Double Features: 'The First Purge' (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "The First Purge," the prequel to the violent, political and highly lucrative "The Purge" franchise, which details how the dystopian future began, with a horrifying experiment on Staten Island. Y'Lan Noel ("Insecure"), Lex Scott Davis ("Superfly") and Marisa Tomei ("Spider-Man: Homecoming") co-star, in a film directed by Gerard McMurray ("The Burning Sands").

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Double Features: 'Sicario: Day of the Soldado' (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "Sicario: Day of the Soldado," starring Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin and Isabela Moner ("Transformers: The Last Knight"). In this sequel to the critically acclaimed "Sicario," American agents are sent into Mexico to start a cartel war, which will give the U.S.A. the excuse they need to start a war. But when the teenaged daughter of a drug kingpin sees too much, it leads to a moral quandary for these government-sanctioned murderers.

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Double Features: Set It Up (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "Set It Up," starring Zoey Deutch ("Vampire Academy") and Glen Powell ("Everybody Wants Some!!") as executive assistants who trick their overbearing bosses, Lucy Liu ("Elementary") and Taye Diggs ("Empire") into dating each other. It's one of the most talked about romantic comedies in years, and everybody seems to be watching it on Netflix.

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Double Features: Hereditary (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "Hereditary," starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne and Alex Wolff as a family torn apart by shared tragedy, trauma and a history of mental illness. It's one of the most acclaimed horror movies in years, and has already earned a rave review from William Bibbiani.

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Double Features: Adrift (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "Adrift," based on the true story of Tami Oldham, a young woman who sailed across the ocean with her boyfriend, ran into a devastating storm, and had to survive the elements for over a month.

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Double Features: Mary Shelley (2018)

No motion picture exists in a vacuum. Every week on Double Features, film critics William Bibbiani and Witney Seibold watch a new release and offer their individual picks for the perfect film to watch right afterwards, illuminating the themes, the artistry and the history of each movie.

This week's new release: "Mary Shelley," the biopic about the author of "Frankenstein," directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and starring Elle Fanning, Douglas Booth and Ben Hardy.

Here's what the critics picked...!