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Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are a few of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in March:

Hope Gap
Opens: March 6

A family deals in the aftermath of the shocking revelation that a husband plans to end his 29-year marriage to his wife. The cast includes Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, Josh O’Connor and Aiysha Hart.

Onward
Opens: March 6

Two teenage elf brothers, Ian and Barley Lightfoot (voiced by Tom Holland and Chris Pratt), go on an journey to discover if there is still a little magic left out there in order to spend one last day with their father, who died when they were too young to remember him. Other voices are provided by Octavia Spencer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ali Wong, Lena Waithe, Wilmer Valderrama, Tracey Ullman, Kyle Bornheimer, Dave Foley and John Ratzenberger.

Run This Town
Opens: March 6

The film details the turbulent final year of Rob Ford’s (Damian Lewis) tenure as the mayor of Toronto. The film stars Ben Platt, Nina Dobrev, Mena Massoud, Jennifer Ehle, Scott Speedman and Gil Bellows.

Sometimes Always Never
Opens: March 6

A man searches tirelessly for his missing son who he has not seen in years. When a body is located, the entire family’s life is turned upside-down and they must all learn how to reconnect with one another. The film stars Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe and Jenny Agutter.

The Burnt Orange Heresy
Opens: March 6

Charismatic art critic James Figueras (Claes Bang) and his American lover (Elizabeth Debicki) travel to the lavish Lake Como estate of powerful art collector, Joseph Cassidy (Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger). Their host reveals he is the patron of Jerome Debney (Donald Sutherland), the reclusive J.D. Salinger of the art world, and he has a simple request: for James to steal a Debney masterpiece from the artist’s studio, whatever the cost.

The Way Back
Opens: March 6

A former student basketball player, now an adult struggling with alcoholism (Ben Affleck), is offered a coaching job at his alma mater. As the team starts to win, he may have a reason to confront his old demons. The cast includes Michaela Watkins and Janina Gavankar.

Bloodshot
Opens: March 13

After he and his wife are suddenly assassinated, Marine Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is reborn by a team of scientists. Enhanced with nanotechnology, he becomes a superhuman, biotech killing machine known as Bloodshot. As Ray first trains with fellow super-soldiers, he struggles to recall anything from his previous years. But when his memories flood back and he remembers the man that killed both him and his wife, he breaks out of the facility hellbent on revenge, only to discover that there’s more to the conspiracy than he originally felt. The film also stars Eiza Gonzalez, Sam Heughan, Toby Kebbell, Guy Pearce, Lamorne Morris and Talulah Riley.

I Still Believe
Opens: March 13

Based on singer-songwriter Jeremy Camp’s (KJ Apa) memoir, the film focuses on his romance with his first wife, Melissa (Britt Robertson), whom he married in October 2000 despite knowing she was dying. The couple were informed after their honeymoon that Melissa’s cancer had spread. She died in February 2001, four-and-a-half months after they married. The dramatizes Camp’s college years, his rise as a well-known singer, and eventually meeting his second wife. The cast includes Gary Sinise, Shania Twain, Melissa Roxburgh and Nathan Parsons.

My Spy
Opens: March 13

The film tells the story of a hardened CIA operative (Dave Bautista) who finds himself at the mercy of a precocious 9-year-old girl (Chloe Coelman), having been sent undercover to surveil her family. The film also stars Kristen Schaal, Ken Jeong and Parisa Fitz-Henley.

Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Opens: March 13

Two teenage cousins from Pennsylvania embark on a journey to New York City following an unplanned pregnancy. The cast includes Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder and Ryan Eggold.

The Informer
Opens: March 13

Pete Koslow (Joel Kinnaman), a reformed criminal and former special operations soldier, is working undercover for crooked FBI handlers to infiltrate the Polish mob’s drug trade in New York. In a final step toward freedom, Koslow must return to the one place he has fought so hard to leave, Bale Hill Prison, where his mission becomes a race against time when a drug deal goes wrong and threatens to identify him as a mole. On discovering one of his handlers, Montgomery (Clive Owen), intends to let him and his family die in order to use their homicides as hard evidence to ensure convictions, Koslow must turn to Grens (Common), a member of NYPD’s Organized Crime Division to ensure his loved ones’ safety as he looks for a way to escape when his cover eventually gets conveniently blown. The film also stars Rosamund Pike, Ana de Arnas and Sam Spruell.

The Roads Not Taken
Opens: March 13

The film focuses on a day in the life of Leo (Javier Bardem) and his daughter, Molly (Elle Fanning), as she grapples with the challenges of her father’s chaotic mind. As they weave their way through New York City, Leo’s journey takes on a hallucinatory quality as he floats through alternate lives he could have lived, leading Molly to wrestle with her own path as she considers her future. The cast includes Salma Hayek and Laura Linney.

A Quiet Place II
Opens: March 20

Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path. The film stars Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe, Cillian Murphy, Djimon Hounsou and John Krasinski.

Emperor
Opens: March 27

Based on the life story of Shields Green, the film focuses on an escaped slave travels north, who has chance encounters with Frederick Douglass and John Brown. The cast includes Bruce Dern, Naturi Naughton, James Cromwell and Keean Johnson.

Military Wives
Opens: March 27

With their partners away serving in Afghanistan, a group of women on the home front form a choir and quickly find themselves at the center of a media sensation and global movement. The cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Sharon Horgan and Jason Flemyng.

Mulan
Opens: March 27

When the Emperor of China (Jet Li) issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan (Liu Yifel), the eldest daughter of an honored warrior, steps in to take the place of her ailing father (Tzi Ma). She is spirited, determined and quick on her feet. Disguised as a man by the name of Hua Jun, she is tested every step of the way and must harness her innermost strength and embrace her true potential. It is an epic journey that will transform her into an honored warrior and earn her the respect of a grateful nation and a proud father. The film also stars Rosalind Chao, Jason Scott Lee, Donnie Yen, Gong Li, Yoson An and Ron Yuan.

Movies coming out in April will be posted at the end of March.

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