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WELCOME! With the longest day soon upon us, it’s time for the classic summer blockbusters to light up a screen near you.

If you’re after all-ages appeal, look no further than the yellow henchmen of Despicable Me as the Minions star in their first (mis)adventure.

Next up: the long-awaited Jurassic World.

The park has reopened and the chase begins as a new dinosaur hybrid - created to lure visitors back - goes catastrophically wrong.

Then there’s the return of Max Rockatansky in the reboot of the classic series that starred Mel Gibson. In Mad Max: Fury Road, Tom Hardy takes the role by storm, so buckle up for some post-apocalyptic survival tactics and road rage.

E B THS Get out there and enjoy a GRAO E I D GO summer of adventure! some Craig May Editor

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BIG GAME

7 WHAT’S ON The unmissable new releases hitting the big screen in May and June.

14 OFF-ROAD RAGE Max is back, and this time he’s not the only one who’s mad. Buckle up for a chaotic and exhilarating return to the deadly post-apocalyptic wastelands.

16 ONE IN A MINION They’re the best thing about Despicable Me and we’re about to find out where it all began, as Gru’s adorable henchmen invite us along on their very own adventure.

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17 LIFE FINDS A WAY More than twenty years after Spielberg first loosed dino chaos on the island of Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park is open to the public once more.

19 COMING SOON We look at all the forthcoming films to get excited about in July and August.

19 TERMINATOR GENISYS

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MINIONS RELEASE DATE 26 JUNE / Director Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin / Starring Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Michael Keaton / Genre Animation, Comedy, Family

Kooky and impossibly cute, Despicable Me’s loveable Minions are a hit with moviegoers of every age. Despite a supporting role, they’re the best part of one of the most successful animation franchises in recent years and the growing adoration for Gru’s tiny yellow henchmen peaks as they’re promoted to leading men in their very own film.

Serving as a prequel to Despicable Me, Minions reveals that the peculiar creatures have been on Earth since the dawn of time and served countless masters over millions of years, from T-Rex to Napoleon.

In 1968, forty-two years before Gru, three Minions, Kevin, Stuart and Bob (each voiced by Pierre Coffin), travel to Villain Con to find a new evil master. They apply to become henchmen for the world’s first female supervillain Scarlett Overkill (Sandra Bullock), but in order to prove themselves they embark on a dangerous journey and face their biggest challenge yet as all of Minionkind comes under threat.

DINO TIME

Family Fun TWO BY TWO

DINO TIME

RELEASE DATE 1 MAY With warnings of a flood sweeping the land, the animals travel to the safety of the Ark. Animals are boarding two by two - Lions, Gorillas, Hippos, Nestrians...

Wait a minute, Nestrians?!

Unfortunately for Finny and his dad, the clumsy Nestrians in question, they are not on the list and so are not allowed on!

RELEASE DATE 22 MAY While visiting his best friend Max’s house, daredevil Ernie stumbles upon Max’s dad’s latest invention: a time machine. When Julia bursts in on the boys’ discovery, the time machine whirs to life and closes its doors on the three arguing kids. It whisks them away to a lush jungle untouched by mankind, where a living, breathing T-Rex named Tyra mistakes them for her newly-hatched children.

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JURASSIC WORLD RELEASE DATE 12 JUNE / Director Colin Trevorrow / Starring Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Twenty-two years after his unrivalled cinema experience roared onto screens, Steven Spielberg returns to his ground-breaking franchise and welcomes us back to Jurassic Park.

In the time since the first film, Isla Nublar has evolved into the fully operational theme park, Jurassic World. With its many dino-attractions, it was a safe and thriving industry for ten years, but when attendance rates begin to decline and the park’s legal team creates a new attraction they learn a hard lesson about history repeating itself.

Proving that they’ve not learned from John Hammond’s greatest mistake, and ignored Dr Malcolm’s (Jeff Goldblum) warning, they engineer a terrifying hybrid that combines traits from different dinosaurs to become a perfect predator. Chaos follows when this highly intelligent and adaptable man-eater breaks free from its cage.

