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BOX OFFICE | “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil” is edging out “Joker” and “Zombieland: Double Tap” despite opening below expectations with $38 million.

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- ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’
  
  With Maleficent no longer the villain of her own tale, the sequel reduces her to a stylish pawn in a tacky “Game of Thrones” ripoff.
- ‘Zombieland: Double Tap’
  
  Ruben Fleischer’s zom-com sequel sustains the original’s tone, while adding a handful of new characters to its family of survivors.
- ‘Jay and Silent Bob Reboot’
  
  A gently stoned trip through the View Askew universe, Kevin Smith’s sequel is made for his middle-aged fanboys.
- ‘Jojo Rabbit’
  
  Taika Waititi’s feel-good hipster Nazi comedy is a movie that creates the illusion of danger while playing it safe.
- ‘Limetown’
  
  Based on the popular “Limetown” podcast, Facebook Watch’s new drama is a tense and efficient thriller.
- ‘Modern Love’
  
  This series could have dug a little deeper to find some fresh ways to unravel all the ways that love can make us happy, hurt and grow.
- ‘Living With Yourself’
  
  Paul Rudd is such a naturally ebullient actor that it can be startling to see him ground down.
- ‘El Camino’
  
  “El Camino,” which begins moments after the events depicted in the “Breaking Bad” finale, is startling from nearly its first shot.
- ‘Little Shop of Horrors’
  
  The musical by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken gets a starry, but small-scale Off Broadway revival starring Jonathan Groff and Christan Borle.
- ‘The Great Society’
  
  Brian Cox (“Succession”) takes over from Bryan Cranston in Robert Schenkkan’s follow-up play to his Tony-winning “All the Way.”
- ‘Almost Famous’
  
  “Almost Famous” fans get their backstage pass renewed via a stage musical adaptation in San Diego that feels familiar and refreshing.
- ‘The Height of the Storm’
  
  Jonathan Pryce and Eileen Atkins play an elderly husband and wife, one of whom might be dead.
- The Beatles’ ‘Abbey Road: Anniversary Edition’
  
  This box set tackles a classic with less need of a spit-polish and not as many raw demos in the vault. Still necessary? Completely.
- Album Review: Post Malone’s ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’
  
  The follow-up to his 2018’s album mostly goes to softer places, but he still wants to nurture his bad-boy side, too.
- Album Review: Sheryl Crow’s ‘Threads’
  
  Sheryl Crow is vowing this is her final full-length album. If so, it’s a heck of a retirement banquet.
- Album Review: Taylor Swift’s ‘Lover’
  
  It’s not even a contradiction to say that “Lover” is Swift’s most mature album and her most fun one, all at once.