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selves. Rated R. 123 minutes.

— C. Valladares

Creed II The sequel to the 2015 “Creed” doesn’t have the newness of its predecessor, but it does show that the characters and relationships established in the earlier movie will be good for the long haul. This is an entertaining Rocky-type film, with young Adonis Creed fighting the son of the man who killed his father in the ring. Rated PG-13. 130 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger

Ailes This documentary provides an extensive laundry list of the shortcomings and culpabilities of the late GOP political consultant and media maven Roger Ailes. It’s good to have a critical accounting of his role in modern American politics, but most of what we see here has been reported elsewhere, and this film seems aimed at rallying the troops. Not rated. 107 minutes.

— W. Addiego

Dumplin’ In modern America, you’re nothing if you’re not a victim. And so, we get “Dumplin’,” a movie about an obese high school girl (Danielle Macdonald) who is verbally abused by her fellow students, who call her fat. Typical of the movie, which is conscientious and inoffensive, but also sentimental and bland, the mother is hardly a villain. She’s normal enough to be played by Jennifer Aniston, who spends most of the movie on the receiving end of her daughter’s hostility. Rated PG-13. 116 minutes.

— M. LaSalle

The Favourite Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz are brilliant in this comedy-drama set during the reign of Queen Anne. Brilliantly directed by Yorgos Lanthimos on the knife edge between farce and drama, historical truth and anachronism. Rated R. 119 minutes. — M. LaSalle

Free Solo Thrilling, vertigo-inducing documentary that chronicles Alex Honnold’s quest to scale the 3,000-foot vertical rock face of Yosemite’s El Capitan — with just his hands and feet — no ropes. It’s never been done; will he be the first? The photography is incredible, as is its subject. Rated PG-13. 100 minutes.

— G. Allen Johnson

The Front Runner The subject is inherently interesting — the scandal that imploded Gary Hart’s presidential bid — and Hugh Jackson is charismatic in the central role. But the movie is undramatic, and the film’s casual treatment of facts makes this a so-so proposition, after all. Directed by Jason Reitman. Rated R. 113 minutes. — M. LaSalle

Green Book Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are ideally paired as an Italian American driver and an African American pianist on a concert tour through the deep South in 1962. Mortensen completely transforms and is probably on his way to an Oscar nomination. Rated PG-13. 130 minutes. — M. LaSalle

The Grinch The makers of “Minions” and the “Despicable Me” movies find a consistent offbeat humor in this “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!” adaptation, while retaining the sneaky emotional core. But the uneven new film highlights the greatest problem of any big screen Seuss reimagination: It’s very hard to turn this 69-page picture book into a feature-length movie. Rated PG. 86 minutes.

— P. Hartlaub

Holmes & Watson A comedy with Will Ferrell as Sherlock Holmes and John C. Reilly as Dr. Watson. Not reviewed. Rated PG-13. 91 minutes.