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MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT

Film Shorts THE MOOMINS RELEASE DATE 22 MAY A journey fraught with menacing storms and desert island dangers, takes the family to the Riviera, the place that takes their unity to the test.

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INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 3 RELEASE DATE 5 JUNE Gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.

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MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT RELEASE DATE 1 MAY The Infected Zones have now spread worldwide. We follow four fresh new recruits as they all excitedly look forward to performing what they were trained to do.

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QUEEN AND COUNTRY RELEASE DATE 12 JUNE The follow-up to John Boorman’s Hope and Glory, picks up the story nearly a decade later as Bill begins training in the early 1950s, during the Korean War.

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FILM SHORTS Miss Julie RELEASE DATE 19 JUNE / Director Liv Ullmann / Starring Jessica Chastain, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton / Genre Drama

In an atmosphere of wild revelry and loosened social constraints, Miss Julie (Jessica Chastain) and John (Colin Farrell), her father’s valet, dance and drink, charm and manipulate each other. Unsure if the morning brings hope or hopelessness, Julie and John find their escape in a final act as sublime and horrific as anything in Greek tragedy.

Far From the Madding Crowd RELEASE DATE 1 MAY / Director Thomas Vinterberg Starring Carey Mulligan, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts Genre Drama

Based on the literary classic by Thomas Hardy, this is the story of independent, beautiful and headstrong Bathsheba Everdene, who attracts three very different suitors: Gabriel Oak, a sheep farmer, captivated by her fetching willfulness; Frank Troy, a handsome and reckless Sergeant; and William Boldwood, a prosperous bachelor.

CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA RELEASE DATE 15 MAY A veteran actress comes face-toface with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she agrees to take part in a revival of the play that launched her career 20 years earlier.

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SURVIVOR RELEASE DATE 5 JUNE A Foreign Service Officer in London tries to prevent a terrorist attack set to hit New York, but is forced to go on the run when she is framed for crimes she did not commit.

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ONLY THE MAD SURVIVE

WHERE WILL YOU BE?

Mad Max: Fury Road

San Andreas

RELEASE DATE 15 MAY / Director George Miller / Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller

RELEASE DATE 29 MAY / Director Brad Peyton / Starring Dwayne Johnson, Alexandra Daddario, Carla Gugino / Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

Haunted by his turbulent past, Mad Max believes the best way to survive is to wander alone. Nevertheless, he becomes swept up with a group fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by an elite Imperator, Furiosa. They are escaping a Citadel tyrannised by the Immortan Joe, from whom something irreplaceable has been taken. Enraged, the Warlord marshals all his gangs and pursues the rebels ruthlessly in the high-octane Road War that follows.

After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter.

But their journey north is only the beginning. And when they think the worst may be over... it’s just getting started.

The film reunites Dwayne Johnson and Brad Peyton following global hit Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.

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WHAT’S ON

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ENTOURAGE RELEASE DATE 19 JUNE / Director Doug Ellin / Starring Adrian Grenier, Jeremy Piven, Kevin Connolly / Genre Comedy

The boys are back. Vince, E, Turtle, Drama and the hilariously explosive Ari Gold reunite for one of the most anticipated movie adaptations of all-time.

Inspired by the real-life experiences of executive producer Mark Wahlberg, Doug Ellin’s esteemed, eight-season-strong comedy series chronicles the rise of budding A-list movie star Vincent Chase and his childhood friends as they attempt to adjust to their extraordinary new lives in Hollywood.

Entourage, the movie, picks up just six months after the original series with Ari having accepted the offer he received in the show’s finale. As the new studio head of Time Warner he is eager to produce his first major blockbuster, Hyde, and wants Vince as his leading man. Only, Vince comes with a lot of baggage in the form of his entourage and it isn’t long before Ari is once again at the mercy of the gang’s crazy demands, wild shenanigans and obscene money squandering.

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Film Shorts THE COBBLER

PITCH PERFECT 2

RELEASE DATE 22 MAY Disenchanted with the grind of daily life, Max stumbles upon a magical heirloom that allows him to step into the lives of his customers and see the world in a new way.

