10 Worth Trying, 3 Worth Repeating, 3 Worth Waiting For, and 3 Worth Avoiding
Michael Shannon, Toni Collette, Chris Evans, Don Johnson and Jamie Lee Curtis are among the stars of Knives Out. Photo Claire Folger / Lionsgate
Campy comedy in whodunit genre has a star-studded cast
Cynthia Erivo (left) stars as Harriet Tubman and Aria Brooks as Anger (age 8) in Harriet, a Focus Features release. Photo Glen Wilson / Focus Features
Biopic Harriet showcases the luminous Cynthia Erivo
Jim Carter stars as Charles Carson in Downton Abbey, a Focus Features release. Photo Jaap Buitendijk / Focus Features
The celebrated TV series concludes with a feature film
Bernadette Fox (Cate Blanchett) is an architect with issues in Where'd You Go, Bernadette? Photo Wilson Webb / Annapurna Pictures
Cate Blanchett vehicle suffers from implausible script
Awkwafina, center, plays Billi, a Chinese-American woman, in The Farewell. Photo courtesy of A24 Films
The Farewell contrasts East-West culture surrounding death
M (Tessa Thompson) and H (Chris Hemsworth) in Men in Black: International. Photo Giles Keyte/courtesy of Sony Pictures
Summer escapist fare puts a refreshing focus on females
Beanie Feldstein stars as Molly and Kaitlyn Dever as Amy are a pair of oddly compelling high school misfits Booksmart. Photo Francois Duhamel/courtesy of Annapurna Pictures
With Booksmart, actress Olivia Wilde makes an impressive directorial debut
Charlotte Field (Charlize Theron) and Fred Flarsky (Seth Rogen) in Long Shot. Photo Hector Alvarez/courtesy of Lionsgate Publicity
Hilarious if unlikely rom-com pairs Theron, Rogen
Jesse Eisenberg and Alexander Skarsgard star in The Hummingbird Project. Photo courtesy of The Orchard
Thrill-less thriller about stock market opportunists gets zero stars