Dark Phoenix Lands with a Thud
Plus, The Secret Life of Pets 2 is pleasant enough, the new seasons of Black Mirror and The Handmaid's Tale are solid, and Big Little Lies season 2 is Certified Fresh.
This weekend at the movies, we’ve got a problem heroine (Dark Phoenix, starring Sophie Turner and James McAvoy) and Illumination’s domestication animation (The Secret Life of Pets 2, featuring the voices of Patton Oswalt and Kevin Hart). What are the critics saying?
What’s New on TV
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , a drama about a man attempting to reclaim the historic San Francisco home his grandfather built, is Certified Fresh at 93%.
- , a South Korean thriller about a crime boss who teams up with a detective to take down a serial killer, is at 90%.
- , a documentary chronicling a famous and controversial social experiment aboard a raft in 1973, is at 89%.
- , an animated drama about a woman’s experience in Cambodia living under the Khmer Rouge, is at 89%.
- , starring Alec Baldwin in a docudrama about the rise and fall of the famous automaker, is at 88%.
- , a documentary about an activist who fights for the freedom of enslaved fishermen in Indonesia, is at 86%.
- , a period biopic about the early life of Russian rocker Viktor Tsoi in 1980s Leningrad, is at 80%.
- , Ron Howard’s documentary about the life of the legendary opera singer, is at 80%.
- , starring Mindy Kaling and Emma Thompson in a comedy about a struggling talk show host who bonds with a new female writer on her staff, is at 78%.
- , a comedy about a weatherman who hires a Latino day laborer to be his friend, is at 71%.
- , a documentary about the dancers and community surrounding a New Jersey strip club, is at 57%.
- , a drama about a young Arizona woman who turns to prostitution to fund a dream move to San Francisco, is at 42%.




