[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – March 3, 2023

It’s a new week and another dozen movies are premiering in theaters this weekend! There is an action film about a secret agent trying to recruit Hollywood’s biggest star to help foil the sale of deadly weapons technology that threatens world order, a horror film about the dark secret behind a cursed radio, a third outing for actor Michael B. Jordan as boxer Adonis Creed, and much more!

Blueback (PG)

Follows Abby, a child who befriends a magnificent wild blue grouper while diving. When Abby realizes that the fish is under threat, she takes inspiration from her activist Mum, Dora, and takes on poachers to save her friend.

Directed by Robert Connolly

Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Albert Mwangi, Ariel Donoghue, Radha Mitchell, Clarence Ryan

Release date: March 3

Creed III (PG-13)

Adonis has been thriving in both his career and family life, but when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy resurfaces, the face-off is more than just a fight.

Directed by Michael B. Jordan

Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Tessa Thompson, Jonathan Majors, Wood Harris, Phylicia Rashad

Release date: March 3

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba – To the Swordsmith Village (R)

All the Upper Rank Demons assemble at the Infinity Castle after Upper Six Demons’ defeat.

Directed by Haruo Sotozaki

Starring: Zach Aguilar, Kira Buckland, Griffin Burns, Ray Chase, Greg Chun

Release date: March 3

Hunt Her, Kill Her

On an otherwise peaceful evening during her first night on the job, a lone night shift janitor finds herself in an unexpected fight for survival when she becomes the target of sinister masked intruders. As their disturbing motives become clearer, she must use her crafty instincts and barbaric violence to make it through the night alive.

Directed by Greg Swinson, Ryan Thiessen

Starring: Natalie Terrazzino, JC Oakley III, Larry Bunton, Philip Zimny, Trevor Tucker

Release date: March 3

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre (R)

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.

Directed by Guy Ritchie

Starring: Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Cary Elwes, Hugh Grant, Josh Hartnett

Release date: March 3

Palm Trees and Power Lines (R)

A disconnected teenage girl enters a relationship with a man twice her age. She sees him as the solution to all her problems, but his intentions are not what they seem.

Directed by Jamie Deck

Starring: Lily McInerny, Gretchen Mol, Emily Jackson, Quinn Frankel, Armani Jackson

Release date: March 3

Please Baby Please

Newlyweds Suse and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple’s sexual identity.

Directed by Amanda Kramer

Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Harry Melling, Demi Moore, Karl Glusman, Jaz Sinclair

Release date: March 3

Primary Position

Two teens, Darnell Jackson & Tracy Lavelle lived a turbulent life in the trying urban streets of Chicago Illinois. Everything changed when Darnell convinces Tracy to skip college and join the military. While trying to do the right thing with helping Ukraine against the Russians, Things don’t go as planned! Darnell goes back to Chicago where he must face new enemies, A corrupt mayor & a city full of hate. What will Darnell do?

Directed by Robert Amparan

Starring: Robert Amparan, Omar Gooding, Kris D. Lofton, Antwon Tanner, Jamal Woolard

Release date: March 1

Sound of Silence

Emma must uncover the dark secret behind a cursed radio to survive and protect her family.

Directed by Alessandro Antonaci, Daniel Lascar, Stefano Mandala

Starring: Lucia Caporaso, Chiara Casolari, Daniele De Martino, Claudio Dughera, Rocco Marazzita

Release date: March 3

Spoonful of Sugar

Millicent is taking a semester off from her studies to concentrate on her thesis about children with severe allergies, which makes her the perfect person to take care of little Johnny, a sickly, mute child who suffers from every allergy under the sun, from nickel to artificial fabric. His overbearing mother, Rebecca, is an accomplished author who is focused on her latest book release, while his dissatisfied father, Jacob, spends sweaty, shirtless days toiling away on a carpentry project in the backyard.

Directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan

Starring: Morgan Saylor, Kat Foster, Myko Olivier, Danilo Crovetti, Keith Powell

Release date: March 2

Todd Tarantula

A psychedelic journey across Los Angeles to find his stolen motorbike leads antihero Todd Tarantula through a time-bending experience where he must uncover the secrets of his past.

Directed by Ansel Faraj

Starring: David Selby, Nathan Wilson, Kelly Erin Decker, Dougles M. Eames, Brittany Hoza

Release date: March 3

The Year Between

Clemence Miller is coming home to live in her family’s basement after dropping out of college with a newly diagnosed mental illness. Having to face her battered relationships and responsibilities of adulthood, she is driving everyone around her… crazy.

Directed by Alex Heller

Starring: Steve Buscemi, J. Smith-Cameron, Wyatt Oleff, Emily Robinson, Kyanna Simone

Release date: March 3

What new movies will you be seeing this weekend?