The Space Between Us

While en route to Mars, an astronaut (Montgomery) learns that she is pregnant, and soon gives birth to the first human born on the red planet. Sadly, she dies during childbirth. The child, Gardner (Butterfield), grows up in the small colony with only 14 other people, and after turning 16, he finds a video of his mother with a man he's convinced is his father. He secretly stows away aboard a ship headed to Earth, intending to both find the man he believes is his dad and to meet a girl (Robertson) that he's met online. As he finds out, though, growing up on Mars hasn't prepared him for the radically different conditions found on Earth, both physical and social.

Director: Peter Chelsom. Stars: Gary Oldman, Asa Butterfield, Janet Montgomery, Britt Robertson, Scott Takeda. 2017. 120 min. Adventure.

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

After a team of operatives led by Xiang (Yen) steals a device capable of weaponizing orbiting satellites, operative Xander Cage (Diesel), who faked his own death in the previous installment of this franchise, springs back into action to recover it. After paying a visit to his old friend Ainsley (Corfield) for a helping hand, he traces Xiang and the device to the Philippines. But when he and his old team stage a raid to recover the device, Xander discovers that there are far more layers to this conspiracy than he originally thought.

Director: D.J. Caruso. Stars: Vin Diesel, Donnie Yen, Hermione Corfield, Samuel L. Jackson, Deepika Padukone, Kris Wu. 2017. 107 min. Action.

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter

The "Resident Evil" franchise comes to its explosive conclusion in this installment. After being betrayed, Alice (Jovovich) begins a search for survivors of the deadly T-virus that continues to ravage the globe. When the holographic Red Queen (Anderson) appears to Alice, she's reluctant to trust it, but its message that the remnants of the villainous Umbrella Corporation are gathering to finish wiping out humanity is hard to ignore, driving Alice to return to where the apocalypse began: Raccoon City.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson. Stars: Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ever Anderson, Ali Larter, Eoin Macken, Fraser James. 2016. 106 min. Action.