Beaver makes a revolution. Mabel, a young nature defender, studies at a college where they figured out how to transfer human consciousness into robotic animals. Using the technology without permission, she inhabits a robot beaver to rally forest dwellers against the mayor, who plans to build a highway right through their grove. A lively, cleverly assembled, and unexpectedly snarky Pixar animation. Like "Toy Story," but the toys want to eat each other.

Who should watch: everyone who misses the Pixar that wasn't afraid to be weird.


Mortal Kombat II

Baraka goes swish-swish. The champions of Earthrealm gather to finally beat Shao Kahn and his minions in Outworld; along the way, Johnny Cage jokes, Kitana waves her fan, Kung Lao waves his hat, and Johnny Cage jokes again. History repeats in reverse: MK-95 got a rather weak sequel back in the day, while the current reboot goes the opposite way—first pancake is lumpy, second is piping hot. A noisy, bloody, and pleasantly dumb action movie that finally understood that in a fighting game adaptation, the main thing is the fighting. Like Paul Anderson's "Mortal Kombat," but shot after five energy drinks.

Who should watch: everyone who remembers what "down-forward-back-block" means.


Over Your Dead Body

The viewer facepalms. Failed director Dan and failed actress Lisa go to a country house to fix their relationship (both secretly plan to kill each other there). A mean, meaty, and occasionally witty black comedy with a lively script but a disastrous acting duo: there's no chemistry between Jason Segel and Samara Weaving's characters. Do these two really hate each other enough to choke, shoot, and dismember? Bro, what are you doing? Like "The War of the Roses," but with an excess of plot twists and a deficit of acting.

Who should watch: those who have a date with a not very interesting person planned.


Die My Love

The director makes it hurt. A young family moves from New York to the Montana wilderness, has a child, and slowly goes insane—each in their own way. And here, there's so much chemistry you could pass the Unified State Exam after the movie. The relationship between the characters is so heated that there's no room left for the child, the rural landscape, or common sense. With such a temperature regime, these two should be robbing banks across the Midwest, not dealing with diapers in a godforsaken shack. Like "The Lighthouse," but without the lighthouse.

Who should watch: fans of films about animalistic, physical, and nerve-wracking relationships on the verge of psychosis.

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