With school out and the weather getting hotter, here are some movies coming out in June to enjoy watching while cooling off indoors or keeping the kids occupied.
The latest in the “Star Wars” universe, “The Acolyte” is a TV show rated TV-14. It takes place a hundred years before the rise of the Empire and follows an investigation into a crime spree involving the death of Jedi, according to Disney.
When the trailer was released, there was some controversy surrounding the show, with it receiving over half-million dislikes.
According to Comic Book News, the dislikes stemmed from fan’s anger over the direction the franchise has gone with previous iterations such as “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Ahsoka,” a trend which fans believed “The Acolyte” to be continuing.
Release date: June 4, Disney+.
Fans of horror and M. Night Shyamalan have an interesting surprise with “The Watchers.” This PG-13 movie is directed and adapted to the screen by Ishana Night Shyamalan, M. Night’s daughter. The movie is about a monster that stalks three strangers who become trapped together in an Ireland forest, per IMDb.
Early review scores on Rotten Tomatoes do not seem to look on the movie favorably, with it currently holding only 32%.
“‘The Watchers’ exists in an uninteresting no-man’s-land that sadly doesn’t speak well of its debutante director. Who watches ‘The Watchers’? No one who values their time,” said J. Hurtado of Screen Anarchy.
Release date: June 7, in theaters.
This is a great option for the whole family.
The first “Inside Out” movie came out in 2015 and was instantly loved by everyone. The movie personified the emotions in a girl’s head, reflecting the turmoil she faced over her family moving and having to face a new environment.
“Inside Out” provided a great way to perceive complex emotions for kids (and even adults) who have a hard time understanding them.
The second movie once again follows Riley, the protagonist of the first film, but now she is several years older and a teenager. According to Disney, viewers will get to see Riley struggle with the arrival of a new emotion — Anxiety.
Release date: June 14, in theaters.
Everyone knows what it is like to be inundated with calls from phone scammers. In this PG-13 action comedy, Thelma, a 93-year-old woman, becomes the victim of a scammer.
Per IMDb, the scammer imitates her grandson, pretending to be in jail and requesting her to send him $10,000. In order to get her money back she decides to take matters into her own hands.
Release date: June 21, in theaters.
The silence-inducing monsters are back.
“A Quiet Place” is a horror movie that came out in 2018 and was a surprising box office success. The movie featured unique monsters that hunted by sound, thus the name of the movie. If the characters wanted to survive, they had to be very quiet, which created some intense scenarios.
There was a sequel that followed some of the original characters in 2020, but the newest addition “A Quiet Place: Day One” doesn’t. It follows all new characters and takes place during the moment when the monsters first arrived, whereas the previous films took place years afterward, according to IMDB.
Additionally, John Krasinski, the director of the first two films, did not direct this one, although he is credited as one of the writers. Instead, the movie is directed by Michael Sarnoski, who directed the 2021 film “Pig” starring Nicolas Cage.
Release date: June 28, in theaters.
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