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Friday’s openings (updated): A dog’s life

Dan Webster

Update: Another movie has been added to the list of those opening on Friday. It's scheduled to play at the Magic Lantern but likely will screen at other theaters, too:

"Isle of Dogs": Wes Anderson's tale of a young Japanese boy looking for his lost dog on an island where the government has quarantined dogs over fear of dog flu. Expect whimsy.

As for the previously announced openings:

Now that Dwayne Johnson, aka "The Rock," has become a big-time movie star, we're likely to see him in most anything — with the exception of "Hamlet." Anyway, Johnson and a CGI gorilla star in the main movie release that's listed on Friday's national schedule.

The rest of the schedule looks like this:

"Rampage": A genetic experiment gone wrong disrupts the friendship between a primatologist (Johnson) and a giant gorilla, causing the human to seek a cure for a problem that affects all life on Earth. Rock to the rescue.

"Truth or Dare": Teens get in trouble when a standard parlor game gets all haunted and stuff. A Blumhouse production, if anyone cares.

Borg vs. McEnroe: A look at the rivalry between two of tennis' great players. Two words: Shia LaBeouf (as McEnroe).

"Overboard": Anna Faris stars in this reverse remake of the 1987 comedy, this time concerning a woman who takes advantage of a rich jerk (Eugenio Derbez) suffering from amnesia. What's good for the goose …

"Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero": Animated feature about an adopted dog who becomes a World War I hero. Woof.

As always, I'll update when the area theaters finalize their listings.