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Summer Guide 2012: the blasts, laughs, and thrills of the new summer season...





The avengers
May 4


THE AVENGERS
With: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo...
Director: Joss Whedon
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures, Marvel
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

Marvel Studios presents "Marvel's The Avengers" -- the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Direc...

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Dark shadows
May 11


DARK SHADOWS
With: Johnny Depp, Jackie Earle Haley, Bella Heathcoate...
Director: Tim Burton
Distributor: Warner Bros
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

A gothic-horror tale centering on the life of vampire Barnabas Collins and his run-ins with various monsters, witches, werewolves and ghosts....

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The dictator
May 16


THE DICTATOR
With: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley...
Director: Larry Charles
Distributor: Paramount
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

The heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed....

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Battleship
May 18


BATTLESHIP
With: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna...
Director: Peter Berg
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

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 off...

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What to expect when you're expecting
May 18


WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU'RE EXPECTING
With: Cameron Diaz, Matthew Morrison, Jennifer Lopez...
Director: Kirk Jones
Distributor: Lionsgate
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

The story follows the relationships of seven couples as they experience the thrills, terrors, surprises, aches, and pains of preparing for parenthood....

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MIB 3
May 25


MIB 3
With: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin...
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Distributor: Columbia
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertainment

Agent J travels in time to MIB's early years in the 1960s, to stop an alien from assassinating his friend Agent K and changing history....

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Chernobyl diaries
May 25


CHERNOBYL DIARIES
With: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski, Olivia Dudley...
Director: Bradley Parker
Distributor: Warner Bros
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Six tourists hire an extreme tour guide who takes them to the abandoned city Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. During their exploration, they soon discover they are not alone....

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Snow white and the huntsman
June 1


SNOW WHITE AND THE HUNTSMAN
With: Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron...
Director: Rupert Sanders
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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The Huntsman is ordered to take Snow White into the woods and kill her, but instead lets her go. The two are chained together as they make their escape. ...

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Prometheus
June 8


PROMETHEUS
With: Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron...
Director: Ridley Scott
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertainment

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race. ...

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Madagascar 3: europe's most wanted
June 8


MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE'S MOST WANTED
With the voices of: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer...
Director: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon
Distributor: DreamWorks Animation, Paramount
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Gloria the Hippo, and Melman the Giraffe are still fighting to get home to their beloved Big Apple and of course, King Julien, Maurice and the Penguins are all along for the comedic adventure. Their journey takes them through Europe where they find the perfect cover: ...

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Safety not guaranteed
June 8


SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
With: Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass, Kristen Bell...
Director: Colin Trevorrow
Distributor: FilmDistrict
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertaining

Three magazine employees are sent to investigate a classified ad from a man seeking a partner for time travel....

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Rock of ages
June 15


ROCK OF AGES
With: Julianne Hough, Diego Boneta, Tom Cruise...
Director: Adam Shankman
Distributor: Warner Bros
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

The film is set at a Sunset Strip rock club called Rock of Ages, where a man and woman fall in love but get torn apart by the rock lifestyle....

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That's my boy
June 15


THAT'S MY BOY
With: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Leighton Meester...
Director: Sean Anders
Distributor: Columbia
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

A father moves in on the eve of his son's wedding and promptly begins feuding with the bride-to-be....

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Seeking a friend for the end of the world
June 22


SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
With: Steve Carell, Keira Knightley, Connie Britton...
Director: Lorene Scafaria
Distributor: Focus Features
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Set in a too-near future, the movie explores what people will do when humanity's last days are at hand. As the respective journeys of Dodge (Carell) and Penny (Knightley) converge, the two spark to each other and their outlooks - if not the world's - brighten....

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Brave
June 22


BRAVE
With the voices of: Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson...
Director: Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman, Steve Purcell
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

Determined to make her own path in life, Princess Merida defies a custom that brings chaos to her kingdom. Granted one wish, Merida must rely on her bravery and her archery skills to undo a beastly curse. In Disney Digital 3-D...

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Abraham lincoln: vampire hunter
June 22


ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER
With: Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie...
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which fuels his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers....

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Ted
June 29


TED
With: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Joel McHale...
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

A boy made a wish that his teddy bear could come to life and it did. Years later, the boy is an adult, and the bear is still his best friend. But the bear, a carousing, irresponsible slacker, is getting in the way of his buddy committing to adulthood and the girl he loves....

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People like us
June 29


PEOPLE LIKE US
With: Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde...
Director: Alex Kurtzman
Distributor: DreamWorks
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

After the death of his father, a man must deliver $150,000 in cash to an alcoholic sister he didn't know he had, as her son, a 12-year-old with major anger management issues....

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Magic mike
June 29


MAGIC MIKE
With: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaugey...
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Distributor:
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

Set in the world of male strippers, the story follows Magic Mike who schools a young dancer in the tricks of the trade....

