Henry reaches out to his ex-lover and former colleague Celia (Thandiwe Newton) as part of his investigation, and their reunion stirs up old passions and new intrigue. Pine stars in this spy thriller as CIA operative Henry Pelham, who's tasked by his boss (Laurence Fishburne) with sussing out a mole who leaked info and cost lives in a terrorist hostage situation years earlier. Where to watch: Netflix If you rank Chris Pine as your fave Chris: 'All the Old Knives' The film stumbles in its discussion of teen mental health issues but is decently enjoyable for music fans, who'll get a kick out of some rock-god cameos. Jaeden Martell stars as a bookish student trying to start a metal group with his brash best friend (Adrian Greensmith), but the path to their school's battle of the bands proves rocky until they meet a hot-tempered cello player (Isis Hainsworth). Weiss, it's not your normal R-rated teen coming-of-age comedy, which is fitting considering the independently-minded rocker outcasts at the heart of the film. Written by "Game of Thrones" co-creator D.B. Where to watch: In theaters If you appreciate all things hard rock: 'Metal Lords' It slowly settles into a by-the-numbers, occasionally quirky life story, as Aline falls in love with her much older manager (Sylvain Marcel) and becomes an international icon.
(Yes, even the "Titanic" one!) It's also one of the more bizarre biopics you'll ever see, as the 58-year-old director plays super-talented singer Aline, first as a 12-year-old – which is honestly nightmare-inducing – and throughout her life. The Canadian pop superstar's name is never uttered, but it's quite obvious that French writer/director/star Valérie Lemercier's drama is about the singer, from her personal struggles to her famous songs. Where to watch: In theaters If you're a Celine Dion super-fan: 'Aline' Yeoh's fantastic, and Quan does his best work since his 1980s child stardom in a love letter to the movies that's also a deeply heartfelt family saga. She experiences different iterations of her lives that help her quest to battle the film's resident existential threat while coming to grips with aspects of her own reality. The excellently bonkers genre mashup casts Yeoh as an overwhelmed woman dealing with various domestic issues involving her husband (Ke Huy Quan), daughter (Stephanie Hsu) and father (James Hong) when she's told she's the metaverse's best hope to survive.
'Ambulance': Jake Gyllenhaal talks riding shotgun for Michael Bay If you need your brain broken a bit: 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' Bay uses seriously cool drone shots to capture every angle of explosive chaos characters in "Ambulance" actually watch other Bay movies (for a little bit of meta humor) and there's even a gnarly emergency surgery during an epic car chase.
It goes awry as they steal an ambulance with an EMT (Gonzalez) in the back who's trying to save a wounded cop. Mateen plays a veteran who needs extra cash to pay for his wife's experimental surgery, leading him to unwittingly join his criminal sibling (Gyllenhaal) for a $32 million bank heist.
This action thriller is for those who feel Michael Bay movies haven't been Michael Bay-ish enough. Where to watch: In theaters If you love vehicular destruction: 'Ambulance' Young fans of the original hit will enjoy it, although the real highlight is the steely, two-fisted but still adorable antagonist Knuckles, enjoyably voiced by Idris Elba. Robotnik (Jim Carrey), teams up with cute new sidekick Tails, ruins a Hawaiian wedding and cracks Marvel and "Fast and Furious" jokes. In this animated/live-action hybrid sequel, fun-loving Sonic (voiced by Ben Schwartz) takes on the returning, more out-of-his-mind Dr.
Review: Michelle Yeoh's reluctant heroine powers dazzling, dizzying 'Everything Everywhere' If your kids dig video games: 'Sonic the Hedgehog 2'Ĭlocking in at more than two hours, a movie about a quick-footed critter should not be this unnecessarily slow.
Here's a guide to new movies that'll satisfy every cinematic taste, plus some noteworthy theatrical films making their video on-demand debut: This weekend, adorable video game speedster Sonic the Hedgehog races into another big-screen adventure, director Michael Bay crafts another one of his signature spectacles with Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez along for the wild ride, and Michelle Yeoh is a kung fu-fighting laundromat owner who's forced to save the multiverse in a sci-fi adventure family drama.įor those with more musical tastes, Netflix rocks hard with two teen metalheads in a coming-of-age comedy, and Celine Dion garners an unofficial French biopic of sorts. You know we're getting close to summer movie season when the action movies start blooming like cherry blossoms.