The Hangover: Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they’ll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can’t remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace.

The one thing they can’t find is Doug. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle.

G-Force: Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, a covert team of highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-FORCE are guinea pigs Darwin, the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster, an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez, a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert Mooch, and a star-nosed mole Speckles, the computer and information specialist.

Inglourious Basterds: In German-occupied France, Shosanna Dreyfus witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa. Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…

Taking Woodstock: A generation began in his backyard… From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee (Brokeback Mountain, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), comes Taking Woodstock, a new comedy inspired by the true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was.

It’s 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The bank’s about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn’t paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents.

When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, NY, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.

Terminator Salvation: The year is 2018.

Judgment Day has come and gone, leveling modern civilization. An army of Terminators roams the post-apocalyptic landscape, killing or collecting humans where they hide in the desolate cities and deserts. But small groups of survivors have organized into a Resistance, hiding in underground bunkers and striking when they can against an enemy force that vastly outnumbers them.

Controlling the Terminators is the artificial intelligence network Skynet, which became self-aware 14 years earlier and, in the blink of an eye, turned on its creators, unleashing nuclear annihilation on an unsuspecting world.

Only one man saw Judgment Day coming. One man, whose destiny has always been intertwined with the fate of human existence: John Connor (Christian Bale).

Now the world is on the brink of the future that Connor has been warned about all his life. But something totally new has shaken his belief that humanity stands a chance of winning this war: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger from the past whose last memory is of being on death row before awakening in this strange, new world.

Connor must decide whether Marcus can be trusted. But as Skynet adapts new strategies to end the Resistance forever, Connor and Marcus must find common ground to take a stand against the onslaught–to infiltrate Skynet and meet the enemy head-on.

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: Night has fallen upon the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC. The guides have gone home, the lights are out, the school kids are tucked in their beds… yet something incredible is stirring as former night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) finds himself lured into his biggest, most imagination-boggling adventure yet in which history truly comes alive.

In this second installment of the Night at the Museum saga, Larry faces a battle so epic it could only unfold in the corridors of the world’s largest museum. Now, Larry must try to save his formerly inanimate friends from what could be their last stand amid the wonders of the Smithsonian, all of which, from the famous paintings on the walls to the rocket ships in the halls, suddenly have a mind of their own.

Using every trick at their disposal: strippers, babies, discount pricing, death and even a riot to “Sell the Metal”. As the team moves forward with the weekend super sale, Don loses his focus. Discovering what he is missing from life and letting himself feel the void. As he does some soul searching he also unexpectedly falls in love. The sales must go on with or without the team leader. Will they meet their promised deadline or will the team admit defeat?

“The Goods” has to imply an antonym as it is far from good. Despite starring the Emmy award winning Jeremy Piven, the writing destroyed any chance of success. I am all for a good comedy, but this film is at a lost for any continuous laughs, offering a handful of skits thrown together in an attempt to make a short film. The characters were undeveloped which made you care less about what happened to them. “The Goods” stooped to new lows by using cancer and pedophiles as a comical crutch. I would not bother purchasing a ticket for this embarrassing comedy, wait for the DVD and be sure to RENT it!

Flash forward. The men wake up to the darkest of hangovers. They find a Siberian tiger in their bathroom, a trashed room, a groomsman with a missing tooth and a baby in the closet. It could not get any worse, except they realize Doug the groom is missing. With twenty four hours till the wedding the search is on. Turns out on their night of lushness they visited Mike Tyson’s home, the emergency room, a strip club, a chapel and wound up back at the hotel in a police car that they valet parked.  Things only get stranger when someone leaps at them out of the trunk naked, after recovering their car. You find yourself asking “What the hell is going on?” Things are not getting much better when Phil has to inform the bride that the wedding is not gonna happen…you can’t get married without the groom.