RELEASE DATE 15 MAY A collegiate a cappella group called the Barden Bellas enter into an international competition that no American team has ever won before. Prepare to sing your socks off!

KNOCK KNOCK

DANNY COLLINS

RELEASE DATE 26 JUNE A family man left alone for the weekend makes a deadly mistake when he allows two sexy young women to take refuge in his isolated L.A home during a storm.

RELEASE DATE 29 MAY Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who decides to change his life when he discovers a 40-year-old letter written to him by John Lennon.

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Man Up

RELEASED 5 JUNE / Director Paul Feig / Starring Morena Baccarin, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne / Genre Comedy

RELEASED 29 MAY / Director Ben Palmer / Starring Dean-Charles Chapman, Simon Pegg, Lake Bell / Genre Comedy, Romance

Melissa McCarthy reunites with Bridesmaids director Paul Feig for their screwiest comedy yet.

When the CIA’s best agent Bradley Fine (Jude Law) vanishes, another top agent (Jason Statham) is compromised and there’s no other option, desk-bound analyst Susan Cooper (McCarthy) fulfils her dream of becoming a spy and goes undercover to prevent a global disaster.

Nancy, is done with dating. 10 times bitten, 100 times shy, she’s exhausted by the circus. So when Jack blindly mistakes her for his date, no one is more surprised than her when she does the unthinkable and just - goes with it.

Can Nancy finally man up and be her awesomely unconventional self... and will Jack get over her duplicity?

THE LONGEST RIDE RELEASE DATE 19 JUNE After an automobile crash, the lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man, as he reflects back on a past love.

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SLOW WEST RELEASE DATE 26 JUNE Slow West follows a 16-year-old boy on a journey across 19th Century frontier America in search of the woman he loves, while accompanied by mysterious traveler Silas.

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BIG ACTION, BIG ADVENTURE

The Age of Adaline

Big Game

RELEASED 8 MAY / Director Lee Toland Krieger / Starring Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Amanda Crew / Genre Drama, Romance

RELEASE DATE 8 MAY / Director Jalmari Helander / Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Stevenson, Ted Levine / Genre Action, Adventure

After miraculously remaining 29 years old for almost eight decades, Adaline Bowman (Blake Lively) has lived a solitary existence, never allowing herself to get close to anyone who might reveal her secret.

But a chance encounter with charismatic philanthropist Ellis Jones (Michiel Huisman) reignites her passion for life and romance. When a weekend with his parents (Harrison Ford and Kathy Baker) threatens to uncover the truth, Adaline makes a decision that will change her life forever.

In the rugged countryside of Finland, a young thirteenyear-old (Onni Tommila) embarks on a traditional quest to prove himself by spending 24 hours alone in the wild, armed with only a bow and arrow.

After witnessing a spectacular crash, he discovers the escape pod from Air Force One, containing the President of the United States (Samuel L. Jackson). When they realise a group of kidnappers is hot on their trail, this unlikely duo must escape their hunters and find help fast.

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NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE

TOMORROWLAND RELEASE DATE 22 MAY / Director Brad Bird / Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, Hugh Laurie / Genre Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi

With planet Earth reaching its end, the greatest minds of the 20th century came together to create an alternate world that could save it. This fantastical vision of what could be Earth’s future is isolated somewhere in the vastness of space and time and remains hidden in the collective memories of the best and brightest people in the world.

But, this idyllic utopia is far from paradise and harbours a dark secret.

Bound by their shared destiny, a smart, optimistic, science-loving high school girl and a jaded, middleaged, former boy-genius form an unlikely partnership and embark on a dangerous mission to unearth the truth behind this enigmatic place.

Brad Bird, the Oscar-winning director of The Incredibles, takes the helm of Disney’s latest adventure and admits us to the very same extravagant world Walt Disney envisioned in his iconic theme park.

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Film Shorts THE HERO OF COLOUR CITY RELEASE DATE 1 MAY Each night, when Ben falls asleep, his Crayons’ magical Crayon Box transports them to Colour City, a world of dazzling hues, soaring fantasy and the whimsy of childhood.

