Arts & Entertainment
Movies Opening Friday, July 18
By Kam Williams
For The Skanner News
BIG BUDGET
FILMS
Planes: Fire & Rescue
(PG for action and peril)
Animated sequel finds crop
duster-turned-air
racer
Dusty (Dane Cook) joining
forces with a team of
smoke-jumping helicopters
and all-terrain vehicles to
fight a massive forest fire.
Voice cast features Stacy
Keach, Brad Garrett, Cedric
the Entertainer, Ed Harris,
Teri Hatcher, Regina King,
Jerry Stiller and Anne
Meara.
The Purge: Anarchy (R
for profanity and graphic
violence) Serendipitous hor-
ror sequel follows a
quintet’s (Frank Grillo, Car-
men Ejogo, Zach Gilford,
Kiele Sanchez and Zoe
Soul) struggle to survive on
the annual national holiday
during which crime is legal,
even murder. Cast includes
John Beasley, Michael K.
Williams, Justina Machado
and Jack Conley.
Sex Tape (R for nudity,
profanity, graphic sexuality
and drug use) Romantic
comedy revolving around a
jaded couple (Cameron
Diaz and Jason Segel) that
comes to regret recording a
steamy lovemaking session
when the video meant to be
kept private inexplicably
goes missing. With Rob
Lowe, Rob Corddry, Ellie
Kemper and Nat Faxon.
Wish I Was Here (R for
profanity and sexuality)
Zach Braff co-wrote, direct-
ed and stars in this midlife
crisis dramedy about a cash-
strapped family man who
finds a new purpose in life
after being forced by cir-
cumstances to homeschool
his kids (Pierce Gagnon and
Joey King). Ensemble cast
includes Kate Hudson,
Mandy Patinkin, Jim Par-
sons, Donald Faison, Ato
Essandoh and the late James
Avery.
INDEPENDENT &
FOREIGN FILMS
Alive Inside
Aftermath
(Unrated)
Post-apocalyptic thriller, set
in rural Texas, about nine
strangers’ stuck in a farm-
house fallout shelter attempt
to survive radiation sickness
and a horde of starving
refugees in the wake of the
devastation wrought by a
nuclear holocaust. Co-star-
ring Edward Furlong,
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
William Baldwin, Monica
Keena, Andre Royo, C.J.
Thomason, Luis Da Silva,
Jr., Bo Mitchell, Randall
Reeder and Christine Kelly.
Alive Inside (Unrated)
Dementia
documentary
demonstrating music’s mag-
ical ability to combat
memory loss while restor-
ing a sense of self to
Alzheimer’s patients.
Among Ravens (Unrated)
Fact-based dramedy about a
4th of July reunion in Idaho
disrupted by the arrival of a
mysterious nature photogra-
pher (Will McCormack)
who proceeds to touch the
lives of all the assembled
guests. With Amy Smart,
Christian Campbell and
Calum Grant.
Double Play (Unrated)
Poignant profile of vision-
ary filmmakers Richard
Linklater and James Ben-
ning’s enduring friendship.
Fanny (Unrated) Second
installment in director
Daniel Auteuil’s Marseille
trilogy finds the title charac-
ter
(Victoire
Belezy)
seduced, impregnated and
abandoned before deciding
to marry a wealthy sugar
daddy (Jean-Pierre Dar-
roussin) for the sake of the
baby. Cast includes Nicolas
Vaude, Daniel Russo,
Georges Neri. (In French
with subtitles)
I Origins (R for sexuality,
nudity and profanity) Sci-fi
thriller about a molecular
biologist (Michael Pitt)
studying the evolution of
the eye who makes a stun-
ning scientific discovery
with spiritual implications
with the help of his lab part-
ner (Brit Marling). With
Astrid
Berges-Frisbey,
Steven Yeun and Archie
Panjabi.
Mood Indigo (Unrated)
Romantic fantasy, written
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