The Girl on the Train Is a Bumpy Ride

This week at the movies, we’ve got an alcoholic amateur detective (The Girl on the Train, starring Emily Blunt and Haley Bennett), a violent chapter of American history (The Birth of a Nation, starring Nate Parker and Gabrielle Union), and a whole bunch of noogeys (Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life, starring Griffin Gluck and Lauren Graham). What do the critics have to say?

What’s Hot on TV

Insecure: Season 1

100%

Insecure uses star Issa Rae‘s breakout web series Awkward Black Girl as the basis for an insightful, raunchy, and hilarious journey through the life of a twentysomething black woman that cuts through stereotypes with sharp wit and an effusive spirit.

Timeless: Season 1

83%

Sometimes goofy but consistently entertaining, Timeless is a fun throwback action series with a kooky premise that’s worth a watch.

Divorce: Season 1

63%

While the execution borders on superficial, the dark humor and character chemistry in Divorce hit the mark.

Also Opening This Week In Limited Release

• , an acclaimed horror hybrid from debuting writer-director Babak Anvari, is at 100 percent.
• , about a pair of teens whose fraught relationship is further complicated after they’re forced to live under one roof, is at 100 percent.
• , a sobering documentary look at the history of post-Emancipation race relations in America from director Ava DuVernay, is at 97 percent.
• , an ultra-widescreen edition of Terrence Malick‘s noble attempt to encapsulate the history of the universe, is at 93 percent.
• , starring Sarah Paulson and Mark Duplass as a long-separated couple who reconnect after a chance encounter, is at 87 percent.
• , about a withdrawn man’s increasingly troubled and potentially dangerous pursuits, is at 83 percent.
• , a feature-length adventure for the animated Australian favorite, is at 78 percent.
• , about a father-son struggle for the attentions of a woman they meet on a disco walking tour, is at 75 percent.
• , which cleans up the footage from the venerable horror franchise’s first installment just in time for the arrival of its most recent sequel, is at 70 percent.
• , the fifth and allegedly final chapter in the Phantasm franchise, is at 56 percent.
• , starring Kathy Bates, Glenn Close, and Octavia Spencer in an adaptation of the classic children’s novel, is at 56 percent.