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It's Dwayne Johnson to the rescue at multiplexes this weekend, while art house offerings include a bold racial satire, zombie apocalypse and one of the year's best dramas.
Skyscraper (pictured) showcases the always-likeable Dwayne Johnson in a story that manages to rip off not just
Die Hard, but a dozen other movies besides.
Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation continues a franchise that was never funny or original to begin with.
Leave No Trace finds Debra Granik diverging radically from her source material for a beautiful father/daughter relationship story.
Sorry to Bother You showcases wildly imaginative satire that doesn't always navigate the tone shifts between amused and angry.
A zombie apocalypse becomes a chance to explore what real humanity looks like in
The Night Eats the World.
In this week's feature, the co-director of the documentary
Church & State talks about finding the heroes and villains in a landmark legal case.
Also opening this week, but not reviewed: a 50th anniversary re-release of the animated Beatles musical
Yellow Submarine.