What To Watch This Weekend: 'The Social Reckoning,' 'Other Mommy,' 'Misty Green,' 'Animals' And More

HOLLYWOOD, CA — This week's picks span political thrillers, supernatural horror, action adventures and industry dramedies, with stories shaped by questions of identity, responsibility and belonging.

“The Social Reckoning” and “Animals” place public pressure at the center of their narratives, whether through institutional accountability or a family crisis unfolding under the scrutiny of political ambition. Elsewhere, “Other Mommy” transforms domestic familiarity into psychological terror, while “Misty Green” follows a fading actress confronting the distance between past promise and present reality. “Matchbox The Movie” rounds out the lineup with a globe-trotting adventure built around friendship, loyalty and reluctant heroism.

Ready to dive in? Scroll on for the full lineup, where the capsules below explore the stories, themes and creative ambitions behind this week's most noteworthy releases.

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What To Watch This Weekend

“The Social Reckoning”

Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong; directed by Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin returns to Facebook from the opposite side of its mythology, transforming the Facebook Files into a drama about power, accountability and the institutional logic that sustains both. Mikey Madison stars as former Facebook engineer Frances Haugen, whose decision to leak internal research sets in motion a chain of revelations that gradually reframes the company not as a technological innovator but as an institution confronting the consequences of its influence.

Rather than relying on suspense in the conventional sense, “The Social Reckoning” derives its tension from the movement of information itself, tracing how private knowledge becomes public evidence and how evidence acquires consequence. Jeremy Allen White brings a restrained focus to Wall Street Journal reporter Jeff Horwitz, while Jeremy Strong offers the film's most intriguing performance as a Mark Zuckerberg more interested in defending the logic of the system than any single decision made within it.

At its strongest, the film resists easy villainy and recognizes that accountability is rarely a matter of identifying a single culprit. Even when its narrative occasionally drifts toward more familiar hero-versus-villain territory, Sorkin crafts an ambitious and often thought-provoking companion piece to “The Social Network,” one that asks who bears responsibility once influence becomes too vast and deeply embedded to easily hold accountable.

(Read our full review of “The Social Reckoning.”)

“Other Mommy”

Jessica Chastain, Arabella Olivia Clark, Jay Duplass; directed by Rob Savage

Jessica Chastain stars as a mother determined to protect her young daughter Bela (Arabella Olivia Clark) from a sinister supernatural entity that bears an unsettling resemblance to her. Based on Josh Malerman's novel “Incidents Around the House,” the film follows Bela as increasingly disturbing encounters transform the safety of home into a source of escalating dread.

Produced under the Blumhouse and Atomic Monster banner, “Other Mommy” appears to blend supernatural horror with domestic drama, using the figure of the doppelgänger to explore questions of identity, trust and familial anxiety. By centering its terror on a child confronted with a distorted version of her own mother, the film turns the familiar comforts of home into something strange and unpredictable, where perception and reality become increasingly difficult to separate.

“Animals”

Ben Affleck, Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson; directed by Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck directs and stars in Netflix's “Animals,” a political thriller that transforms a family crisis into a high-stakes test of loyalty, ambition and public image. When the son of a Los Angeles mayoral candidate is kidnapped, he and his wife find themselves pulled into a web of secrets and compromises that threaten both their family and his political future.

Co-starring Kerry Washington, Gillian Anderson and Steven Yeun, the film unfolds against the backdrop of an election campaign, where private decisions carry public consequences. As the search for their son intensifies, “Animals” explores the uneasy intersection of power, deception and survival, placing personal desperation within a world shaped by political calculation.

“Matchbox The Movie”

John Cena, Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson; directed by Sam Hargrave

Inspired by Mattel's iconic die-cast toy line, “Matchbox The Movie” follows Sean Walker (John Cena), an undercover CIA agent who reunites with a group of childhood friends only to find them swept into an international race involving a missing nuclear warhead. As suspicion falls on the group, they must navigate a globe-spanning conspiracy while attempting to clear their names and prevent a larger catastrophe.

Directed by “Extraction” filmmaker Sam Hargrave, the film combines action-comedy with a premise built around friendship, loyalty and reluctant heroism. Jessica Biel, Sam Richardson, Arturo Castro and Teyonah Parris co-star in an ensemble adventure that transforms a childhood brand into a high-stakes pursuit stretching far beyond its toy-box origins, placing ordinary relationships within the framework of a world-saving mission.

“Misty Green”

Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya; directed by Chris Rock

Written and directed by Chris Rock, “Misty Green” stars Rosalind Eleazar as an Academy Award-winning actress whose once-promising career has stalled. When an opportunity for a comeback emerges, she is forced to revisit old relationships, personal failures and unresolved wounds while attempting to reclaim her place in an industry that has largely moved on without her.

Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick and Topher Grace co-star in a comedy-drama that uses Hollywood reinvention as a starting point for a more personal story about ambition, regret and second chances. Rather than focusing solely on the mechanics of a career comeback, the film follows a woman confronting the gap between who she once imagined herself to be and the person she has become after years spent navigating disappointment, memory and public perception.