It’s a slim week for new releases; most of the studios seem to have gone to ground in the face of the new Will Smith blockbuster After Earth, countered only by Jesse Eisenberg’s slick new thriller Now You See It. But you can find a few fascinating young Latinos in some equally interesting films if you look a little harder than usual:
April L. Hernandez is a “Future Folk.” She was Maggie in the always-fun East Willy B web series, and now she’s Carmen in a quirky little indie film, The History of Future Folk, all about–no kidding, now—an alien who decides to form a bluegrass band instead of destroying Earth. It releases in New York on Friday May 31 and in L.A. on June 7.
Jamie Lynn Sigler says “I Do.” Jamie Lynn Sigler is at the center of a gay-straight rom-com called I Do. The synopsis is almost worth the price of admission: A gay Brit living in New York is deprived of his immigration status, and risks losing his family and life in the U.S. He marries his lesbian best friend to remain in the country and stay with his family, but things get complicated when he meets the love of his life and is forced to make an impossible choice.
Moises Arias in The Kings of Summer. It premiered to rave reviews at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, The Kings of Summer is a coming-of-age comedy about three teenage friends–Biaggio (Moises Arias The Middle, Hannah Montana), Joe (Nick Robinson) and Patrick (Gabriel Basso). Arias character is the eccentric and unpredictable one. The friends decide, in the ultimate act of independence, to spend their summer living in the woods and off the land. In theaters May 31.
