Summer Movies: Opening June, 8 2018
I am so glad that Ocean’s 8 is finally coming out. I have wanted to see it since I saw the first trailer, but there have been so many trailers for it that I’m afraid I have seen the entire movie already. I want to watch and enjoy it since I love heist movies. Hereditary looks incredibly scary and has the best reviews out of all the summer movies opening this week. The cast for Hotel Artemis is really interesting, especially Sterling K. Brown, Jodie Foster, and Dave Bautista, but it seems like it doesn’t have much of a plot beyond its concept. Hearts Beat Loud looks like a super sweet coming-of-age story with a teenage girl and Nick Offerman as her dad.
There are also some interesting documentaries coming out today. Be ready to cry while watching the story of Mr. Rogers in Won’t You Be My Neighbor? I don’t know anything about either chef Alain Ducasse or designer Vivienne Westwood, but the two documentaries about them (The Quest of Alain Ducasse and Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist) make them seem like super interesting people.
Finally, some smaller limited-release movies are Nancy starring Steve Buscemi, Zoo is a family-friendly movie about animals, and Bernard and Huey seems to be another one suffering from an interesting cast, but possibly not much of a plot.
Wide Releases
Ocean’s 8
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling
Directed by: Gary Ross
Written by: Gary Ross, Olivia Milch
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69%
Quick Description: Fashion heist
Debbie Ocean assembles an all-woman crew to pull off a heist at the Met Gala.
Hereditary
Starring: Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff
Directed by: Ari Aster
Written by: Ari Aster
Rating: R
Length: 2 hours 7 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 94%
Quick Description: Spooky horror
After her mother dies, a woman starts discovering some disturbing family secrets.
Hotel Artemis
Starring: Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Dave Bautista
Directed by: Drew Pearce
Written by: Drew Pearce
Rating: R
Length: 1 hour 33 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 58%
Quick Description: Bad guy action
The hotel is a hospital where criminals can go as long as they follow the rules.
Limited Releases
Hearts Beat Loud
Starring: Nick Offerman, Kiersey Clemons, Ted Danson, Toni Collette
Directed by: Brett Haley
Written by: Brett Haley, Marc Basch
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 hour 37 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92%
Quick Description: Father-daughter band
In the summer before college, a girl and her dad write a song together that takes off.
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Starring: Joanne Rogers, McColm Cephas Jr., Francois Scarborough Clemmons, Kailyn Davis
Directed by: Morgan Neville
Rating: PG-13
Length: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 99%
Quick Description: Mr. Rogers documentary
Covers the life of Fred Rogers.
The Quest of Alain Ducasse
Starring: Alain Ducasse
Directed by: Gilles de Maistre
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 70%
Quick Description: Award-winning chef documentary
A very private chef with 18 Michelin stars was followed around for two years and showed how he doesn’t just open restaurants but also builds schools.
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Starring: Vivienne Westwood
Directed by: Lorna Tucker
Length: 1 hour 23 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 89%
Quick Description: Fashion designer documentary
A sassy fashion designer that is also an activist since she wants the world to be a better place.
Nancy
Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Steve Buscemi, Ann Dowd
Directed by: Christina Choe
Written by: Christina Choe
Length: 1 hour 27 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 75%
Quick Description: Missing child possibly found
A woman thinks she might have been kidnapped 30 years before and finally found her real family
Zoo
Starring: Toby Jones, Penelope Wilton, Art Parkinson
Directed by: Colin McIvor
Written by: Colin McIvor
Rating: PG
Length: 1 hour 37 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%
Quick Description: Family-friendly elephant true story
A boy tries to save an elephant from a zoo when Germans are bombing Belfast in 1941.
Bernard and Huey
Starring: David Koechner, Jim Rash, Mae Whitman, Richard Kind
Directed by: Dan Mirvish
Written by: Jules Feiffer
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 69%
Quick Description: Complicated friendship
Two friends reunite after 25 years and it doesn’t go smoothly