Alien: Covenant Is Certified Fresh
Plus, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul isn't worth the trip, and Everything, Everything is a tepid weepie.
This week at the movies, we have a group of people no one can hear scream (Alien: Covenant, starring Michael Fassbender and Katherine Waterston), the continuing saga of a less-than-assertive young man (Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul, starring Jason Drucker and Owen Asztalos), and a pair of young star-crossed lovers (Everything, Everything, starring Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson). What do the critics have to say?
What’s New on TV
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , a documentary look at the headline-grabbing tale of young refugee Elián González, is at 100 percent.
- , a post-apocalyptic drama about the fraught connection between three people fighting for their lives, is at 97 percent.
- , starring Alia Shawkat as a woman grappling with her grief over the death of her boyfriend — and facing a looming confrontation with his mother — is at 93 percent.
- , about the unusual bond that develops between a woman and an Amazonian shaman through ayahuasca, is at 86 percent.
- , starring Bryan Cranston as a man who abandons his family under exceedingly odd circumstances, is at 83 percent.
- , a documentary about the only bank indicted in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, is at 81 percent.
- , about a Tibetan cowboy’s quest to return a sacred stone to a holy mountain, is at 80 percent.
- , about an artist’s increasingly miserable experiences under socialist rule, is at 77 percent.
- , about the complex repercussions of a couple’s decision to open their home to a group of strangers, is at 72 percent.



