Movies: The teddy that talks returns

OPENING FRIDAY

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (PG-13): Winner of both the Audience Award and Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this adaptation of Jesse Andrews’ novel centers on two high school pals (Thomas Mann and RJ Cyler) who befriend a girl (Olivia Cooke) diagnosed with terminal cancer.

Ted 2 (R): Writer-director Seth MacFarlane returns for this sequel to the highest-grossing R-rated comedy of all time, focusing on the further misadventures of a grown man (Mark Wahlberg) and his lewd, rude, living teddy bear (voiced by MacFarlane).

Max (PG): After a traumatic experience in Afghanistan, a military dog is taken in by a family in the U.S., where the canine’s training turns out to be unexpectedly handy.

– Rene Rodriguez

This story was originally published June 19, 2015 at 10:44 PM with the headline "Movies: The teddy that talks returns."