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UNFRIENDED RELEASE DATE 1 MAY A group of online chat room friends find themselves haunted by a mysterious, supernatural force using the account of their dead friend.

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SEARCH PARTY RELEASE DATE 29 MAY Distraught over the realisation that they scared away their best friend’s fiancée, hard-partying pals Evan and Jason set out on a journey to reunite the couple by any means necessary.

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A ROYAL NIGHT OUT RELEASE DATE 15 MAY On V.E. Day in 1945, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret are allowed out to join the celebrations. It is a night full of excitement and the first flutters of romance.

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FILM SHORTS London Road:

Presented by the National Theatre

Spooks: The Greater Good

RELEASED 12 JUNE / Director Rufus Norris / Starring Tom Hardy, Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood / Genre Adventure, Mystery

RELEASE DATE 8 MAY / Director Bharat Nalluri / Starring Kit Harington, Jennifer Ehle, Elyes Gabel / Genre Action, Drama, Thriller

Hailed as a remarkable, groundbreaking work during two sell-out runs at the National Theatre, the feature film adaptation of London Road reunites the award-winning team, with a script by Alecky Blythe and music by Adam Cork, and directed by Rufus Norris (Broken).

With an ensemble cast that includes Olivia Colman, Kate Fleetwood, Anita Dobson and Tom Hardy.

When terrorist Adem Qasim escapes from MI5 custody during a high profile handover, operative Harry Pearce, is blamed and forced to resign, Harry disappears without a trace.

Former agent Will Holloway is brought back from Moscow to discover the truth about Harry’s disappearance and in doing so, discovers Harry has gone rogue and needs Will’s help.

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POLTERGEIST RELEASE DATE 22 MAY Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and director Gil Kenan (Monster House) contemporise the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is haunted by evil forces.

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TOP FIVE RELEASE DATE 8 MAY A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancée talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show.

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Mr Holmes

She’s Funny That Way

RELEASE DATE 19 JUNE / Director Bill Condon / Starring Ian McKellen, Laura Linney, Hiroyuki Sanada / Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery

RELEASE DATE 26 JUNE / Director Peter Bogdanovich / Starring Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Quentin Tarantino / Genre Comedy, Drama

1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger.

Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the unsolved case that forced him into retirement.

Gearing up for the production of his latest play, Broadway director Arnold Albertson arrives in New York City ahead of his family and treats himself to a one-night stand with spunky, charismatic Brooklynite Izzy.

Assuming they’ll go their separate ways and never meet again, they’re both shocked when she walks in to audition for a play alongside his actress wife Delta and nails her audition so well that he has no choice but to cast her!

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FEATURE

OFFROAD RAGE

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Max is back, and this time he’s not the only one who’s mad. Buckle up for a chaotic and exhilarating return to the deadly postapocalyptic wastelands.

WORDS BRODY ROSSITER

RELEASED 15 MAY / Director George Miller / Starring Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller

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icture the scene: thousands of miles of lifeless, inhospitable desert sits between you and any sign of civilisation, the world as we knew it buried beneath towering waves of dust and fire storms, and with the arrival of every stranger comes untold dangers - this is the world through which “Mad” Max Rockatansky must journey.

It’s been thirty years since audiences last took a white-knuckle ride in the passenger seat of one of Max’s off-road rides, and while this new depiction of the Road Warrior might look a little different - English acting powerhouse, Tom Hardy, will don the torn-up leathers of the titular leading man - the madness undoubtedly remains. Only this time around, our hero might just be the sanest soul left standing upon the wasteland.

Hardy’s representation of Max is a 21st century reimagining of the infamous survivalist, yet many of the character traits of Mel Gibson’s iconic tortured hero still remain. Haunted by the traumatic events of his mysterious past, Max has chosen to wander the desolate landscape alone. However, when he stumbles across a group of fleeing women led by renegade general Furiosa, he is swept up in an adrenalinecharged race to freedom, as the desperate collective try to escape the tyrannical rule of Immortan Joe, a ruthless warlord searching for a stolen treasure.

