New releases

??Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates Sad but true summer movie calculus: The impact of one brayingly obnoxious lead actor (Adam Devine) is greater than the combined contributions of three more talented costars (Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, and Anna Kendrick). Some decent junky laughs and an indulgent vibe, but the writers did better with the “Neighbors’’ movies. (106 min., R) (Ty Burr)

??½ The Secret Life of Pets This latest animated feature from the “Despicable Me’’ team delivered the trailer of the year by giving just a hint of what your beloved pooches and kitties do the moment you’re out the door. But there aren’t many more home-alone high jinks, just a frenetic, agreeable reworking of the “Homeward Bound’’ movies. (86 min., PG) (Tom Russo)

??? Zero Days Oscar-winning documentary director Alex Gibney (“Taxi to the Dark Side’’) tackles cyberwarfare. The first half of the film offers a fascinating look at the Stuxnet worm, used by US and Israeli intelligence services to damage the Iranian nuclear effort. The second half, raising larger issues, is more diffuse and less involving. (114 min., PG-13) (Mark Feeney)

Previously released

??? The BFG The latest pixel-enhanced family fantasy works because of four humans, two behind the camera and two in front. To wit: director Steven Spielberg, book author Roald Dahl, young actress Ruby Barnhill, and the great Mark Rylance, who has been digitized into the Big Friendly Giant of the title. (110 min., PG) (Ty Burr)

???½ Finding Dory It’s been 13 years since “Finding Nemo,’’ but there’s nothing stale or predictable about this sequel. Ellen DeGeneres returns as Dory, a memory-challenged blue tang. In the earlier film, she helped Marlin (Albert Brooks) reunite with his son. Now she’s the one in search of a parental reunion. Ed O’Neill, as a helpful octopus, heads an outstanding voice cast. (97 min., PG) (Mark Feeney)

?½ The Legend of Tarzan The filmmakers do all they can to make the story relevant to 2016, but this is still about a hot white guy saving the Dark Continent. Alexander Skarsgård is intriguingly quiet as Tarzan, but the film’s a hokey B-movie long past its cultural sell-by date. With Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, and Samuel L. Jackson. (109 min., R) (Ty Burr)

??½ Now You See Me 2 Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Radcliffe (as a bearded-twerp bad guy) enliven this flashy, splashy sequel to the flashy, splashy 2013 original wherein master illusionists commit mega-Robin-Hood-style crimes. Among the welcome returnees are Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman. (129 min., PG-13) (Mark Feeney)

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