SoCal new movies, June 5-12: ‘The Watchers,’ ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die,’ ‘Rowdy Girl’ and more
Major new releases, indie flicks, foreign films and art-house fare
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and current releases screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
Lights, camera and … action!
Opening
• Starts Wednesday, June 5
‘Queen Tut’ An Egyptian teen grieving the loss of his mother relocates to Toronto where he is introduced to the local drag scene in Reem Morsi’s 2023 drama. With Ryan Ali and “Transparent’s” Alexandra Billings. In English and Arabic with English subitles. 91 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything’ A young woman embarks on a romantic relationship with a local farmer twice her age in Emily Atef’s 2023 drama set in the former East Germany not long after the fall of the Berlin Wall. With Marlene Burow and Felix Kramer. In German with English subtitles. 129 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Starts Thursday, June 6
‘The Girl Who Wore Freedom’ French citizens who lived through the Nazi occupation of Normandy during WWII, and members of the Allied forces who liberated them, share their memories in Christian Taylor’s 2020 documentary. 89 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Rowdy Girl’ A Texas woman has a change of heart and converts her and her husband’s cattle ranch into an animal sanctuary in Jason Goldman’s 2023 documentary. 72 mins. Not Rated. rowdygirlfilm.com
• Starts Friday, June 7
‘Anhell69’ Filmmaker Theo Montoya examines life for young queer people in Medellín, Colombia in this semi-autobiographical 2022 hybrid of documentary and drama. In Spanish with English subtitles. 75 mins. Not Rated. lumierecinemala.com
‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are back for a fourth go-round in this 2024 entry in the Miami-set buddy-cop franchise. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah co-direct and Joe Pantoliano and Vanessa Hudgens also star. 115 mins. Rated R. badboys.movie
‘Cottontail’ A Japanese widower and his estranged son travel to England to fulfill his late wife’s dying wish in Patrick Dickinson’s poignant 2023 drama. With Lily Franky and “Rome’s” Ciarán Hinds. In English and Japanese with English subtitles. 94 mins. Not Rated. amctheatres.com, laemmle.com
‘Flipside’ Filmmaker Chris Wilcha’s return visit to the New Jersey record store where he worked as a teen leads to realizations about life, work, art and the creative process in this 2023 documentary. 96 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Kill Your Lover’ A couple’s troubled relationship becomes toxic in the literal sense in co-directors Alix Austin and Keir Siewert’s 2023 body-horror thriller. With Paige Gilmour and Shane Quigley Murphy. 77 mins. Not Rated. thefridacinema.org, laemmle.com
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