Peanuts: Camp Snoopy (Apple TV+): After discovering their troop is in danger of being disbanded because they have zero badges, Snoopy and the Beagle Scouts set off to camp in the outdoors to earn merit badges with the Beagle Scout Manual as their guide. Meanwhile, Charlie Brown and friends enjoy their summer at camp, crossing paths with Snoopy as they experience everything camp and the outdoors have to offer. Streaming
Treasure (Bleecker Street/Film Nation): Based on the book Too Many Men by Lily Brett, Julia von Heinz writes and directs the film starring Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry (V For Vendetta, Wilde) as their characters embark on a father-daughter road trip set in post-communist 1990’s Poland. Dunham plays Ruth, a music journalist from the states, while Fry plays Edek, a charmingly stubborn Holocaust survivor, on a journey to his homeland. While Ruth is eager to make sense of her family’s past, Edek embarks on the trip with his own agenda. In theaters
Inside Out 2 (Disney/Pixar): The follow-up to the hit 2015 premieres today. Here’s the synopsis: “The little voices inside Riley’s head know her inside and out—but next summer, everything changes when Inside Out 2 introduces a new Emotion: Anxiety. Meanwhile, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, aren’t sure how to feel when Anxiety shows up. And it looks like she’s not alone. Maya Hawke lends her voice to Anxiety, alongside Amy Poehler as Joy, Phyllis Smith as Sadness, Lewis Black as Anger, Tony Hale as Fear, and Liza Lapira as Disgust.” In theaters
Firebrand (Roadside Attractions): Starring Alicia Vikander, Jude Law, The Crown‘s Erin Doherty, and more, twice married, accomplished, and educated Katherine Parr (Vikander), reluctantly agrees to become the sixth wife of the tyrannical King Henry VIII (Law). Her consent to marry him carries great personal risk, given that her predecessors are either vanquished, beheaded, or dead. When Henry appoints her as Regent, the nation’s ruler during his absence when he departs to fight overseas, he lays a dangerous path for her, prompting Katherine to unleash her own scheme to fight for survival.
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