COMING ATTRACTIONS

(opening dates are tentative)

A.X.L.

PG A top-secret, robotic dog with advanced artificial intelligence created by the military develops a special friendship with a kindhearted outsider and will go to any length to protect his new companion. With Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll, Dominic Rains, Thomas Jane, Niko Guardado; directed by Oliver Daly. (1 hour, 40 minutes) Opens today.

The Happytime Murders

R Two clashing LA detectives — one human, one puppet — must work together to solve the brutal murders of a beloved TV show’s former cast members. With Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, Elizabeth Banks; directed by Brian Henson. (1 hour, 31 minutes) Opens today.

Operation Finale

PG-13 A Mossad agent heads to Argentina in 1960 to track down Adolph Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of Jews to their deaths in concentration camps. With Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov; directed by Chris Weitz. (2 hours, 3 minutes) Opens Wednesday

Kin

PG-13 An ex-con, armed with a mysterious weapon, and his adopted teenage brother go on the run from a vengeful criminal and a gang of otherworldly soldiers. With Jack Reynor, Zoe Kravitz, Carrie Coon, Dennis Quaid, James Franco; directed by Jonathan Baker, Josh Baker. (1 hour, 42 minutes) Aug. 31

The Little Stranger

R During the long, hot summer of 1948, a doctor travels to a historic but declining mansion where the inhabitants — mother, son and daughter — remain haunted by something more ominous than a dying way of life. With Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter, Charlotte Rampling, Josh Dylan, Anna Madeley; directed by Lenny Abrahamson. (1 hour, 51 minutes) Aug. 31