For those uncertain whether Max can live up to his infamous pull-no-punches past and take-no-prisoners attitude, mastermind of the original trilogy of films, George Miller, has returned to the

WASTELAND TALES MAD MAX (1979) It not only made a star of Mel Gibson but introduced Australian New Wave to the masses. Condemned by critics for its dark content, today, the film is a towering genre classic.

Thunderdome. Introducing Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) and Master Blaster, it displayed a more fantastical tone as Max led a group of desert dwellers to freedom.

MAD MAX

MAD MAX 2 (1981) Revealing Max’s tragic past, this offered the Road Warrior a chance to win back his humanity by defending a community from a gang of roving raiders led by the depraved and violent man mountain, Lord Humungus.

MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME (1985) Mel Gibson’s final outing as Max saw him robbed and forced to fight for survival inside the gladiatorial arena,

franchise to assume directorial duties and unleash post-apocalyptic hell upon cinemagoers hungry for crumpled bodies, gory battles, and heavy metal fireworks. Unlike many of the current reboots of successful franchises, Fury Road doesn’t lose its familiar flavour, thanks to Miller’s presence in both the writers’ room and behind the camera, thereby celebrating Max’s previous legendary exploits as opposed to wiping them clean. The legacy of the Road Warrior and his desperate battles against a dystopian world filled with crazed motorcyclists, vicious marauders, and egomaniacal gang leaders scar the hostile scenery, only this time Miller has managed to dial his cult brand of action up to eleven thanks to some breathtaking big-budget sets. Quite the return to form for a writer/director whose work since the original Max includes both Babe and Happy Feet.

Hardy isn’t the only new face to be bloodied in Mad Max: Fury Road.

Academy Award-winning Charlize Theron (Monster, The Italian Job) has been enlisted to portray the relentlessly tough Imperator Furiosa – a character who is already believed to be the focus of the next Mad Max picture. The film also stars Nicholas Hoult (X Men: Days of Future Past) as Nux, a wild enemy who may well become one of Max’s most useful allies.

Spending almost a quarter of a century in developmental limbo, Fury Road is one of cinema’s most eagerly awaited pictures. Fortunately, the symphony of revving engines and ferocious war cries that Miller and his team have composed alongside their operatic approach to action will hopefully reignite audiences’ passion for petroleum fuelled high-speed carnage on an epic scale. Maybe you’re familiar with the legendary, genre defining movies of Max’s past, and maybe you’re not, but one thing is for sure; the future most definitely belongs to the mad.

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FEATURE

STUART

They’re the best thing about Despicable Me and we’re about to find out where it all began, as Gru’s adorable henchmen invite us along on their very own adventure.

WORDS LEE CURTIS

ONE IN A MINION RELEASE DATE 26 JUNE / Director Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin / Starring Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin, Michael Keaton / Genre Animation, Comedy, Family

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hey’re everywhere. Despicable Me’s Minions have taken the world by storm. They’re a hit with moviegoers of every age, and the love for the little yellow rascals has surpassed the popularity of the two films themselves, but their days of stealing scenes as supporting characters are over as Gru’s loveable labourers moonlight in their very own adventure.

The creators of Despicable Me take us back to a time before Gru,

with a prequel that reveals the origin story of the pint-sized henchmen.

Throughout history, Minions have served the most vile masters, but every one of them has eventually succumbed to the Minions’ misadventures. Having killed off the T-Rex, Napoleon, and even Dracula, the Minions find themselves isolated in Antarctica without anyone to serve. With their species suffering a great depression, three heroic Minions - Stuart, Kevin, and Bob set out to find a new evil master and save Minionkind from extinction.

With Despicable Me 3 two years away, a film dedicated to the franchise’s best asset is the perfect way to make that long wait feel slightly shorter.

Eye: One. Brown Hair: Centre-parting Height: Average Quiet and rebellious, but beneath the seriousness he’s play ful with an infectious laugh.

