It’s the weekend again, and that means Film Focus. Here’s Mike Laidman with what’s new in local theaters.

It’s Friday evening, you’ve planned out your weekend. But then you get to Saturday and you’re exhausted from the week. What to do? Sit down and watch a movie. It’s probably one of the oldest forms of human entertainment...Well, almost.

It’s true that we might have been doing other things before the advent of modern cinema, but there truly are few other things which can elicit the same range of emotions, all while you’re sitting comfortably in a chair.

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Mike Laidman

Welcome to another edition of Film Focus. I’m Mike Laidman.

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Sleeping With Other People (2015, Leslye Headland)
A womanizer and a serial cheater form a platonic relationship.

Sleeping with Other People is the kind of film which, looking at the list of people involved and watching the trailer, makes you think is a sex movie along the lines of something Judd Apatow might make with Seth Rogen. And this is absolutely true. But before you let that fact make or break it for you, I will tell you that there’s more going on than just that.

Jason Sudeikis is Jake, a good-natured womanizer who can’t seem to settle on just one woman. And Alison Brie plays Lainey, a serial cheater who meets Jake for the first time in years. The two form a platonic relationship, looking to reform from their current ways. But, as with all love stories, a mutual attraction sets in, and the two start looking at relationships in a whole new way.

“Come for the sex jokes, stay for the heart.” is the way one reviewer put it. Sounds about right.

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The Riot Club (2014, Lone Scherfig)
Two students at Oxford University join the infamous Riot Club.

Filthy. Rich. Spoiled. Rotten. This describes the band of overprivileged, rich boys who run wild in this savage satire of money, sex, and power. In the elite realm of Oxford University, no society is more exclusive than The Riot Club, the ultra-secretive fraternity for Britain's most privileged sons. When he's recruited to join, down-to-earth first-year student Miles is at first amused - but he's about to get a taste of upper-crust entitlement at its ugliest.

Such movies, with young, rich guys flaunting their money, are often pretty poorly received. Not the case, though, with The Riot Club, which has earned its share of solid reviews as an indie film. Worth your time, the movie is a malignant look at male privilege run amok.