Pirates vs. Mets at PNC; ‘Me Before You’ and ‘Popstar’ on Local Screens (Mon., 6/6/16)

1) Our battlin’ Buccos meet the New York Mets,  currently residing at second place in the National League East, tonight in a 7:05 p.m. game. There are no giveaways tonight so just kick back with a cold beverage at PNC Park and enjoy the game. 115 Federal St., North Shore.

2) Me Before You – Poor Will Traynor, he had everything; looks, money, position… mobility. At least he did until he lost control of his motorcycle and wound up paralyzed. Though his family rallies around him, he finds he just can’t accept life in a wheelchair and decides to go to Dignitas in Switzerland (the assisted suicide group). Horrified, his mother makes him promise to wait six months so she can show him all the reasons that life is worth living. Can you guess the rest of the movie if I tell you the family hires a young woman (who just happens to be beautiful) as his nursemaid? It sounds like something brought to you by Nicholas Sparks, instead it’s from a 2012 novel by British romance writer Jojo Moyes. Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin star, with Charles Dance, Janet McTeer, Matthew Lewis, and Joanna Lumley. I’m sure it’ll have its moments, but the real drama will be seeing whether the film goes with the ending of the novel in which … but no, I just can’t. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

3) Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping – Andy Samberg plays “Conner4Real” a rapstar whose latest music release is an epic fail. Desperate to stay on top of the celebrity heap, Conner reforms his old boy band group The Style Boyz. Samberg has co-written the script with Akiva Schaffer and Jorma Taccone who also serve as co-directors. I probably don’t need to add that Judd Apatow is a producer. But Popstar really isn’t about the behind-the-camera people, it’s the cast: a who’s who of SNL alumni. Bill Hader, Maya Rudolph, Will Forte, Tim Meadows, and Joan Cusack. Plus there’s Sarah Silverman, Will Arnett, Imogen Poots, Martin Sheen, James Buckley and celebrity cameos from Adam Levine, Snoop Dogg, Simon Cowell, Carrie Underwood, Usher, Seal, Pink, Questlove, DJ Khaled, and Jimmy Fallon. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

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