What’s worth your time in movies and TV this weekend?
EW’s critics review the latest releases: M3GAN, Alert, The Pale Blue Eye, and Velma.
But who has time to parent a grieving child when production deadlines loom?
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M3GAN came to play, and possibly reboot her motherboard for a sequel.
(This is a running joke in the first two episodes.
You’re not onCBSanymore, Scotty!)
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(Gillian Anderson, vibrating on high, andBohemian Rhapsody’sLucy Boyntonalso costar in elaborate hoop skirts.)
It’s a prequel that re-casts diversely, re-orients sexually, and over-backstories generally.
Should be fun, but it’s a self-aware slog.
Dania Ramirez and Scott Caan in ‘Alert’.Philippe Bosse/FOX
Everyone talks like a TV writer who only knows TV writers.
“This is exactly what happened in my vlog about Lil Wayne!”
It’s so extra it’s minus.GRADE: CDarren Franich
Read EW’s fullVelmareview here
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Christian Bale stars in ‘The Pale Blue Eye’ as Det. Augustus Landor opposite Harry Melling’s ‘The Pale Blue Eye.'.Scott Garfield/Netflix
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