Two movies not to miss this July 2014!

Here are two movies not to miss this July. I have been looking forward to Richar Linklater's "Boyhood" since its buzzy premiere at this year's Sundance Film Festival and now it's finally opening! Another movie opening is a half-century old but whose influence in pop culture remains strong to this day. "A Hard Day's Night" by the Beatles have been restored and will be released in theaters, woohoo! Below are more information about the two movies.

"BOYHOOD"

Sundance sensation and Richard Linklater’s latest masterpiece "Boyhood" will finally open in Los Angeles on July 11, 2014. Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, "Boyhood" is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (featuring a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane,) who literally grows up on screen before our eyes.

Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette star as Mason's parents while newcomer Lorelei Linklater play his sister Samantha. The movie charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has done before. We get snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between… Set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay's Yellow to Arcade Fire's Deep Blue, "Boyhood" is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting. It's impossible not to watch Mason and his family without thinking about our own journey.

Released by IFC Films, the movie opens on July 11, 2014 in Los Angeles at the following theaters: Arclight Cinemas on Sunset in Hollywood and at The Landmark on Pico in West LA.

　

"A HARD DAY'S NIGHT"

Who doesn’t know the Beatles?

American audiences will once again meet the Beatles through their first movie.

Backstory: Just one month after they exploded onto the U.S. scene with their Ed Sullivan appearance, John, Paul, George, and Ringo began working on a project that would bring their revolutionary talent to the big screen.

"A Hard Day's Night," in which the bandmates play wily, exuberant versions of themselves, captured the astonishing moment when they officially became the singular, irreverent idols of their generation and changed music forever. Directed with raucous, anything-goes verve by Richard Lester and featuring a slew of iconic pop anthems, including the title track, "Can't Buy Me Love," "I Should Have Known Better," and "If I Fell," A Hard Day's Night, which reconceived the movie musical and exerted an incalculable influence on the music video, is one of the most deliriously entertaining movies of all time.

This re-release is part of the 50^th anniversary of the movie. The restoration used the latest in digital restoration technology. The Criterion Collection was able to restore "A Hard Day's Night" from the 35mm original camera negative, which, though incomplete, was in excellent condition. The missing material was taken from two original interpositives. The image was scanned in 4K resolution on a Scanity film scanner to retain the character of the film's original printing stock without any generational loss, and the raw data was carefully treated using a variety of digital tools to remove dirt, scratches, flicker, and other damage. The final result was approved by director Richard Lester, and is in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.75:1.

The movie opens July 4th Nationwide and will screen at the The Cinefamily in Los Angeles beginning Friday, July 4th through Thursday, July 10^th.

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Raymond Lo