Movies Opening In Cinemas On June 24
Film Inquiry compiles a list of the movies that are opening in cinemas every Tuesday. Opening this week: Independence Day: Resurgence, The Shallows, Free State of Jones, The Neon Demon, Swiss Army Man, Raman Raghav 2.0, Wiener-Dog, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Les Cowboys, Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words, Breaking A Monster and Misconception.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
120 minutes – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Two decades after the first Independence Day invasion, Earth is faced with a new extra-Solar threat. But will mankind’s new space defenses be enough?
Director: Roland Emmerich
Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Maika Monroe
The Shallows (2016)
87 minutes – Drama, Horror, Thriller
A mere 200 yards from shore, surfer Nancy is attacked by a great white shark, with her short journey to safety becoming the ultimate contest of wills.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Blake Lively, Óscar Jaenada, Brett Cullen, Sedona Legge
Free State of Jones (2016)
139 minutes – Action, Biography, Drama, History, War
As civil war divides the nation, a poor farmer from Mississippi leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.
Director: Gary Ross
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, Keri Russell
The Neon Demon (2016)
117 minutes – Drama, Horror, Thriller
When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Keanu Reeves, Abbey Lee
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)
101 minutes – Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A national manhunt is ordered for a rebellious kid and his foster uncle who go missing in the wild New Zealand bush.
Director: Taika Waititi
Stars: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rima Te Wiata, Rachel House
Swiss Army Man (2016)
95 minutes – Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
A hopeless man stranded in the wilderness befriends a dead body and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.
Directors: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Stars: Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Timothy Eulich
limited release in US, wide release on July 1 International Release Dates
Breaking A Monster (2015)
92 minutes – Documentary, Biography, Drama, Music
Breaking A Monster chronicles the break-out year of the band UNLOCKING THE TRUTH, following 13-year-old members Alec Atkins, Malcolm Brickhouse and Jarad Dawkins as they first encounter stardom and the music industry, transcending childhood to become the rock stars they always dreamed of being.
Director: Luke Meyer
Stars: Malcolm Brickhouse, Jarad Dawkins, Alec Atkins, Alan Sacks
Misconception (2014)
93 minutes – Documentary
The complex subject of population growth is observed via three individuals who are tackling the topic on a personal level.
Director: Jessica Yu
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)
127 minutes – Crime, Drama, Thriller
Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s, Raman Raghav. His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young cop keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of them come face to face.
Director: Anurag Kashyap
Stars: Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Vicky Kaushal, Sobhita Dhulipala, Mukesh Chhabra
Wiener-Dog (2016)
90 minutes – Comedy
A dachshund is passes from oddball owner to oddball owner, whose radically dysfunctional lives are all impacted by the pooch.
Director: Todd Solondz
Stars: Greta Gerwig, Charlie Tahan, Danny DeVito, Ellen Burstyn
Les Cowboys (2015)
104 minutes – Drama
When his daughter goes missing from their prairie town east of France, Alain and his young son, Kid, head out to find her. The journey takes the men to some far-off and unsettling places in what begins to feel like an endless quest.
Director: Thomas Bidegain
Stars: François Damiens, Finnegan Oldfield, Agathe Dronne, Ellora Torchia
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Eat That Question: Frank Zappa In His Own Words (2016)
90 minutes – Documentary
An in-depth look at the life and work of avant-garde musician Frank Zappa.
Director: Thorsten Schütte
Stars: Frank Zappa
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments below!
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