Summer is filled with blockbusters that are sure to rock the box office. These are not those movies.
When thinking of summer movie season, it’s easy to think of the relentless number of blockbusters that dominate the season. We’ve already seen Avengers: Age of Ultron and Mad Max: Fury Road, and more such as San Andreas, Jurassic World, Ant-Man, and Fantastic Four are still to come.
It’s easy to forget about the other movies to be released in the summer, and we’ve done the remembering for you. These are the movies you may have forgotten about that you need to see this summer.
‘When Marnie Was There’
When Marnie Was There is the last movie that Studio Ghibli will be releasing for the foreseeable future, and it’s worth seeing for that reason alone. Luckily it looks it’s a pretty good movie too. Currently Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s movie holds an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
In a review in Time Out New York, critic David Ehrlich said “among the many bittersweet pleasures of When Marnie Was There is that its virtues confirm what Ghibli stood for, and its insufficiencies (however modest) confirm that it’s time to say goodbye.” That quote certainly makes it sound like a must see for any Studio Ghibli fan.
Release date: May 22
‘Aloha’
Any time Cameron Crowe makes a movie it’s a big deal, and Aloha is his first movie since We Bought a Zoo in 2011. That movie wasn’t his best, and he hasn’t really made a great movie since Almost Famous 15 years ago. However, his early career was so strong that there’s always hope that his latest will be a return to form.
Aloha stars Bradley Cooper as a military contractor who returns to the place that saw some of his greatest triumphs with the military and reconnects with a former love (Rachel McAdams) and begins falling for the Air Force watchdog assigned to him (Emma Stone).
Release date: May 29
‘A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence’
Roy Anderson’s A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the third part in his “Living” trilogy, the first two being Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living.
The movie currently sits at a 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and its supporters have been really enthusiastic about it, especially its long takes.
Release date: June 3
‘Love & Mercy’
In Love & Mercy, Paul Dano and John Cusack play Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson at different points in his life. According to the official synopsis, “in the late 1960s, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson (Dano) stops touring, produces ‘Pet Sounds’ and begins to lose his sanity. By the 1980s, Wilson (Cusack), under the sway of a controlling therapist, finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.”
Love & Mercy currently has a 82% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and also stars Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti. It’s Bill Pohlad’s first directorial feature since 1990.
Release date: June 5
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