What to Watch on TV and at the Movies This Week

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Fixed, R

Animation shouldn’t be dismissed as just kids’ stuff. There are plenty of toons out there (Big Mouth, King of the Hill) aimed at adults. Take this film about a randy puppy who gets neutered by his owner and reconsiders his belief in all that “man’s best friend” business. With its salty language, this isn’t a film for the little ones. It’s an R-rated treat. Featuring the voices of Adam DeVine, Kathryn Hahn, 52, Idris Elba, 52, and Fred Armisen, 58.

Watch it: Fixed, Aug. 13 on Netflix

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Butterfly, Season 1

In this spy thriller based on a graphic novel series, Daniel Dae Kim (Hawaii Five-O, Lost), 56, stars as a former U.S. intelligence operative trying to live under the radar in South Korea. Naturally, an old case from his past job resurfaces with a vengeance, and he’s pursued by a deadly assassin (Reina Hardesty) who turns out to be his estranged daughter. Then the two join forces to evade a sinister organization headed by Piper Perabo.

Watch it: Butterfly on Prime Video

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New at the movies this week

⭐⭐⭐☆ ☆ Freakier Friday, PG

Jamie Lee Curtis, 66, is having a big senior moment, in a good way. An Emmy nomination for The Bear, an Oscar for Everything Everywhere All at Once, and now she’s reprising her role as the mother opposite daughter Lindsay Lohan in the 2003 body-switch hit Freaky Friday. Curtis and Lohan again play a mother-daughter duo whose lifelines intersect – but this time they double down on the magic. Lohan’s character, Anna, is about to marry a guy whose daughter Lily (Sophia Hammons) is a classmate of Anna’s daughter Harper (Julia Butters). Unfortunately, Harper and Lily hate each other. What if the tormented teens of this potential blended family spent some time in their elders’ pumps? Cue the double switches: Lohan’s and Curtis’s characters go to high school in their daughters’ bodies, and the suddenly grownup teens try to prevent the marriage. There’s a lot of subterfuge, heart searching and far-fetched life lessons in this glossy fish-out-of-water comedy that may not be fresh, but hasn’t yet lost its juice. — Thelma M. Adams (T.M.A.)

Watch it: Freakier Friday, Aug. 8 in theaters

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⭐⭐⭐⭐ ☆ Lilly, PG-13

This biopic spotlights the late Lilly Ledbetter, the relatable Alabama working wife and mother who courageously waged war on the front lines of the battle for pay equity – and won! Through wit and hard work, Ledbetter was a rare female manager at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. After years of swallowing abuse and discrimination for a decent paycheck to raise her family into the middle class, Ledbetter was let go by the company without cause. After she reluctantly sought legal representation, she discovered she’d been paid less than men with less experience. She didn't just get mad, she sued all the way to the Supreme Court, leading to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. National treasure Patricia Clarkson, 65, in a charismatic lead performance, embodies Ledbetter, an ordinary woman emboldened by an American passion for justice, supported in her actions by her husband Charles (John Benjamin Hickey, 62). As moving as Norma Rae and Silkwood, Lilly is an engaging biopic with a happy ending that couldn’t be more urgent today. — T.M.A.

Watch it: Lilly on Prime Video