Buffalo’s defense has a tough task trying to slow down Jackson and Derrick Henry. Greg Rousseau, Von Miller and Ed Oliver need to pressure Jackson and somehow keep him contained.
Damson Idris, left, and Brad Pitt in a scene from “F1.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)Damson Idris, left, and Brad Pitt in a scene from “F1.” (Warner Bros. Pictures via AP)
(Universal, theaters): The creepy, dancing doll is back — as is an even more dangerous version on a killing spree whom she has to stop. Any questions?(A24, theaters): One of the big breakouts from this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the debut feature offollows Agnes, a grad student, in the aftermath of a sexual assault. “I wanted to make a film that was about feeling stuck when everyone around you keeps moving,” Victor said. “I really think the thing it’s about is trying to heal and the slow pace at which healing comes and how it’s really not linear and how there are joys to be found in the everyday and especially in very affirming friendships and sometimes, like, a sandwich depending on the day.”
“M3gan 2.0.” (Geoffrey Short/Universal Pictures via AP)“M3gan 2.0.” (Geoffrey Short/Universal Pictures via AP)
(IFC Films, theaters): Things heat up on the Spanish coast, where Sofia (Emma Mackey) and her mother (Fiona Shaw) have gone in hopes of helping her mysterious illness. There Sofia meets a beguiling stranger (Vicky Krieps). This Berlin selection is based on a novella by Deborah Levy.
(Universal, theaters): Filmmaker Gareth Edwards (a “Jurassic Park” superfan and the director of “The Creator”) is ushering in a new era of “Jurassic” movies and harkening back to the Steven Spielberg originals in this film with Scarlett Johansson, Mahershala Ali and Jonathan Bailey. Much about the film is being kept top secret, but Edwards said David Koepp’s script read like a love letter to Spielberg’s early work. “It’s basically a mission story where these military types go to this island to get this DNA, then there’s a twist,” Edwards said. “This family ends up involved and it becomes a story of survival. It’s like one giant roller coaster ride and once it gets going, it sort of doesn’t stop.”It was Tucci who suggested a stop in Lombardy after reading an article about a gay couple who haven’t been able to legally adopt their baby boy since the government doesn’t recognize adoptions by same-sex couples.
“There’s a darker side, as there are with every country,” says Birmingham. “Italians are so focused on food and family, but what does family mean? That was what we wanted to look at in that story.”Tucci joins Ryan Reynolds, Emily Blunt and Blake Lively at a screening of “Another Simple Favor” in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
Tucci joins Ryan Reynolds, Emily Blunt and Blake Lively at a screening of “Another Simple Favor” in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)Tucci is part of a crowded field of celeb travel hosts, which includes