Quick Flicks

NEW THIS WEEK

A retired assassin (Jean Reno) living on the remote edge of the Pacific Northwest finds his solitude shattered after he rescues a woman involved in a snowmobile accident. (Not rated — 91 minutes)

Asif Ali plays a lawyer in a courtroom drama. (Not rated — 135 minutes)

Documentary retraces the voyage of Maiden, the first yacht to enter a round-the-world race with an all-woman crew. A flat-out good yarn, with setbacks, triumphs and a climax that isn’t quite what you expect but delivers an emotional payoff. (PG — 97 minutes) Writer/director/madman Ari Aster follows “Hereditary” with an even crazier, bloodier folk-horror flick. It mostly works. (R — 140 minutes) P, S, N, D.

Two women (Ellen Page, Kate Mara) on opposite sides of the death-penalty debate fall in love. (R — 108 minutes) N, S, P.

A 70-year-old woman is suddenly 46 years younger after a visit to an unusual photo studio. (Not rated — 157 minutes)

After a teenage girl is abducted, her mother teams with a

Peter Parker (Tom Holland) is hoping to be a normal teenager on a class trip to Europe, but Nick Fury and a new interdimensional superhero named Mysterio (Jake Gyllenhaal) have other plans for Spider-Man. (PG-13 — 129 minutes) P, V.

A woman fresh out of prison in Scotland dreams of a music career in Nashville. (R — 101 minutes) P, D, S.

STILL PLAYING

Luc Besson (“The Transporter”) offers an action yarn about a beautiful assassin. (R — 119 minutes) V, P, S.

A basic trapped-inthe-house thriller with ghosts, demons and jump scares, but characters that are as thinly sketched as the plot. (R — 106 minutes) V.

Marvel wraps up the “Avengers” saga (but not its expanded cinematic universe) in a three-hour collision of apocalyptic angst, sophomoric humor and enough superheroes to require a flowchart. (PG-13 — 181 minutes) P, V.

A documentary that explores sustainable farming with John Chester and his wife Molly who develop a farm on Two academic achievers (Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever) plan to party on the eve of their high school graduation in Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut. (R — 102 minutes) P, S, D.

The 1988 horror flick about a murderous doll is revived for a new generation. (R — 90 minutes) V, P.

James McAvoy and Sophie Turner wrap up the X-Men saga. (PG-13 — 117 minutes) V, P.

A great cast can’t do much with writer and director Jim Jarmusch’s script, in which a sheriff (Bill Murray) and deputy (Adam Driver) investigate what seems like a zombie invasion. (R — 105 minutes) P, V.

Documentary looks at California’s Laurel Canyon from 1965 to 1967, an exciting musical period in which the neighborhood saw the rise of the Mamas and the Papas, Buffalo Springfield and the Byrds. (PG-13 — 82 minutes)

Documentary about the notorious carmaker mixes in dramatic footage with Alec Baldwin playing DeLorean. (Not rated — 109 minutes)

An impressive cast takes a crack at director Michael Dougherty’s sequel. It’s a movie that does what it sets out to do, nothing more. Well, maybe a little more. (PG-13 — 131 minutes) P, V.

Romance blossoms between a gruff Irish loner (Brendan Gleeson) and a lonely American widow (Diane Keaton) in London. (PG-13 — 102 minutes) P. Assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run after killing an international assassin guild member. (R — 130 minutes) P, V.

The members of a support group for killers try to unravel the mystery behind an assassination attempt on a senator.(R — 96 minutes) V, P. A black man moves into a vacant home that once belonged to his family in a city transformed by obscene wealth and gentrification. A beautiful film bursting with ideas that don’t quite cohere. (R — 120 minutes) P, N, D.

Emma Thompson elevates an otherwise by-thenumbers comedy about a failing late-night host who hires a woman (Mindy Kaling) to jazz up her all-male writer’s room. (R — 102 minutes) P.

A missionary stationed in Tonga with his wife and five daughters faces a familial crisis. (PG-13 — 110 minutes) V. Endearing comedy about a lonely weatherman (Matt Bomer) who pursues a friendship with the day laborer (Alejandro Patiño) he has hired to paint his deck. A warm, empathetic film that avoids stereotypes. (R — 98 minutes) P. Ron Howard’s documentary about the late opera superstar captures his unique talent and his boyish charisma, from his breakthrough performances to his hobnobbing with Princess Di and U2. But the contradictions and controversies of his life get short shrift in a narrative that accentuates the positive. (PG-13 — 116 minutes) P. Surreal biography of Elton John (a terrific Taron Egerton) plays fast and loose with the facts in favor of serving the greater emotional truths. (R — 121 minutes) P, D, S.

A musician (Himesh Patel) awakens in a world in which the Beatles never existed. (PG-13 — 116 minutes) P.

UPCOMING

‘Crawl’ (R) ‘Stuber’ (R)