What to Watch This Weekend
A bachelorette weekend goes awry in the Scarlett Johansson and Kate McKinnon-led Rough Night, while Mandy Moore takes on a shark-infested thriller.
In theaters...
Rough Night
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Scarlett Johansson, Demi Moore, Kate McKinnon, Jillian Bell, Ilana Glazer and Zoe Kravitz join for the R-rated comedy about a bachelorette weekend that goes awry when a male stripper ends up dead in their Miami beach house. Lucia Aniello directs the Sony film, also featuring Ty Burrell and Dean Winters. It has been nearly 20 years since a woman directed an R-rated studio comedy and Lucia Aniello, whose wote Rough Night with boyfriend Paul Downs (they're also co-head writers on Comedy Central's Broad City) is already fast at work on a follow-up mob story. "It's all about what it means to be a quote-unquote man." | Cast talks female friendship amid raunchy comedy | Read THR's review
Cars 3
Pixar
Owen Wilson reprises his voice role as Lightning McQueen in Pixar’s automotive threequel, which sees the spiffy red hot-rod attempting to prove to a new generation of racers that he's still the best racecar in the world. Brian Fee directs the animated film, which also features Cristela Alonzo, Armie Hammer, Larry the Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Chris Cooper, Nathan Fillion, Tony Shalhoub, Lea DeLaria, Paul Dooley, Kerry Washington and Paul Newman in its starry voice cast. Thes bottom line of THR's review: "Back on track, but not quite up to speed." | Meet the voices behind the vehicles | Watch the trailer
The Book of Henry
Focus Features
Directed by Colin Trevorrow (whose next project is 2019's Star Wars: Episode IX), the drama stars Naomi Watts as a single mom of two — the bespectacled, adorable Pete, (Jacob Tremblay) and a genius son (Jaeden Lieberher) who has plans to save his classmate (Maddie Ziegler) from a family secret. Sarah Silverman, Lee Pace and Dean Norris are also featured in the cast of the Focus release. "It begins as a kid-genius family picture, then abruptly becomes a terminal-illness melodrama; it winds up a bizarro thriller in which deeply unlikely crimes are plotted from beyond the grave, but not before some child-molestation action pitting a defenseless girl against her stepfather, the commissioner of police," says THR's critic in his review. | Should Star Wars fans be worried about the reviews?
47 Meters Down
Entertainment Studios
Mandy Moore (currently on This Is Us) and Claire Holt (of The Vampire Diaries) star in the horror thriller as two sisters who find themselves trapped in a cage at the bottom of the ocean, surrounded by deadly sharks and with less than an hour of oxygen left in their tanks. Johannes Roberts directs the Entertainment Studios release. THR's review calls the shark-infested thriller "an underwater nail-biter." | Watch the trailer
All Eyez on Me
Lionsgate
The long-gestating biopic of late rapper Tupac Shakur from Lionsgate's Summit stars newcomer Demetrius Shipp Jr. as the iconic 1990s rapper. Directed by Benny Boom, the film chronicles his rise to superstardom as a hip-hop artist, actor, poet and activist, as well as his imprisonment and controversial time at Death Row Records. Danai Gurira and Kat Graham also star. THR's review, however, says the biopic is "more Laborious than Notorious." | The legal battle over bringing Tupac's life to the screen
The Journey
Courtesy of Venice International Film Festival
The IFC dramedy arts stars Timothy Spall and Colm Meaney as Northern Irish religious and political leader Ian Paisley and his sworn enemy, Martin McGuinness, respectively. Directed by Nick Hamm, the film charts the two politicians’ unlikely friendship, which would go on to help shape the future of British and Irish history. John Hurt, Toby Stephens and Freddie Highmore are also among the cast. | THR's review | Director chat
Maudie
Courtesy of TIFF
Sally Hawkins portrays Maud Lewis in the Sony Pictures Classics biopic, depicting the true story of an unlikely romance between recluse Everett Lewis who hires a fragile yet determined woman named to be his housekeeper. Ethan Hawke co-stars as Lewis in the Aisling Walsh film. | Read THR's review
On TV...
The Ranch (Friday, Netflix)
Netflix
The Ashton Kutcher and Sam Elliott multicam sitcom about a Colorado ranching family returns with its second season on Netflix. The Ranch centers on the blue-collar Bennett family, with Kutcher as Colt, a former football player who returned home in season one to help run the family ranch, brother Rooster (Danny Masterson) and their dad Beau (Elliott) — who is separated but was still sleeping with their mom (Debra Winger). | Here's what happened last season
Sunday Night With Megyn Kelly (Sunday, 7 p.m. on NBC)
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Despite an ongoing controversy, NBC News is sticking by its plan to air its interview between Alex Jones and anchor Megyn Kelly. "We remain committed to giving viewers context and insight into a controversial and polarizing figure, how he relates to the president of the United States and influences others, and to getting this serious story right," said NBC News on Friday after Jones leaked part of the interview on Thursday night. Jones is the host of InfoWars, and a friend of Trump's, who has pushed false conspiracy theories about Hillary Clinton and the Sandy Hook massacre. | Jones speaks out | See the leaked footage
► Catch up on Orange Is the New Black: The fifth season is now streaming its 13 episodes on Netflix. The premiere kicks off where last season ended and a Litchfield uprising courses through the high-stakes season, ultimately ending in another game-changing finale. Head here for Q&As with the cast.