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Edited by
Robert W. McDowell
Triangle  Review  (Raleigh,  NC)
FREE-FILM LIST
April 27, 2024
Weekly Update

See The Idea of You and The Kingdom
of the Planet of the Apes
for FREE!

ABBREVIATIONS:  N/A:  not available; PVOD:  pay-per-view video on demand or premium video on
demand code; and ROE:  run-of-engagement code, usually good Monday-Thursday only -- R.W.M.

DOWNLOAD PASSES FOR *ADVANCE SCREENINGS* TO WATCH IN THEATERS


Watch The Idea of You (2024) for FREE
at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 1st, at

Cinemark Bistro Raleigh
(formerly Cinemark Raleigh Grande),
4840 Grove Barton Road, Raleigh, NC 27608,
in the Shoppes of Glenwood shopping center.
Directed by Michael Showalter.
Starring Anne Hathaway, Nicholas Galitzine,
Ella Rubin, Annie Mumolo, and Reid Scott.
Genre: Drama/Romance/Comedy
Rated R (for some language and sexual content)
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
Click here (Amazon Screenings
RSVP Code: IdeaofYouRMF),
here (Amazon Screenings
RSVP Code: IdeaofYouScreeningRCC),
here (Amazon Screenings
RSVP Code: IdeaofYouGVNRAL), or
here (Amazon Screenings
RSVP Code: IdeaofYouScreeningMOMRAL)
to download a pass for two
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9466114/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idea_of_You.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 90% FRESH
(based on 21 reviews)
 


Watch Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
for FREE at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 7th, at

AMC Southpoint 17, at
8030 Renaissance Parkway, Suite 975,
Durham, NC 27713, in the
Streets at Southpoint shopping center.
Directed by Wes Ball.
Starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin
Durand
, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy.
Genre: Sci-Fi/Action
Rated PG-13 (for intense sci-fi violence/action).
Running Time: 145 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
Click here (Gofobo RSVP Code:
KOTPOTRaleighMovieFans)
to download a pass for two
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11389872/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Planet_of_the_Apes.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


 


 

REGISTER FOR *VIRTUAL SCREENINGS* TO WATCH VIA THE INTERNET


Stream The Cuban (2020) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 30th

Directed by Sergio Navarretta.
Starring Louis Gossett Jr., Ana Golja,
Lauren Holly, Giacomo Gianniotti,
and Shohreh Aghdashloo.
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Running Time: 109 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7671124/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuban.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 74% FRESH
(based on 19 reviews)
 


Stream Space: The Longest Goodbye (2023)
for FREE at 8 p.m. Thursday, May 16th

Directed by Ido Mizrahy.
Featuring Kayla Barron, Cady Coleman,
Al Holland, and Matthias Maurer.
Genre: Documentary
Not Rated
Running Time: 87 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24082558/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Longest_Goodbye.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 80% FRESH
(based on 25 reviews)
 


Stream The Blue Angels (2024) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 22nd

Directed by Paul Crowder.
Genre: Documentary
Rated G (for general audiences)
Running Time: 94 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18573650/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


Stream Top Gun: Maverick (2022) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Friday, May 31st.

Directed by Joseph Kosinski.
Starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller,
Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen
Powell
, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer.
Genre: Action/Adventure
Rated PG-13 (for sequences of intense action, and some strong language)
Running Time: 131 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745960/.
TCM Movie Database:
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/2208448/top-gun-maverick#overview.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Gun:_Maverick.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 96% FRESH
(based on 476 reviews)
 


Stream The Hidden Power of Purpose (2024)
for FREE at 8 p.m. Friday, June 7th

Directed by Elliot V. Kotek.
Featuring Debbie Allen.
Featuring Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Deepak Chopra,
Shirley Acevedo Buontempo, Mark Barden,
Karen Cassidy, and Wintley Phipps.
Genre: Documentary
Not Rated
Running Time: 72 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16384124/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia: N/A.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


Stream Father of the Bride (1991) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Monday, June 17th

Directed by Charles Shyer.
Starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton,
Kimberly Williams-Paisley, and Martin Short.
Genre: Comedy
Rated PG (parental guidance suggested)
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101862/.
TCM Movie Database:
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19462/father-of-the-bride#overview.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father_of_the_Bride_(1991_film).
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 70% FRESH
(based on 44 reviews)
 

[NEW LISTING]


Stream The Wiz (1978) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 25th

Directed by Sidney Lumet.
Starring Diana Ross, Michael Jackson,
Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King,
Theresa Merritt, Thelma Carpenter,
Lena Horne, and Richard Pryor.
Genre: Musical/Fantasy
Rated G (for general audiences)
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078504/.
TCM Movie Database:
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/96081/the-wiz#overview.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wiz_(film).
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 44% ROTTEN
(based on 36 reviews)
 


Stream The Girls in the Band (2011) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Thursday, June 20th

Directed by Judy Chaikin.
Featuring Geri Allen, Jessie Bailey,
Jane Ira Bloom, Clora Bryant, Herbie
Hancock
, and Marian McPartland.
Genre: Documentary/Biography/History
Not Rated
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1677642/.
TCM Movie Database:
https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/886153/the-girls-in-the-band.
Wikipedia: N/A.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 100% FRESH
(based on 10 reviews)
 


Stream Miss Sharon Jones! (2015) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Friday, June 28th

Directed by Barbara Kopple.
Starring Sharon Jones, Starr Duncan-Lowe,
Binky Griptite, Megan Holken, Austen Holman,
Alex Kadvan, and Saundra Williams.
Genre: Documentary/Musical
Not Rated
Running Time: 93 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4935480/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Sharon_Jones!.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 91% FRESH
(based on 54 reviews)
 


