2012 Summer Movie Guide

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56 May 4th The Avengers The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Perfect Family May 11th Dark Shadows God Bless America May 16th The Dictator May 18th Battleship Hysteria What to Expect When You’re Expecting May 25th Chernobyl Diaries Men in Black 3 Moonrise Kingdom

June 1st Battlefield America Snow White and the Huntsman

June 8th Bel Ami Dark Horse Lola Versus Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted Prometheus Peace, Love and Misunderstanding Safety Not Guaranteed June 15th Rock of Ages That’s My Boy The Woman in the Fifth Your Sister’s Sister

June 22nd Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Brave Seeking a Friend for the End of the World To Rome with Love June 29th Beasts of the Southern Wild Madea’s Witness Protection Magic Mike People Like Us Take This Waltz Ted

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July 3rd The Amazing Spider-Man July 6th Savages July 13th Ice Age: Continental Drift Trishna July 20th The Dark Knight Rises July 25th Rudy Sparks July 27th Easy Money Killer Joe Step Up Revolution The Watch

August 3rd 360 The Bourne Legacy Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days Total Recall August 10th The Campaign Hope Springs Sparkle August 15th The Odd Life of Timothy Green August 17th ParaNorman The Expendables 2 August 24th Hit and Run Premium Rush The Apparition

78 August 29th Lawless

August 31st The Possession

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Director: Joss Whedon Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson Plot Summary: Nick Fury is director of S.H.I.E.L.D, an international peace keeping agency. The agency is a who’s who of Marvel Super Heroes, with Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When global security is threatened by Loki and his cohorts, Nick Fury and his team will need all their powers to save the world from disaster.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov Starring: Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell and Dominic Cooper Plot Summary: Explores the secret life of the America’s greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, and the untold story that shaped their nation.

The president discovers blood-thirsty vampires are planning to take over the United States. Lincoln makes it his mission to eliminate them, becoming history’s greatest hunter of the undead.

Director: Wes Anderson Starring: Jared Gilman Kara Hayward Edward Norton Bill Murray Tilda Swinton Jason Schwartzman Frances McDormand Harvey Keitel Bob Balaban and Bruce Willis Plot Summary: Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, “Moonrise Kingdom� tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle -- which might not be such a bad thing.

Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote and ChloĂŤ Grace Moretz Plot Summary: In the year 1752, Joshua and Naomi Collins, with young son Barnabas, set sail from Liverpool, England to start a new life in America.

But even an ocean was not enough to escape the mysterious curse that has plagued their family. Two decades pass and Barnabas has the world at his feet or at least the town of Collinsport, Maine. The master of Collinwood Manor, Barnabas is rich, powerful and an inveterate playboy... until he makes the grave mistake of breaking the heart of Angelique Bouchard. A witch, in every sense of the word, Angelique dooms him to a fate worse than death: turning him into a vampire, and then burying him alive. Two centuries later, Barnabas is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate has fallen into ruin. The dysfunctional remnants of the Collins family have fared little better, each harboring their own dark secrets

Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman and Steve Purcell Starring (Voice): Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd, Julie Walters, Craig Ferguson and John Ratzenberger Plot Summary: Since ancient times, stories of epic battles and mystical legends have been passed through the generations across the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland. In “Brave,” a new tale joins the lore when the courageous Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald) confronts tradition, destiny and the fiercest of beasts.

Merida is a skilled archer and impetuous daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Determined to carve her own path in life, Merida defies an age-old custom sacred to the uproarious lords of the land: massive Lord MacGuffin (voice of Kevin McKidd), surly Lord Macintosh (voice of Craig Ferguson) and cantankerous Lord Dingwall (voice of Robbie Coltrane). Merida’s actions inadvertently unleash chaos and fury in the kingdom, and when she turns to an eccentric old Wise Woman (voice of Julie Walters) for help, she is granted an ill-fated wish. The ensuing peril forces Merida to discover the meaning of true bravery in order to undo a beastly curse before it’s too late.

Director: Peter Berg Starring: Taylor Kitsch , Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson Plot Summary: Peter Berg (“Hancock”) produces and directs “Battleship,” an epic action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force. Based on Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, “Battleship” stars Taylor Kitsch as Hopper, a Naval officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones; Brooklyn Decker as Sam, a physical therapist and Hopper’s fiancée; Alexander Skarsgård as Hopper’s older brother, Commanding Officer Stone of the USS Samson; Rihanna as Lt. Raikes, Hopper’s crewmate and a weapons specialist on the USS John Paul Jones; and international superstar Liam Neeson as Hopper and Stone’s superior (and Sam’s father), Admiral Shane.

Berg directs this epic action-adventure also produced by Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir of Hasbro (the “Transformers” franchise), along with Scott Stuber (“Couples Retreat”), Sarah Aubrey (“The Kingdom”) and Duncan Henderson (“Master and Commander”).

The battle for Earth begins at sea.

Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba and Michael Fassbender

Plot Summary: A team of scientists journey through the universe on the spaceship “Prometheus� on a voyage to investigate Alien life forms.

The team of scientists becomes stranded on an Alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind.

Director: Marc Webb Starring: Andrew Garfield Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans Plot Summary: Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. Peter is also finding his way with his first high school crush, Gwen Stacy, and together, they struggle with love, commitment, and secrets.

As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents’ disappearance - leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr Curt Connors, his father’s former partner. As SpiderMan is set on a collision course with Connors’ alter-ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.

DIRECTED BY: Len Wiseman

STARRING : Colin Farrell Kate Beckinsale Bokeem Woodbine Bryan Cranston and Jessica Biel

PLOT SUMMARY: For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he’s got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life - real memories of life as a super-spy might be just what he needs. But when the procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen, the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter to find the head of the underground resistance and stop Cohaagen. The line between fantasy and reality gets blurred and the fate of his world hangs in the balance as Quaid discovers his true identity, his true love, and his true fate.

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin Plot Summary: In “Men in Black 3,” Agents J and K are back... in time.

Agent J has seen some inexplicable things in his 15 years with the Men in Black, but nothing, not even aliens, perplexes him as much as his wry, reticent partner. But when Agent K’s life and the fate of the planet are put at stake, Agent J will have to travel back in time to put things right. Agent J discovers that there are secrets to the universe that Agent K never told him -- secrets that will reveal themselves as he teams up with the young Agent K to save his partner, the agency, and the future of humankind.

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