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OPENING Bohemian Rhapsody (Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity Imax, Star) Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of the British rock band Queen.
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Joe Mazzello, left, Ben Hardy, Rami Malek and Gwilym Lee in a scene from Bohemian Rhapsody, about British rock band Queen and its flamboyant late lead singer Freddie Mercury.

OPENING

Bohemian Rhapsody
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity Imax, Star) Rami Malek stars as Freddie Mercury, the late lead singer of the British rock band Queen. With Lucy Boynton, Ben Hardy and Aidan Gillen. PG

Nobody’s Fool
(SilverCity) A young woman just out of jail reconnects with her straight-arrow sister in this comedy. With Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter and Omari Hardwick. 14A

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity) A teenage girl must brave a magical and dangerous parallel world in this reinvention of the classic fairy tale. With Keira Knightley, Mackenzie Foy, Helen Mirren and Morgan Freeman. PG

CONTINUING

A Star Is Born
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity) Bradley Cooper headlines with Lady Gaga and makes his directorial debut with this remake of the love story about rising and falling showbiz careers. With Andrew Dice Clay and Dave Chappelle. 14A

Beautiful Boy
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria) Based on the best-selling pair of memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, Beautiful Boy chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse and recovery in a family coping with addiction over many years. With Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet and Maura Tierney. 14A

First Man
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Ryan Gosling and director Damien Chazelle reunite for the story of NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong and his path to being the first person to walk on the moon, in 1969. With Claire Foy, Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler. PG

Free Solo
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria) Follow Alex Honnold as he becomes the first person to ever free solo climb Yosemite’s 3,000-foot-high El Capitan Wall. With no ropes or safety gear, he completed arguably the greatest feat in rock-climbing history. With Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Chin and Alex Honnold. PG

Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
(Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) The spooky holiday comes to life in this second adaptation of R.L. Stine’s popular books. With Wendi McLendon-Covey, Madison Iseman and Jeremy Ray Taylor. PG

Halloween
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Forty years later, Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode for a final showdown with masked killer Michael Meyers. With Judy Greer and Andi Matichak. 14A

The Hate U Give
(Capitol 6) A black 16-year-old girl is drawn to activism after the police shooting of her childhood friend. With Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall and Russell Hornsby. PG

Hunter Killer
(Capitol 6, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) A U.S. submarine captain attempts to thwart a Third World War after uncovering a possible Russian coup. With Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman and Common. 14A

Johnny English Strikes Again
(Landmark Cinemas University Heights, SilverCity) Rowan Atkinson returns as Britain’s most addled secret agent, stumbling out of retirement to battle an ingenious hacker. With Olga Kurylenko and Emma Thompson. PG

Mid90s
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria) Stevie, a 13-year-old in ’90s-era L.A., spends his summer navigating between his troubled home life and a group of new friends that he meets at a Motor Avenue skate shop. With Sunny Suljic, Katherine Waterston and Lucas Hedges. 18A

The Old Man and the Gun
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Star) Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. With Robert Redford, Casey Affleck and Sissy Spacek. PG

Sisters Brothers
(Capitol 6) In 1850s Oregon, a gold prospector is chased by the infamous duo of assassins, the Sisters brothers. With John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Riz Ahmed and Jake Gyllenhaal. 14A

Smallfoot
(Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) A yeti discovers a creature previously thought to be mythical — a human — in this animated twist on the hairy legend. Voices by Channing Tatum, James Corden, Zendaya and Common.

Venom 3D
(Cineplex Odeon Victoria, Cineplex Odeon Westshore, SilverCity) Tom Hardy stars as a journalist who becomes the host to an extraterrestrial Symbiote, giving him superpowers and a terrifying alter ego. With Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed. PG

The Wife
(Vic Theatre) A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. With Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater. 14A

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

The Metropolitan Opera: Aida (Saturday and Wednesday at SilverCity)
Puppy Star Christmas: Family Favourites (Saturday at Cineplex Odeon Westshore)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (Sunday at SilverCity)
Klimt and Schiele: Eros and Psyche (Wednesday at SilverCity)
The Importance of Being Ernest (Thursday at SilverCity)

CINECENTA

Fahrenheit 11/9 (Nov. 2 at 3, 7 and 9:20 p.m.)
Christopher Robin (Nov. 3 at 12:45, 3, 7 and 9:10 p.m.; Nov. 4 at 12:45 p.m.)
Anthropocene: The Human Epoch (Nov. 4 at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.; Nov. 5 at 7 and 9 p.m.)
Design Canada (Nov. 6 at 7 p.m.; Nov. 7 and 8 at 7 and 8:30 p.m.)

IMAX VICTORIA

imaxvictoria.com for showtimes.
Mission Impossible Fallout: The Imax Experience 2D
Dunkirk: The Imax Experience 2D

D-Day: Normandy 1944 2D and 3D
Mysteries of Egypt 2D
The Story of Earth
2D and 3D
Oceans: Our Blue Planet 2D and 3D