Alternative Summer Movies
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Alternative Movies
If you’re looking for movies with a bit more substance—you know, the type that tickle your brain or simply have nothing to do with crazy special effects—then take a look at our alternative summer movie list. Because lets face it, crazy teen vampire love affairs aren’t for everyone.
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Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky 6/11
Coco Chanel, best known for her international fashion designs, exposes a darker, twisted side of her voluptuous life in Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, a tale of seduction, betrayal and forbidden love. -
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Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 6/11
Joan Rivers continues to fascinate the public, and finally at the age of 76 she exposes her truths in Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. Directed by Ricki Stern, the provocative documentary allows audiences to follow Rivers on a tumultuous, year-long ride, witnessing private dramas of self-doubt and anger, and the struggles and thrills this irreverent comedian must face to keep her dream alive. -
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Cyrus 6/18
Meet Cyrus (Jonah Hill). He’s a 21-year-old musician. His best friend is Molly (Marisa Tomei)—his mother, and he’s not ready to share her with anyone, including John (John C. Reilly), a romantic hopeful who falls head over heels for Molly. Follow the trio on a hilarious journey of new beginnings. -
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I Am Love 6/18
Travel to Milan and witness a romantic, heated love affair that crosses all boundaries. I Am Love depicts the lives of the Recchi family, an elite nucleus undergoing a shift of power. -
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Love Ranch 6/30
Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci grace the screen in Love Ranch. The two brilliantly portray a husband and wife team who own the first legalized brothel in Nevada. -
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Great Directors 7/2
A deep and intimate look at the art of cinema and the artists who create it, Great Directors is a celebration of films and filmmaking. The film features in-depth conversations with world-class filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. -
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Grease: Sing-a-long 7/8
Get ready to jam with Rydell High's most famous graduating class! A newly restored print brings the highest-grossing musical of all time, GREASE (1978), to the big screen as a sing-along. This may be the only time you can belt out a tune loud and proud in a theatre. -
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The Kids are All Right 7/9
The lovely Mia Wasikowska leaves her fantasy role in Alice in Wonderland behind for a more dramatic character in The Kids Are All Right. As the teenage daughter of a lesbian couple (Julianne Moore and Annette Bening), she searches, along with her younger brother, for the identity of their biological father (Mark Ruffalo). -
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The Concert 7/23
Alexei Guskov, a once celebrated Russian conductor, now finds himself working as a custodian. Determined to make his way up the ranks, he poses as an orchestra group leader. He sets off to perform in Paris and along the way reunites with a young, beautiful violin prodigy (Mélanie Laurent) who holds the key to his past and future. -
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Life During Wartime 7/23
The intersecting stories of three sisters Joy (Shirley Henderson), Trish (Allison Janney), and Helen (Ally Sheedy) expose an emotional yet hilarious portrait of life during wartime. -
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Charlie St. Cloud 7/30
Charlie St. Cloud is the story of a young sailor with a bright future, who is ready to venture out to college and give love a chance. Everything changes for Charlie (Zac Efron), however, when a deadly accident claims the life of his younger brother (Charlie Tahan). -
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist and Rebel 7/30
The legendary Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner is ready to show it all—figuratively speaking, that is. He’s baring it all in his documentary Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel, allowing audiences to take an intimate look at the outspoken playboy and his empire. -
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Eat, Pray, Love 8/13
Julia Roberts stars as Elizabeth Gilbert, a woman who many believe has it all, but after a painful divorce, she decides to travel the world—searching for her life’s purpose. In between travels, she meets Felipe (Javier Bardem) and before long…she unexpectedly finds the meaning of true love. -
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 8/13
Michael Cera plays the bass guitarist of a garage-rock band, and in true rock-n-roll fashion, he has no problem getting the ladies...until he meets Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), whose ex-boyfriends becomes Cera's "biggest" obstacles. -
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Going the Distance 8/27
A clever and funny take on a couple’s struggles to maintain a long distance relationship, Going the Distance stars Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. Watch as the two pursue their dreams in New York and San Francisco. -
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Piranha 3D 8/27
A sudden underwater tremor sends the residents of Lake Victoria into a massive panic as tales of the prehistoric man-eating fish resurface. With Spring Break increasing the number of residents from 5,000 to 50,000, an unlikely group of strangers band together to stop the razor-toothed offenders from taking any lives.
