Movies Opening This Weekend – June 23rd, 2017 [videos]

Holly Hunter, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Keanu Reeves, Ray Romano, Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins and Josh Duhamel are all on the silver screen this weekend. Although it’s a short list of films, you’ll want to find the time to get out of the summer heat to take a ride of imagination. The latest installment of the popular ‘Transformers’ franchise introduces ‘Transformers: The Last Knight,’ great for the whole family to enjoy.

We’ll travel back to the civil war for ‘The Beguiled’ starring Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst, while Hollywood lightens the mood with a different kind of romantic comedy. Love and relationships are about the same regardless of country or culture, and you’ll qickly become fond of new comer Kumail Nanjiani and icon Holly Hunter, as they star in the ‘The Big Sick.’

Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!

The Bad Batch (2016)
(R) 118 min – Romance
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Stars: Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink, Keanu Reeves

Texas has lots of cannibals, so it makes perfect sense to make the oddest movie of the year about muscle bound bad guys and their exploits. The preview for this film was found not suitable for our audiences.

The Beguiled (2017)
(R) 94 min – Drama
Director: Sofia Coppola
Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell

The Civil War nearly tore this country apart in the 1800s. What happens when a reclusive and protected Virginia school for girls takes in a wounded Union soldier? The tension rises on all fronts as Nicole Kidman and Kirsten Dunst remind us why they are Oscar worthy. [watch trailer]

Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
(PG-13) 148 min – Action
Director: Michael Bay
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock

Optimus Prime is gone, as humans and Transformers go to war. The key to survival is the resurrection of early Transformers embedded on Earth. [watch trailer]

The Big Sick (2017)
(R) 119 min – Comedy
Director: Michael Showalter
Stars: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano

In one of the most touching and interesting love stories of the year, Kumail Nanjiani and Ray Romano star in a comedy about relationships that spring from the Pakistani culture. Think ‘Meet the Fockers’ meets ‘Something About Mary’ set in American with love birds from Pakistan and you’ll have ‘The Big Sick.’ [watch trailer]

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