Quick Flicks

NEW THIS WEEK

The slaying of the DeFeo family is examined in this film that serves as an unofficial prequel to “The Amityville Horror.” (Not rated — 98 minutes).

Mads Mikkelsen takes on the Arctic in a desperate bid for rescue in this wellmade but emotionally cold survivalist film. (PG-13 — 97 minutes). Liam Neeson again plays an avenging parent in Hans Petter Moland’s brutal, but sometimes funny, remake of his Norwegian thriller. (R — 118 minutes) D, P, V.

Rom-com with a ghostly twist. (Not rated — 135 minutes).

A man finds an urn, which leads to strange occurrences. (Not rated — 95 minutes).

Two friends spend the day together, and their conversation leads to unexpected discoveries. (Not rated — 73 minutes). been overtaken by an evil force. (R— 92 minutes). V, N.

Set in the ‘50s, a pregnant young woman uncovers terrifying secrets at a convent. (Not rated — 90 minutes).

Real-life siblings Lola and Jemima Kirke play sisters in an indie with a starry cast that includes Jamie Dornan, Ben Mendelsohn, Alice Eve and Billy Crystal. (R— 98 minutes). P, S, N.

Was anyone asking for a gender-flipped remake of 2000’s “What Men Want?” Well, you’ve got one, with Taraji P. Henson as a woman who can hear men’s thoughts. (R —117 minutes) P, S, D.

An MMA fighter wakes up to find his one-night stand is dead. (Not rated — 107 minutes) Biopic of political leader Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. (Not rated — 130 minutes)

STILL PLAYING

For all its visual lunacy, “Aquaman” is boilerplate superhero pablum, just with a more colorful palette. (PG-13 — 143 minutes) P, V.

Rami Malek struts convincingly and even sings a little in biopic about Queen singer Freddie Mercury. (PG-13 — 134 minutes) D, P.

A teenage girl in 1987 finds herself in possession of a wounded alien robot in the best Transformers movie by a mile. (PG-13 — 113 minutes) V.

Melissa McCarthy gets one of her best roles as a down-onher luck writer who embellishes letters from historical literary figures. (R — 106 minutes) P, S, D. Nadine Labaki’s film, about a boy (Zain Al Rafeea, outstanding) suing his parents for having him, is a brutal but worthwhile look at poverty and identity. (R — 121 minutes) D, P.

Pawel Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning “Ida” with an ill-fated love story set against, and doomed by, the Cold War. (R – 88 minutes) P, S, N

A confrontationally ugly crime drama starring an unrecognizable Nicole Kidman as an LAPD detective with a score to settle. More admirable in theory than in execution. (R – 120 minutes) P, V, D, S.

A pooch named Bella travels 400 miles, searching for her owner. (PG — 96 minutes) P.

Comedy about love and family stars Anil Kapoor and real-life daughter Sonam. (Not rated — 120 minutes)

Six strangers compete in an “immersive” escape-theroom puzzle game only to find themselves running a gauntlet of lethal traps. It’s an obvious premise with predictable, not very scary results. (PG-13 — 100 minutes) P, V.

Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz dazzle as ladies-in-waiting vying for power. (R — 121 minutes) N, P, S.

In M. Night Shyamalan’s sequel to “Unbreakable” and “Split,” Bruce Willis’ unassuming superhero and James McAvoy’s tortured serial killer face off in a climactic riff on the comic-book genre. (PG-13 — 129 minutes) P, V.

An Italian bouncer and a black pianist form a friendship on a road trip through the South in the 1960s in this pleasing if inappropriately quaint film. (PG-13 — 130 minutes) P, V.

Powerful film based on James Baldwin’s novel, about a young woman trying to get the father of her unborn child out of prison. (R — 119 minutes) P, S. Half-documentary, halffeature film follows four Jews and how their stories of survival intertwine as they hide in Berlin during WWII. (Not rated — 110 minutes)

Twelveyear-old Alex pulls an old sword from a crumbling pillar and finds himself in the middle of an ancient battle between good and evil. The modern take on King Arthur will charm younger children. (PG — 120 minutes) V.

