There’s nothing substantially new in theaters for Mother’s Day weekend. I can’t tell if that’s a slight or just a way for Hollywood to go spend time with their moms. Maybe you and yours can just stay in and watch Poker Face. They’ll love pointing at a guest star and saying, “Isn’t that the green lady from Wicked?”
Featured Presentations
Poker Face season two
Natasha Lyonne continues to use her lie-detecting talents to solve crimes in the second season of this Columbo-esque series that’s absolutely packed with high-profile guest stars. There’s not enough room to list them all, so I’ll just spit out a few names: Cynthia Erivo, Awkwafina, John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, and Richard Kind (obviously). — Jen Chaney
Streaming on Peacock
Clown in a Cornfield
Some years, clowns are so out, and other times, they’re the hottest thing in horror. It’s a little early to see if this new slasher from Shudder can ride the Terrifier wave, but it’s certainly trying. Like its namesake suggests, Clown in a Cornfield involves a clown named Frendo terrorizing some kids in a small town.
In theaters now
Forever
“[Michael Cooper Jr. and Lovie Simone] are what give this Forever the juice, imbuing a TV portrayal of teen sexual exploration with wonder and disappointment and some frank mechanical uncertainty.”
(Streaming on Netflix; read VanArendonk’s full review here.)
Conan O’Brien Must Go
Conan O’Brien has been on a red-hot streak: He recently hosted the Oscars and won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. Now he’s returning to Max for another season of his delightfully idiotic travel show. In Thursday’s premiere, he heads to New Zealand, where he’ll meet up with Kiwi filmmaker Taika Waititi. Silliness is bound to ensue. — Tolly Wright
Streaming on Max
Fight or Flight
This film seems to be aiming for John Wick action meets Snakes on a Plane absurdity, which is an inspired choice for an airplane thriller. Josh Hartnett stars as a disgraced American agent tasked with tracking down and keeping an asset safe on a long-haul flight. Oh, and there’s also a bunch of over-the-top assassins aboard aiming to kill that very person. Did I mention that Hartnett has bleached blond hair? —T.W.
In theaters now
Reality Bites
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars season ten
Welcome back, Lydia Butthole Kollins, Ginger Minj, Denali, Mistress Isabelle Brooks, and so many more. This season has an even larger cast (18 queens total) as the All Stars are put into teams and competing tournament-style for who knows how long. And to top it off, we’re finally getting Chappell Roan as a guest judge!!
Streaming on Paramount+
Finally Streaming
The Ugly Stepsister
This really isn’t your Disney fairy tale. If anything, it takes more from the Brothers Grimm “Cinderella” story in which the stepsisters go to violent lengths to try and get the prince. Here, the eldest stepsister, Elvira (Lea Myren), undergoes some gruesome tactics to make herself beautiful to woo the prince (Isac Calmroth) away from her beautiful orphaned stepsister Agnes (Thea Sofie Loch Næss).
Streaming on Shudder
Double Feature
Infernal Affairs
In the third episode of Poker Face’s new season, there are plenty of moles, rats, and snakes to go around — of the undercover variety. If the twists remind you of The Departed, then maybe it’s time to check out the original 2002 thriller Martin Scorsese based his Oscar-winning film on, Infernal Affairs. Hong Kong cinema titans Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Andy Lau star as a police cadet recruited to infiltrate a criminal organization and a gang member tasked with becoming a police mole, respectively. —T.W.
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Happy Mother’s Day. Now go see a killer clown.