Memorable moment: The infamous “bottom” gag after meeting Silas Ramsbottom.

KE VIN

Eye: Two. Brown Hair: Spiky Height: Tall who and only Minion Self-elected leader between nce ere diff the ds understan work and play. an nt: Transformed into Memorable mome . cho Mu El by evil purple Minion

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MINIONS Eye: Two. One green, one brown.

Hair: Bald Height: Short Adorable, trouble-making attention-se eker.

Memorable moment: A newcomer so his best is yet to be!

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LIFE FINDS A WAY

More than twenty years after Spielberg first loosed dino chaos on the island of Isla Nublar, Jurassic Park is open to the public once more.

WORDS CHRIS WASEY

JURASSIC HISTORY JURASSIC PARK (1993) A select group of experts (Sam Neill, Laura Dern, and Jeff Goldblum) are brought together to preview a new island attraction populated with dinosaurs.

But a corporate saboteur disables the security systems and they must fight to survive.

THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK (1997) Hunters scour a hidden island where dinosaurs have been living freely.

They’re able to capture a T-Rex, but the freighter crashes and releases the Rex, who rampages across the city.

JURASSIC PARK 3 (2001) An eccentric millionaire couple convince Alan Grant (Sam Neill) to return to the research island as a guide.

Their boat is attacked, leaving them stranded with a predator even more powerful than a T-Rex.

JURASSIC WORLD RELEASE DATE 12 JUNE / Director Colin Trevorrow / Starring Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Ty Simpkins / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

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t’s hard to believe that it’s been more than two decades since the world first visited author Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park on the big screen. Anyone old enough to have seen the franchise’s first entry in cinemas will remember how groundbreaking Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster actually was.

Now the series returns to wow a new generation.

Set twenty-two years after the original, events from the entire trilogy are treated as canon.

Masrani Global (do a search on the viral campaign) bought Hammond’s company and

continued his research, quickly reopening the park. But after huge initial success, the world grew indifferent to the spectacle of dinosaurs and the park began to lose money. In an effort to boost visitor numbers, scientists create a new dinosaur hybrid, the Indominus-Rex. Things go disastrously wrong.

With 20,000 visitors trapped on the island, park security is overwhelmed by this highly intelligent and adaptable predator.

Tantalising trailers tease glimpses of great white sharks being eaten as snacks, aerial attacks by pterodactyls, and a swarming charge by Chris Pratt’s trained velociraptors.

This scale of dino interaction dwarfs anything we’ve seen before. Jurassic Park’s legacy is far from over.

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THE RULES HAVE BEEN RESET

TERMINATOR GENISYS RELEASE DATE 3 JULY / Director Alan Taylor / Starring Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, Arnold Schwarzenegger / Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Arnie returns to his most famous role in the franchises’ fifth instalment, unlike the past two films, T3: Rise of the Machines and Terminator Salvation, which followed the story forward in time, this latest venture heads in the opposite direction.

Serving as a prequel to the tentative remake of James Cameron’s iconic original, Terminator Genisys sees John Conner (Jason Clarke) send future soldier Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to the events of the original 1984 movie to protect his mother Sarah (Emilia Clarke) from a Terminator assassin. Only, things are radically different than what he was led to believe. In this altered timeline, Kyle must team up with Sarah Connor and her Terminator guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger) to fight a dangerous new enemy and complete an unexpected new mission; reset the future.

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Film Shorts SOUTHPAW

TRUE STORY

RELEASE DATE 24 JULY Jake Gyllenhaal takes the lead as a boxer who fights his way to the top, only to find his life falling apart around him.

RELEASE DATE 24 JULY When disgraced New York Times reporter Michael Finkel meets accused killer Christian Longo - who has taken on Finkel’s identity his investigation morphs into a game of cat-and-mouse.

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SINISTER 2 RELEASE DATE 21 AUGUST In the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon) and her 9-yearold twin sons (real-life twins Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked for death.

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MASTERMINDS RELEASE DATE 7 AUGUST A laugh a minute comedy about a night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. who organises one of the biggest bank heists in American history.

