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“I Feel Pretty” (PG-13) – Amy Schumer stars as Renee Bennett, a low-level computer nerd who, like many, MANY women, feels the familiar lack of confidence of the overweight and under-prettied. It doesn’t help that she maintains the website of a beauty brand (read that: marketer of unattainable looks). She takes a cycling class, bumps her head and wakes up feeling like she’s a supermodel-level hottie, brimming with confidence and life changes. Schumer may not be a supermodel, but she is not the poster child for the looks-disadvantaged. The message – love yourself; because no matter what you look like, if you act confidently, you can have it all! – gets stepped on as a result.
Dwayne Johnson in “Rampage” (Warner Bros. photo)
“Rampage” (PG-13) – Down-to-earth primatologist Davis Okoye (Dwayne Johnson) is a special-forces soldier who, in the course of his work with an anti-poaching unit, discovers and befriends a silverback gorilla named George. Overhead in an orbiting space lab, a science experiment goes wrong, exploding the station and raining bits of genetics-twisted pathogens that cause three very scary animals to become impossibly large and aggressive: an alligator, a wolf and our dear, sign-language-communicating George. Davis must team with a scientist (Naomie Harris) to subdue the animals and save the population from the animals’ rampaging. It’s loosely based on a video game, and the plot is a hot mess. But you get what’s advertised: The Rock and a big ol’ gorilla interacting with much physical mayhem.
“Isle of Dogs” (PG-13) – Wes Anderson’s stop-motion animated sweetheart of a film tells the story of a boy named Atari (Koyu Rankin) and his dog Spots (Liev Schreiber). An outbreak of canine flu in Japan causes the evil mayor to send all the dogs to an island off the coast for quarantine. Atari steals a plane to get to Trash Island where all the dogs are being held. He is assisted in his search by a dog named Chief (Bryan Cranston), whose pack must reunite human and canine before the mayor’s goons exterminate the whole island. The list of contributors is deep indeed: Ed Norton, Scarlett Johannsson, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Greta Gerwig and many more.
“Super Troopers 2” (R) – The gang from Broken Lizard is back, after years of dragging their feet, with a sequel to the 2002 underground hit. This time, Mac, Thorny, Foster, Rabbit and Farva are called back into action to police a newly discovered bit of America off Vermont that had inadvertently been living Canadian all this time. The usual antics ensue – and none of them are fit for description in this paper (if you saw the first one, you know what I mean, right meow). Although “ST2” is not as good as “ST1,” if you start drinking early, you may still enjoy the ride.
New TV Releases
“Pitch” The Complete Series
“The Good Place” Season 2
“Wayward Pines” Season 2
“Sneaky Pete” Season 1
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