![]() Oscar winner Juliette Binoche ( The English Patient), still stunning, naked or clothed, at 58, played the most intriguing character in the hit The Staircase, a documentarian who unreasonably falls in love with an accused serial wife murderer (Colin Firth). Watch it: Where the Crawdads Sing, in theatersĭon’t miss this: Members can watch an interview with Delia Owens about ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ on Members Only Access. But why create such a dynamic character only to make them fate’s piñata? -Thelma M. Abandoned by her mother, siblings and drunken father, beaten and sexually assaulted, Kya’s defiance is admirable. A cross between The Notebook, Fried Green Tomatoes and To Kill a Mockingbird (David Strathairn, 73, stars as Kya’s defense lawyer), the romance will satisfy fans of the book but suffers from abuse overload. When Chase tumbles from a fire tower, Kya becomes the prime suspect. Dumped by college-bound Tate (Taylor John Smith), she’s seduced by Chase (rising star Harris Dickinson). Naturalist Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) raises herself from wild child to womanhood in the North Carolina wetland, earning her the derogatory nickname Marsh Girl. Watch it: My Old School, coming July 22 to theaters and on demandĪ giant of women’s fiction (12 million copies sold), Delia Owens’ novel Where the Crawdads Sing was plucked by Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, and produced by her as a film. Truth can be stranger than fiction, especially when elevated by McLeod, Cumming and British singer Lulu (“To Sir With Love”), 73, who performs a blissful cover of the title Steely Dan song. The story darkens when McLeod discovers video from their class play, South Pacific, and captures Lee serenading and smooching his teen costar onstage. Now he lip-syncs Lee’s words, embodying his tics and swallowed smiles. Enter Alan Cumming, 57 (host of this year’s AARP Movies for Grownups Awards), who was to play Lee in a 1997 film that got scuttled. McLeod interviews classmates about the interloper, illustrating the tale with ’90s-style animation because Lee would only talk on audio, not on camera. In 1993, 30-something Brandon Lee (not to be confused with Bruce Lee’s late son Brandon) posed as a high school student in a bizarre case that made national news. Is Jono McLeod’s documentary a true crime saga or simply weird stuff that happened in high school? The director from Glasgow, Scotland, uncovers the truth about an impostor at his fancy alma mater, Bearsden Academy. Watch it: Nope, coming July 22 to theaters You haven’t lived until you’ve heard veteran character actor Michael Wincott, 64, as the dour cinematographer delivering the lyrics to Sheb Wooley’s 1958 “The Purple People Eater” in his gravelly voice. Joined by his fast-talking sister (a delightful Keke Palmer), an alien-obsessed techie (Brandon Perea), and a traumatized former child star (Steven Yeun), they battle to survive and capture the wily alien - on film. It follows a brother-of-few-words struggling to maintain the family’s Hollywood horse-wrangling business while a suspicious disc cruises above their inland California ranch. Working with Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (his version of Cary Grant), Peele weaves a wild Western UFO tale. ![]() A little bit Close Encounters, a little North by Northwest, Nope is nonstop entertainment. Amid heat waves, he lures audiences back to air-conditioned theaters with a big, glossy, funny, gross, scary horror movie.
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