Movies From Midsommar's director's cut to Don't Let Go, 13 movies to see this Labor Day weekend By Joey Nolfi Joey Nolfi Entertainment Weekly's Oscars expert, 'RuPaul's Drag Race' beat reporter, host of 'Quick Drag' Twitter Spaces, and cohost of 'EW's BINGE' podcast. Almost all of the drag content on this site is my fault (you're welcome). EW's editorial guidelines Published on August 30, 2019 08:00AM EDT Photo: Merie Weismiller Wallace/A24; Blumhouse Productions; Eric Zachanowich/Fox Searchlight The end of summer (and blistering temperatures) is near, but the box office is still red hot with a slew of diverse titles closing out the season. From genre breakouts like Ari Aster's Midsommar (a director's cut of which is slated for a weekend bow) and the new supernatural thriller Don't Let Go to budding Oscar contenders (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Farewell) and prestige novelties (Xavier Dolan's long-gestating Death and Life of John F. Donovan, Luce), here are 13 titles to see in theaters over the Labor Day stretch. Midsommar: The Director’s Cut Starring: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, William Jackson Harper, Will Poulter Director: Ari Aster Rating: Unrated EW's review: [Note: review is for the theatrical cut] "You can't be afraid of the dark inMidsommar, because darkness never comes. Everything that happens in writer-director Ari Aster's cornea-searing, fantastically unnerving folk-horror reverie unfolds in the dazzling glare of June-bright sunlight — a waking nightmare nestled cozily within the clapboard barns and verdant valleys of the Swedish countryside…. And like the fretful violins that stagger raggedly over the soundtrack, the skin-pricking pleasures of Midsommar aren't rational, they're instinctive: a thrilling, seasick freefall into the light." A– Where to watch: In theaters, limited release (opens Friday) Don’t Let Go Starring: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Byron Mann, Mykelti Williamson Director: Jacob Aaron Estes Rating: R Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (opens Friday) Angel Has Fallen Starring: Gerard Butler, Morgan Freeman, Danny Huston, Michael Landes, Tim Blake Nelson, Nick Nolte, Piper Perabo, Jada Pinkett Smith Director: Ric Roman Waugh Rating: R Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Good Boys Starring: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon, Molly Gordon, Lil Rel Howery, Will Forte Director: Gene Stupnitsky Rating: R EW's review: "Mostly, the story is just scant scaffolding on which to hang cheerfully crass jokes about Stranger Things, anal beads, and cocaine. But it's a winning showcase, too, for the loopy charm of its young stars: Room's Tremblay as Max, the ideal Everyboy; Noon as the spiky but vulnerable Thor, a sort of fun-size Danny McBride; and Williams' rule-abiding Lucas, a kid so earnestly transparent, it's like he ate truth serum for breakfast. In the end, it's their fundamental goodness — not all the wicked, winky "bad" — that's easily the best thing about Boys." B– Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Ready or Not Starring: Samara Weaving, Andie MacDowell, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien, Henry Czerny, Kristian Bruun Director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Rating: R EW's review: "Running beneath Ready's fairly standard and-then-there-were-none plot mechanics, too, is a clever thread of class commentary. Yes, the rich are different from you and me; does that mean they're evil, or just monumentally self-absorbed? And what if it's not really biology that's destiny, but tax brackets? Gillett and Bettinelli-Olpin have a lot of fun with those ideas without belaboring them too much. So come for the crossbows, etc., and to watch Weaving's star be born in real time; stay for the socio-economic lessons and sweet, sweet revenge. That should still leave plenty of time to get home and plan your next game night." B+ Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Dora and the Lost City of Gold Starring: Isabela Moner, Eugenio Derbez, Michael Peña, Eva Longoria, Adriana Barraza, Q'orianka Kilcher Director: Janes Bobin Rating: PG Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Starring: Leonardi DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret QUalley, Timothy Olyphant, Julia Butters, Austin Butler, Dakota Fanning, Bruce Dern, Mike Moh, Luke Perry, Damian Lewis, Al Pacino Director: Quentin Tarantino Rating: R EW's review: "Some viewers might start to wonder somewhere around the two-and-a-half-hour mark if Tarantino actually has a plan to bring this all together, or merely wants to keep unspooling his celluloid valentine until the reels run out. There's a wild twist coming, one you can either choose to go with or not; it feels a lot better to let it in. No doubt there will be uncountable baby Tarantinos watching Once Upon a Time in dark theaters and dreaming their own future Hollywood dreams; until then, he's still one of the most original, confounding, and purely enjoyable auteurs we've got." A– Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) The Peanut Butter Falcon Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Dakota Johnson, Zack Gottsagen, Jon Bernthal, John Hawkes, Thomas Haden Church, Bruce Dern, Yelawolf Director: Tyler Nilson, Michael Schwartz Rating: PG-13 Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) The Farewell Starring: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen Director: Lulu Wang Rating: PG EW's review: "Farewell has the freshness of [Wang's] own distinct voice, a dry humor and low-key melancholy that infuses even the most quotidian scenes, from a visit to Billi's late grandfather's grave, where the group squabbles over offerings — should they peel the oranges before they place them on his tombstone? Does he want one more cigarette, or did he quit before the end? — to a kitschy prewedding photo shoot that plays out in the background of a serious conversation like a surreal silent comedy. On screen, Awkwafina can feel more like a personality than an actress; still, she finds something appealingly honest and vulnerable in Billi — who may always hate the lie, but finally begins to let it open her up to bigger, better truths." B+ Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Luce Starring: Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Tim Roth, Kelvin Harrison Jr. Director: Julius Onah Rating: R EW's review: "Adapted from a lauded 2013 play by JC Lee, Luce spins an intriguing if sometimes too-broad tale of race, perception, and privilege. As the title character, Kelvin Harrison Jr. (It Comes at Night) walks a tricky line between possible sociopath and vulnerable young man desperate to please, but also to free himself from the crushing pressure of what everyone expects him to be. Spencer's Harriet, too, is on a tightrope: Is she just a teacher who cares too much? Or a disturbed woman with a personal vendetta? Even Peter and Amy, both furiously clinging to their own truths and past hurts, are hardly blameless. No one gets off easy here, and no one quite gets answers, either; maybe that's the point." B Where to watch: In theaters, limited release (now playing) Brittany Runs a Marathon Starring: Jillian Bell, Michaela Watkins, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Lil Rel Howery Director: Paul Downs Colaizzo Rating: R EW's review: "Calaizzo does give his heroine a certain kind of happy ending, one that's satisfying and cinematic in all the ways a good rom-com should be. It feels earned, though, and still open-ended; a sweet victory lap for a race she'll have to keep running long after the credits roll." A– Where to watch: In theaters, limited release (now playing) The Death & Life of John F. Donovan Starring: Kit Harington, Natalie Portman, Susan Sarandon, Kathy Bates, Jacob Tremblay, Thandie Newton Director: Xavier Dolan Rating: Unrated Where to watch: In theaters, limited release (now playing) Blinded by the Light Starring: Viveik Kalra, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Ganatra, Nell Williams Director: Gurinder Chadha Rating: PG-13 EW's review: "Kalra embodies all that with so much grace and natural charisma that it's hard to believe it's his big screen debut; even when the script makes too-easy choices or steers into sheer wish-fulfillment silliness, he and the rest of the cast sell it with such sweet conviction and purity of heart, it's hard not to want to dance in the dark — and follow them all into the light." B+ Where to watch: In theaters, wide release (now playing) Related content: Midsommar director's cut to traumatize select theaters this weekend Angel Has Fallen lands yet another victory for summer sequels with box office crown How Awkwafina and director Lulu Wang told an authentic — and universal — story with The Farewell