The BFG (July 8)
Every Spielberg film is a blockbuster, regardless of size or scope. This adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s book continues a fruitful partnership between him and this year’s Oscar-winner for Best Supporting Actor Mark Rylance, who won for Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies (the team-up continues with Spielberg’s next two films, The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara and Ready Player One. Could a role in Indiana Jones 5 follow?). Large-scale “safe” family films are rare nowadays but this film looks to pick up where last year’s Paddington left off in proving there’s an audience willing to go to the theater for them, if they’re genuine enough. Rylance as the titular Big Friendly Giant will provide counterprogramming to the large PG-13 marketplace entering second and third weekends as well as the next film on the list . . .
