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Summer Movie Guide - Week of June 29
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (Paramount Pictures)
Opens June 29
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Starring: Channing Tatum and Dwayne Johnson
The Lowdown – An elite Specials Ops are caught between a terrorist organizations abroad while fending off their own government’s threats.
The Buzz? These super soldiers take the CGI way too seriously. Senseless noise is the secret weapon here.
Magic Mike (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Opens June 29
Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Matthew Bomer
The Lowdown – Male strippers bond together to make it past this bump in their careers.
The Buzz? Everybody dance! It’s boys’ night at the meat packing plant. The film’s action figures are selling out fast.
People Like Us (DreamWorks Pictures)
Opens June 29
Directed by Alex Kurtzman
Starring: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks and Michelle Pfeiffer
The Lowdown - A young sales hustler returns home after his father dies only to discover he has an older sister.
The Buzz? Pine is considered more of an action/man’s man, but this family drama may stretch his reputation for good.
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection (Lionsgate)
Opens June 29
Directed by Tyler Perry
Starring: Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts, Tom Arnold and Tyler Perry
The Lowdown - A Ponzi scheme fall guy and his family enter the witness protection program and head south.
The Buzz? Madea is the Ernest for the younger generation. Please make it stop.