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THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. RELEASE DATE 14 AUGUST / Director Guy Ritchie / Starring Alicia Vikander, Henry Cavill, Hugh Grant / Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy

Henry Cavill (Man of Steel) stars as Napoleon Solo opposite Armie Hammer (The Social Network) as Illya Kuryakin in director Guy Ritchie’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a fresh take on the hugely popular 1960s television series.

Set against the backdrop of the early 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. centers on CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin.

Forced to put aside longstanding hostilities, the two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation, which is bent on destabilising the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology.

The duo’s only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist, who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organisation, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe.

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PAPER TOWNS

Film Shorts TRAINWRECK

TED 2

RELEASE DATE 28 AUGUST Having thought that monogamy was never possible, a commitmentphobic career woman may have to face her fears when she meets a good guy.

RELEASE DATE 10 JULY Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he’s a person in a court of law.

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RELEASE DATE 21 AUGUST Tommy Lee Jones, Kevin Costner, Ryan Reynolds and Gary Oldman star in this drama where the memories and skills of a CIA agent are implanted into the brain of a dangerous criminal in order to stop an international terrorist.

RELEASE DATE 21 AUGUST Paper Towns is a comingof-age story centering on Quentin and his enigmatic neighbour Margo, who loved mysteries so much she became one.

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MEET THE LITTLE VOICES INSIDE YOUR HEAD

INSIDE OUT RELEASE DATE 24 JULY / Director Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen / Starring Diane Lane, Amy Poehler, Kyle MacLachlan / Genre Animation, Comedy, Family

Meet the voices inside your head with Pixar’s latest big screen animation where emotions have been transformed into characters.

Growing up isn’t easy and that’s definitely true for poor Riley (Kaitlyn Dias) who’s just moved from her childhood home to San Francisco after her father starts a new job. Like all of us, Riley is guided by her emotions - Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - who steer her through life from Headquarters; the control centre of her mind.

Having completed the move, her emotions begin helping her cope with starting a new life, until Joy and Sadness get separated from the other emotions and become lost inside the 11 year old’s mind.

With Joy, Riley’s most important emotion, absent and trying to get home, it’s left to the dangerous trio of Disgust, Fear and Anger to set aside their differences and help Riley come to terms with her new house, new city and new school.

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DOCTOR PROCTOR’S FART POWDER

Family Fun DOCTOR PROCTOR’S FART POWDER RELEASE DATE 31 JULY The somewhat insane Doctor Proctor has accidentally invented the world’s most powerful fart powder. When two kids from his neighbourhood drop by for an unexpected visit, it becomes the beginning of an unusual friendship and a riotous business project.

Well-behaved Lisa with her pigtails and tiny Nilly with his bright red hair decide to help introduce Doctor Proctor’s fart powder to the world.

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STRANGE MAGIC RELEASE DATE 28 AUGUST A madcap fairy tale musical inspired by A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Popular songs from the past six decades help tell the tale of a colourful cast of goblins, elves, fairies and imps, and their hilarious misadventures sparked by the battle over a powerful potion.

Lucasfilm Animation Singapore and Industrial Light & Magic bring to life the fanciful forest turned upside down with world-class animation and visual effects.

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Absolutely Anything Fantastic Four RELEASE DATE 14 AUGUST / Director Terry Jones / Starring Kate Beckinsale, Robin Williams, Simon Pegg / Genre Comedy, Sci-Fi

RELEASED 7 AUGUST / Director Josh Trank / Starring Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B. Jordan / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

A group of mischievous extraterrestrials (voiced by the Monty Python crew) grant embittered schoolteacher Neil Clarke extraordinary powers in order to see how he will use them.

Subsequently seeking the wisdom of his loyal canine companion Dennis in order to use his powers wisely, Clarke is ultimately forced to choose between the girl of his dreams, or his four-legged friend.

