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July 5
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The Lone Ranger (2013)
Native American warrior Tonto recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid, a man of the law, into a legend of justice.
Director:Gore Verbinski |
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The Buzz: Ever wondered if Gore Verbinski's Wild West filmmaking style is a little more calculated than the stories of his project's astronomical budgets and out-of-control production spending would have you believe? Not that we mind one bit, especially when Johnny Depp is involved; we're more certain we'll be entertained by this duo than Depp's formerly unbeatable union with Tim Burton. So bring on their version of John Reid's folkloric origins.
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Despicable Me 2 (2013)
Gru is recruited by the Anti-Villain League to help deal with a powerful new super criminal.
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The Buzz: While we're unsure what Gru is up to in the sequel to the runaway worldwide hit, we do know that the Minions have a spin-off movie slated for 2014 as Illumination Entertainment (the production company behind this budding franchise as well as The Lorax) has become Universal's most reliable entity. Scoring Al Pacino to voice Gru's foe is a casting coup - not like kids would know him from Adam, or Gru.
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Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013)
Filmed at a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden, comedian Kevin Hart delivers material from his 2012 "Let Me Explain" concert tour.
Director:Tim Story |
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The Buzz: Cash-rich from his globe-spanning 2012 tour, Kevin Hart returns to the box office with another in-concert performance documentary which should prove that Laugh at My Pain was no fluke success.
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The Way, Way Back (2013)
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
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The Buzz: After winning a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar last year for The Descendants, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash quickly got started on this project, their co-directorial debut. The resulting star-studded comedy - which includes Steve Carell playing a major jerk - was a serious crowd-pleaser at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and Fox Searchlight quickly acquired the movie for a ridiculous $10 million. They are clearly hoping it's going to be another Little Miss Sunshine, though that's easier said than done.
July 12
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Pacific Rim (2013)
When an alien attack threatens the Earth's existence, giant robots piloted by humans are deployed to fight off the menace.
Director:Guillermo del Toro |
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The Buzz: We got our first look at Guillermo del Toro's mega-robot vs. kaiju project at Comic-Con 2012, where human emotion, smart science, and smarter CGI/visually effected moviemaking created one of the event's most thrilling presentations. It's the type of creation that could make all other movie monsters look off in scale; literally, we felt awestruck and a bit nauseous from the heights. Knowing that the giant robots require two pilots -- one for each hemisphere of the brain -- we're assuming that a major story element will be centered on one of the pilots having to go it alone. Also, we're hoping for 100-foot tall Idris Elba action figures.
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
After moving his family back to his hometown to be with his friends and their kids, Lenny (Adam Sandler), finds out that between old bullies, new bullies, schizo bus drivers, drunk cops on skis, and 400 costumed party crashers sometimes crazy follows you.
Director:Dennis Dugan |
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The Buzz: No surprise that Grown Ups, one of Adam Sandler's least noxious comedies, was also one of his biggest hits to date, or that the normally sequel-adverse star put together a second reunion after a couple of deserved flops. We're wondering if Sandler's brood, his old friends, and their families are heading back to the same location this year? If so, it could be the biggest retread since The Hangover Part II.
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Fruitvale Station (2013)- Biography | Drama
The true story of Oscar, a 22-year-old Bay Area resident, who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family, and strangers on the last day of 2008.
Director:Ryan Coogler |
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The Buzz: The Chronicle boys are taking advantage of that fantastic movie's freak success; Dane DeHaan is brooding his way through indies and tentpoles alike, while Michael B. Johnson takes center stage in the tragic story of Oscar Grant, whose death affected the sociopolitical landscape of Northern California. Johnson has earned strong reviews for his portrayal of Grant as a relatable slacker looking to turn a corner, while writer/director Ryan Coogler does his subject justice with a narrative structure that focuses more on Grant's intentions than the series of poor decisions that claimed his life.
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Jagten (2012)
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director:Thomas Vinterberg |
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The Buzz: Filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg is back on the international film circuit in a major way with a lean, dark, black-humored thriller where a small-town community's moral foundation begins to fracture after one of its own is accused of abuse. No surprise that Mads Mikkelsen brings an apparent swagger to the starring role in what's been called one of the finest performances of his career to date.
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V/H/S/2 (2013)
Searching for a missing student, two private investigators break into his house and find collection of VHS tapes. Viewing the horrific contents of each cassette, they realize there may be dark motives behind the student's disappearance.
Directors:Simon Barrett | Jason Eisener | Gareth Evans | Gregg Hale | Eduardo Sánchez | Timo Tjahjanto | Adam Wingard |
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The Buzz: After becoming nauseated and freaked out while watching V/H/S in a theater, I easily digested it at home, where it played like a pervy, corny, and obnoxious-male fantasy. All the writers I turn to for the official word on everything horror-related say the second installment features six segments that can stand on their own and are united to a much better degree than the first anthology. And with guys like Gareth Evans, director of the The Raid: Redemption, on board, the overall interest this time around might increase a bit.
