If you’re looking for movies that are a little different than your standard fare, then you have quite a selection of new movies to choose from this weekend. There is a new Wes Anderson film (which are always guaranteed to be a little offbeat) about a motley group of people that descend on a town for a stargazing event only to have their worldviews upended, an action film about a cop who quits the force to go deep undercover in the cult that killed his ex-wife and kidnapped his daughter, a comedy about a woman who answers a job ad and finds herself doing everything she can to bring a 19-year-old out of his shell before he goes off to college, and much more!
Asteroid City
Following a writer on his world famous fictional play about a grieving father who travels with his tech-obsessed family to small rural Asteroid City to compete in a stargazing event, only to have his world view disrupted forever.
Directed by Wes Anderson
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson,, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton
Release date: June 23
The Get Rich Quick Scheme
Three students make a bet with their evil principal to succeed in business. Will they become entrepreneurs or will they fail trying?
Directed by Samuel L. Pierce
Starring: Samuel L. Pierce, Tyler Griswold, Rex Nelson, Haley Abell, Caleb Baker
Release date: June 21
God is a Bullet
When vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a satanic cult – Bob is frustrated by bumbling botched official investigations. Bob quits the police force, gets tattoos, and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the charismatic cult leader, Cyrus, with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, the brilliantly damaged, Case Hardin. Bob is lead down the rabbit hole to save his daughter and Case seizes the opportunity to claim back her power from the cult that took so much away from her.
Directed by Nick Cassavetes
Starring: Maika Monroe, Jamie Foxx, Ethan Suplee, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, January Jones
Release date: June 23
He Killed in Ecstasy
A young doctor kills himself after a medical committee terminates his research into human embryos, considering it too inhumane.
Directed by Nikolai Maiden
Starring: Ellen Wing, Miles Jonn-Dalton, Antonio Mayans, Pauline Peart, Rinaldo Talamonti
Release date: June 21
No Hard Feelings
On the brink of losing her home, Maddie finds an intriguing job listing: helicopter parents looking for someone to bring their introverted 19-year-old son out of his shell before college. She has one summer to make him a man or die trying.
Directed by Gene Stupnitsky
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Andrew Barth Feldman, Laura Benanti, Matthew Broderick, Natalie Morales
Release date: June 23
Past Lives
Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora’s family emigrates from South Korea. 20 years later, they are reunited for one fateful week as they confront notions of love and destiny.
Directed by Celine Song
Starring: Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, John Magaro, Moon Seung-ah, Leem Seung-min
Release date: June 23
