The self-conscious characters in this week’s new films do all they can to fit in, whether it’s in a new school or entering a new neighborhood. Disney/Pixar’s latest shows what goes on in a little girl’s mind as she does just that.
Get a look inside people’s minds with Inside Out. When a young girl is forced to move from her Midwest town to San Francisco, her life is turned upside down. Her emotions play a big part in how she is able to cope with her new surroundings. The PG animated film features the voices of Amy Poehler, Bill Hader, Lewis Black, Mindy Kaling, Phyllis Smith, Diane Lane and Kyle MacLachlan. The family film plays for one hour and thirty-five minutes.
A family copes with the father’s manic depression in Infinitely Polar Bear. To help make ends meet, the mother heads to New York and enrolls in Columbia University’s MBA program. While she’s away, the father becomes the two children’s main caretaker, learning how to parent young girls and a lot about himself along the way. The limited released comedic drama is based on a true story and stars Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana. The one hour and thirty minute film is rated R for language.
A lonely man reminisces about his lost love in Manglehorn. His life starts to come back together when he catches the eye of a female bank teller. Al Pacino and Holly Hunter star in the limited released drama. The PG-13 films runs for one hour and thirty-seven minutes.
A family pizza night turns into a wild adventure in Overnight. In the limited released comedy, a Seattle couple is welcomed to their new Los Angeles neighborhood by an eccentric, sexually charged couple. Jason Schwartzman, Adam Scott, Taylor Schilling and Judith Godreche star in the one hour and twenty minute film. It’s rated R for sex, nudity, language and drugs.
A nerdy teenager from a bad Los Angeles neighborhood struggles to fit in in Dope. In an attempt to be cool, he attends a drug dealer’s party. That night is the spring board for how his life evolves. The coming of age film stars Forest Whitaker, Zoe Kravitz and Shameik Moore. The limited released comedic drama is rated R for language, drugs, sex and violence. The one hour and forty-five minute film is available in limited theaters.
A couple’s relationship takes a turn for the worse once they move in together in Burying the Ex. Following a deadly bus accident, the girlfriend turns into a zombie and haunts her ex, putting a damper on his new relationship. The comedic horror film is running in limited theaters for one hour and twenty-nine minutes. It’s rated R for sex, nudity, violence and language.
The Tribe is a film with no spoken word or translations, only sign language. In the unrated drama, a boy struggles to adapt to his new Ukrainian boarding school. The two hour and ten minute film is available in limited theaters.
A new perspective of the Palestinian and Israeli conflict is shown in the animated documentary, The Wanted 18. Trouble arises when a Palestinian village buys cows for milk instead of purchasing milk from the Israelis. The unrated film is running in limited theaters for one hour and fifteen minutes.
Just a many of this week’s characters try to fit in, next week, the stuffed teddy bear does the same in Ted 2. The rescue dog film, Max, also enters theaters on June 26.
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