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Guardians of

the Galaxy Vol. 2

More fun on the run—with Baby Groot on board

FANTASY Vol. 2, like

any decent space

adventure, populates the cosmos with exotic humanoid

species—some with blue skin, some with gold and one that

suggests a timid flight attendant with moth eyes. But this

franchise also likes to shoehorn in bits of pop culture that

only an Earthling would appreciate: The central story here

involves the 1972 AM radio staple “Brandy (You’re a Fine

Girl).” Chris Pratt is in good form as the goofball Star-Lord, but

the movie belongs to Baby Groot, the (literal) offshoot of Vin

Diesel’s stoic tree thing from the first film. He looks like the

Little Prince reincarnated as a whisk broom.

No.

10

Zoe Saldana is

the Guardian

known as

Gamora.

Atypical

COMEDYSam (Keir Gilchrist), a high school senior

on the autism spectrum, is ready to put himself

out there for romantic and even sexual adventures. But his inability to

fathom social clues can leave him stranded far from first base. On one date he

wears noise-canceling headphones and asks the girl if she’d be willing to give

up her cat (penguins he likes; cats, no). The comedy in this new series is never

at Sam’s expense—he’s painfully aware of the disconnect between his inner

feelings and his outer behavior—and often funny-sad in the same moment.

It’s also as verbally explicit as any Judd Apatow movie.(Launches Aug. 11)

No.

11 NETFLIX

Gilchrist

(left) as Sam

and Jennifer

Jason Leigh

and Michael

Rapaport as

his parents.

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