What To Watch This Weekend: 'The Accountant 2,' And 'Andor'

‘Revenge of the Sith’ Supervillain Ian McDiarmid on His ‘Star Wars’ Heel Turn, ‘Rise of Skywalker’ Backlash and Steven Spielberg’s Reaction to The Emperor: ‘Oh My God You’re Evil’

As 'Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith" turns 20, Ian McDiarmid talks playing the Emperor for four decades and 'Rise of Skywalker' backlash.

What To Watch This Weekend: 'The Accountant 2,' And 'Andor'

What To Watch This Weekend: 'The Accountant 2,' And 'Andor' - Hollywood, CA - Ben Affleck reprises his role as a forensic accountant in "The Accountant 2." Diego Luna returns to the sci-fi series "Andor" for Season 2.

‘The Accountant 2’: Life on the spectrum, with knuckles bared

Ben Affleck is in full furrow-browed golden retriever mode in "The Accountant 2," a convoluted, overcomplicated follow-up to the 2016 action drama that, when it became an unexpected hit, seemed to bode well for the theatrical fortunes of original movies aimed at grown-up audiences attracted to violence and arcane techno-speak in equal measure.

‘Revenge Of The Sith’ $3M+ Thursday Strong With The Force, ‘Accountant 2’ Counts $2.5M From Previews

Disney’s re-release of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith could upset the box office chart this weekend, the movie banking $3.4M in previews last night ahead of its limited one-week engagement. We had heard the pic, which has had limited promotion, mostly in-theater, has $20M+ in presales. Does it force Amazon MGM Studios’ The Accountant 2 out of No. 2? Meanwhile that Ben Affleck Artists Equity feature did $2.5M from all previews including an Apri…

‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Finance Takes a Backseat to Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal’s Budding Bromance

Editor’s Note: This review was originally published during the 2025 SXSW Film & TV Festival. “The Accountant 2” opens Friday, April 25, 2025. Sometimes life hands you a case of the blues that can only be cured by watching Ben Affleck line dance while doing his best to convey autism with his facial expressions. When those days come, “The Accountant 2” is the movie for you. I’m not sure who was clamoring for a sequel to Gavin O’Connor’s 2016 film,…

‘The Accountant 2’ Doesn’t Add Up

What if Rain Man was Batman? Sounds like the pitch for a comedy sketch that would have absolutely slayed in the summer of 1989. So it’s worth remembering that The Accountant, the 2016 action thriller that ran with that premise, was merely a preposterous crock and not some outdated outrage. What kept the film from teetering out of silliness into offensiveness was, unexpectedly, Ben Affleck’s performance as Christian Wolff, an autistic bookkeeper …