Rodrigo Perez

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Summer’s here and the time is right, for dancing in the street. All we need is movies, movies, they’ll be movies everywhere. OK, something like that (literally, you try writing an original intro to a summer movie preview after doing it for 17-odd years). But yes, summer is here, our summer movie preview is late, and let’s not blather on too much. Summer is what it is every season: a mix of blockbuster meets indie counter-programming for those that get sick of Marvel, explosions, and whatnot.

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“From the World of John Wick: Ballerina”Set in the “John Wick” universe, and set between ‘Chapter 3 – Parabellum’ and ‘Chapter 4,’ “Ballerina” follows Eve Macarro, a ballerina-assassin seeking revenge for her father’s death. Directed by Len Wiseman (“Underworld”) and starring Ana de Armas, the film also features Anjelica Huston, Gabriel Byrne, Norman Reedus, the late Lance Reddick, Ian McShane, and Keanu Reeves.

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“Animal Farm”Given that it has no distributor yet, will this release date stick? Regardless, directed by Andy Serkis and written by comedic writer Nicholas Stoller, “Animal Farm” is an animated fantasy comedy-drama film based on George Orwell’s classic novella about the rise of fascism. The film stars the voice work of Seth Rogen, Gaten Matarazzo, Steve Buscemi, Glenn Close, Laverne Cox, Kieran Culkin, Woody Harrelson, Jim Parsons, Kathleen Turner, and Iman Vellani.

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“Fixed”Directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, known for directing “Star Wars: Clone Wars,” “Fixed” is an unlikely adult animated romantic comedy. The film centers on an average, all-around good dog who discovers he will be neutered in the morning and tries to jam in one last adventure with his pack of bff canines to enjoy the last 24 hours with his balls. The principal voice cast members are Adam DeVine, Idris Elba, Kathryn Hahn, Fred Armisen, Bobby Moynihan, and Beck Bennett.

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Playwright turned filmmaker Celine Song really burst out of the gate strong with her moving and melancholy feature-length directorial debut, “Past Lives.” Not only was the drama a big hit at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, but it was the rare debut to earn an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. So for her follow-up, “The Materialists,” Song is seemingly doing something totally different: a romantic comedy in the more traditional 1980s sense of the genre.