“The Hangover” is the wackiest and funniest film this year, quite possibly of the last decade. From opening credits to the closing, which features reminiscent bachelor party photos this film had me laughing non-stop. Appealing film for the females, but a little racy for the younger crowd. Something you can expect from this comedy especially based on the title. Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, and Zach Galifianakis had wonderful chemistry. Galifianakis stole the show with his wacky performance, any man who can pull of white pants and a purse is a definite show stopper. You will find yourself talking about “The Hangover” hours later and telling all your friends about how great it is. Pushing the envelope unlike anything the industry has offered us this year; “The Hangover” provides the escape factor. So sit back and relax and prepare yourself for the wild wide. I know I will ride it again!

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GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

Release Date May 1st

(New Line Cinema)
Director: Mark Waters
Writers: Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Producers: Jon Shestack, Brad Epstein
Executive Producers: Marcus Viscidi, Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Toby Emmerich, Cale Boyter, Samuel J. Brown

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Breckin Meyer, Lacey Chabert, Robert Forster,  Anne Archer, Emma Stone and Michael Douglas

Romantic Comedy.  Celebrity photographer Connor Mead loves freedom, fun and women…in that order.  A committed bachelor, he thinks nothing of breaking up with multiple women on a conference call.  On the eve of his brother Paul’s wedding, Connor’s mockery of romance proves a real buzz-kill for Paul and a houseful of well wishers, including Connor’s former flame Jenny.  Just when it looks like Connor may single-handedly ruin the wedding, he is visited by the ghosts of his jilted girlfriends, who take him on a revealing and hilarious odyssey through a lifetime of failed relationships: past, present and future.  Together they attempt to discover what turned Connor into such a player and whether he has a second chance to find—and this time keep—the love of his life.

Rated: PG-13 for sexual content throughout, some language and a drug reference.

www.ghostsofgirlfriendspastmovie.com

TERMINATOR SALVATION

Release Date May 21st

(Warner Bros. Pictures/Sony Pictures/Halcyon)
Director: McG
Writers: John Brancato & Michael Ferris
Producers: Moritz Borman, Jeffrey Silver, Victor Kubicek, Derek Anderson
Executive Producers: Peter D. Graves, Dan Lin, Jeanne Allgood, Joel B. Michaels, Mario F. Kassar, Andrew G. Vajna

Cast:  Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin, Moon Bloodgood, Bryce Dallas Howard, Common, Jane Alexander, Helena Bonham Carter

Action-Sci-Fi.  The highly anticipated new installment of “The Terminator” film franchise is set in post-apocalyptic 2018.  John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators.  But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row.  Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past.  As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet’s operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and language.

www.terminatorsalvation.com

THE HANGOVER

Release Date June 5th

(Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures)
Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Jon Lucas & Scott Moore
Producers: Todd Phillips, Dan Goldberg
Executive Producers: Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, Thomas Tull, Jon Jashni, William Fay, Scott Budnick

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor

Comedy. From the director of “Old School” comes a new comedy about a bachelor party gone horribly wrong.  Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three buddies drive to Vegas for a blow-out night they’ll never forget.  But when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning with pounding headaches, they can’t remember a thing.  Their posh hotel suite is beyond trashed and the groom is nowhere to be found.  With no clue of what happened and little time to spare, the trio must attempt to retrace their bad decisions from the night before in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time for his wedding.  However, the more they begin to uncover, the more they realize just how much trouble they’re really in.

Rated: R for pervasive language, sexual content including nudity, and some drug material.

www.hangovermovie.com

MY SISTER’S KEEPER

Release Date June 26th

(New Line Cinema)
Director: Nick Cassavetes
Writers: Jeremy Leven and Nick Cassavetes; Based on the novel by Jodi Picoult
Producers: Mark Johnson, Chuck Pacheco, Scott L. Goldman
Executive Producers:  Diana Pokorny, Stephen Furst, Mendel Tropper, Toby Emmerich,  Meredith Finn, Mark Kaufman

Cast: Cameron Diaz, Abigail Breslin, Alec Baldwin, Jason Patric, Sofia Vassilieva, Joan Cusack

Drama.  Sara and Brian are living an idyllic life with their young son and daughter, Jesse and Kate, when they receive heartbreaking news that leads them to make an unorthodox choice in order to save Kate’s life.  Their decision eventually raises both ethical and moral questions, ultimately setting off a court case that reveals surprising truths and challenges everyone’s perceptions of love and loyalty, giving new meaning to the definition of healing.

