On the Big Screen By Pat Collins
TEENAGE NINJA MUTANT TURTLES 2: OUT OF THE SHADOWS RATED PG 13 The heroes on the half shell take on their old adversary Shredder and vigilante Casey Jones (The Arrow’s Stephen Amell) in a sequel that also stars Megan Fox, Will Arnett and Tyler Perry as the mad scientist Dr. Stockman. Donatello, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Raphael are not only movie stars they are also New York City’s official family ambassadors for 2016. No word on whether the fab four sewer dwellers will visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the work of the Renaissance artists for whom they are named. The 2014 TMNT film grossed $ 493,333,584 at the global box office. That buys a lot of pizza.
INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE RATING PENDING “We always knew they would come back”. Twenty years after Earth was invaded and major cities were destroyed the aliens return in a humongous mother ship in director Roland Emmerich’s sequel to his 1996 blockbuster. In the years following the original attack the UN created an early warning system - the Earth Space Defense Program. There is nothing like the threat of global extinction to unite the disparate and quarreling nations of the world. Mr. Emmerich’s strength is not political commentary but he does know how to spectacularly blow up the major cities of the world. Returning cast members Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman and Judd Hirsch are joined by Liam Hemsworth and Jessie Usher. THE SHALLOWS NOT RATED Summer begins June 20 which means a shark attack movie will open soon at a theater near you. This year it’s “The Shallows” debuting June 29 and starring Blake Lively as Nancy, a grief stricken young woman who after her mother’s death , travels solo to a remote South Pacific island unaware the surrounding waters are a buffet for sharks. Paradise this is not with Nancy going one on one with a (CG) great white. Blake sustained more than few bloody bumps and bruises and needless to say her bikini is no longer wearable. 78 | OUR CITY, YOUR LIFE | JUNE 2016