Sounds like a perfect weekend for the movies. And some great new releases hit theaters this weekend, plus you could always take in a few classics.
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GIRLS TRIP
Longtime friends trek to New Orleans for wild times.
Cast: Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Tiffany Haddish, Larenz Tate, Kate Walsh, Mike Colter
Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Running time: 2 hours, 2 minutes
MPAA rating: R for crude and sexual content throughout, pervasive language, brief graphic nudity, and drug material
DUNKIRK
British and Allied forces are pinned down on the French coast and facing long odds in writer-director Christopher Nolan’s World War II tale.
Cast: Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Fionn Whitehead, Harry Styles, James D'Arcy, Jack Lowden, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy
Directed by Christopher Nolan
Running time: 1 hour, 46 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13 for intense war experience and some language
VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Plot summary: Based on the graphic novel series, government operatives travel to a rapidly expanding intergalactic metropolis called Alpha, a Utopian convergence of talents where dark forces are at work.
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, John Goodman
Directed by Luc Besson
Running time: 2 hour, 17 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13 for sci-fi violence and action, suggestive material and brief language
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KELLY’S HEROES AT THE VIC
When it was released in 1970, “Kelly’s Heroes” was unlike other military-themed movies of the time.
Director Brian G. Hutton’s film, which starred Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles and Carol O’Connor, was a war movie but it was also a comedy and a heist flick.
The Summer Cool Films Series presents “Kelly’s Heroes” at Victoria Theatre, 138 N. Main St., Dayton, Friday through Sunday, July 21-23. Show times are 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays. Rated PG.
Cost: $6 each or $35 for 10-ticket passbook.
More info: Call 937-228-3630 or visit www.ticketcenterstage.com.
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