Get ready to book a trip this Sunday for the third wild season of “The White Lotus.” The HBO/Max series is a doozy. In theaters, meanwhile, the terrific indie rom-com “You, Me & Her” deserves your affection.

Here’s our roundup.

“The White Lotus” Season 3 >> It’s a common trap for a popular series: After a couple of adored seasons, critical acclaim and numerous Emmy wins, the wear and tear settles in as a once surefire scenario that seemed vibrant and fresh exhausts all creative possibilities.

Not so with “White Lotus,” creator Mike White’s wry, gutsy travelogue with numerous benefits. It remains as wicked a delight as ever as it skewers the rich by dropping anchor at a posh luxury-brand hotel where a clutch of wealthy but highly problematic tourists unpack their neuroses while working on their tans. Some, though, wind up floating dead in the water.

White’s gulp-able HBO series retains its Relais & Châteaux status in Season 3, which kicks off Sunday night, as sexy and funny as ever. And if anything, it’s even more cringeworthy this time around.

White shifts from the sensuality of Sicily to a relaxing (or so it would seem) wellness and spiritual retreat on a Thailand island. The scenery change is as refreshing as a tropical breeze, with White introducing us to a new collection of guests ready to disrupt the calming waves of paradise.

This new gaggle of mostly privileged Americans remain as flawed and self-absorbed as ever, too. They include the obnoxious Ratliff brood — with a twitchy father (Jason Issacs) who’s facing legal problems; a pill-popping mom (Parker Posey) who’s tone-deaf about just about everything; a Buddhist-leaning daughter (Sarah Catherine Hook); a cocksure, loutish pretty-boy son (Patrick Schwarzenegger); and a quiet, acquiescing younger son (Sam Nivola) who’s harboring a secret. The gang also includes three female besties who reunite for a girl’s trip and want to have some fun — a very generous, or so it seems, actress (Michelle Monaghan), a two-faced gossip (Leslie Bibb) and an emotionally brittle friend (Carrie Coon) who feels like the imposter within this coiffed group.

And the guest list doesn’t end there. The welcome mat is unfurled for an intense mess of a man (Walton Goggins) with a debt he wants to pay; he’s there with his gregarious girlfriend (Aimee Lou Wood); a visitor from Maui (Natasha Rothwell) who works in the hospitality industry and; of course, the hotel’s accommodating staff (Lalisa Manoban, Tayme Thapthimthong, Arnas Fedaravicius, Christian Friedel and more) who work for its celebrity owner (Lek Patravadi).

That’s a lot of characters to get to know and keep track of. But per White’s norm, each is so clearly delineated and well-cast that the largesse never gets confusing or overwhelming as the stories intertwine and coil and slither around each other like a nest of snakes. Particular kudos go to Schwarzenegger, Coon, Goggins, Isaacs, Nivola, Bibb, Posey, Monaghan and Lou Wood.

Their shenanigans, motivations and desires make for another shock-filled escape. I gobbled down six of the eight episodes available for review, and will say — without even the slightest reservation — that “Lotus” regulars should check in for this third season. You won’t be disappointed. Just be prepared to get your jaw dropped and your raised eyebrows torched right off.

Details >> out of 4; debuts Sunday on HBO and available to stream on Max, followed by one new episode per week.

“You, Me & Her” >> There’s nothing the matter with feeding your hunger for escapist entertainment by chilling out with a prefab mainstream rom-com. But should you find yourself hankering for something more memorable and substantial, take your sweetie — or just yourself — to see this dynamite indie rom-com in theaters. It’s a thoughtful, sexy and funny romantic dramedy that taps real emotions and delves into complicated love and lust matters. Working with a stellar screenplay from Selina Ringel, who also co-stars, director Dan Levy Dagerman — Ringel’s husband — “You, Me & Her” initially sets itself up to be a standard spicy romp in which stuck-in-a-rut couple Mags (Ringel) and Ash (Ritesh Rajan) take a needed vacation to San Pancho, Mexico, where they meet go-with-the-flow yoga instructor Angela (Sydney Park). Mags and Angela feel an intense connection that Ash circles around as well, and the attraction leads the harried and often-at-odds married couple to explore their own relationship together and apart. “You, Me & Her” could have easily surrendered to base desires and been more explicit and zany, but Ringel’s screenplay and the likable three lead performances go beyond the titillating premise to create a film with something of merit to say about a marriage in crisis which gets a new shot at life from unexpected people and places.

Details >> ; opens Friday at CineLux theaters in Campbell and Morgan Hill, and the Regal Hacienda Crossing in Dublin.

“Big Boys” >> Don’t allow director Corey Sherman’s award-winning coming-of-age comedy to get lost in the streaming universe. This charming indie delight centers on one of the sweetest gay crushes a 14-year-old boy could ever have. Isaac Krasner stars as Jamie, who is overly prepared for anything to happen, except when he meets his cousin’s boyfriend David (David Johnson III) during a camping trip to Lake Arrowhead. Jamie, who has a brother who’s a jock, finds himself flustered around David, and realizes he has a big crush on the bear-like fellow. Sherman’s low-budget charmer is up for two Independent Spirit Awards and has also received a GLAAD nomination. It’s sweet without being saccharine and gives us a lead character who doesn’t always do the right thing. Seek it out.

Details >> ; available to rent online.

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