Six new movies to watch this week in SLO County theaters
Watch the trailers for six movies opening the week of July 1, 2016.
The BFG
Sophie (Ruby Barnhill) encounters the Big Friendly Giant (Mark Rylance), who turns out to be a kindhearted soul who is considered an outcast by the other giants because, unlike them, he refuses to eat children.
Playing at: Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park
Rating: PG for action/peril, some scary moments and brief rude humor (117 minutes)
Department Q: The Absent One
Detective Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and his partner, Assad (Fares Fares), revisit a case involving the murder of young twins, which initially implicated a group of upper-class students as the killers.
Playing at: Palm
Rating: Not rated (121 minutes)
Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith
An old note found in a bottle leads to another cold-case investigation for detectives Carl Morck (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) and Assad (Fares Fares), this one involving missing children.
Playing at: Palm
Rating: Not rated (112 minutes)
The Legend of Tarzan
Having acclimated to life in London, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.
Playing at: Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Regal
Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, some sensuality and brief rude dialogue (109 minutes)
The Purge: Election Year
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Barnes (Frank Grillo) has become head of security for presidential candidate Charlene Roan (Elizabeth Mitchell), who vows to eliminate the Purge.
Playing at: Downtown Centre, Galaxy, Park, Regal
Rating: R for disturbing bloody violence and strong language (105 minutes)
Swiss Army Man
Stranded on a desert island, lonely Hank (Paul Dano) befriends a flatulent corpse (Daniel Radcliffe) that he names Manny.
Playing at: Downtown Centre
Rating: R for language and sexual material (95 minutes)
This story was originally published July 1, 2016 at 8:31 AM with the headline "Six new movies to watch this week in SLO County theaters."