‘Zookeeper’s Wife,’ others.
RELEASES
OUT TUESDAY
THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (Universal) In 1939, when the Nazi armies conquer Poland, the couple who run the Warsaw Zoo turn the grounds’ hiding places into a refuge for Jews seeking to escape the slaughter. Based-on-a-true story drama — the real-life couple saved about 300 people during the war — starring Jessica Chastain, with Johan Heldenbergh, Daniel Brühl. (PG-13; thematic elements, disturbing images, violence, brief sexuality, nudity, smoking)
SONG TO SONG (Broad Green) Romantic entanglements ensue among a pair of songwriters (Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara), a music producer (Michael Fassbender) and a waitress (Natalie Portman), all captured in dreamlike cinematography in Terrence Malick’s drama. (R; some sexuality, nudity, drug use, language)
BITCOIN HEIST (Well Go USA) A gang of thieves with particular skills helps a hacker pull off a major digital heist, “Now You See Me”-style. Vietnamese caper movie with English subtitles. (not rated; some violence)
VINCENT N ROXXY (Lionsgate) Zoe Kravitz is on the run from some bad, bad men, and Emile Hirsch steps in to protect her, for reasons of his own. Thriller with Zoey Deutch, Emory Cohen, Scott Mescudi. (R; violence, gore, pervasive language, some strong sexual content, nudity, brief drug use)
DRONE (Screen Media) A military contractor who pilots drones for a living meets a Pakistani businessman whose daughter was killed in one of his drone attacks. (not rated) AWAKENING THE ZODIAC (Sony) A down-on-their-luck couple stumble on some old movies that they hope will lead them to a serial killer and a huge reward — if the killer doesn’t find them first. (R; violence, language) TV SERIES: SUPERSTORE (Season 2, Universal)
COMING SOON
JULY 7 GOSPEL ACCORDING TO AL GREEN (MVD) JULY 11 THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS (Universal), THE LOST CITY OF Z (Broad Green), SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE (Sony), NORMAN (Sony), THEIR FINEST (Lionsgate), A QUIET PASSION (Music Box), SPARK: A SPACE TAIL (Universal), AMERICAN FABLE (MPI), ALIVE AND KICKING (Magnolia), TOM AND JERRY: WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY (Warner), DO YOU TAKE THIS MAN (Breaking Glass), VINCE GIORDANO: THERE’S A FUTURE IN THE PAST (First Run), THE PENGUIN COUNTERS (First Run)
TV SERIES: UNDERGROUND (Season 2, Sony), THE MAGICIANS (Season 2, Universal), THE MISSING (Season 2, Lionsgate), THE TUNNEL: SABOTAGE (Season 2, PBS) JULY 18 KONG: SKULL ISLAND (Warner), FREE FIRE (Lionsgate), TOMMY’S HONOUR (Lionsgate), THE PROMISE (Universal), BUSTER’S MAL HEART (Well Go USA), RESIDENT EVIL: VENDETTA (Sony), OLIVER STONE’S UKRAINE ON FIRE
(CInema Libre). LONDON HEIST (Lionsgate), LOVE BY THE 10TH DATE (Lionsgate), BEHIND THE MASK — THE BATMAN: DEAD END STORY (Candy Factory), WITH GREAT POWER: THE STAN LEE STORY (Well Go USA) TV SERIES: ADVENTURE TIME (Season 7, Warner), THE 100 (Season 4, Warner), THE EXPANSE (Season 2, Warner)
RECENTLY RELEASED
POWER RANGERS Five teenagers with attitude are recruited to save the world by a floating talking head (played by Bryan Cranston) from an alien villain named Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks). Slick reboot of the low-budget American redo of a Japanese TV series turned pop-culture phenomenon. (PG-13; violence, language, some crude humor)
T2: TRAINSPOTTING Twenty years after they blew up, a group of violence-prone, addicted, laze-about pals reunite for more of the same — but, you know, they’re older. Director Danny Boyle and the cast of the darkly enchanting 1996 British semi-comedy reunite, including Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Kelly Macdonald. (R; drug use, pervasive language, sex, nudity, some violence)
CHIPS A reckless cop is assigned to go undercover in the motorcycle highway patrol to find some bad guys, and is assigned as a partner a bikeriding wizard permanently addled by pain medication. Reboot of the goofy 1970s TV series, with Michael Peña, Dax Shepard, Kristen Bell. (R; crude sexual content, nudity, pervasive language, some violence, drug use)
THE BELKO EXPERIMENT At an American company’s corporate office in Colombia, employees are locked down and locked in, and informed that the only way out is to kill three co-workers — and, if they don’t, six others will die. Corporate horror drama with Tony Goldwyn, John Gallagher Jr., Adria Arjona, John C. McGinley. (R; pervasive violence and gore, language, some strong drug use)
ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING To decide Earth’s fate, aliens give infinite power to an average earthling who doesn’t know that he must do something worthwhile or the planet’s finished. Comedy featuring the voices of the surviving members of Monty Python’s Flying Circus (as the aliens), Simon Pegg as their witless human subject, and, in what’s billed as his last movie role, Robin Williams — as the voice of Pegg’s dog. (R; language, brief nudity)
MONEY A con artist takes on two pharmaceutical executives who are out to steal $5 million. Thriller with Jamie Bamber, Kellan Lutz, Jess Weixler. (R; pervasive language, drug use, some violence)
CORRESPONDENCE An aging professor (Jeremy Irons) abruptly ends his six-year affair with a muchyounger PhD student and then disappears, leaving the student (Olga Kurylenko) to figure out what happened to him, and their relationship. Romance directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. (not rated)
BERLIN SYNDROME An Australian photojournalist falls in love with a man in Berlin, who turns her desire to stay there into a reason to imprison her. (R; violent content, sexuality, nudity, some language)
GREY LADY A Boston police detective on the trail of his partner’s killer heads to Nantucket, where he stumbles into a murder mystery. Noir thriller with Eric Dane, Natalie Zea, Adrian Lester, Amy Madigan. (R; violence, brief language) THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch play father-and-son coroners baffled by a young female homicide victim with no ID and some baffling clues — who then disappears. (R; violence, gore, nudity, language) YU-GI-OH! THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS Feature-length movie extending the story lines of the card game turned animated series. (PG; some action violence, some suggestive material) Contact Chris Foran at cforan@ journalsentinel; on Twitter, @cforan12.