The Film Yap reviews new releases
Here’s a look at this weekend’s new releases with The Film Yap’s Christopher Lloyd!• Independence Day: Resurgence
The nasty boogums from outer space are back but Will Smith is not, as the sci-fi hit from 20 years ago launches another attack on theaters.”
• The Shallows
A brave surfer is pursued by a massive great white shark just 200 yards from shore. Sounds like an excuse for CGI and 90 minutes of Blake Lively in a bikini.”
• Art Bastard
This documentary serves as a portrait of painter Robert Cenedella, who’s spent decades as a fiercely independent iconoclast who refuses to be pushed into any round hole.”
• Dheepan
The Palme d’Or winner from Cannes tells the story of a former Tamil fighter from Sri Lanka who enlists two refugees to pose as his wife and daughter as they try to find a new life near Paris.”
• The Neon Demon
The latest from stylish director Nicolas Winding Refn (“Drive”) stars Elle Fanning as an aspiring model who gets caught up in the youth-obsessed culture of Los Angeles.”
• Free State of Jones
Matthew McConaughey plays a Mississippi farmer who creates a rebellion within a rebellion during the Civil War, leading a multiracial uprising against the Confederacy.”
• Midnight Special – Stream It
Michael Shannon stars in this evocative sci-fi thriller about a father on the run from the law whose son has special powers. Stream It.”
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