Exhilarating and Entertaining Films to Watch This July

Match your summer fun with equally exciting movies. From a high-octane action movie about sisters fighting back to a feel-good basketball comedy to a mind-blowing documentary, here are five films to make this July special.

In the mood for a high-flying action comedy? | Polite Society

In Nida Manzoor’s Polite Society, Ria (Priya Kansara), a teenager with dreams of becoming a stunt woman jumps into action when she learns her sister, Leah (Ritu Arya), has promised to marry a man who doesn’t deserve her. To stop the wedding, Ria and her high school pals hatch a mad-cap plan that is half martial arts ballet and half high school comedy. A perfect mashup of genres and styles, Polite Society has it all. The Austin Chronicle writes, “Come for the action and loving send-up of martial arts films, and stay for the sisterly support that shines through.” 

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In the mood for a wildly innovative bio-pic? | Piece By Piece

Piece By Piece, Morgan Neville’s documentary about the life and times of Pharrell Williams, takes a remarkably unique approach to documentary storytelling. When Pharrell suggested telling his life story with LEGO animation, Neville immediately saw the possibilities. “It became such a metaphor for everything that was going on in the film,” Neville says in the production notes. From Pharrell growing up in Virginia Beach and discovering music to the master musician turning the world on with the beats in his head, the film provides a magical musical tour of a visionary artist. We Got This Covered writes, “Piece By Piece constructs a vibrant, beating heart as transcendentally trailblazing as Pharrell Williams himself.”

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In the mood for a new coming of age tale? | Boogie

In Boogie, Eddie Huang transforms his life growing up in America into a new kind of coming-of-age story. Alfred “Boogie” Chin (Taylor Takahashi) is a high school student caught between two worlds—the traditional family of his Taiwanese parents and his life as a teenager in Queens, New York. Torn in all directions—being a good son, getting recruited by the NBA, having a girlfriend—Boogie struggles with the same questions the filmmaker grappled with. “My parents do things this way, my culture does things this way, but what choices would I make?” Huang told The New York Times. As a new take on being a teen today, “Boogie’s got personal vision and swaggering flair to spare,” writes The Hollywood Reporter.

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In the mood for a miraculous true story? | Last Breath

Alex Parkinson’s Last Breath powerfully recreates the true story of Chris Lemons (Finn Cole), Dave Yuasa (Simu Liu), and Duncan Allcock (Woody Harrelson), a team of saturation divers who struggle to survive hundreds of feet underwater after a storm disconnects their oxygen and communication lifelines. Adapted from Parkinson’s own documentary, the film recounts a miraculous story that ultimately defied science. The Guardian writes, “Riveting, seamless, at points genuinely shocking, Last Breath exemplifies the possibilities of human collaboration—a feat that has stuck with me and, yes, took my breath away.”

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In the mood for a movie to cheer for? | Champions

In Bobby Farrelly’s Champions, Woody Harrelson plays Marcus Aldridge, a talented but temperamental minor-league basketball coach who is court-mandated to oversee a team of players with disabilities. Over time, Aldridge discovers remarkable individuals who change his perspective on what it means to win. “He teaches them basketball, but they ultimately teach him to become a better person,” Farrelly says in the production notes. The Guardian writes, “What makes Champions a treat is the deftness with which Mark Rizzo’s script sidesteps sentimentality in favor of something more raucously truthful, conjuring fully rounded characters with believably messy lives, all delivered with Dodgeball-style sporting chutzpah.”

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