July 19
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Red 2 (2013)
Retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses reunites his unlikely team of elite operatives for a global quest to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
Director:Dean Parisot |
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The Buzz: With Byung-hun Lee joining Bruce Willis for the sequel to the unexpected blockbuster, Red 2 feels a bit like a more-fun version of the upcoming G.I. Joe movie. We will miss Morgan Freeman (whose characters normally never die), but welcome Anthony Hopkins to what could be the truest definition of a popcorn movie.
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R.I.P.D. (2013)
A recently slain cop joins a team of undead police officers working for the Rest in Peace Department and tries to find the man who murdered him.
Director:Robert Schwentke |
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The Buzz: Let's see if Red director Robert Schwentke can turn another offbeat graphic novel into a box-office hit. Love the notion of Ryan Reynolds and Jeff Bridges starring together; though they're decades apart, both actors buffer wisecracking dialogue with undeniable charm. However, the yellow flag here is the presence of screenwriting team Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi, responsible for Æon Flux and -- more recently and even worse -- Clash of the Titans. Our main fear is the story's inherent weirdness won't translate for mainstream audiences.
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Turbo (2013)
A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.
Director:David Soren |
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The Buzz: While there's plenty going on behind the scenes at DreamWorks Animation, creatively they've been running smoothly for the better part of the last decade and they're cranking out at least two worldwide hits per year. So it's easy for the studio to attract top-tier voice talent as they promote from within; in this case, storyboard vet David Soren ascends to the director's chair, and he's had a hand in the screenplay as well. Until we hear more, all we can picture is Cars with snails.
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The Conjuring (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Director:James Wan |
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The Buzz: Patrick Wilson has two movies coming out this year, and in both of them he'll play the patriarch of a haunted family. To make the projects seem even more inseparable, Saw's James Wan directs them both. Sure, Insidious: Chapter 2 has a hit first movie to build from, but The Conjuring features Mackenzie Foy, aka Renesmee - Bella and Edward Cullen's offspring who we think might be 2x scarier than the kind of evil presence that would set its sights on a farmhouse.
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Girl Most Likely (2012)
A failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from Next Big Thing to Last Year's News.
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The Buzz: A lot has been said about Kristen Wiig's cautious (?) and/or strategic (?) post-Bridesmaids choices, and her partnership here with American Splendor co-directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini definitely has indie-film tongues flapping about. The story seems a bit like Young Adult without the obsessive-love component -- a mid-life crisis in a vacuum, perhaps. Kristen Wiig can turn a single word into a laugh, so her mother-daughter banter with Annette Bening ought to be hysterical.
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Only God Forgives (2013)
Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
Director:Nicolas Winding Refn |
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The Buzz: The reception for Ryan Gosling's reunion with his Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn hasn't been as rapturous this time around, though most everyone can agree that Refn is one of the most visually aware filmmakers working today. Chances are if Refn's fewer-words/more-tones approach has worked for you in the past -- like the audience who turned Valhalla Rising into a VOD phenomenon -- then OGF's saturated ultraviolence will appease your thirst for a battered and vengeful Gosling.
July 26
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The Wolverine (2013)Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Wolverine makes a voyage to modern-day Japan, where he encounters an enemy from his past that will impact on his future.
Director:James Mangold |
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The Buzz: Pity that Darren Aronofsky moved on from directing the it-has-to-be-better-than-the-first outing for the Wolverine; Frank Miller's fan-choice comic book, which is the framework for the sequel, is rife with romantic melodrama, character building, and a bad/no-so-bad guy, Ken Harada, aka the katana-sword wielding Silver Samurai. By no means is James Mangold a weak alternative; it's more that Aronofsky's added luster could have helped remount the franchise.
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The To Do List (2013)
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Clark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
Director:Maggie Carey |
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The Buzz: Pitch Perfect and Easy A are the most recent, most successful high-school comedies, and we hope Aubrey Plaza's first leading-lady appearance meet that standard while delivering huge laughs, awkward moments, and creative uses of profanities. Maggie Carey, one of the people from Funny or Die Presents... directs from her own screenplay.
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Blue Jasmine (2013)
A life crisis causes a woman to head to San Francisco, where she reconnects with her sister.
Director:Woody Allen |
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The Buzz: Bradley Cooper almost signed on for a starring role in Woody Allen's latest European assemblage; with no slight meant - we're more interested in the hunk who did say yes: Louis C.K. is taking advantage of the break from his TV show to act for others on the big screen. (Small world syndrome: he will act alongside Cooper in David O. Russell's planned follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook.) Will Louis be the one who attempts a romance with leading lady Cate Blanchett?
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