This week’s releases include a touching, funny dramedy about our need to connect with others — a perfect film for the holiday season — as well as the second season of the Bay Area-related treat, “A Man on the Inside.”

Here’s our roundup.

“Rental Family”: Struggling American actor Phillip sees his TV and film gigs in Japan dry up so he turns to a different kind of performing job — working at a thriving business where customers hire someone to perform a specific role. The assignments range from being a mourner, a friend, a groom, the “other” lover and, in one case, a father figure to a girl named Mia whose stressed-out mom needs a “husband” to increase her odds of getting into a prestigious school. Little does Phillip and his “new family” realize that all will be touched by the job he perf

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