ALADDIN. 2.5 stars. Will Smith is a genie who grants wishes to a young man who's fallen in love with a princess in Disney's live-action "Aladdin." 2 hrs. 8 PG (thematic elements) _ Gary Thompson
BLINDED BY THE LIGHT. 3 stars. An alienated teen _ the son of Pakistani immigrants _ in 1980s Britain finds inspiration in the lyrics and music of Bruce Springsteen. Gurinder Chadha (Bend it Like Beckham) gives us a daft and somehow enjoyable musical that turns the music of The Boss into a "Mamma Mia"-style sing-along. 1 hr. 56 PG-13 (thematic material, language including some ethnic slurs) _ Gary Thompson
THE FAREWELL. 3.5 stars. A Chinese family gathers for a fake wedding to give their dying grandmother, who is unaware of her dire situation, a grand sendoff. 1 hr. 38 PG (thematic material, brief language, some smoking) _ Gary Thompson
HOBBS & SHAW. 2.5 stars. In this "Fast & Furious" spinoff, Dwayne Johnson and Jason Stratham return as a lawman and a lawless outcast who form an unlikely partnership to take on a genetically enhanced force that threatens humanity. 2 hrs. 17 PG-13 (violence) _ Gary Thompson
THE KITCHEN. 1.5 stars. When New York mobsters are jailed by the feds, their wives keep the "family" businesses running. This very kitschy movie an attempt to re-create a 1970s Big Apple gangland milieu comes off as a cross between the Liberty Mutual LiMu emu commercials and a dinner theater production of "GoodFellas." 1 hr. 46 R (violence, profanity) _ Gary Thompson
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO. 3 stars. In a changing city where he no longer feels at home, a young man (Jimmy Fails) attempts to claim a home built by his grandfather many years earlier. The film makes brilliant use of its soundtrack. 2 hrs. R (profanity) _ Gary Thompson
THE NIGHTINGALE. 2.5 stars. With the help of an aboriginal tracker, a young Irish woman (Aisling Franciosi) bent on revenge hunts a British officer who wronged her family through the Tasmanian wilderness. Set during the early 19th century. 2 hrs. 17 R (violence) _ Gary Thompson
ONCE UPON A TIME... IN HOLLYWOOD. 3 stars. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as a fading movie star and his stunt double during the dying days of Hollywood's golden age. Quentin Tarantino directs. 2 hrs. 39 R (violence) _ Gary Thompson
THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON. 3.5 stars. A man with Down syndrome (Zack Gottsagen) runs away from his adult-care home to pursue his dream of becoming a professional wrestler and finds help from an unexpected source in this affecting, appealing piece of Americana. Shia LaBeouf and Dakota Johnson also star. 1 hr. 33 PG-13 _ Gary Thompson
READY OR NOT. 2.5 stars. A new bride (Samara Weaving) is welcomed to her husbands family in terrifying fashion by her new in-laws in this comic-horror effort at class-war commentary. 1 hr. 35 R (violence, profanity) _ Gary Thompson
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK. 2.5 stars. Spooky things happen when teens tell scary stories in an old mansion with a dark history. 1 hr. 47 PG-13 (terror, violence, disturbing images, thematic elements, language, including racial epithets, brief sexual references) _ Nick Vadala
TOY STORY 4. 3 stars. Woody (voice of Tom Hanks) and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with a new friend. If Pixar is getting bored with its franchise-extending chores for Disney, it certainly doesn't show in this funny, freaky, often profound animated adventure that is certainly the best movie ever made about a spork. 1 hr. 30 G _ Gary Thompson
WHERE'D YOU GO BERNADETTE. 2.5 stars. When a mother (Cate Blanchett) who seemingly has it all suddenly disappears, her family sets about trying to find her. Kristen Wiig. Blanchett has the title role as a brilliant-but-blocked architect who never psychologically recovered from having her most celebrated dream home creation bulldozed by a billionaire philistine who replaced it with a McMansion. 2 hrs. 10 PG-13 (some strong language, drug material) _ Gary Thompson
YESTERDAY. 3 stars. A struggling English musician awakens after an accident to a new reality in which The Beatles never existed and their song catalog is free for him to use as his own. 1 hr. 52 PG-13 (suggestive content, language) _ Gary Thompson