A contemporary re-imagining of Marvel’s original and longest-running superhero team, centres on four young outsiders who teleport to an alternate and dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation RELEASED 31 JULY / Director Christopher McQuarrie / Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg / Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller

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disbanded by Washington bureaucrats after the events of Ghost Protocol, Ethan Hunt and his team face their most impossible mission yet as they must eradicate the Syndicate; an international rogue organisation of spies as highly trained as themselves, who are committed to destroying everything and everyone associated with the IMF.

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THINK BIG

Magic Mike XXL

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RELEASE DATE 3 JULY / Director Gregory Jacobs / Starring Channing Tatum, Amber Heard, Elizabeth Banks / Genre Comedy, Music, Drama

RELEASED 17 JULY / Director Peyton Reed / Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell / Genre Action, Sci-Fi

Picking up the story three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game, Magic Mike XXL finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and with legendary headliner Magic Mike sharing the spotlight with them.

On the road to their final show, Mike and the guys learn some new moves and shake off the past in surprising ways.

The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats.

Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

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Hitting the big screen this Summer SELF/LESS RELEASE DATE 17 JULY Director Tarsem Singh / Starring Ryan Reynolds, Matthew Goode, Ben Kingsley / Genre Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

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A wealthy man (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley) dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness into the body of a healthy young man (Ryan Reynolds).

HOT PURSUIT RELEASE DATE 31 JULY Director Anne Fletcher / Starring Reese Witherspoon, Sofía Vergara, Michael Mosley / Genre Action, Comedy

» An uptight and by-the-book GOOD PEOPLE cop (Witherspoon) tries to protect the sexy and outgoing widow (Vergara) of a drug boss as they race through Texas, pursued by crooked cops and murderous gunmen.

RICKI AND THE FLASH

RELEASE DATE 7 AUGUST Director Jonathan Demme / Starring Meryl Streep, Sebastian Stan, Kevin Kline / Genre Comedy, Drama, Music

» Meryl Streep stars as Ricki, a guitar heroine who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom, but is now returning home to make things right with her family.

RELEASE DATE 21 AUGUST Director Henrik Ruben Genz / Starring James Franco, Kate Hudson, Tom Wilkinson / Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

» As a couple faces the loss of their dreams, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them has been murdered and he left behind a stash of cash - $400,000 worth.

BEYOND THE REACH RELEASE DATE 31 JULY Director Jean-Baptiste Léonetti / Starring Michael Douglas, Jeremy Irvine, Martin Palmer / Genre Thriller

» A high-rolling corporate

shark (Michael Douglas) and his impoverished young guide (Jeremy Irvine) play the most dangerous game during a hunting trip in the Mojave Desert in this lean, mean cat-and-mouse thriller.

STRAIGHT OUTTA COMPTON RELEASE DATE 14 AUGUST Director F. Gary Gray / Starring Rebecca Olejniczak, Alexandra Shipp, Keith Stanfield / Genre Biography, Drama, Music

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rise and fall of N.W.A., this astonishing story tells of how five young men translated their experiences and revolutionised music and pop culture forever.

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Hitman: Agent 47

Pixels

RELEASE DATE 28 AUGUST / Director Aleksander Bach / Starring Ciarán Hinds, Zachary Quinto, Rupert Friend / Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

RELEASE DATE 14 AUGUST / Director Chris Columbus / Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Michelle Monaghan / Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Agent 47 was genetically engineered from conception to be the perfect killing machine, and is known only by the last two digits on the barcode tattooed on the back of his neck.

Teaming up with a young woman, 47 confronts stunning revelations about his own origins and squares off in an epic battle with his deadliest foe.

When intergalactic aliens misinterpret video-feeds of classic arcade games as a declaration of war, they attack the Earth, using the games as models for their various assaults. The President has to call on his childhood best friend, ‘80s video game champion Sam Brenner, to lead a team of old-school arcaders to defeat the aliens and save the planet.

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Pan RELEASE DATE 17 JULY / Director Joe Wright / Starring Hugh Jackman, Levi Miller, Jimmy Vee / Genre Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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by J.M. Barrie, the film follows the story of an orphan who is spirited away to the magical Neverland. There, he finds both fun and dangers, and ultimately discovers his destiny to become the hero known as Peter Pan.

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