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Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 24
USA TODAY Picks 3 Weekend Watches Led by Kevin Hart's '72 Hours'
Updated
Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 24

USA TODAY Picks 3 Weekend Watches Led by Kevin Hart's '72 Hours'

3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Jul 24

Summary

  • Three titles top USA TODAY's weekend viewing list: Netflix comedy "72 Hours," HBO Max spinoff "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" and Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey."
  • "72 Hours" stars Kevin Hart as a 40-year-old ad man who crashes a 3-day Miami bachelor party with "SNL" cast members Marcello Hernández, Ben Marshall and Kam Patterson, though the review calls it a weaker Hart outing.
  • "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" gives "The Big Bang Theory" a nerdier new branch, with comic-shop owner Stuart triggering a multiversal crisis and teaming with Denise and other familiar characters to stop it.
  • "The Odyssey" is framed as the best movie of the year so far and the top theatrical fallback in a slow new-release weekend, with USA TODAY urging viewers to catch it in 70mm IMAX if possible.

Insights

Can the raw chemistry of rising SNL stars save Kevin Hart’s newest comedy from its own chaotic, overstuffed plot?
Why are critics calling Christopher Nolan’s $250 million IMAX epic both a cinematic masterpiece and an exhausting disappointment?
How did a beloved sitcom spawn a dark multiverse spin-off where fan-favorite characters face brutal alternate-reality deaths?