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Summer Movie Guide - Week of June 1
For Greater Glory (Arc Entertainment)
Opens June 1
Directed by Dean Wright
Starring: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria and Peter O’Toole
The Lowdown - In 1920s Mexico a general is pulled out of retirement to take down a cut throat government.
The Buzz? If the body count and bloodshed is kept to a minimum, this could be a May-December romance film of the summer.
Snow White and the Huntsman (Universal Pictures)
Opens June 1
Directed by Rupert Sanders
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane
The Lowdown - Dark retelling centers on the Huntsman's conversion from would-be assassin to protector and mentor of Snow White.
The Buzz? If you like your princesses with a dash of emo and a dollop of kick-buttedness, this should rise above the current glut of reworked fairy tales.
Piranha 3DD (The Weinstein Company)
Opens June 1
Directed by John Gulagar
Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Paul Scheer and David Hasselhoff
The Lowdown - A summer water park is the latest target for a school of fleshing eating fish hungry for screaming Speedos.
The Buzz? This tired film series is will go out with a whimper. Remember Dennis Quaid in Jaws 3D?
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Summer Movie Guide - Week of June 8
Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (Paramount Pictures)
Opens June 8
Directed by Eric Darnell
Starring: (The voices of) Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer and Jada Pinkett Smith
The Lowdown - Enroute to New York a group of misfit animals get side tracked to Europe where they inadvertently join the strange.
The Buzz? Three times the charm. They finally get to make new friends and see the seedier side of stupid pet tricks.
Prometheus (20th Century Fox)
Opens June 8
Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce
The Lowdown – Mankind’s beginning is the subject of a space expedition that quickly evolves into a race to save the human race.
The Buzz? Scott has hinted that his return to Sci-Fi is somehow linked to Ripley and his acclaimed 1979 masterpiece Alien.
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Summer Movie Guide - Week of June 15
Rock of Ages (New Line Cinema)
Opens June 15
Directed by Adam Shankman
Starring: Tom Cruise, Russell l Brand, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Alec Baldwin
The Lowdown – Staying true to the musical (and Journey song) a small town girl and city boy face life and love on the mean streets of Hollywood.
The Buzz? Tom Cruise hasn’t been this much onscreen since Tropic Thunder. Relax, this is no Metal God. (Starring Mark Wahlberg)
That’s My Boy (Columbia Pictures)
Opens June 15
Directed by Sean Anders
Starring: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg and James Caan
The Lowdown – The night before his wedding a father returns to reclaim the relationship he had with his son.
The Buzz? 13 year old boys rejoice. Sandler has found a worthy sidekick. Watching him torment his Samberg is worth the price of admission (11am matinee)
The Woman in the Fifth (ATO Pictures)
Opens June 15
Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas
The Lowdown – Having recently moved to Paris, a down and out American writer begins an affair that leads to a string of mysterious deaths.
The Buzz? This chiller/travel logue could put Hawke back on the A list where he is soon to be cast in all films that are about snow and soccer cannibals.
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Summer Movie Guide - Week of June 22
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (20th Century Fox)
Opens June 22
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead
The Lowdown – Lincoln’s life is reimagined in this tale of the 16th president who is secretly a vampire slayer.
The Buzz? This summer is not big enough for two vampire movies. Sorry, Dark Shadows, you’ve been staked.
Brave (Pixar/Disney)
Opens June 22
Directed by Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews
Starring: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Kevin McKidd
The Lowdown – Granted one wish, Princess Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse.
The Buzz? Pixar aims to erase the stench of 'Cars 2' and leave audiences asking 'Katniss who?'
To Rome with Love (Sony Pictures Classics)
Opens June 22
Directed by Woody Allen
Starring: Woody Allen, Ellen Paige, Penelope Cruz and Jesse Eisenberg
The Lowdown – Fragmented stories of romance and adventure intersect in Italy’s romantic destination.
The Buzz? Midnight in Paris won’t be eclipsed. Is Cruz Allen’s next Mia Farrow/Diane Keaton?
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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.
