Movies Opening This Weekend – June 1st, [videos]

Hollywood presents an interesting collection of films this weekend that will give you an excuse to stay out of the heat this weekend. There’s a wonderful documentary about India and the doctor that changed the health of an entire nation in the film ‘The Doctor from India,’ a touching film called A Kid Like Jake’ which probes the love of a child no matter the gender tendencies, and another Johnny Knoxville film that will make you laugh out loud; owning an amusement park can be dangerous!

Out pick of the week is the film ‘Adrift’ starring Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin. This one combines ‘Perfect Storm’ with ‘Castaway.’ The film is filled with hope and love on the high seas, as a storm knocks the two off the deck, forcing them to face their own mortality and sense of survival.

Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!

The Doctor from India (2018)
(NR) 89 min – Documentary
Director: Jeremy Frindel

Dr. Vasant Lad was a forward-thinking proponent of advancing the underdeveloped healthcare system of India in the late 1970s. His strategy called ‘Ayurveda’ changed the health of a nation. Jeremy Frindel does a marvelous job directing this beautiful documentary. [watch trailer]

A Kid Like Jake (2018)
(NR) 92 min – Family
Director: Silas Howard
Stars: Priyanka Chopra, Claire Danes, Ann Dowd, Jim Parsons

A Brooklyn couple begins to realize that their four-year-old son is more interested in stories of princes and relationships than he is of war or male leaning interests. This move forces the boy’s parents to think the traditional way in which they might raise a son. [watch trailer]

Action Point (2018)
(R) 85 min – Comedy
Director: Tim Kirkby
Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Brigette Lundy-Paine, Johnny Pemberton, Susan Yeagley

What could be more interesting and or dangerous than Johnny Knoxville building his own theme park, filled with stupid risky rides! [watch trailer]

American Animals (2018)
(R) 116 min – Drama
Director: Bart Layton

Stars: Ann Dowd, Evan Peters, Barry Keoghan, Blake Jenner
Four men with unstoppable imaginations decide their lives are really part of a wonderful movie, so they chose to begin the most historic heists in U.S. history. [watch trailer]

Upgrade (2018)
(R) 95 min – Thriller
Director: Leigh Whannell

Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Rosco Campbell, Richard Cawthorne, Linda Cropper

Set in a time far away, the world’s fate rests in the hands or hard drive of an experimental computer chip implant called Stem. [watch trailer]

Adrift (2018)
(NR) – Action
Director: Baltasar Kormákur

Stars: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Grace Palmer, Jeffrey Thomas

Based on real events, a couple simultaneously fall in love and survive earth’s most dangerous hurricanes in recorded history. [watch trailer]

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