When the online appointment system for free city coronavirus tests kept offering rejections, a resident discovered others were getting their tests by not bothering with scheduling – and in at least one case, was able to be tested in their own home.

When the online appointment system for free city coronavirus tests kept offering rejections, a resident discovered others were getting their tests by not bothering with scheduling – and in at least one case, was able to be tested in their own home.

The city plans a massive influenza vaccination campaign this fall aimed at providing 10,000 flu shots, as public health experts have warned that the U.S. health care system could face a double whammy this fall from influenza and a potential surge in Covid-19 infections.

With nightclubs closed, some atypical live music is making its way outdoors. Alex Lemski, who programmed improv and postmodern jazz at Inman Square’s Lilypad through his Creative Music Series, is instead promoting a free “happy hour” jazz concert Friday in Assembly Square.

Cambridge Health Alliance moved its remaining Covid-19 testing site Monday to a space in Assembly Square, Somerville. The Alliance had been conducting tests in a parking lot at the former Somerville Hospital since March 18.

The strategy had been to release “The Hunt” as a horror film; now the curio is being spun as a satire-cum-horror, or something “unclassifiable,” and it’s hard to discuss it without giving away the real fun of the film: the twists, pitfalls and revelations that confront the people being hunted by … liberals.

This story of an alcoholic has-been finding redemption as a high school basketball coach isn’t true. But there’s a truth here you can feel in Ben Affleck’s convincing portrayal – a lived-in performance that may go down as one of his finest.

Looking back at “Suicide Squad” in 2016, we pined for a vehicle that would bask in the glorious kitsch and kink of Margot Robbie’s infectious sociopathic supervillain, Harley Quinn. Well, here we are with “Birds of Prey,” and I’ll just say that sometimes one’s desires are best left unrealized.

If sci-fi thriller “Underwater” lacks sharpness, that’s because it’s an ersatz hodgepodge of genre cornerstones such as “The Abyss” and the “Alien” films. But as a 95-minute race against time, it gets its start early and rarely lets down.

Director Sam Mendes drops a taut, face-paced shot of adrenaline on us in “1917” – which might not be long on plot, but pins you to the edge effectively as the clock ticks and ordinance explodes overhead.