PLAYING WITH FIRE

taining his signature darkly comedic tone. His longtime collaborator, actor Song Kang-ho, first starred in Bong’s epic, hilarious true crime murder mystery “Memories of Murder.” He’s an integral part of Bong’s unique style, walking the tonal tightrope of tragedy and comedy. He’s starred in every film Bong’s made since, including his most recent masterpiece, “Parasite,” a slick, Hitchcockian family thriller and a class warfare cri de coeur. — Katie Walsh, Tribune News Service

PG, 96 minutes. Waterford, Stonington, Westbrook, Lisbon. John Cena stars in this movie in which firefighters find their lives turned upside down when they rescue three siblings but can’t find the kids’ parents. A review wasn’t available.

TERMINATOR: DARK FATE

1/2 R, 126 minutes. Through today only at Westbrook, Lisbon. It’s strangely comforting to see the end of the world looming once more in “Terminator: Dark Fate.” You can already guess how it begins: Out of the nighttime shadows emerges a sentient slab of metal and muscle, a butt-baring, ass-kicking emissary from the future that will not rest until its deadly mission is complete, and probably not even then. “Dark Fate” is a good-enough hybrid of fiery nonsense, fan gratification and pop-savvy series regeneration that wisely erases, or at least neutralizes, a lot of forgettable recent history. The last three sequels have effectively been written out of existence. — Justin Chang. Los Angeles Times