PG-13

The Unborn. (2008) Odette Yustman, Gary Oldman, Meagan Good, Cam Gigandet, James Remar, Jane Alexander, Idris Elba. Written and directed by David S. Goyer. A young woman plagued by chilling dream and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours seeks an exorcism.

PG

Uncle Nino. (2003) Joseph Mantegna, Anne Archer, Pierrino Mascarino, Trevor Morgan, Duke Doyle, Caniel Adebayo. Written and directed by Robert Shallcross. A distant, slightly dysfunctional family is brought closer together when the father’s long-estranged Uncle Nino comes from Italy to Chicago for a surprise visit.

R

Uncle Sam. (1997) Leslie Neale, Christopher Ogden, Isaac Hayes, David ‘Shark’ Fralick, Bo Hopkins, Ann Tremko, Timothy Bottoms. Directed by William Lustig. After perishing in a helicopter crash from “friendly fire”, Desert Storm war hero Sam Harper makes his last trip home. But Sam’s got new orders. He’s back from the dead and he’s on a mission of murder against all who offend him.

R

Under the Bed. (2012) Jonny Weston, Gatlin Griffith, Peter Holden, Musetta Vander, Kelcie Stranahan. Directed by Steven C. Miller. Two brothers team up to battle a creature under the bed in their bedroom that others cannot see.

R

Under the Silver Lake. (2018) Andrew Garfield, Riley Keough, Topher Grace, Laura-Leigh, Zosia Mamet, Jimmi Simpson, Patrick Fischler. Written and directed by David Robert Mitchell. A young man sets out on a quest to investigate the sudden disappearance of his neighbor only to stumble upon an elusive and dangerous large-scale conspiracy.

Underdog Kids. (2015) Phillip Rhee, Nicholas Bechtel, Cade Sutton, Adam Irigoyen, Mirelly Taylor, Max Gail, Ted McGinley. Written and directed by Phillip Rhee. Routine martial arts film about a group of inner city kids who are able to go go up against the undefeated Beverly Hills Junior National Karate Team when a semi-retired karate champ comes back to his old neighborhood and train them.

PG

An Unexpected Family. (1996) Stockard Channing, Stephen Collins, Christine Ebersole, Noah Fleiss, Chelsea Russo. Directed by Larry Elikan. When Ruth Whitney abandons her two children, her unmarried sister is reluctantly left to take care them.

R

Unhinged. (2020) Russell Crowe, Caren Pistorius, Gabriel Bateman, Jimmi Simpson, Austin P. McKenzie, Juliene Joyner. Directed by Derrick Borte. After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage.

PG-13

The Uninvited. (2009) Emily Browning, Elizabeth Banks, Arielle Kebel, David Strathairn. Directed by the Guard Brothers. Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother’s former caretaker. As the two sister investigate Rachel’s questionable past, they are confronted with ghostly visions, terrifying nightmares and deadly consequences.

R

The United States of Leland. (2003) Ryan Gosling, Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone, Lena Olin, Kevin Spacey, Michelle Williams. Written and directed by Matthew Ryan Hope. After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland Fitzgerald stuns his community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl, a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland’s unusual story into a book.

PG

Unstrung Heroes. (1995) Andie MacDowell, John Turturro, Michael Richards, Maury Chakin, Nathan Watt. Directed by Diane Keaton. When young Stephen needs a break from the pressures of his parents’ household, he moves in with his eccentric uncles and learns some lessons about life.

G

Upside-Down Magic. (2020) Izabela Rose, Siena Agudong, Kyle Howard, Elie Samouhi, Alison Fernandez, Max Torina. Directed by Joe Nussbaum. When aspiring magicians and best friends Nory and Reina are separated at The Sage Academy for Magical Studies due to Nory’s unconventional talent, Nory is sent to the Upside-Down Magic class for losers while Reina stays in the honors class. Nory continues to fight to be accepted at the school while Reina is trapped into doing evil “Shadow Magic.”

PG-13

U. S. Marshals. (1998) Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey, Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Kate Nelligan, Tom Wood. Directed by Stuart Baird. U. S. Marshals is actually a sequel to the successful film version of The Fugitive. This time, instead of tracking the escaped Dr. Richard Kimble, Gerard is tracking Mark Sheridan who is wanted for the murders of two government agents in New York. Another difference is that you see Gerard working with a team of deputy marshals.

V

PG-13

The Vampire’s Assistant (Cirque du Freak). (2009) Chris Massoglia, John C. Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Ray Sevenson, Patrick Fugit, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek. Directed by Paul Weitz. Drawn to the dark unpredictble world of the Cirque du Freak, a traveling sideshow of freaks and vampires, 16-year-old Darren decides to trade in his ordinary life for a chance to becaome an immortal vampire.

PG-13

Vampires vs. the Bronx. (2020) Jaden Michael, Gerald Jones III, Gregory Diaz IV, Sarah Gadon, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Shea Whigham, Coco Jones. Written and directed by Oz Rodriguez. A group of young friends from the Bronx fight to save their neighborhood from gentrification...and vampires.

PG

Venom. (2005) Agnes Bruckner, Jonathan Jackson, Laura Ramsey, D.J. Cotrona, Rick Cramer, Bijou Phillips, Meagan Good. Directed by Jim Gillespie A loner redneck made fun of by teenagers in a small Louisiana town is possessed by thirteen evil souls in the form of snakes when he tries to help an accident victim. Once possessed he relentlessly pursues the teenagers with a pickaxe and his pickup.

NR

A Very Serious Person. (2007) P. J. Verhoest, Polly Bergen, Charles Busch, Dana Ivey, Carl Andress, Julie Halston. Written and directed by Charles Busch. When Jan, an itinerant male nurse from Denmark, takes a new job with Mrs. A, a terminally ill Manhattan woman raising her parentless thirteen-year-old grandson, Gil, both Gil and Jan must learn to deal with their emerging sexuality.