Last weekend might not have had many new movie releases, but this weekend certainly has more than its share, and some of them are sure to be big. In addition to the usual slate of documentaries and foreign films, there is a zombie move starring Bill Murray and Adam Driver, a comedy with Jim Gaffigan, and the return of the Men in Black franchise starring the MCU duo of Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson. There certainly is a lot to choose from!
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Documentary about the staff and patients of San Francisco General Hospital’s AIDS ward during the early years of the epidemic.
Directed by Paul Haggis, Dan Kraus
Starring: Alison Moed Paolercio, Cliff Morrison, David Denmark, Mary Magee, Sasha Cuttler
Release date: June 14
American Woman (R)
In a small, blue-collar town in Pennsylvania, a 32-year-old woman’s teen daughter goes missing and she is left to raise her infant grandson alone. The story is told over the course of 11 years, from the time her daughter vanishes, through the the trials-and-tribulations of subsequent years looking for closure, leading up the long-awaited discovery of the truth.
Directed by Jake Scott
Starring: Christina Hendricks, Aaron Paul, Sienna Miller, Amy Madigan, Sky Ferreira
Release date: June 14
Back to the Fatherland
BACK TO THE FATHERLAND is a documentary film that tells the story of young people leaving their home country to try their luck somewhere else. A common tale these days if these young women and men weren’t from Israel and if they wouldn’t be moving to Germany and Austria, where their families were persecuted and killed.
Directed by Gil Levanon, Kat Rohrer
Starring: Gil Levanon, Katharina Maschek, Dan Peled, Gidi Peled, Lea Ron Peled
Release date: June 14
Being Frank
A normal father’s family life is turned upside down when his son discovers he has another family.
Directed by Miranda Bailey
Starring: Anna Gunn, Samantha Mathis, Danielle Campbell, Jim Gaffigan, Logan Miller
Release date: June 14
The Dead Don’t Die (R)
The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves.
Directed by Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Tom Waits, Chloë Sevigny, Steve Buscemi
Release date: June 14
Hampstead (PG-13)
An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home.
Directed by Joel Hopkins
Starring: Diane Keaton, Hugh Skinner, Brendan Gleeson, James Norton, Lesley Manville
Release date: June 14
In the Aisles
Christian begins to work as a shelf stacker at a supermarket and finds himself in a new, unknown world: the long aisles, the bustle at the checkouts, the forklifts.
Directed by Thomas Stuber
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Frank Rogowski, Peter Kurth, Gerdy Zint, Henning Peker
Release date: June 14
Men in Black: International (PG-13)
The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Directed by F. Gary Gary
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Chris Hemsworth, Rebecca Ferguson, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson
Release date: June 14
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem
The affair of a married Palestinian man and a married Israeli woman in Jerusalem takes a dangerous political dimension when they are spotted in the wrong place at the wrong time, leaving them to deal with more than their broken marriages.
Directed by Muayad Alayan
Starring: Maisa Abd Elhadi, Mohammed Eid, Kamel El Basha, Ishai Golan, Bashar Hassuneh
Release date: June 12
Shaft (R)
John Shaft Jr., a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, enlists his family’s help to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death.
Directed by Tim Story
Starring: Alexandra Shipp, Samuel L. Jackson, Avan Jogia, Regina Hall, Luna Lauren Velez
Release date: June 14
What new movies will you be seeing in theaters this weekend?
