Turning Red, the latest feature from the Mouse House, streaming now on Disney+, breaks new ground, dealing with puberty and menstruation, while also celebrating the bonds of family and friendship.

Adult Adam (Ryan Reynolds) hails from the year 2050. Arriving in the present, he teams with his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell) to nip a future problem for humanity in the bud.

Ben Affleck plays Louisiana tech whiz Vic Van Allen in Director Adrian Lyne’s edgy psychological drama Deep Water (Hulu).

“The Batman” (Warner Bros.). Director and co-writer Matt Reeves’ reboot of the DC Comics-based franchise is a darkly powerful affair, and its script – penned with Peter Craig – plays with the interesting question whether the iconic crimefighter of the title is, in fact, a hero.

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The younger (Tom Holland) of two orphaned brothers, having grown up to be a bartender and petty thief, is contacted by a mysterious adventurer (Mark Wahlberg) who claims to have known his long-lost sibling and, partly in hopes of reuniting with the latter, agrees to assist the stranger in his search for a cache of Spanish gold hidden during the Age of Exploration. By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service.

Dull human interaction alternates with impressive special-effects spectacle in this sullen science-fiction fantasy in which the moon goes out of its orbit and threatens to collide with Earth. By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service

‘The Father’ has nothing new to say about the challenges of dementia. This drama portrays the mental confusion of a man in his 80s by keeping the viewer off-balance as well.

Suspended from his job as the result of a scandal, a previously work-obsessed NFL coach temporarily relocates to his Texas hometown where his ex-wife and preteen son still live and, to bond with the alienated lad, joins the coaching staff of the boy’s Pop Warner football team.

Van Helsing’s mysterious latest invention transforms Drac and his pals into humans, and Johnny into a monster. With their new mismatched bodies, Drac and the pack must find a way to switch themselves back before their transformations become permanent.
By John Mulderig, Catholic News Service.