Movies being Released this Weekend – December 12th

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse / PG / 1 hr 57 min / Comedy , Adventure , Children , Action , Animated

Cast: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld, Mahershala Ali, Brian Tyree Henry, Lily Tomlin, Luna Lauren Velez, Zoë Kravitz

Director: Bob Persichetti , Peter Ramsey , Rodney Rothman

Plot Summary
Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales suddenly develops mysterious powers that transform him into the one and only Spider-Man. When he meets Peter Parker, he soon realizes that there are many others who share his special, high-flying talents. Miles must now use his newfound skills to battle the evil Kingpin, a hulking madman who can open portals to other universes and pull different versions of Spider-Man into our world.

Mortal Engines / PG-13 / 2 hr 8 min / Science fiction , Action , Fantasy , Adventure

Cast: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Jihae , Ronan Raftery, Leila George, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Lang

Director: Christian Rivers

Plot Summary
Hundreds of years after a cataclysmic event destroyed civilization, mysterious young Hester Shaw emerges as the only one who can stop the city of London — now a giant predator on wheels — from devouring everything in its path. Feral and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy, an outcast from London, and Anna Fang, a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Backtrace / R / 1 hr 27 min / Thriller, Action

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Matthew Modine, Meadow Williams, Jesse Pruett, Swen Temmel, Christopher McDonald, Jenna Willis, Ryan Guzman

Director: Brian A. Miller

Plot Summary
After suffering a brain injury from a bank heist gone wrong, MacDonald develops amnesia and is put into a prison psychiatric ward. Following his seventh year of incarceration, he is coerced by an inmate and a ward doctor to break out of prison, and he’s injected with a serum that forces him to relive the life he’s forgotten. MacDonald must now elude a local detective, a toughened FBI agent, and the drug’s dangerous side effects to recover the stolen money.

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