What’s happening on Seattle’s movie scene this week.
Here are snapshots of what our movie reviewers thought of the movies opening this week in the Seattle area. (Star ratings are granted on a scale of zero to four.)
★★ “Solo: A Star Wars Story” (PG-13; 140 minutes) Alden Ehrenreich wears a smirk throughout “Solo: A Star Wars Story” that turns Han Solo into a guy who is just this side of insufferable. By contrast, that’s not a problem for Donald Glover in the role of Lando Calrissian. He’s a cool smoothie very much in the mold of Billy Dee Williams. Full review. Several theaters. — Soren Andersen, Special to The Seattle Times
★★★½ “Disobedience” (R; 114 minutes) Sebastián Lelio’s story of a love triangle unfolds quietly but passionately, with a generosity of spirit toward its three central characters, played by Rachel Weisz, Rachel McAdams and Alessandro Nivola. Weisz and McAdams, in particular, have a way of gazing at each other that tells stories. Full review. Several theaters. — Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times arts critic
★★ “Beast” (R; 107 minutes) The scenes between the film’s stars — Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn — are electric, the island landscapes haunting and the atmospherics are right in this stylish psychodrama about a woman who becomes smitten with a stranger who many locals suspect of being a serial killer. Full review. Meridian and Seattle 10. — David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle