Action Picks

David Robert Mitchell's The End of Oak Street rips an entire neighborhood out of suburbia and strands the Platt family somewhere unknown, where survival means sticking together. Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor lead a tense, high-stakes sci-fi thriller that earns its 86% on Rotten Tomatoes. Only a single screening is confirmed this week, so plan around that one slot if you want it on the big screen.

In The Birthday Party, Willem Dafoe plays Mediterranean tycoon Marcos Timoleon, throwing a lavish bash on his private island where every guest shows up with an agenda. Miguel Angel Jimenez stages a coiled game of leverage and family maneuvering, true to the tagline that family is the most serious business. It has the widest availability this week if you want a slower, character-driven watch built on scheming and stakes.