Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Justin Chang and Tim Cogshell review this week's most memorable releases.
“The Mummy” (PG-13)
Justin: SKIP IT
“This is a dreadful movie. [It’s] the first time I remember asking myself, ‘What is Tom Cruise doing? What is he thinking?’”
Tim: SKIP IT
“You want to see a mummy movie? ‘Abbot and Costello Meet the Mummy’ in 1955. That’s your mummy movie.”
“It Comes at Night” (R)
Tim: SEE IT
“Mood. Lots of mood. Perhaps too much mood. But [darn] good.”
Justin: SEE IT
“Really beautifully shot post-apocalyptic thriller. Terrific performances that really get under your skin while seeming to do very little.”
“Beatriz at Dinner” (R)
Justin: SEE IT
“I really enjoyed this queasily funny and suspenseful movie starring Salma Hayek in one of her best performances coming against a rotten member of the 1 percent.”
Tim: MEH
“It worried me a little bit because it imbued this ethnic person with mystical powers… and it made all the billionaires so horrible. But you know, it’s sharp anyway.”
“My Cousin Rachel” (PG-13)
Tim: MEH
“It’s better than the 1952 Olivia de Havilland-[Richard] Burton movie. It’s beautiful to look at, but just not that good.”
Justin: MEH
“It is beautiful to look at, a little bloodless. Rachel Weisz is quite good.”
“The Hero” (R)
Justin: MEH
“This is a feature-length valentine to Sam Elliot. I love Sam Elliot. I like the performance better than the movie.”
Tim: SEE IT
“Full of all kinds of tropes, absolutely true. But I tell you, it comes as close to nailing it for me as any movie does this week.”