Action fans, you’ll be glad to know that “Twisters” doesn’t blow. It’s officially called a “standalone sequel,” with only a tenuous connection with the 1996 disaster hit, “Twister.” Daisy Edgar-Jones stars alongside man of the hour Glenn Powell in the tale of a brainy meteorologist and an egotistical social media influencer who get in over their heads chasing storms in Oklahoma. “Twisters” is a rousing crowd pleaser sure to sweep disaster fans off their feet.
“Widow Clicquot” is a period drama that’s both a salute to early feminism and a bodice ripper. Haley Bennett stars in the tale of a young woman who, in early 1800s France, takes over her late husband’s vineyard. Through great struggles and with smart innovation, she manages to establish one of the most successful businesses in the Champagne industry. “Widow Clicquot” is a well-acted and modestly effective tribute to the fortitude of an early female entrepreneur.
Crooner Harry Connick, Jr. stars in the routine Netflix romantic comedy, “Find Me Falling.” He plays a rock star who returns to the Mediterranean island of Cyprus after 20 years in hopes of finding the woman who inspired his first big hit song, “The Girl on the Beach.” The locale is the only thing remotely interesting in “Find Me Falling,” but that might be just enough for this harmless fantasy to score with fans of the genre.
The intriguing Max documentary “Wild Wild Space” is both an enlightening look at how small businesses have developed to launch commercial satellites into Earth orbit and a cautionary tale about the dangers of orbiting garbage, the billionaire space monopoly and the inevitable militarization of space. “Wild, Wild Space” is instructive and sobering.