In Theaters: June 30, 2017

There are THREE wide releases this weekend.

Baby Driver (Wednesday Release)

The latest from Edgar Wright, a director with enough fiercely loyal fanboys to rival Batman himself.  To be fair, I should mention that he writes his own films.  He's probably most well known for not directing Ant Man.  You read that right.

Edgar became well known after writing and directing the 2004 spoof Shaun of the Dead, starring Simon Pegg.  He solidified his cult following with Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.  And not long after Hot Fuzz he was attached to write and direct Ant-Man.  After being attached to the project, he left sometime in 2013 or 2014 and was replaced by Peyton Reed.  It didn't matter how good a job Peyton Reed did, the Edgar Wright fanboys inevitably went off about what a missed opportunity Ant-Man was, after pretending to see it (they really didn't, they just waited by their keyboards until they could have seen it).

To be honest, the Ant-Man episode is probably what ultimately caused my general distaste for Edgar Wright.  And to be honest, he probably doesn't deserve that.

And by the way, his new movie has a plot!  I'll tell you a little about that now.  Thanks for waiting.

Baby driver is about a professional getaway driver named Baby.  He gets involved with some pretty hard dudes who rob banks, and he wants out.  But walking out on these people ain't that easy.  This movie is supposed to be extremely stylish.  Personally, I doubt it will be as stylish as the Ocean's movies from Steven Soderbergh.

Baby Driver is rated R for violence and language throughout.

Despicable Me 3

I never really liked the first one and I never saw the second one.  Or Minions.  But if that's your thing you should totally go see it!

Despicable Me 3 is rated PG for action and rude humor.

The House

This one looks like your bi-monthly dose of forgettable R-rated comedy.  Thank Judd Apatow.  It's so obviously going to be so forgettable that I've already forgotten what I'm writing about.

The House is about a married couple (Poehler and Ferrell) whose daughter has been accepted to a university.  To pay for the expensive tuition, and avoid breaking their daughter's heart, they open an underground casino in their own house.

The House is rated R for language throughout, sexual references, drug use, some violence and brief nudity.

      Big Shot Critic