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Clockwise from top: Bait, Daredevil: Born Again, They Will Kill You, and BTS: The Return.
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The déjà vu you’re feeling? That’s valid. We have yet another week with a movie about a rich family hunting a pair of sisters. Last week’s, still in theaters, saw Sarah Michelle Gellar stalking someone, and the new one has Heather Graham’s eyeball running amok. But aside from murderous games of hide-and-seek, we’ve got a new Julio Torres comedy special, the return of BTS and Hannah Montana, and Riz Ahmed in a show where he’s vying to be James Bond — how can we make that a reality, though?
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Before his Oscar win, when Riz Ahmed was starting out, Idris Elba told him to travel to the U.S. for more opportunities. Now Ahmed is evoking Elba in another way: He’s starring in this comedy series as a struggling actor who gets the chance to try out for James Bond, a role Elba was himself wish-cast in for years by fans. —Roxana Hadadi
Rich people trying to kill those they deem lesser than them? Evergreen. Director Kirill Sokolov’s latest horror stars Zazie Beetz as a woman hired as a maid at the Virgil, a New York high-rise, only to find out that the bougie inhabitants are actually cultists ready to murder her. Industry’s Myha’la is featured as Beetz’s sister, alongside Heather Graham, Tom Felton, and Patricia Arquette.
➽ In theaters; read the full review.
Who cares about anything other than the fact that Jessica Jones is back? Thank God.
Nightmarish marriages are a cornerstone of the horror genre. In this show, that theme gets pegged to the week before one couple’s wedding: At what point in a relationship does it become clear that vowing to stay together forever is a terrible idea? Camila Morrone and Adam DiMarco star as the bride and groom, and Stranger Things’s Duffer brothers, who have since announced their departure from Netflix for Paramount, are co-producers. —Roxana Hadadi
The late Rob Reiner’s 1986 coming-of-age drama, based on a Stephen King novella about a group of young boys on a quest to see a dead body, became an instant generational touchstone on debut, and it holds up. It’s back in theaters for one week to celebrate its 40th anniversary. —Bilge Ebiri
➽ After this rewatch, catch up on the rest of Reiner’s films.
“When director Bao Nguyen set out to document BTS’s long-awaited comeback as a group, he had Greek mythology on his mind. Nguyen told press in Seoul that when he saw Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook speaking to the crowd at one of their last U.S. concerts before their mandatory military service, BTS reminded him of Odysseus, while their Army wives fans were like the Homeric hero’s waiting wife, Penelope. But the documentary ended up telling more than just a story of yearning for a return.” —Jennifer Zhan, reporting from Seoul on BTS’s return
➽ Miley Cyrus also returns as the pop star of a generation this week in the Hannah Montana 20th Anniversary Special. Cyrus shows off blonde hair and bangs as she sings and reminisces on a handful of nostalgic hits.
“But I’ve never even seen Jojo’s—”
Hold your horses! Steel Ball Run, based on the seventh part of Hirohiko Araki’s ultra-glam shonen JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, takes place in a different time, in a different place, and with a completely different JoJo. So you don’t really need to have seen one of Megan Thee Stallion’s favorite anime to root for Johnny Joestar, a paralyzed former jockey, as he joins a cross-country horse race to chase down a mysterious rider he believes could change his fate. Or, at least, I haven’t, and I still had a good time. —Zoë Haylock
Filmmaker Joachim Trier’s intimate family drama managed to win the Oscar for Best International Feature this month. A portrait of two daughters and their estranged father looking to make a film based on their family, Sentimental Value has riveting performances from Stellan “I Consider Myself a Nepo Daddy” Skarsgård, Renate Reinsve, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning.
➽ Plus Sam Raimi’s Send Help and the Oscar-nominated Sirāt are out on VOD. And we’ve got a terrifying animal double feature on streaming: Anaconda on Netflix and Primate on Paramount+.
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