Hidden Figures and A Monster Calls Are Certified Fresh

This week at the movies, we have segregation in the space program (Hidden Figures, starring Taraji P. Henson and Octavia Spencer), a monster calling (A Monster Calls, starring Lewis MacDougall and Felicity Jones), and supernatural warfare (Underworld: Blood Wars, starring Kate Beckinsale and Theo James). What are the critics saying?

What’s New on TV

Sherlock: Season 4

54%

Sherlock makes a welcome and shocking return, and Cumberbatch and Freeman are game, but it may prove difficult to live up to the lofty expectations created by the series’ lengthy hiatus.

The Mick: Season 1

58%

Kaitlin Olson‘s considerable charm isn’t enough to keep the intermittently funny The Mick from falling prey to conventional storylines and hard-to-root-for characters.

Also Opening This Week In Limited Release

• , about the relationship between two brothers in the grim fallout from their botched attempt to get away with a crime, is at 50 percent.
• , starring Jackie Chan in a period action comedy about Chinese freedom fighters striking back against the Japanese military, is at 36 percent.
• , a crime thriller featuring Nicolas Cage and John Cusack, is at zero percent.