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Films To See and Anticipate!
by Sandra Olmsted
Director Shana Feste’s Boundaries, which opened July 6 is a drama about a family reconnecting with each other, making peace with their past, and learning to love one another. Snookered into driving across country with her estranged father, Jack (Christopher Plummer), whose pot-dealing got him thrown out of his last-chance nurse home, Laura (Vera Farmiga), a single mom, confronts what her father is and was. She’s hoping Jack can pay for her son Henry (Lewis MacDougall) to go to school for gifted kids who don’t fit in regular public school, Meanwhile, Laura goofy sister, JoJo (Kristen Schaal who steals every scene she’s in), has fonder memories of their childhood, but no room in her tiny house which she shares with a boyfriend. While drearier than Max Dugan Returns (1983), it follows much the same plot of a criminal parent making a final attempt to provide for his child and grandchild. Boundaries, a Sony Picture Classics release, is rated R R for drug material, language, some sexual references and nude sketches and runs a longish 104 minutes.
On July 13, Skyscraper will be the big thriller release of the week and stars global icon Dwayne Johnson as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader. Also U.S. war veteran, Will Sawyer (Johnson), now assesses security for skyscrapers and is framed for a fire in the tallest, supposedly safest building in the world. Now a wanted man on the run, Will must rescue his family who is trapped inside the building above the fire line, find those responsible to clear his name, and somehow evade the police.
Writer/director Boots Riley’s Sorry to Bother You is being billed as a searing social satire about greed, racial dynamics and capitalism and as utterly unique, outrageous, and totally original even though the story sounds familiar, like The Wolf of Wall Street (2013). Cassius Green (Lakeith Stanfield), a 30-something telemarketer with self-esteem issues, discovers his magical selling powers and suddenly rises through the ranks. Since the company sells heinous products and services, his girlfriend, the brilliant Detroit (Tessa Thompson), a gallery artist, is concerned. Then Cassius meets the company’s cocaine-snorting, orgy-hosting, obnoxious, and relentless CEO, Steve Lift (Armie Hammer). Rated R for pervasive language, some strong sexual content, graphic nudity, and drug use and running 105 minutes, this Annapurna Pictures release might be a sleeper hit if it fulfills its advertised promises.
Eating Animals is the documentary offering for the week. Directed and produced by Christopher Quinn it argues that there is reason to believe that factory farming in on the decline and is an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer critically acclaimed book. The documentary combines questions about where are eggs, dairy and meat come from, stats about farming practices which pollute our environment, endanger our health, and cause the inhumane treatment of animals, and interviews with farmers determine to return food production to it roots on the family owned and operated farms as the only way forward.
On July 20, a perennial favorite returns to the big screen in sequel form and promises lots of fun, sun, song, and dance. Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again will grace the screen and try to captivate the audience all over again and anew. The same day, Unfriended: Dark Web will provide a dark and scary tale about a used laptop and previous owner’s diabolical attempts to get it back from the new owner.
So, the coming weeks offer something for everyone from comedy to drama to documentary to thriller! Going to the movies is always a mini-vacation!
