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Valley Girl

Ruby Richman (Morrone) arrives home, distraught after breaking up with her boyfriend, to pursue her ambition of attending a study-abroad program in Japan for her final semester of high school. Her mother, Julie (Silverston­e), tells Ruby about her own final weeks of high school, and the film flashes back to the early 1980s. A young Julie (Rothe) is a typical Valley girl living in Encino and enjoys frequent shopping trips to the mall with her friends. However, Julie begins to doubt her future with her jock boyfriend, and she has become dishearten­ed by her current lifestyle and college choice. All of that changes when Julie has a chance encounter that changes her life. “Valley Girl” is a remake of the 1983 film of the same name. Director: rachel lee goldenberg. stars: jessica rot he, josh White house, jessie ennis, ashleigh murray, chloe ben net, logan paul, mae whitman, rob Hue bel, judy greer, camila mo rr one, alicia silver stone .2020. 102mins.comedy.

Weathering With You

Coming to mainland Japan from the small island of Kozu-shima, first-year high-schooler and runaway Morishima Hodaka (Daigo) travels to Tokyo. After a chance encounter with Keisuke Suga (Oguri) on his journey to the city, the middle-age man hires Hodaka for a position at his small occult magazine publishing company. While investigat­ing local urban legends associated with Tokyo’s heavy rainfall, the pair hear whispering­s of a “sunshine girl” who can control the weather. Director: mako to shin kai. stars: Kotarodaig­o,n ana mori,s hun Og uri, sei hi raizumi,yûkikaji, Rizahm ed, dino and ra de .2019. 112mins.animation.

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Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse in “Valley Girl”

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