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In Mel Gibson\u2019s return to directing, an air marshal (Michelle Dockery) joins a pilot (Mark Wahlberg) to fly a high-level informant (Topher Grace) to trial. Predictably, things go awry in the sky.<\/p>\n
From our review:<\/p>\n
\nWhere \u201cFlight Risk\u201d fails as a film is not really Gibson\u2019s fault. He knows how to shoot action sequences. The screenplay is instead all over the place, in a way that feels tired and halfhearted. This is the kind of thriller where you keep hollering at the characters to pay attention.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In theaters. <\/em>Read the full review.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n
Critic\u2019s Pick<\/p>\n
Spectral spectacular.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\u2018Presence\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
This quietly tense chiller directed by Steven Soderberg is told from the perspective of a ghost who haunts a family home and takes particular interest in the daughter, Chloe (Callina Liang).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nFrom our review:<\/p>\n
\nChloe\u2019s past, her parents\u2019 marriage and the ghost\u2019s restricted point of view together create palpable unease that the filmmakers build on until everyone is vibrating with tension and things have gotten weird. Although there are a few haunted-house shocks, the cumulative effect is more unsettling than scary. To a degree, the movie is an elaborate storytelling exercise for Soderbergh, but it\u2019s one with stakes and characters who, as real feeling creeps into the movie, you grow to care for.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In theaters. <\/em>Read the full review<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
(i)Phoning it in.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\u2018Inheritance\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
After discovering that her father is a spy, Maya (Phoebe Dynevor) embarks on a globe-trotting adventure in this thriller directed by Neil Burger and shot entirely on an iPhone.<\/p>\n
From our review:<\/p>\n
\nIf you\u2019re going to risk making a movie with the same device many of us use to document our children\u2019s birthdays and the concert we went to last weekend, then you\u2019ve really got to sell it. And not only does \u201cInheritance\u201d fail to sell its aesthetic; it doesn\u2019t sell its story, either.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In theaters. <\/em>Read the full review<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
To badly go where many movies have gone before.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\u2018Star Trek: Section 31\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
Michelle Yeoh stars as Philippa Georgiou, a wanted criminal who reluctantly joins an intergalactic spy agency, in this spinoff directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.<\/p>\n
From our review:<\/p>\n
\nCaptain Picard would not approve. Luckily, he isn\u2019t around yet to comment on \u201cStar Trek: Section 31,\u201d the 14th film in the franchise and the first to be made for streaming. Set in 2333 \u2014 in the so-called Lost Era between the original movies and Picard\u2019s series \u201cStar Trek: The Next Generation\u201d \u2014 this everything-and-the-kitchen-sink movie is stuffed with so many neurotic mutants and hidden motives that even the unflappable Jean-Luc would struggle to keep them straight.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
On Paramount+. <\/em>Read the full review<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
Colors too far inside the lines.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\u2018The Colors Within\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
This anime directed by Naoko Yamada follows a teenage girl who has the <\/span>ability to see people\u2019s \u201ccolors\u201d \u2014 their auras or spirits \u2014 as she forms a band and forges friendships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\nFrom our review:<\/p>\n
\nThough the band is, for each of the three nascent musicians, a small act of independence, even rebellion, \u201cThe Colors Within\u201d has such an aloof tone that the deeper motivations and stakes for each character, though alluded to, don\u2019t feel substantial enough to provide the story with any sense of urgency.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In theaters. <\/em>Read the full review<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
A widow reaches new peaks.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n\n\u2018Rose\u2019<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n
After her husband dies, Rose (Fran\u00e7oise Fabian) must find a way to survive <\/span>without him and in the process discovers herself in this touching drama directed by Aur\u00e9lie Saada.<\/p>\n
From our review:<\/p>\n
\nOn paper, the premise \u2014 a sheltered woman learns late in life to embrace a more adventurous, extroverted version of herself \u2014 sounds too cute by half. Onscreen, it only sometimes crosses that line.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
In theaters. <\/em>Read the full review<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n
Compiled by Kellina Moore.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n