Stream Driving Madeleine (Une
belle course
) (2022) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 11th

Directed by Christian Carion.
Starring Line Renaud, Dany Boon,
Alice Isaaz, and Jérémie Laheurte.
Genre: Drama
Not Rated
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14586118/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_Madeleine.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 94% FRESH
(based on 48 reviews)
 

[NEW LISTING]


Stream Next Goal Wins (2023) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Friday, July 19th

Directed by Taika Waititi.
Starring Michael Fassbender, Oscar Kightley,
Kaimana, David Fane, Rachel House,
Beulah Koale, Taika Waititi,
Will Arnett, and Elisabeth Moss.
Genre: Comedy/Sports
Rated PG-13 (for some strong
language and crude material)
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register for this screening
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10767052/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next_Goal_Wins_(2023_film).
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 45% ROTTEN
(based on 165 reviews)
 


 

CONTESTS FOR RUN-OF-ENGAGEMENT TICKETS/CODES


Watch The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
(2024) for FREE starting April 19th
,
at Directed by Guy Ritchie.
Starring Henry Cavill, Eiza González,
Alan Ritchson, Alex Pettyfer, Hero
Fiennes Tiffin
, Babs Olusanmokun,
Henrique Zaga, and Til Schweiger,
with Henry Golding and Cary Elwes.
Genre: Action/Drama/War
Rated R (for strong violence
throughout and some language)
Running Time: 120 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
Click here or here
to enter a contest to win
ROE Fandango codes or here
to enter a contest to win
Atom ticket codes History vs. Hollywood:
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/the-ministry-of-ungentlemanly-warfare-trailer/.
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5177120/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ministry_of_Ungentlemanly_Warfare.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 71% FRESH
(based on 117 reviews)
 


Watch Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)
for FREE in a theater, starting March 29th

Directed by Adam Wingard.
Starring Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry,
Dan Stevens, Kaylee Hottle,
Alex Ferns, and Fala Chen.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi
Rated PG-13 (for creature violence and action)
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
Click here to enter a contest to win
ROE Fandango codes
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14539740/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_x_Kong:_The_New_Empire.
Rotten Tomatoes rates it 54% ROTTEN
(based on 229 reviews)
 


 


 

REGISTER FOR AARP THEATER *VIRTUAL SCREENINGS* TO WATCH ONLINE


Stream 42nd Street: The Musical (2019)
for FREE at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 28th

Directed by Mark Bramble & Ross MacGibbon.
Starring Bonnie Langford as Dorothy Brock,
Tom Lister as Julian Marsh,
Clare Halse as Peggy Sawyer, and
Philip Bertioli as Billy Lawlor.
Genre: Musical
Not Rated
Running Time: 155 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10140002/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia: N/A.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


Stream Plácido Domingo: 50th Anniversary
Gala Evening
(2020) for FREE
at 8 p.m. Monday, May 20th

With the Arena di Verona Orchestra,
Chorus, and Ballet
Conducted by Jordi Bernàcer.
Starring Plácido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi,
Géraldine Chauvet, Arturo Chacón-Cruz,
Marko Mimica, Carlo Bosi,
and Elisabetta Zizzo.
Genre: Music
Not Rated
Running Time: 154 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register
Internet Movie Database:
.
TCM Movie Database:
.
Wikipedia: N/A.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


Stream the film of the Adelphi Theatre in London's production of
Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019),
with music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper
and a book by Harvey Fierstein,
for FREE at 7 p.m. Sunday, June 2nd

Directed and choreographed on stage by Jerry
Mitchell
and directed on film by Brett Sullivan.
Starring Matt Henry, Killian Donnelly,
Natalie McQueen, Sean Needham,
Cordelia Farnworth, and Antony Reed.
Genre: Musical Comedy
Not Rated
Running Time: 135 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register
Internet Movie Database:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10442108/.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinky_Boots_(musical).
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 


Stream Sergei Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet
(2017) for FREE, presented in Italian by
Teatro alla Scalla, with English Subtitles,
at 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 18th

Directed by Lorena Sardi and
Choreographed by Kenneth MacMillan.
Starring Robert Bolle as Romeo
and Misty Copeland as Juliet.
Genre: Ballet
Not Rated
Running Time: 160 Minutes
Click title or poster for trailer/details
NOTE: AARP membership is NOT required, but
you must first click here and create a FREE
AARP.org account to watch this film!

Click here to register
Internet Movie Database: N/A.
TCM Movie Database: N/A.
Wikipedia: N/A.
Rotten Tomatoes has Not Yet Rated this film
 

UPCOMING MOVIES (release dates subject to change)


The Green Veil (TV Series)
April 30th

 


I Saw the TV Glow
May 3rd

 


Something in the Water
May 3rd

 


Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story
May 3rd via Netflix

 


Wildcat
May 3rd

 


Back to Black
May 10th

 


Poolman
May 10th

 


Babes
May 17th

 


IF
May 17th

 


Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
May 24th

 


The Garfield Movie
May 24th

 


Ballerina
June 7th via Netflix

 


Inside Out 2
June 14th

 


The Bikeriders
June 21st

 


A Quiet Place: Day One
June 28th

 


Horizon: An American Saga
June 28th

 


Despicable Me 4
July 3rd

 


Twisters
July 19th

 


Deadpool & Wolverine
July 26th

 


Kraven the Hunter
August 30th

 


Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
September 6th

 


The Wild Robot
September 20th

 


Joker: Folie à Deux
October 4th

 


Gladiator 2
November 22nd

 


Wicked: Part 1
November 27th

 

 


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