That same boycott indicates the other kind of context that viewers will bring to “Red Alert,” which is timed to the second anniversary of the nightmarish events it depicts. The intervening two years ...

Stills from "Red Alert" and "One Day in October." (Paramount+/HBO Max, Fox Entertainment) The killing of 378 people at the Oct. 7, 2023, open-air Nova Music Festival, plus hundreds in the ...