May 15 - May 29, 2013 FREETIME’S SUMMER GUIDE among ghost cops who go about tracking and catching their own killers. And he answers to a Western-style gun-slinger played, with tongue in cheek, by Jeff Bridges. Directed by Robert Schwentke (Red).
Red 2
But Red 2 (nice segue!) is directed by Dean Parisot (who made the criminally underappreciated Galaxy Quest). Returning from the first spy capercomedy are Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, and The Wolverine Mary-Louise Parker, who must work together to find a missing nuclear device. Also along are Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and We’re the Millers David Thewliss. Every once in a while, you’ve just gotta have
The Wolverine
We don’t get too many sequels to prequels, but then again, even comic book insiders aren’t sure when this story occurs within the X-Men universe. Three things that are known: It’s a solo Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) story, Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) is in the cast, and it takes place in Japan (and features a large Japanese cast). Directed by James Mangold (3:10 to Yuma, Walk the Line). Almost forgot, it’s in 3D.
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Two guys rob a bank. Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke. But two guys (Mark Wahlberg and Denzel Washington) do rob a bank, and get away with much more money than should ever be in a bank, then things go wrong, then they find out the identities of each other. One, it turns out, is an undercover DEA agent; the other is an undercover Special Forces officer. Why are they working together and who hired them to rob the bank? Hopefully, that will be revealed.
Elysium
Finally, another film from Neill Blomkamp, who wrote and directed the superb District 9. Sticking with the Science fiction genre, he tells the futuristic story of a mostly destroyed Earth, still home to the 99 percenters, contrasting it with the luxurious Elysium, a space station that’s home to the one percenters. It’s a rich vs. poor story, with the poor always trying to find a way in to Elysium. Matt Damon tries to make life more of an even playing field for both sides, while Jodi Foster plays bad guy politics by enforcing antiKick-Ass 2 immigration laws.
a good pot comedy. Jason Sudeikis plays a dealer who’s about to bring a small shipment from Mexico to the States, then has an epiphany. He gets a stripper pal (Jennifer Aniston) to pretend to be his wife, finds a couple of kids to pretend to be their kids, then, appearing much less conspicuous than a single white guy in Mexico, goes about turning the small shipment into a huge one. With Ed Helms and Emma Roberts.
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year. Meanwhile, here’s the first film, in which a supposedly normal teenager (Lily Collins) tries to save her mom (Lena Headey) who has been nabbed by a demon. Before long, the young girl finds out that she, and her mom, are anything but normal, are indeed descendants of an ancient group of half-angel warriors.
The World’s End
The gang f rom both Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz – namely writerdirector Edgar Wright and stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost – are back for a third wild and comic outing. This time it’s all about a group of guys recreating an ohso-British pub crawl from their younger days. Whether or not they still have the stamina to do it isn’t the question here. It’s what to do about the zombies.
Kick-Ass 2
Alas, Nic Cage’s name is nowhere to be seen on the cast list, but Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz are returning as self-made superheroes Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, as is Christopher Mintz-Plasse, who played Red Mist in the first film, and plays someone in this one with a name that can’t be printed in a family publication. Jim Carrey gets to go over the top as bad guy Colonel Stars and Stripes.
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
There are five books in Cassandra Clare’s The Mortal Instruments young adult series, with a sixth and final one to be published next
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Closed Circuit
No, thank goodness it’s not a remake of that silly robot movie. It’s a contemporary thriller about two lawyers (Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall), who used to be an item, and are now members of a terrorist’s defense team. The case is tough and their lives might be in danger.
Getaway
When his wife is kidnapped, a former race car driver (Ethan Hawke) is ordered to get behind the wheel and do as he’s told – by a voice belonging to someone who can see and hear everything he does – or else. He’s assisted (in a plot turn that sounds remarkably like one in Live Free or Die Hard) by a young hacker (Selena Gomez), who’s along for the ride.
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