Pick of the week The Running Man Edgar Wright’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s dystopian thriller is a conscious antidote to the 1987 Schwarzenegger version. The protagonist, Ben Richards, isn’t a hard-bitten cop but a construction worker who learns how to be an action hero, while in Glen Powell we get a less beefy, more relatable star. The Orwellian near-future setting is familiar: a US where “the Network” broadcast violent TV shows to pacify the masses. Ben enters the titular life-or-death challenge to pay for his young daughter’s medicine, hoping to evade hunters for 30 days and win a fortune. But the game is rigged … A fun action flick that would rather blow things up than hang around debating the moral issues. Connections … Sally Field stars as Tova in Remarkably Bright Creatures. Photograph: Courtesy of Netflix Based on the bestselling novel by Shelby Van Pelt, Olivia Newman’s drama is full of hugs and learning.…