[Movie News] In Theaters This Week – March 31, 2023

This weekend has a slew of new movies, whether you want to go to the theater or stream at home. There is a film based off the popular role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, a thriller about what happens when four chemistry students decide to experiment with mysterious substances, a drama about how Tetris became a worldwide phenomenon, a inspiring true story about a community that comes together to organize a miracle for a teen battling brain cancer, and much more!

Acidman

Maggie tracks down her estranged and reclusive father Lloyd; together they attempt to make first contact.

Directed by Alex Lehmann

Starring: Dianna Agron, Thomas Hayden Church, Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris

Release date: March 31

Between Sins

After serving five years in prison, Coy returns home with determination to avoid the people and situations that sent his life spiraling out of control. After Pudda, Coy’s old friend comes back around expecting things to pick up where they left off, Coy’s determination to change is put to the test when the things he thought to be true now appear to be a lie. Now he must distinguish between what is temporary, and what is forever. Between Sins is a tale about the “art of living”, originally known to be the definition of philosophy. In Between Sins, the characters reveal character.

Directed by Carlos Miller

Starring: George Taylor, Rigoberto Duval, Carolyn Johnson, Skyla Rain Rowe, Vanda Bryant-Scott

Release date: March 31

Capsules

After experimenting with mysterious substances, four chem students find themselves addicted in the worst way possible: they’ll die unless they take more.

Directed by Luke Momo

Starring: Caroline Potter Shriver, Marcus Fahey, Kate Pittard, Davis Browne, David Dotterer

Release date: March 31

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves

A charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic, but things go dangerously awry when they run afoul of the wrong people.

Directed by John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein

Starring: Chris Pine, Michelle Rodriguez, Regé-Jean Page, Justice Smith, Hugh Grant

Release date: March 31

In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis

In the first nine years of his pontificate, Pope Francis made 37 trips visiting 53 countries, focusing on his most important issues: poverty, migration, the environment, solidarity and war. Intrigued by the fact that two of Francis’s trips – the first to the refugees landing in Lampedusa; the second in 2021 to the Middle East – so closely mirrored the itineraries of his films Fuocoammare (Fire At Sea, 2016) and Notturno (2020), Rosi follows the Pope’s Stations of the Cross. He sees what he sees, hears what he says and creates a dialogue between archival footage of Francis’ travels, images taken by Rosi himself, recent history and the state of the world today.

Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Starring: Pope Francis

Release date: March 31

Kill Boksoon

A single mother who is a renowned hired killer finds it difficult to achieve a balance between her personal and work life.

Directed by Sung-hyun Byun

Starring: Jeon Do-yeon, Hwang Jung-min, Fahim Fazli, Esom, Sol Kyung-gu

Release date: March 31 (Netflix)

Malum

A rookie police officer willingly takes the last shift at a newly decommissioned police station in an attempt to uncover the mysterious connection between her father’s death and a vicious cult.

Directed by Anthony DiBlasi

Starring: Jessica Sula, Natalie Victoria, Candice Coke, Clarke Wolfe, Monroe Cline

Release date: March 31

Miracle at Manchester

Based on a true events about a community that comes together to organize a miracle for a teen battling an aggressive form of brain cancer while two men find their own restoration in his healing journey and a father finds his faith again.

Directed by Eddie McClintok

Starring: Dean Cain, Daniel Roebuck, Eddie McClintok, Nick Avila, Kory Getman

Release date: April 1

Rye Lane

Two youngsters reeling from bad breakups who connect over an eventful day in South-London.

Directed by Raine Allen-Miller

Starring: David Jonsson, Vivian Oparah, Poppy Allen-Quarmby, Charlie Knight, Simon Manyonda

Release date: March 31 (Hulu)

Summoning Sylvia

A gay bachelor party turned spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.

Directed by Wesley Taylor, Alex Wyse

Starring: Travis Coles, Frankie Grande, Troy Iwata, Noah J. Ricketts, Nicholas Logan

Release date: March 31

Smoking Causes Coughing

A group of vigilantes called the “tobacco-forces” is falling apart. To rebuild team spirit, their leader suggests that they meet for a week-long retreat, before returning to save the world.

Directed by Quentin Dupieux

Starring: Gilles Lellouche, Vincent Lacoste, Anaïs Demoustier, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Oulaya Amamra

Release date: March 31

Tetris

The story of how one of the world’s most popular video games found its way to players around the globe. Businessman Henk Rogers and Tetris inventor Alexey Pajitnov join forces in the USSR, risking it all to bring Tetris to the masses.

Directed by Jon S. Baird

Starring: Taron Egerton, Mara Huf, Miles Barrow, Rick Yune, Toby Jones

Release date: March 31 (AppleTV+)

A Thousand and One

After unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City.

Directed by A.V. Rockwell

Starring: Teyana Taylor, Aaron Kingsley Adetola, Aven Courtney, Josiah Cross, William Catlett

Release date: March 31

What new movies are you excited for this weekend?