Quick Flicks

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A woman’s teenage daughter vanishes, leaving her to raise her infant grandson. (R — 111 minutes) P, S, D.

A group of teenagers encounters a sadistic cult in a horror film directed by Steve Stanulis and actor Richard Grieco. (Not rated — 77 minutes)

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)

An ordinary high-school girl develops a relationship with the top student in school. (Not rated — 109 minutes) P, 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.

A family has varying reactions when their patriarch comes out as gay and wants to move in with his lover, who is dying of cancer. (Not rated — 107 minutes)

A circus owner’s 14-year-old daughter attempts to save Flora, a big top elephant who is scheduled to be euthanized. (Not rated — 96 minutes)

“Blackish” creator Kenya Barris brings his millennialist comic sensibility to this update, a father-son matchup between 2010 Shaft Samuel L. Jackson and his estranged son, a nerdy FBI analyst played by Jessie Usher. In this acting matchup, it’s all Jackson. (R —111 minutes) D, N, P, S, V.

Kenneth Branagh stars and directs bio-drama that looks into the last days of renowned playright William Shakespeare’s life. (PG-13 — 101 minutes) P.

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. Plenty of action, comedy and Easter eggs, but really, we’ve seen it all before. (PG-13 — 181 minutes) P, V. Salman Khan stars in a sprawling historical drama set against the backdrop of India’s postindependence history. (Not rated — 150 minutes)

A documentary that explores sustainable farming with John Chester and his wife Molly who develop a farm on 200 acres near of Los Angeles. (PG — 91 minutes). 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.

Tori and Kyle (Elizabeth Banks and David Denman) discover terrifying secrets about the child they adopted. (R — 91 minutes) P, V.

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

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.

Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson play flimflam artists in a comedy. (PG-13 — 93 minutes) P.

A couple moves into a secluded home that the previous owner just can’t seem to let go of. Emptyheaded thriller in which pretty people do stupid things. (PG-13 — 102 minutes) P, V, S. Assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is on the run after killing an international assassin guild member. (R — 130 minutes) P, V.

Octavia Spencer goes all-in as a lonely 40-something whose basement becomes a hangout for drunken teenagers. Oddball horror film is a bit of a mess, but it’s never less than compelling. (R — 99 minutes) P, V, D.

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.

Tim (Justice Smith) travels to Ryme City where he meets a caffeine-addicted talking Pikachu (Ryan Reynolds) that helps him discover secrets surrounding his father’s mysterious death. (PG — 104 minutes). Surreal biography of Elton John (a terrific Taron Egerton) plays fast and loose with the facts in favor of serving the greater emotional truths at the heart of the story. (R — 121 minutes) P, D, S.

Max (Patton Oswalt) the dog and his friends return for more adventures when their humans are away. But this time Max navigates his newfound fear for his human’s son’s safety while the others save a circus tiger or learn to be a cat to get a lost toy back. (PG — 86 minutes) A destructive first love engulfs a budding filmmaker (Honor Swinton Byrne). (R — 102 minutes) S, N, D, P.

John Lithgow and Blythe Danner are wasted in this contrived and predictable tale of senior-citizen love. (PG-13 — 94 minutes) P.

Andrew Steel plays Frank Shankwitz, an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer who co-founded the Make-a-Wish Foundation. (Not rated — 105 minutes).

UPCOMING

‘Child’s Play’ (R) ‘Toy Story 4’ (G)