✹ WEEKLY FILM RUNDOWN: July 4-11

The latest releases and special screenings hitting Music City this week. For a complete list of upcoming releases, check out our 2024 Film Guide.

Maxxxine Ti West concludes the horror trilogy he began in 2022 with X and Pearl by bringing final girl Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) to 80s LA as she sets her sights on Hollywood stardom. But the Night Stalker and a host of characters from a past she’s been fleeing from for years just might get in the way. Its predecessors made our Best of 2022 list, and this one looks par for the course, especially with the addition of Kevin Bacon, Halsey, Giancarlo Esposito, and Lily Collins. Now playing in theaters. Screening exclusively in 35mm at The Belcourt with special midnight presentations of 80s sleazy Hollywood classics Body Double and Vice Squad. 

Despicable Me 4 For better or worse, the Minions are back to help reformed supervillain Gru (Steve Carell) and his family on a newish adventure in the 4th installment of the blockbuster franchise. This time there’s a baby, and they go into witness protection or something. Now playing in theaters. 

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot Angel Studios is hoping for some Sound of Freedom grosses for this collaboration with The Daily Wire based on the real-life story of a minister who convinces his rural community to adopt 77 kids who fell through the foster system’s cracks. Let’s just hope it’s a better movie than its predecessor. Now playing in theaters. 

Jaws and The Sandlot The Belcourt offers the ideal July 4th weekend with a double feature of the shark movie armchair politicos love to misinterpret online and everyone’s favorite 90s tribute to idle preteen summers. 

Kill (Hindi) When an army commando boards a train on a mission to free the love of his life from getting married against her will, he unleashes hell on the gang of knife-welding punks terrorizing the passengers in the latest Bollywood actioner. Now playing at AMC Murfreesboro 16, AMC Thoroughbred 20, and Regal Hollywood 27.