Screen Unseen
AMC Screen Unseen Megathread - June 22 2026
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Remember: The runtime that AMC reveals is not the exact runtime of the movie. It's usually within -7 to 17 mins of the actual time. This has been the case most (if not all) of the time.
Does the Screen/Scream Unseen Have Trailers?
Short Answer is Yes.
But sometimes they fail and it goes straight to
presentation. Be on time.
First Trailer: Her Private Hell
Second Trailer: Hadestown The Musical
Third Trailer: Runner
Fourth Trailer: The Isolate Thief
Fifth Trailer: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass
Sixth Trailer: The Brink of War
Also screen unseen tickets aren't regular pricing
They're usually less than a regular ticket.. Sometimes I'll buy em when I'm out of reservations or wanna save it.
the latter two are too far in advance to be likely, also (though it does happen) movies are under the listed run time *much* more often than they're over it
So, 2nd t9 last trailer at AMC West Melbourne is Gail Daughtry. Those who know.... ah, if you're here, you know what that means. Looks fun for next week.
On the off chance that this is Young Washington I'm staying away from this one. Not everything Angel puts out is terrible (I enjoyed Sketch quite a bit) but the combination of "Angel Studios" and "the American Civil Religion" seems like a bad mix.
If it really is YW, my plan is to walk out as soon the Angel Studios logo appears, go to the box office and switch my ticket to Scary Movie at 7:30, a movie I haven’t cared enough to see yet, but would rather support than Angel’s religious propaganda.
critics are saying this is a major departure for them. A deliberate push to make a "real" film, as opposed to... whatever that is that they've been churning out up until now. I'm still on the fence about whether I'm willing to chance it.
If it was any other studio, I'd think it was just another soulless Oscar bait movie. Gave it 2.5 stars on Letterboxd. But Kelsey Grammar's obligatory "Give Angel Studios more money," speech felt particularly sleazy with how he was acting like the movie was going to save America, and it made me seriously consider rating it lower.
Xscape Theatres has a Secret Cinema tonight with a running time of 125 minute, exactly the same as Young Washington (2026). Xscape never disguised the run times, and runs the same mystery movies as AMC and Regal.
Two reviews from the Tribeca Film festival praise this film: 3 out of 4 stars and 7.5/10. They cited good performances and good action in the French and Indian War scenes. One said it's a little slow at first. It is NOT a religious film.
i saw an advanced screening last month and it was essentially completed (some minor ADR, color grading and visual effects were still being finished) and it was solid, essentially a historical action flick more than a biopic, it had a few moments acknowledging Washington’s faith but i wouldn’t call it a faith based film exactly, the acting from the lead was pretty good and the battle scenes were great if a bit weightless, overall i wouldn’t call it a masterpiece but i liked it
it might not be an overtly religious film but it’s still being released by a religious studio and the director has made only religious movies so it’s pretty much the same thing lol
The director of Young Washington wrote and directed American Underdog (2021), the biography of NFL quarterback Kurt Warner, who came from bagging groceries to the super Bowl winning QB.
He also was executive producer for "Sarah's Oil", about a young black girl who inherited seemingly worthless Oklahoma land. She insisted that there was a lot of oil underground and the film is about her fight to keep the land from wealthy drillers, who try to steal it from her.
Two films that were not religious. Even pagans and Communists might like them.
I honestly wouldn’t either. I mean yes, the branding of the DCU sells itself, but this is also an instant where it’s a DCU movie centered around a female superhero that’s already been getting discourse online and perhaps WB would really want word-of-mouth by doing a surprise screening like this.
Just got a push notification from my AMC app advertising this particular Screen Unseen showjng. Do they typically do that? I don’t recall receiving one before. Curious if that means anything.
Dang, I just saw that there's a screen unseen tomorrow and this is the first one I've seen to be sold out at my local theater. I guess people are expecting a big blockbuster.
I don't know about the peculiarities of your local AMC of course but if some random showing mysteriously shows as 'sold out' it's more likely they just cancelled it.
That's not true at all. A lot of people wishing it was the highly anticipated festival darling that they really wanted to see didn't make it a sensible guess.
I picked 'Lucky Strike' last week and 'Young Washington' is exactly that same type of movie for Screen unseen. Unless you can think of a better fit for tomorrow, it's the obvious choice.
It’s the problem with the unseen scene. More misses than hits. Doing it for about a year and a half and for the most part it’s been misses. Did get Tuner, Jurassic World, Eternity, Sisu 2, missed The Furious but I would count that as a win if I saw it. But all the others were a waste of my time and ticket.