A journalist investigates a missionary accused of illegally proselytizing leprosy patients. (PG-13 — 130 minutes)

Mary Poppins (Emily Blunt) comes back to take a new generation of Banks children on a whimsical musical journey. (PG — 131 minutes)

Catholic Queen of Scotland Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) tries to overthrow her cousin the Protestant Queen of England (Margot Robbie), Elizabeth I, in a tug-ofwar historical biodrama. (R — 124 minutes) S, V.

An American woman (Gina Rodriguez) is forcibly drawn into the world of border drug cartels. (PG-13 — 104 minutes) V, S, P.

A 90-year-old horticulturist (Clint Eastwood) is caught delivering $3 million worth of cocaine for a Mexican drug cartel. (R — 116 minutes) P, S.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (played by Felicity Jones) takes on gender equality in this biopic showing the early professional years of the Supreme Court Justice turned liberal icon. (PG-13 — 120 minutes) P.

Two people with the same surname face obstacles when they fall in love. (Not rated — 93 minutes)

The Disney sequel is a visually stunning visualization of our love affair with our gadgets and popular culture. (PG — 112 minutes) Maya Vargas (Jennifer Lopez) is honest to a fault. But when her godson creates a somewhat fake identity, leading to a job offer at a beauty product company, the lie expands out of this truth-teller’s control. (PG — 103 minutes) P.

The ex-spouse of a seedy fishing-boat captain asks him to kill her current husband. Dopey modern noir with an utterly bonkers twist at the end. Jason Clarke is fun as the potential murder victim, however. (R — 106 minutes) P, V, S, N. This animated comic romp breathes youthful life into Spider-Man, and may be the character’s best cinematic adventure yet. (PG — 117 minutes).

Alook at the charming friendship of Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) as they rekindle their careers on a theater tour through the United Kingdom and Ireland in the 1950s. (PG — 97 minutes).

The latest version of the classic story is possibly the best take yet, with Lady Gaga as the star on the rise and Bradley Cooper as a superstar singer-songwriter on a downward spiral. (R — 135 minutes) P, S, D. World War I is examined from the British point of view in this documentary. (R — 132 minutes)

Odd-couple teaming about wealthy man in a wheelchair (Bryan Cranston) and the ex-con (Kevin Hart) hired to assist him. (PG-13 — 125 minutes) D.

Christian Bale is amazing as Dick Cheney in Adam McKay’s biopic of the former vice president that portrays him as ruthless and opportunistic.

Nationwide

“Glass”

$9.5 million ($88.6 million) “The Upside” $8.8 million ($75.6 million) “Miss Bala”

$6.7 million

(first week) “Aquaman”

$4.8 million ($323.6 million) “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

$4.4 million ($175.3 million) “Green Book” $4.3 million ($55.8 million) “The Kid Who Would Be King”

$4.2 million ($13.2 million) “A Dog’s Way Home” $3.5 million ($35.9 million) “Escape Room” $2.9 million ($52.1 million)

“They Shall Not Grow Old”

$2.4 million ($10.7 million)

— Box Office Mojo

In the Valley

1. “Miss Bala”

2. “The Upside” 3. “Glass” 4. “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” 5. “Aquaman”

6. “The Kid Who Would Be King”

7. “A Dog’s Way Home” 8. “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

9. “Green Book”

10. “Escape Room”

— Harkins Theatres

UPCOMING

‘Alita: Battle Angel’ (PG-13)

‘Everybody Knows’ (R)

‘Happy Death Day 2U’ (PG-13)

‘Isn’t It Romantic’ (PG-13) (R — 132 minutes) P, V. Water takes on a life of its own in this horror film. Lorenzo Lamas stars. (Not rated — 97 minutes)