Movies Update: Kevin Costner bids for a franchise.

And "A Quiet Place" returns with a prequel.

View in browser|nytimes.com June 28, 2024 By Mekado Murphy Hey, movie fans! Will you be finding A Quiet Place to watch a film this weekend or do you have another plan on the Horizon? A movie from a known saga and a movie from a hope-to-be-known saga are both out this weekend: Kevin Costner's first installment from his planned western cycle "Horizon" and the chilling prequel "A Quiet Place: Day One." In her review of the Costner movie, the critic Manohla Dargis calls it a "big, busy, decentered western." And in her review of the "Quiet Place" entry, the critic Elisabeth Vincentelli singles out Lupita Nyong'o's performance as "sensational," writing that the thriller "is at its very best whenever Nyong'o's face fills the screen, like the postapocalyptic heroine of a silent movie." A couple of high-profile titles are also on streaming this week, including the documentary "I Am: Celine Dion" (on Amazon Prime Video) and the rom-com "A Family Affair" with Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. And overall, this week has an eclectic mix of movie options. Find something great to watch, and enjoy the movies! Warner Bros. Pictures 'Horizon: An American Saga — Chapter 1' Review: The Beauty, and the Bloodshed In the first of a projected four-film cycle, Kevin Costner revisits the western genre and U.S. history in a big, busy drama. By Manohla Dargis Gareth Gatrell/Paramount Pictures 'A Quiet Place: Day One' Review: Silent Beginnings The chills are more effective than the thrills in this prequel to the "A Quiet Place" franchise. By Elisabeth Vincentelli Andrew Kelly/Reuters Critic's Notebook Celine Dion Can Only Be Herself The singer's over-the-top sincerity and expressiveness were once seen as irredeemably uncool. In the new documentary "I Am: Celine Dion," they have become her superpowers. By Lindsay Zoladz CRITICS' PICKS Sideshow/Janus Films Critic's Pick 'Last Summer' Review: A Shocking Affair to Remember Few directors get as deeply under the skin as Catherine Breillat, a longtime provocateur who tests the limits of what the world thinks women should do and say and be. By Manohla Dargis Searchlight Pictures Critic's Pick 'Kinds of Kindness' Review: Everybody's Looking for Something Yorgos Lanthimos returns with a twisted fable triptych about dominating and being dominated. By Alissa Wilkinson A24 Critic's Pick 'Janet Planet' Review: A Sticky Summer Full of Small Dramas Annie Baker's debut feature film is a tiny masterpiece — a perfect coming-of-age story for both a misfit tween and her mother. By Alissa Wilkinson MOVIE REVIEWS Amazon Studios 'I Am: Celine Dion' Review: You Saw the Best in Me Dion's voice made her a star. A new documentary on Amazon Prime Video brings her back to Earth, showing her intimate struggles with stiff person syndrome. By Chris Azzopardi Tina Rowden/Netflix 'A Family Affair' Review: A Rom-Com With a Third Wheel When Zara (Joey King) realizes that her mom (Nicole Kidman) is dating her boss (Zac Efron), she tries to split them up. By Glenn Kenny Apple TV+ 'Fancy Dance' Review: The Search for a Sister This debut feature about a missing woman on an Oklahoma reservation is an imperfect but palpably emotional portrait of desperation and hard-won hope. By Brandon Yu Phedon Papamichael/Sony Pictures Classics 'Daddio' Review: Two for the Road Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson outclass a humdrum script as two people who talk — and talk — in a New York City taxicab. By Jeannette Catsoulis Cohen Media Group Review: In 'June Zero,' There Are Many Ways to See the Past Jake Paltrow's film braids three fictional stories around the 1962 execution of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official and war criminal. By Nicolas Rapold Sandbox Film 'Confessions of a Good Samaritan' Review: An Altruistic Story In Penny Lane's newest film, she turns the camera on herself to document her experience donating a kidney to a stranger. By Natalia Winkelman David Chizallet/Oscilloscope Laboratories 'The Vourdalak' Review: Blood Relations An endangered French aristocrat is stranded with a benighted rural family in this tragicomic fairy tale. By Jeannette Catsoulis Cinema Guild 'Music' Review: Oedipus Rocks An ethereal, experimental new drama retells the story of the mythical Greek hero. By Beatrice Loayza NEWS & FEATURES Disney/Pixar Critic's Notebook I Saw My Anxiety Reflected in 'Inside Out 2.' It Floored Me. In a way that's both cathartic and devastating, Pixar's latest portrays how anxiety can take hold, our critic writes. By Maya Phillips Amazon Studios Celine Dion Had a Medical Emergency. The Camera Kept Rolling Irene Taylor, director of the new documentary "I Am: Celine Dion," talks about the decision to include a grueling scene of the pop star in crisis. By Annie Aguiar Richard Foreman/Warner Bros. Kevin Costner Is Pursuing His Western Dream. Will Audiences Follow? To make "Horizon," he put his own money on the line and left "Yellowstone," the series that revived his career — all with little Hollywood support. By Nicole Sperling Randall Michelson & Bernardo Flores 'The Lion King' at 30: Jason Weaver Sang for Simba but Few Knew It The actor was playing a young Michael Jackson when Elton John spotted him. Three decades later, the new attention to his legacy is "gratifying." By Ashley Spencer STREAMING RECOMMENDATIONS Criterion Collection Three Great Documentaries to Stream This month's picks look at a summer in Paris, a summer at the Olympics and the heat of the erotic thriller. By Ben Kenigsberg Kino Lorber Seeking Serious Cinema on Streaming? Try Kino Film Collection. The service is an art house answer to what's missing on some of the more popular streamers. By Jason Bailey Warner Bros. Five International Movies to Stream Now This month's selections include a Japanese serial-killer thriller, a Pride Month pick from Sri Lanka, a Malaysian drama about undocumented street hustlers and more. By Devika Girish Joe Lederer/Columbia Pictures Critic's Notebook 'White Chicks' at 20: Comedy Beyond the Pale The Wayans brothers' subversive comedy is smarter than you remember. By Robert Daniels Dog Eat Dog Films Critic's Notebook 'Fahrenheit 9/11' at 20: Revisiting the Fear and Anger Michael Moore's hit documentary isn't a prosecutor's brief but a political and emotional appeal, rooted in the ways in which the country's burdens are unequally borne. By Nicolas Rapold How are we doing? We'd love your feedback on this newsletter. Please email thoughts and suggestions to moviesupdate@nytimes.com. Like this email? 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