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New releases for July 5th

Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me: Big Star gets the documentary feature treatment in a film billed as “the definitive story of the greatest band that never made it.” Though critically acclaimed and compared to The Beatles and Rolling Stones in terms of musical importance, Big Star never found commercial success. Though their name was never well known, their influence can be heard as they helped shape the course of alternative music through the bands they influenced such as REM, The Replacements, and Flaming Lips.
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Hammer of the Gods: With The Vikings becoming a success for The History Channel, perhaps the timing is right for this feature film Viking tale. It is 871 A.D. when a young Viking prince, Steinar, is sent by his father on a quest to find his brother who was banished many years ago with the hopes that he will come back to lead the kingdom. The journey takes Steinar through hostile territory and shapes him perhaps into the leader that the king is looking for.
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Stuck in Love: Greg Kinnear plays a veteran novelist who is still hung up on his ex-wife (to the point of spying on her with her new boyfriend) in this multi-generational romantic drama. Even his friends with benefits neighbor (Kristen Bell) is unable to shake him of his obsession. Meanwhile, his college student daughter has always been cynical about love, preferring to deal in no strings attached one night stands until she meets a diehard romantic who looks for something deeper, and his teen son unexpectedly finds himself the boyfriend of his dream girl. All three situations build until they result in a trio of holiday romantic crises.

The Way, Way Back: Oscar-winning writers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (The Descendants) make their directorial debut with The Way, Way Back. The film tackles the always popular in the indie film world coming of age genre as it follows 14-year-old introverted Duncan on summer vacation with his mom and her new boyfriend. Duncan begins to open up when he strikes up an unlikely friendship with the manager of a local water park. The comedy has assembled an impressive adult cast (including Sam Rockwell, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, and Amanda Peet) to go along with its teen star, Liam James.

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