What To Watch This Weekend: 'Mortal Kombat II,' 'The Sheep Detectives,' 'Billie Eilish Tour Concert' And More

HOLLYWOOD, CA — This weekend’s watchlist circles around connection and pressure points — the moments when identity, loyalty and circumstances collide.

“Remarkably Bright Creatures” follows a bond that pushes a woman toward the truths she’s avoided. “Unconditional,” meanwhile, tracks a mother fighting through a foreign system where answers stay just out of reach.

By contrast, “The Sheep Detectives” shifts the tone, turning a rural mystery into a look at community and the odd clarity that comes when the familiar tilts.

“Mortal Kombat II” widens the scale, returning to a world where legacy and consequence drive every move.

Finally, “Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” captures an artist in full command, blending performance and process into an immersive concert portrait.

Ready to dive in? Scroll down for the full lineup, with deeper explorations below that unpack performances, themes and craft in greater detail.

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What To Watch This Weekend

“Mortal Kombat II”

Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph; directed by Simon McQuoid

In Simon McQuoid’s “Mortal Kombat II,” the franchise finally embraces the universe it has always belonged to. Gone is the reboot’s hesitation; in its place is a sequel steeped in lore and mythology, grounding its spectacle in a world defined by fragile realms, cosmic rules, and identities under threat. Most crucially, this chapter restores the interdimensional fighting tournament — the narrative spine the 2021 film sidestepped — giving the story a clarity of purpose and pulling its characters toward the existential pressures that have long shaped the series.

The film wastes no time signaling that shift in confidence. Its opening plunge into Edenia introduces Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford) as he storms the kingdom, topples its ruler, and reshapes the fate of young Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), whose loyalty begins to fracture under the weight of long-buried truths. Earthrealm’s surviving champions, still reeling from past losses, track their path to Hollywood and to Johnny Cage (Karl Urban), a once-bankable star whose brittle bravado and volatile charm make him an essential, if unpredictable, recruit. Urban’s clash with Baraka becomes a showcase of ferocity, comic timing, and emotional sharpness.

Across realms and battlegrounds, Jeremy Slater’s screenplay races with breathless urgency, compressing the sprawl of the tournament into a single film. The pace leaves little room for stranger turns — resurrected fighters, an immortal warlord competing in a mortal contest — yet these lapses register as structural stumbles rather than thematic contradictions.

Still, “Mortal Kombat II” remains a muscular, often rousing spectacle. Its devotion to mythology may prove polarizing, but in embracing its identity without apology, it becomes the film the reboot should have been.

(Read our full review of “Mortal Kombat II.”)

“The Sheep Detectives”
Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson; directed by Kyle Balda

Kyle Balda’s “The Sheep Detectives” adapts Leonie Swann’s novel “Three Bags Full” into a mystery‑comedy set on the outskirts of the English town of Denbrook, where shepherd George Hardy (Hugh Jackman) spends his evenings reading murder mysteries aloud to his flock — assuming, of course, they can’t possibly understand.

When George is discovered dead outside his trailer, the town’s lone policeman suspects a heart attack, but a visiting reporter pushes the idea of foul play. The sheep, devastated by the loss of the shepherd who shaped their world, decide to investigate the death themselves, led by Lily (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), a crime‑obsessed member of the flock who refuses to forget what others willfully ignore.

Balda leans into the novel’s offbeat charm, giving the sheep distinct personalities — from Mopple, the one sheep incapable of forgetting, to the ostracized “winter lamb” whose presence unsettles the herd. As the investigation widens, the flock uncovers long‑buried secrets involving George’s past, including the revelation that he fathered twins he gave up for adoption, one of whom has just arrived in Denbrook seeking answers.

In all, the film lingers on the quiet rhythms of the meadow and the way a community shifts when certainty collapses. It’s a story about perception, memory and the strange clarity that emerges when the least‑expected detectives take the lead.

“Remarkably Bright Creatures”
Sally Field, Lewis Pullman; directed by Olivia Newman

Netflix’s adaptation of “Remarkably Bright Creatures” follows Tova Sullivan (Sally Field), a widowed night cleaner at the Sowell Bay Aquarium, whose quiet routines mask decades of unresolved loss. Her evenings take on new shape when she forms an unexpected bond with Marcellus (voiced by Alfred Molina), a giant Pacific octopus whose intelligence and dry narration frame much of the story’s emotional movement. Cameron (Lewis Pullman), a young man drifting into town in search of family, arrives just as Tova begins to confront the mysteries surrounding her past — including the long‑ago disappearance of her son.

Director Olivia Newman situates the film in the overcast calm of the Pacific Northwest, leaning into the aquarium’s muted glow and the town’s small‑scale rhythms to underscore themes of connection and renewal. The supporting ensemble — Colm Meaney (Ethan), Joan Chen (Janice), Kathy Baker (Mary Ann), Beth Grant (Barb), and Sofia Black‑D’Elia (Avery) — reinforces the film’s focus on flawed but fundamentally decent people navigating grief and change.

Rather than treating its premise as whimsy, the film lingers on the quiet exchanges that accumulate between strangers, tracing how unlikely bonds can shift the emotional contours of a life.

“Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)”

Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell; co‑directed by James Cameron and Billie Eilish

“Billie Eilish – Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)” documents the Manchester stop of Eilish’s 2025 world tour, capturing the scale of her highest‑grossing live run to date and the intensity of the audience that surrounds it. Shot across multiple nights and co‑directed with James Cameron, the film blends concert performance with behind‑the‑scenes glimpses of Eilish and longtime collaborator Finneas O’Connell, using 3D technology to emphasize proximity and immersion.

Cameron’s influence is visible in the film’s technical ambition, from the floating stage elements to the handheld camera work Eilish carries backstage, offering a perspective that foregrounds the labor and choreography behind each set piece. The production also incorporates virtual‑reality‑driven 3D methods developed through Lightstorm Entertainment, underscoring the project’s emphasis on intimacy and scale.

The documentary film lingers on the reciprocal energy between performer and crowd — a portrait of an artist whose connection with her audience shapes the emotional architecture of the show as much as the music itself.

“Unconditional”

Liraz Chamami (Orna), Talia Lynne Ronn (Gali); created by Adam Bizanski and Dana Idisis

Apple TV+’s thriller series “Unconditional” follows Orna (Liraz Chamami), whose vacation with her 25‑year‑old daughter Gali (Talia Lynne Ronn) unravels when Gali is arrested for drug smuggling during a layover in Moscow. Refusing to accept the charges, Orna remains in Russia to navigate an opaque legal system, only to discover clues suggesting her daughter may be withholding the full truth. Inspired in part by real cases involving foreign nationals detained in Russia, the series frames its story against a backdrop of political tension and personal desperation.

Created by Adam Bizanski and Dana Idisis, and directed by Johnathan Gurfinkel, the eight‑episode drama unfolds over weekly installments beginning May 8, 2026. The supporting cast includes Evgenia Dodina (Rita), Yossi Marshek (Benni), Amir Haddad (Dori), Leib Levin (Roma), and Vladimir Friedman (Mikhail), each shaping the network of alliances and uncertainties surrounding Orna’s search for answers.

The series lingers on the disorientation of being far from home, tracing how a mother’s resolve hardens as the boundaries between truth, loyalty, and survival begin to blur.