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Viewers can get kick-ass action, rushed romance and a side of canine reincarnation with this weekend's film bows.

The third John Wick movie, The Sun Is Also a Star and A Dog's Journey are some of the larger titles hitting the big screen Friday, opening in thousands of theaters nationwide.

But if audiences don't find assassin excommunication, doggy Buddhism and love appealing, they can opt for the Swedish sci-fi flick Aniara, the Laura Dern-led Trial by Fire and more.

From John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum to The Wandering Soap Opera, here's what The Hollywood Reporter's film ...

Viewers can get kick-ass action, rushed romance and a side of canine reincarnation with this weekend's film bows.

The third John Wick movie, The Sun Is Also a Star and A Dog's Journey are some of the larger titles hitting the big screen Friday, opening in thousands of theaters nationwide.

But if audiences don't find assassin excommunication, doggy Buddhism and love appealing, they can opt for the Swedish sci-fi flick Aniara, the Laura Dern-led Trial by Fire and more.

From John Wick: Chapter 3 — Parabellum to The Wandering Soap Opera, here's what The Hollywood Reporter's film ...

Ben & Joshua Safdie's Good TimeThe lineup for the 2017 festival has been revealed, including new films by Wang Bing, Radu Jude, Raúl Ruiz and others, alongside retrospectives and tributes dedicated to Jean-Marie Straub, Jacques Tourneur and much more.Piazza GRANDEAmori che non sonno stare al mondo (Francesca Comencini, Italy)Atomic Blonde (David Leitch, USA)Chien (Samuel Benchetrit, France/Belgium)Demain et tous les autres jours (Noémie Lvovsky, France)Drei Zinnen (Jan Zabeil, Germany/Italy)Good Time (Ben & Joshua Safdie, USA)Gotthard - One Life, One Soul (Kevin Merz, Switzerland)I Walked with a Zombie (Jacques Tourneur, USA)Iceman (Felix Randau, Germany/Italy/Austria)Laissez bronzer les cadavres (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, Belgium/France)Lola Pater (Nadir Moknèche, France/Belgium)Sicilia! (Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet, Italy/France/Germany)Sparring (Samuel Jouy, France)The Big Sick (Michael Showalter, USA)The Song of Scorpions (Anup Singh, Switzerland/France/Singapore)What Happed to Monday (Tommy Wirkola,...

Atomic Blonde, The Big Sick, The Song Of Scorpions among line-up.

The line-up for the 70th Locarno Festival (Aug 2-12) in Switzerland has been announced.

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The 16-strong Piazza Grande strand features 11 world premieres, including opening night film Tomorrow And Every Other Day directed by Noemie Lvovsky and starring Mathieu Amalric, and closing night music doc Gotthard - One Life, One Soul, about the swiss rock band.

Other Piazza Grande films include Atomic Blonde with Charlize Theron, Good Time starring Robert Pattinson, Kumail Nanjiani’s The Big Sick, What Happened to Monday? with Glenn Close and the world premiere of Anup Singh’s The Song of Scorpions, starring Irrfan Khan, who will attend the festival.

Actor and director Mathieu Kassovitz will receive the festival’s 2017 excellence award and Nastassja Kinski will be honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

Michel Merkt (Toni Erdmann, Elle) will receive the festival’s best independent producer award.

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