The best movies out right now

Four old friends go wild in a shamelessly funny comedy blessed with bad behavior and heart.

Christopher Nolan’s somber tribute makes a distant war feel uncomfortably present.

Featuring special effects that redefine the cutting edge, this superb third entry in the rebooted series completely immerses you in a scary future world.

Making environmental catastrophe both visually alarming and so heartbreaking you’ll cry an ocean of your own, Jeff Orlowski’s documentary is cine-activism done with panache.

This brilliantly feminist indie film plunges a cold, sharp knife into the back of period-piece dramas. Confusingly, it has nothing to do with Shakespeare: The tale concerns a teenager in Victorian England (Florence Pugh, like a young Kate Winslet) whose father has married her off to a rich miner’s son. But she has other plans in mind.

This teen-flick-meets-action-movie marks a bright and breezy return for the teenage superhero.

Interrupted by death, a couple’s love finds a weird way forward in this slice of supernatural risk-taking.

Director Edgar Wright refuels the car-chase movie, goosing it with a wallpapered-with-pop- tunes kick that’s all his own.

Go see Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani become a huge star in this sweet and unexpected serious romantic comedy that will have you believing in the power of great screenwriting.

Smartly judged in terms of scope, this documentary takes a found-footage approach to the president’s iconic potency, which was carefully finessed.

Featuring special effects that redefine the cutting edge, this superb third entry in the rebooted series completely immerses you in a scary future world.

This teen-flick-meets-action-movie marks a bright and breezy return for the teenage superhero.

It seems third time’s the opposite of lucky with animated franchises. Like Toy Story and Ice Age before it, the Despicable series has made the short trip from lovably madcap to tedious in three films.

Director Edgar Wright refuels the car-chase movie, goosing it with a wallpapered-with-pop- tunes kick that’s all his own

Go see Silicon Valley's Kumail Nanjiani become a huge star in this sweet and unexpected serious romantic comedy that will have you believing in the power of great screenwriting.

Looks like the DC Comics universe has finally hit its stride. Let’s thank likable star Gal Gadot and a team of screenwriters that remembers to have some fun.

Teens mess with fate and suffer the consequences in this exhausted horror whiff, a movie of zero originality.

Pixar's speedy franchise rolls on to a third chapter preoccupied with obsolescence and getting tune-ups.

Michael Bay’s previous film, the Benghazi-related (and critically underrated) 13 Hours, was basically an art film for him. The explosion-friendly director now returns to his signature franchise, perhaps with more politics in tow. Adding to the grandeur is Anthony Hopkins in a prominent role. Good parts are hard to find, apparently.

Playing suburban marrieds who find themselves too short of cash to send their hardworking daughter to college, Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler find ample opportunity to cut loose with khaki-clad fury. The solution to their problems? Hosting a secret Vegas-style gambling parlor where trusted neighbors can unleash their inner Joe Pescis. It’s not pretty.