WORTH SEEING
Which Movies to Watch This Weekend
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2: This second installment improves on the first by concentrating on the comedy. It’s like a postmodern take on the sci-fi action film genre, with Kurt Russell showing up this time as Ego, the long-lost father of Peter (Chris Pratt). It’s a pretty good action movie, but it’s also one of the funniest movies of the season. PG-13. 138 minutes.
— Mick LaSalle I, Daniel Blake: Ken Loach’s sober drama about a 59-year-old British construction worker coping with bureaucracy in the aftermath of a heart attack is given a lift by the performance of Dave Johns in the title role. Johns is a comedian who has an aura of lightness despite the somber circumstances. R. 100 minutes.
— Mick LaSalle The Wedding Plan: Writer-director Rama Burshtein’s Israeli drama is a twist on crowdpleasing marriage-minded romantic comedies, with a wonderful performance by Noa Koler as a woman who is dumped a month before her wedding. She decides to hold the wedding anyway, confident that God will provide a replacement. In Hebrew with English subtitles. PG. 110 minutes. — G. Allen Johnson Wonder Woman: This is a different kind of comic book movie, with a sense of history and purpose, featuring a star-making performance by Gal Gadot in the title role. Co-starring Chris Pine and directed by Patty Jenkins (“Monster”). PG-13. 141 minutes. — Mick LaSalle