Independence Day: Resurgence Is More of the Same
Plus, Free State of Jones is well-meaning but uneven; The Shallows is nail-bitingly tense; and The Neon Demon is striking but shallow.
This week at the movies, we’ve got a war of the worlds (Independence Day: Resurgence, starring Liam Hemsworth and Jeff Goldblum), an armed revolt (Free State of Jones, starring Matthew McConaughey and Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a shark attack (The Shallows, starring Blake Lively and Oscar Jaenada), and the cutthroat world of fashion (The Neon Demon, starring Elle Fanning and Christina Hendricks). What do the critics have to say?
What’s New on TV
Also Opening This Week In Limited Release
- , starring Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in a Certified Fresh dramedy about a 13-year-old and his curmudgeonly uncle who are forced to flee the authorities and hide out in the woods, is at 100 percent.
- , a documentary/animation hybrid about a Kansas doctor who claimed to have created a bizarre cure for male impotence, is at 100 percent.
- , a documentary about the life and career of the virtuoso guitarist and celebrated non-conformist, is at 100 percent.
- , a documentary about a preteen metal band and the viral fame that earned them a gig opening for Metallica, is at 100 percent.
- , T-Rex, a a documentary about a teenage Olympic boxing hopeful, is at 100 percent.
- , starring Johnny Simmons and Ethan Hawke in a drama about a pitching prospect with a troubled family life, is at 89 percent.
- , starring Rossif Sutherland as an American volunteer surgeon in Laos who stumbles into some very dark corners of the country, is at 88 percent.
- , a French Western starring François Damiens as a man consumed by a quest to find his missing daughter, is at 79 percent.
- , a Todd Solondz ensemble comedy that connects four stories through the presence of its titular canine, is at 69 percent.
- , starring Paul Dano as a shipwrecked man and Daniel Radcliffe as the gassy all-purpose corpse who might be his ticket back to civilization, is at 65 percent.



