Audio Described Movies in Theaters in MA
From May 9 – 15, 2025
By Vicki Vogt and The Bay State Council of the Blind
NEW MOVIES
Clown in a Cornfield
1 Hour, 36 Min.
Rated R for bloody horror violence, language throughout and teen drinking.
Genre: Horror
Description:
Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start, But what they don’t know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. On one side are the adults, who are desperate to make Kettle Springs great again, and on the other are the kids, who want to have fun, make prank videos, and get out as quick as they can. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It’s a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.” Based on the novel “Clown in a Cornfield” by Adam Cesare
Fight or Flight
1Hour, 41 Min.
Rated R for strong bloody violence, language throughout and some drug material.
Genre: Action, Adventure
Description:
A mercenary takes on the job of tracking down a target on a plane but must protect her when they’re surrounded by people trying to kill both of them.
Juliet & Romeo
2 Hours, 2 Min.
Rated PG-13 for some violence, bloody images and suggestive material.
Genre: Drama, Musical, Romance
Description:
Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, VERONA’S ROMEO and JULIET finds our most famous Star-Crossed lovers turning the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as they reveal the truth to the very future of the Empire. But the biggest twist in this most beloved of tales, is leaving the poetry of Iambic Pentameter in the past, for the original Pop Music that rockets these ever-present themes right to the heart of our characters in the most surprising, and perhaps most powerful way that has ever been seen, or heard, before… The greatest love story of all time, set to the greatest music of our time.
Queen of the Ring (Randolph and Lowell only)
2 Hours, 13 Min.
Rated PG-13 for violence including domestic violence, strong language, suggestive material and smoking.
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Description:
In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the United States, a small town single mother embraces the danger as she dominates America’s most masculine sport and becomes the first million dollar female athlete in history.
Trivia:
The film is based on Mildred Burke, an American professional wrestler. She is overall a three-time women’s world champion under different incarnations and recognitions. Burke’s heyday lasted from the mid-1930s to the mid-1950s, when she held the NWA World Women’s Champion for almost twenty years. Burke started out in 1935, wrestling men at carnivals. She was managed by her second husband, promoter Billy Wolfe. She is a charter member of WWE Hall of Fame’s Legacy Wing, Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame, Women’s Wrestling Hall of Fame, and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame.
Shadow Force
1 Hour, 44 Min.
Rated R for violence and language throughout.
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Description:
An estranged couple with a bounty on their heads must go on the run with their son to avoid their former employer, a unit of shadow ops that has been sent to kill them.
Trivia:
The movie was inspired by Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), which Kerry Washington was in.
Current Movies
A Minecraft Movie
1 Hour, 41 Min.
Rated PG for mild violence/action, language, suggestive/rude humor and some scary images.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Description:
Four misfits find themselves struggling with ordinary problems when they are suddenly pulled through a mysterious portal into the Overworld, a bizarre, cubic wonderland that thrives on imagination. To get back home, they’ll have to master this world while embarking on a magical quest with an unexpected, expert craftier. Together, their adventure will challenge all five to be bold and to reconnect with the qualities that make each of them uniquely creative-the very skills they need to thrive back in the real world.
Rosario
1 Hour, 28 Min.
Rated R for bloody violent content and some language.
Genre: Horror
Description:
Rosario spends the night with her grandmother’s body while she waits for the ambulance to arrive, during a severe snowfall, Rosario is attacked by otherworldly entities that have taken control of her grandmother’s body.
Sinners
2 Hours, 17 Min.
Rated R for strong bloody violence, sexual content and language.
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Description:
From Ryan Coogler-director of “Black Panther” and “Creed”-and starring Michael B. Jordan comes a new vision of fear: “Sinners.” Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Snow White
1 Hour, 49 Min.
Rated PG for mild violence, some peril, thematic elements and brief rude humor.
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Description:
A princess (Rachel Zegler) joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother (Gal Gadot) the Evil Queen. A live-action adaptation of the 1937 Disney animated film ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs’.
The Accountant 2
2 Hours, 4 Min.
Rated R for strong violence and language throughout.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Description:
When her former boss is killed by unknown assassins, Treasury Agent Marybeth Medina (Cynthia Addai-Robinson) is forced to contact Christian Wolff (Affleck) to solve the murder. With the help of his estranged but highly lethal brother Brax (Jon Bernthal), Chris applies his brilliant mind and less-than-legal methods to piece together the unsolved puzzle. As they get closer to the truth, the trio draw the attention of some of the most ruthless killers alive — all intent on putting a stop to their search. This sequel was made and first released about nine years after the first film ‘The Accountant’ (2016).
The Amateur
2 Hours, 3 Min.
Rated PG-13 for some strong violence and language.
Genre: Action, Thriller
Description:
When his supervisors at the CIA refuse to take action after his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a decoder takes matters into his own hands.
The film’s source novelist is Robert Littell who has been a journalist and novelist who specializes in espionage novels that frequently are set around the spy world of the CIA and the former Soviet Union. He wrote the screenplay for the original movie of ‘The Amateur’ then wrote the novel of the same name after-wards. The book has a slightly different title, it being “The Amateur: A Novel of Revenge (1981)”. The original ‘Amateur’ movie was his first film & TV credit.
The King of Kings: A Story Told by Charles Dickens.
1 Hour, 40 Min.
Rated PG for thematic material, violent content and some scary moments.
Genre: Animation, Family
Description:
A father tells his son the greatest story ever told, and what begins as a bedtime tale becomes a life-changing journey. Through vivid imagination, the boy walks alongside Jesus, witnessing His miracles, facing His trials, and understanding His ultimate sacrifice. The King of Kings invites us to rediscover the enduring power of hope, love, and redemption through the eyes of a child.
The Surfer
1 Hour, 43 Min.
Rated R for language, suicide, some violence, drug content and sexual material.
Genre: Thriller
Description:
A man returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. When he is humiliated by a group of locals, the man is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising and pushes him to his breaking point.
Trivia:
Received a six-minute standing ovation at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.
At the screening at Glasgow Film Festival 25, director Lorcan Finnegan said that the snake featured in the film bit Nicolas Cage on the hand for real.
Thunderbolts
2 Hours, 6 Min.
Rated PG-13for strong violence, language, thematic elements, and some suggestive and drug references.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi.
Description:
After finding themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous mission that will force them to confront the darkest corners of their pasts.
Trivia:
In real life, Florence Pugh actually jumped off the Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia which is the second tallest building in the world at 2,227 feet tall with no CGI or a stunt double.
Until Dawn
1 Hour, 43 Min.
Rated R for strong bloody horror violence, gore and language throughout.
Genre: Drama, Horror.
Description:
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one…only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening. Trapped in the valley, they’re forced to relive the night again and again – only each time the killer threat is different, each more terrifying than the last. Hope dwindling, the group soon realizes they have a limited number of deaths left, and the only way to escape is to survive until dawn.
Trivia:
The film features an original story set in the universe of the video game Until Dawn (2015), not being a direct adaptation of it.
Warfare
1 Hour, 35 Min.
Rated R for intense war violence and bloody/grisly images, and language throughout.
Genre: Action, Drama, War.
Description:
‘Warfare’ embeds audiences with a platoon of American Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone wrong in insurgent territory. A boots-on-the-ground story of modern warfare and brotherhood, told in real time and based on the memory of the people who lived it.