Film Previews

“Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die”

• R | 134 minutes
• Director:  Gore Verbinski
• Writer: Matthew Robinson
• Starring: Sam Rockwell, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña

Director Gore Verbinski makes his return to theaters with this gonzo time-traveling adventure, his first feature in a decade. Academy Award winner Sam Rockwell stars as a scraggly citizen agent from the future who beams back to modern-day Los Angeles — in a Norms Restaurant, to be precise — on a mission to save humanity from impending AI-driven apocalypse. Enlisting a ragtag team of unsuspecting diners — played by Juno Temple, Zazie Beetz, Michael Peña and the consistently excellent Haley Lu Richardson — they ditch their smartphones and barrel into battle in this relentless dark comedy thrill ride.

“CRIME 101”

• R | 140 minutes
• Director: Bart Layton
• Writers: Bart Layton, Don Winslow
• Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Halle Berry

Set against the sun-bleached grit of Los Angeles, “CRIME 101” weaves the tale of an elusive thief (Chris Hemsworth) whose high-stakes heists unfolding along the iconic 101 freeway have mystified police. When he eyes the score of a lifetime with hopes of this being his final job, his path collides with a disillusioned insurance broker (Halle Berry) who is facing her own crossroads, forcing the two to collaborate. Determined to crack the case, a relentless detective (Mark Ruffalo) closes in on the operation, raising the stakes even higher. As the multimillion-dollar heist approaches, the line between hunter and hunted begins to blur, and all three are forced to confront the cost of their choices — and the realization that there is no turning back.

“Wuthering Heights”

• R | 136 minutes
• Director: Emerald Fennell
• Writers: Emily Brontë, Emerald Fennell
• Stars: Jacob Elordi, Margot Robbie, Owen Cooper

Academy Award-winning writer and director Emerald Fennell takes on Emily Brontë’s quintessential gothic novel. A passionate and tumultuous love story set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire moors, “Wuthering Heights” follows Heathcliff (Elordi) and Catherine (Robbie) as desire gives way to obsession — and vengeance ripples across generations. After decades of adaptations by filmmakers from William Wyler to Luis Buñuel, Emerald Fennell’s glossy reimagining rejects strict fidelity in favor of an unconventional reinvention for a new generation. ♦