New movies in Memphis and special screenings, Feb. 9-15, 2018

John Beifuss
Memphis Commercial Appeal
If like Sir Mix-a-Lot you don't want none unless it's got buns, hon, you should be mighty hoppy, er, happy about "Peter Rabbit."

Here are the movies opening in the Memphis area this week, plus special screenings, Feb. 9-15.

Opening Friday

The 15:17 to Paris (PG-13, 94 min.) From director Clint Eastwood, a fact-based story about three American soldiers who foiled a terrorist plot while on a train to Paris in 2015; the Americans star as themselves.

CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Forest Hill, Hollywood 20, Majestic, Olive Branch, Palace, Paradiso, Stage.

Fifty Shades Freed (R, 105 min.) Can Anastasia (Dakota Johnson) and Christian (Jamie Dornan) find happiness as a married couple? And if they don't, who gets custody of the butt plugs?

CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Forest Hill, Hollywood 20, Majestic, Olive Branch, Palace, Paradiso, Ridgeway Cinema Grill, Stage, Studio on the Square, Summer Quartet Drive-In, Wolfchase Galleria 8.

Happy End (R, 107 min.) Isabelle Huppert heads the ensemble cast of this disturbing family drama from inveterate provocateur Michael Haneke.

Wolfchase Galleria 8.

Intelligent (Not rated, 150 min.) Lots of ax-twirling, gunplay and slo-mo beat-downs in this violent Telugu-language action film.

Majestic. 

Padman (PG-13, 140 min.) Here's the Internet Movie Database synopsis for this Hindi-language production: "Upon realizing the extent to which women are affected by their menses, a man sets out to create a sanitary pad machine and to provide inexpensive sanitary pads to the women of rural India."

Hollywood 20.

Peter Rabbit (PG, 93 min.) Beatrix Potter's children's classic comes to the screen in a "Paddington"-style mix of live action and computer animation.

CinePlanet 16, Collierville Towne 16, Cordova, DeSoto 16, Forest Hill, Hollywood 20, Majestic, Olive Branch, Palace, Paradiso, Stage, Wolfchase Galleria 8.

A Silent Voice (Not rated, 130 min.) A Japanese animated film about a former delinquent who seeks forgiveness from the deaf girl he bullied in elementary school.

Wolfchase Galleria 8.

Tholi Prema (Not rated, 146 min.) A Telugu-language romance.

Special Screenings

The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet (Not rated, 150 min.) Filmed live onstage, a new production of Prokofiev's Shakespeare-inspired dance masterpiece.

1 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Tuesday, Paradiso. Tickets: $18 (adult), $15 (child). Visit malco.com.

Dream Big: Engineering Our World 3D (Not rated, 42 min.) Jeff Bridges narrates this spectactular look at some of the Earth's biggest or most ambitious building projects, from China's ancient Great Wall to the robots and solar cars of today.

Through Nov. 16, CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for showtimes, tickets and reservations.

The Exception (R, 107 min.) Christopher Plummer stars as the exiled Kaiser Wilhelm II in this World War II thriller.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Memphis Jewish Community Center Belz Theater, 6560 Poplar. Admission: $7, or $5 for MJCC members. Visit jccmemphis.org.

Extreme Weather 3D (Not rated, 45 min.) With dynamic footage of incredible thunderstorms, twisters, wildfires and other events, this National Geographic movie explores the much discussed but little understood forces that shape the planet.

CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for showtimes, tickets and reservations.

Fatima (Not rated, 79 min.) The Tournées French Film Festival continues with the winner of the César Award (the French equivalent of the Oscar) for the Best Film of 2015, a drama about a Moroccan immigrant cleaning woman (Soria Zeroual) in France who is losing touch with the two teenage daughters she is struggling to support.

7 p.m. Monday, University Center Theatre, University of Memphis. Admission: free. Visit memphis.edu/wll/films.php.

Fever at Dawn (Not rated, 116 min.) The Jewish International Film Festival continues this Hungarian drama about two Holocaust survivors who find love in the immediate aftermath of World War II.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, Memphis Jewish Community Center Belz Theater, 6560 Poplar. Admission: $7, or $5 for MJCC members. Visit jccmemphis.org.

Forbidden Planet (G, 98 min.) The science-fiction revival series underway at the Pink Palace reaches into the past (the movie was made in 1956) and the future (the movie takes place in the 23rd century) for this proto-"Star Trek" classic in which an Earth starship crew (led by Leslie Nielsen) on a distant planet encounters Morbius the villain (Walter Pidgeon) and Robby the Robot.

4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for tickets and reservations.

Love Jones (R, 104 min.) Indie Memphis and the local African-American arts/culture group The Collective CLTV host a 20th-anniversary revival of the Chicago-set cult romance with Nia Long and Larenz Tate.

7 p.m. Wednesday, 652 Marshall. Admission: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha: Reflection (Not rated, 109 min.) A feature film inspired by the Japanese manga/anime series set in a fantasy-plus-science-fiction world.

7 p.m. Tuesday, Paradiso. Tickets: $15. Visit malco.com.

Mazinger Z (Not rated, 95 min.) From Japan, a new "mecha anime" feature in which a giant robot battles the evil creations of one Dr. Hell.

12:55 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Monday, Paradiso. Tickets: $13.50. Visit malco.com.

The Metropolitan Opera: L'Elisir D'Amore (Not rated, 180 min.) Filmed live onstage in New York, a new production of Donizetti's comic opera about the increase in amorousness caused by an "elixir of love."

11 a.m. Saturday and 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Paradiso. Tickets: $13.50. Visit malco.com.

National Diploma (Not rated, 90 min.) The Tournées French Film Festival continues with a documentary about students trying to finish their education in the teeming and chaotic city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

7 p.m. Thursday, University Center Theatre, University of Memphis. Admission: free. Visit memphis.edu/wll/films.php.

Sammy Davis Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me (Not rated, 100 min.) The International Jewish Film Festival presents this documentary about the tireless entertainer, who converted to Judaism in 1961.

1 p.m. Sunday, Memphis Jewish Community Center Belz Theater, 6560 Poplar. Admission: $7, or $5 for MJCC members. Visit jccmemphis.org.

Thelma (Not rated, 116 min.) Sexual feelings trigger supernatural powers in a student (Eili Harboe) from a religious background in the new film from Norway's Joachim Trier.

7 p.m. Tuesday, Ridgeway Cinema Grill. Tickets: $10. Visit indiememphis.com.

Wild Africa 3D (Not rated, 45 min.) This film takes viewers to deserts, coral reefs, the snow-covered mountains of Kenya, great rivers, steamy rain forests and wide-open savannahs.

CTI 3D Giant Theater, Memphis Pink Palace Museum, 3050 Central Ave. Call 901-636-2362 or visit memphismuseums.org for showtimes, tickets and reservations.