Movie & Television Reviews

Debates about the true nature of justice and heroism, as well as the proper use of force, pace the predictable dustups in “Black Adam,” director Jaume Collet-Serra’s adaptation of DC Comics lore.

Wrapping up a trilogy of installments that began with his 2018 reboot, director and co-writer David Gordon Green also brings to an ostensible conclusion the whole endlessly blood-soaked, 13-film franchise that reaches back to John Carpenter’s 1978 kick-off. But viewers of taste will be on their guard to see just how long this relief really lasts.

Lax moral standards mar the imaginative but hard-edged television special “Entergalactic,” which is currently streaming on Netflix.

Daniel Bielinski is one of many actors who holds down a second job. His is as program chair of dramatic arts at the University of Mary in Bismarck, N.D.