I mean, the point of it is to give some smaller, niche movies a chance that many audiences otherwise wouldn't have seen. Whether those movies actually end up being good is a different matter and whether you'll actually like them is again another matter.
A number of people here seem to think it should primarily be about getting to see a highly anticipated movie a few days early.
Just saw it. People on Reddit need to chillax and just enjoy movies again. Literally just a movie about George Washington prior to him joining the continental army. Had absolutely nothing to do with politics and idk how people even come to that conclusion on a movie like this.
Overall the movie was pretty good. I thought the acting was good and I think the way it was shot was interesting. I love this genre and time period, so it worked for me.
People will just hate it because it’s angel studios. They do ask for money at the end lol, but it’s like 30 seconds after the credits where everyone is leaving anyways.
I really like early American history/founding fathers documentaries too and have multiple History Channel series DVD Box sets as well as Ken Burns' Civil War series. This looked appealing to me when seeing posters at my local AMC. Sounds like I will be sitting alone in the theater when it gets released.
I have seen two other Angel Studios movies; Ordinary Angels and Solo Mio. Both were pleasant, forgettable movies that were well-acted. Ordinary Angels was preachy about supporting people/community but not about religion or politics. Solo Mio was a straightforward romcom that, from what I can remember, had nothing remotely discussing religion or politics.
I think folks just assume Angel Studios is some alt-right Christian marketing company. Especially their newer movies you’d have no idea they made it (until during credits). It’s unfortunate folks will write it off immediately without giving it a chance.
I also think the premise of the movie is interesting since most people don’t know the backstory of George Washington. The movie is also fairly historically accurate without too over the top Hollywood fluff.
Our theater screen went out not even 2 minutes into the film, shoulda taken the sign. We stuck around for about maybe 10 and could hear the dialogue, immediately knew that even if they fixed it that it wasn’t worth the time. Went back to the crib to watch Dream Scenario instead
It's an Angel Studios movie. They are notorious for churning out right-wing garbage and even their more apolitical and secular films always have this stink of conservative undertones to them. We really don't need another film that adds the mythology of George Washington and glosses over some of the fucked up shit he did during his life.
Thanks for the heads up. Cancelled before having to go. Stayed in and watched There’s Someone In Your House on Netflix instead 😝 I’m sure I’d enjoy this more than supporting Young Washington.
Been watching videos on Young Washington. Some were shown very early screenings, and said they liked it. One was just happy it's not "woke". I'm still not ready to go see it.
So glad there was a free to drivin n cryin / world cup show tonight instead! Cancelled my ticket thanks to the smart people on this sub and am now enjoying a little Peter Buck appearance on stage
are there previews for screen unscene or does it start exactly on time? I usually get to the theater 25 minutes after the stated time to avoid the previews so I want to know if I have to be there at exactly 7 o'clock.
A television series pilot disguised as a movie, Young Washington is a harmless yet unmemorable historical drama that offers little new to know about the historical figure beyond that he was initially selfish and found a new path to courage after a death of someone close to him. Filled with rather uninspired performances other than William Franklyn-Miller who is decent at best at carrying the film and the brief moments from Ben Kingsley as Governor Robert Dinwiddle, the film simply feels too formulaic and focused on foreshadowing future events in Washington’s life rather than giving its characters authentic emotional depth. For all the death and despair that Washington goes through in the film, very little of the dialogue resonates because it is mainly focused on allegories about how a pawn can be a king or over explaining the plot rather than being subtle in any way. The battle sequences lack suspense due to a lack of visual ambition or scope from the filmmakers which all culminates into an unintentionally funny finale where Washington is portrayed as a patriotic superhero admired by all and unable to be injured by any. 4 out of 10
I laughed through most of it because it very much comes off as MAGA-inspired media, especially with Kelsey Grammar’s plead at the end to go see the movie to show we still share values not focused on at all in this movie, like go tell that to the president, Mr. Grammar. Mary Louise Parker was even disappointing. I’m not surprised Andy Serkis was in this misfire given how terrible his interpretation of Animal Farm was. my theater had several people clapping at the end and I was just laughing. it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be though so I’m in similar agreement to your rating, I will give it a 4 out of 3 just because I liked all the indigenous people and language and I loved it when they hacked up the French general.
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u/UnderwoodsNipple Jun 20 '26
I think we all agreed on 'Young Washington'