Screenings are few and far between at the moment, with most smaller releases running scared from the single big movie that's either coming out this week or is still dominating the box office. But there are still some good things out there - both in cinemas and on streaming services - even as the blockbusters have been merely ok so far this summer. One of the most endearing films of the year is Billy Porter's comedy-drama
Anything's Possible, a teen romance that's packed with heart and just enough realistic edge. And the newcomer leads, Eva Reign and Abubakr Ali (above), are terrific. Meanwhile, this week's big release is the animated
DC League of Super-Pets, a comically entertaining adventure packed with genuinely smart gags delivered by a scene-stealing vocal cast, even if the superhero formula feels as stale as ever.
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More intriguing was
The Score, an inventive genre mashup starring the terrific Will Poulter, Naomi Ackie and Johnny Flynn that features romance, comedy, violence and musical numbers. Juliette Binoche stars in master filmmaker Claire Denis'
Both Sides of the Blade, a boldly complex French drama about relationships and regret. And the horror thriller
Hypochondriac finds some original, and deeply unsettling, things to say about mental illness while properly freaking us out.
Screenings remain thin next week, but I'll be watching Brad Pitt in
Bullet Train, Charlotte Rampling in
Juniper, the
Predator spin-off
Prey, the animated adventure
Luck and the refugee doc
Fadia's Tree.
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