six-time Grammy Award–winning composer Terence Blanchard brings his first opera to the Met after his Fire Shut Up in My Bones made history in the 2021–22 season. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green is the young boxer Emile Griffith, who rises from obscurity to become a world champion, and bass-baritone Eric Owens portrays Griffith’s older self, haunted by the ghosts of his past. Soprano Latonia Moore is Emelda Griffith, the boxer’s estranged mother, and mezzosoprano Stephanie Blythe is the bar owner Kathy Hagan. Yannick Nezet-Seguin returns to the podium to conduct Blanchard’s second Met premiere. Director James Robinson, whose productions of Fire Shut Up in My Bones and Porgy and Bess brought down the house, oversees the staging. Camille A. Brown, whose choreography electrified audiences in Fire and Porgy, also returns

LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING

Release date: 4/11/2023

Genre: Documentary

Rating: TBD,

Runtime: 1 hour, 38 minutes

Director: Lisa Cortes,Lisa Cortes

Starring: Little Richard

Synopsis: Director Lisa Cortes’ LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING tells the story of the Black queer origins of rock n’ roll, exploding the whitewashed canon of American pop music to reveal the innovator – the originator – Richard Penniman. Through a wealth of archive and performance that brings us into Richard’s complicated inner world, the film unspools the icon’s life story with all its switchbacks and contradictions. In interviews with family, musicians, and cutting-edge Black and queer scholars, the film reveals how Richard created an art form for ultimate self-expression, yet what he gave to the world he was never able to give to himself. Throughout his life, Richard careened like a shiny cracked pinball between God, sex and rock n’ roll. The world tried to put him in a box, but Richard was an omni being who contained multitudes – he was unabashedly everything.

THE LOST WEEKEND: A LOVE STORY

Release date: 4/13/2022
Genre: Documentary,Romance
Rating: TBD,
Runtime: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Director: Stuart Samuels, Stuart Samuels, Eve Brandstein, Eve Brandstein, Richard Kaufman, Richard Kaufman
Starring: John LennonMay Pang
Synopsis: The Lost Weekend: A Love Story” explores the 18-month relationship (1973-1975) that John Lennon spent with May Pang, his Chinese American assistant turned lover (on Yoko Ono’s insistence). With May’s help, Lennon reunited with his son Julian and had his most artistically and commercially productive period post-Beatles – with the albums “Mind Games”, “Walls and Bridges” which included his only #1 Hit Single “Whatever Gets You Through the Night”, “Rock and Roll” and collaborated with Elton John, David Bowie, Harry Nilsson, Mick Jagger, and Ringo to name a few. Pang chronicles it all revisiting her younger self, a naïve 22-year old experiencing her first unforgettable love.

With the Marcus Passport, you can enjoy 4 movies for $15+ tax. The passport will be valid at 25 participating locations (theatre list below) the first Sunday (4pm) and Monday (6:30pm) of every month from April – July.  

Passport Details

  1. Each Passport includes one digital code that allows access to one ticket to each movie listed below
  2. You can redeem your digital code on the Marcus Theatres website, or by using our app, in-theatre redemption is excluded 
  3. Valid at the following 25 theatres: AddisonArnoldBay ParkBrannon CrossingCape WestCedar RapidsCovingtonCrosswoodsDes PeresElginHulenLakesMajestic-BrookfieldMajestic-OmahaOakdaleO’FallonOrland ParkPalaceParkwoodPickeringtonRidgeRochesterRonnie’sTwin CreekValley Grand
Films of Faith Series Sundays @ 4pmMondays @ 6:30pm
 “Jesus Music”April 2April 3
‘”I Still Believe”May 7May 8
“I Can Only Imagine”June 4June 5
“The Shack”July 2July 3

With the Marcus Passport, you can enjoy nine “Fast & Furious” movies for $30+ tax and get ready for “Fast X,” will premiere May 19. The passport will be valid at 25 participating locations (theatre list below) for every Sunday starting April 9 through May 14. Passport Details

  1. Each Passport includes one digital code that allows access to one ticket to each movie listed below.
  2. You can redeem your digital code on the Marcus Theatres website, or by using our app, in-theatre redemption is excluded.
  3. Valid at 25 theatres, see list below.
The Fast Saga Passport includes: Sunday @ 4pmSundays @ 7pm
 “The Fast and the Furious”April 9
‘”2 Fast 2 Furious”April 9
“The Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift”April 16
“Fast & Furious”April 23
“Fast Five”April 30April 30
“Fast & Furious 6”May 7
“Furious 7”May 7
“Fate of the Furious”May 14
“F9: Fast & Furious”May 14