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Madea's witness protection
June 29


MADEA'S WITNESS PROTECTION
With: Tyler Perry, Eugene Levy, Doris Roberts...
Director: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Lionsgate
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

An investment banker and his family are placed in the witness protection program, finding themselves relocated from their posh Connecticut neighborhood to Madea's southern home....

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The amazing spider-man
July 3


THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
With: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Denis Leary...
Director: Marc Webb
Distributor: Columbia
Good ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertaining

Like most teenagers his age, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. In his journey to put the pieces of his past together he uncovers a secret that his father held... a secret that will ultimately shape his destiny as Spider-Man. This is the first in a s...

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Savages
July 6


SAVAGES
With: Aaron Johnson, Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively...
Director: Oliver Stone
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Two friends from Laguna Beach share the same girlfriend and a thriving business growing and distributing the best-quality pot on the planet. When they resist being muscled by a Mexican drug cartel, the girl is kidnapped and the ransom is every cent they've made for the last five years. They agree t...

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The do-deca-pentathlon
July 6


THE DO-DECA-PENTATHLON
With: Mark Kelly, Steve Zissis, Jennifer Lafleur
Director: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Two brothers compete in their own private 25-event Olympics....

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Ice age: continental drift
July 13


ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT
With the voices of: Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, Denis Leary...
Director: Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Bad ReviewsGood Box OfficeEntertainment



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The dark knight rises
July 20


THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
With: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman...
Director: Christopher Nolan
Distributor: Warner Bros
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The watch
July 27


THE WATCH
With: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill...
Director: Akiva Schaffer
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

A suburban "neighborhood watch" group serves as a front for dads to get some male-bonding time away from their families. The group finds itself in over its head when it uncovers a plot to destroy the world. ...

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Step up 4
July 27


STEP UP 4

Director: Scott Speer
Distributor: Summit Entertainment
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Total recall
Aug 3


TOTAL RECALL
With: Colin Farrell, Bryan Cranston, Kate Beckinsale...
Director: Len Wiseman
Distributor: Columbia
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Remake of the 1990 film about a man haunted by a recurring dream of journeying to Mars who buys a literal dream vacation from a company called Rekall Inc., which sells implanted memories. The man comes to believe he is a secret agent and ends up on a Martian colony, where he fights to overthrow a de...

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Diary of a wimpy kid: dog days
Aug 3


DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: DOG DAYS
With: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris...
Director: David Bowers
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment



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The bourne legacy
Aug 10


THE BOURNE LEGACY
With: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton...
Director: Tony Gilroy
Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Hope springs
Aug 10


HOPE SPRINGS
With: Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell...
Director: David Frankel
Distributor: Columbia
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertaining

After thirty years of marriage, a middle-aged couple attends an intense counseling weekend to decide the fate of their marriage....

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The campaign
Aug 10


THE CAMPAIGN
With: Zach Galifianakis, Will Ferrell
Director: Jay Roach
Distributor: Warner Bros
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertaining

The film is about two rival candidates in the U.S. presidential election. ...

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The odd life of timothy green
Aug 15


THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN
With: Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams...
Director: Peter Hedges
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears....

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The expendables 2
Aug 17


THE EXPENDABLES 2
With: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li...
Director: Simon West
Distributor: Lionsgate
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

The Expendables are back and this time it's personal... Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) -- with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu ...

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ParaNorman
Aug 17


PARANORMAN
With the voices of: Casey Affleck, Tempestt Bledsoe, Jeff Garlin...
Director: Sam Fell, Chris Butler
Distributor: Focus Features
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertaining

A small town comes under siege by zombies. Who can it call? Only misunderstood local boy Norman, who is able to speak with the dead. In addition to the zombies, he'll have to take on ghosts, witches and, worst of all, moronic grown-ups, to save his town from a centuries-old curse. But this young gho...

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Hit and run
Aug 22


HIT AND RUN
With: Bradley Cooper, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenoweth...
Director: David Palmer, Dax Shepard
Distributor: Open Road Films
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road....

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The apparition
Aug 24


THE APPARITION
With: Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, Tom Felton...
Director: Todd Lincoln
Distributor: Warner Bros
Bad ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

A young couple are haunted by a supernatural presence that is unleashed during a college experiment....

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Premium rush
Aug 24


PREMIUM RUSH
With: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez...
Director: David Koepp
Distributor: Columbia
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertaining

A twentysomething New York City bike messenger picks up an envelope at Columbia U. A dirty cop is desperate to get his hands on the envelope and chases the bike messenger throughout the city....

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Lawless
Aug 29


LAWLESS
With: Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman...
Director: John Hillcoat
Distributor: The Weinstein Co.
Good ReviewsBox OfficeEntertainment

Based on a true story, the film revolves around a moonshine gang operating in the bootlegging capital of America -- Franklin County, Va. -- during Prohibition....

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