How to make a killing for a chill weekend. Apparently, that includes a Glen Powell A24 flick where he again [checks notes] plays a seemingly charming guy with an underlying scheme. (See: Hit Man.) If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Speaking of which, there’s also Baz Luhrmann committed to another Elvis joint. Here’s everything to check out this post-holiday hangover weekend.
Featured Presentations
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How to Make a Killing
Glen Powell plays a charming guy disowned by his wealthy family when he was born. It’s honestly cruel to make a guy named Becket Redfellow live a working-class life, huh. As a way to claim his inheritance, Becket decides to get rid of every other Redfellow in line for it. Margaret Qualley, Zach Woods, Topher Grace, and Ed Harris co-star.
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Kokuho
Nominated for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at this year’s Oscars, director Lee Sang-il’s drama is now coming to the States. Kokuho follows a teenager Kikuo (Ryo Yoshizawa) who finds refuge in a Kabuki theatre following the death of his father.
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56 Days
Oliver (Avan Jogia) and Ciara (Dove Cameron) tumble into a relationship and then, nearly two months later, are involved in a murder. This show doesn’t immediately reveal who killed whom, instead jumping back and forth in time to maintain the suspense. It could be twisty fun. — Roxana Hadadi
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Shoresy season five
Jared Keeso’s Letterkenny spinoff returns to a changed world: Americans care way more about Canadian shows about ice hockey now. As Shoresy continues to adjust to life off the rink, a touring European team puts the Canadian way of playing to the test. — Nicholas Quah
Imax-Maxxing
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
Didn’t Baz Luhrmann already release an Elvis project? Yes, but now he’s trading Austin Butler for the actual Elvis Presley. Luhrmann and his crew combed through restored footage from the musician’s past concert films and archival works to deliver a new documentary set during his Las Vegas residency. The film will only be in Imax for one week before opening wide on February 27.
Animation Station
Strip Law
Created by the Onion News Network and Clickhole alum Cullen Crawford, this animated series pairs Adam Scott with Janelle James. He’s a beleaguered and uptight lawyer who thinks he’s too good to be working in Vegas; she’s a magician who knows he needs to add some flash to his arguments to actually win over the city’s judges and juries. — R.H.
Grand Finales
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Showrunner Ira Parker’s delightful — for the most part — little show is reaching the end of its season-one journey. It’s been nice to see the Game of Thrones universe dip into something more comedic and lighthearted, especially when compared to the return of House of the Dragon this June, where bloodshed and betrayal is the norm. Catch the whole series or the finale where Dunk, Egg & Co. deal with the fallout of the trial of the seven.
Vanished
This four-episode miniseries starring Kaley Cuoco as Alice, an archeologist, and Sam Claflin as an NGO worker named Tom begins in a familiar thriller space. Their romance is all international vacations until he disappears off a train to Avignon, France. By the time the series introduced bandits yelling in Arabic and toting machine guns, I worried that Vanished would instead become a different kind of cliché — an Orientalist one. But kudos to co-creators David Hilton and Preston Thompson for continuing to swerve the story, switching up our expectations for not just Tom but also a journalist (Karin Viard) and a detective (Simon Abkarian) who cross paths with Alice. While it wasn’t high art, it was surprisingly engaging and ultimately sympathetic toward the plight of so many displaced Syrian women and children. Finale “Run, Alice, Run” is particularly satisfying if you don’t spend too much thinking about its approximately one million plot holes; the appeal here is shoot-outs, foot chases through French streets, and how very, very sharp Claflin’s jawline is. — Roxana Hadadi
Finally Streaming
Urchin
“Dickinson is still sorting out how to discuss the movie’s delicate subject matter. Urchin is a painstaking close read of life on the street, following a young homeless man named Mike (played by the British actor Frank Dillane) as he travels the cycle of addiction, crime, imprisonment, rehabilitation, and relapse. Early critics have called it ‘compassionate,’ which might sound like a euphemism for treacly or didactic. But the film’s empathy is matter of fact, achieved in part through an almost documentarian naturalism.”
Read more of Carrie Battan’s interview with Urchin director and actor Harris Dickinson here. The film is now streaming on Hulu.