Rated: PG-13 for mature thematic content, some disturbing images, sensuality, language, and brief teen drinking.

www.mysisterskeepermovie.com

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE

Release Date July 15th

(Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director:  David Yates
Writers:  Screenplay by Steve Kloves; Based on the novel by J.K. Rowling
Producers:  David Heyman, David Barron
Executive Producer: Lionel Wigram

ORPHAN

Release Date July 24th

(Dark Castle Entertainment)
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: Screenplay by David Leslie Johnson; Story by Alex Mace
Producers: Joel Silver, Susan Downey, Erik Olsen, Jennifer Davisson Killoran
Executive Producers:  Don Carmody, Steve Richards

Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder

Horror Thriller.  The tragic loss of their unborn child has devastated Kate and John, taking a toll on both their marriage and Kate’s fragile psyche as she is plagued by nightmares and haunted by demons from her past.  Struggling to regain some semblance of normalcy in their lives, the couple decides to adopt another child.  At the local orphanage, both John and Kate find themselves strangely drawn to a young girl named Esther.  Almost as soon as they welcome Esther into their home, however, an alarming series of events begins to unfold, leading Kate to believe that there’s something wrong with Esther—this seemingly angelic little girl is not what she appears to be.  Concerned for the safety of her family, Kate tries to get John and others to see past Esther’s sweet facade.  But her warnings go unheeded until it may be too late…for everyone.

Rated: R for disturbing violent content, some sexuality and language.

www.orphan-movie.com

SHORTS

Release Date August 7th

Cast: Jon Cryer, William H. Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett, Kat Dennings, Trevor Gagnon, Leo Howard, Devon Gearhart, Rebel Rodriguez, Jake Short, Jolie Vanier

Action-Adventure Comedy. “Shorts” is set in the suburb of Black Falls, where all the houses look the same and everyone works for BLACK BOX Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, whose Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX is the ultimate communication and do-it-all gadget that’s sweeping the nation.  Other than keeping his parents employed, however, Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX has done nothing for 11-year-old Toe Thompson, who just wants to make a few friends…until a mysterious rainbow-colored rock falls from the sky, hits him in the head and changes everything.  The Rainbow Rock does Mr. Black’s BLACK BOX one better: it grants wishes to anyone who holds it.  Before long, wishes-gone-wrong have left the neighborhood swarming with tiny spaceships, crocodile armies, giant boogers…and outrageous magical mayhem around every corner.  But it’s not until the grown-ups get their hands on the Rock that the trouble really starts.  Now Toe and his newfound friends must join forces to save their town from itself, discovering along the way that what you wish for is not always what you want.

Rated: PG for mild action and some rude humor.

www.shortsmovie.com

THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE

Release Date August 14th

Cast: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston

Romantic Drama.  Based on the best-selling book about a love that transcends time.  Clare has been in love with Henry her entire life.  She believes they are destined to be together, even though she never knows when they will be separated: Henry is a time traveler—cursed with a rare genetic anomaly that causes him to live his life on a shifting timeline, skipping back and forth through his lifespan with no control.  Despite the fact that Henry’s travels force them apart with no warning, Clare desperately tries to build a life with her one true love.

Rated: PG-13 for thematic elements, brief disturbing images, nudity and sexuality.

www.thetimetravelerswifemovie.com

FINAL DESTINATION: DEATH TRIP

Release Date August 28th

Horror.   On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O’Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave… escaping seconds before Nick’s frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they’ve cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one—in increasingly gruesome ways—Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination.  The film marks the latest in the highly popular “Final Destination” series, and its first 3D installment, giving horror fans an especially visceral thrill ride.

www.finaldestinationmovie.com

WHITEOUT

Release Date September 11th

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Alex O’Loughlin, Shawn Doyle, Tom Skerritt

Suspense Thriller.  Carrie Stetko, the lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica, is investigating the continent’s first murder, which draws her into a shocking mystery.  Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer.

Rated: R for violence, grisly images, brief strong language and some nudity.

www.whiteoutmovie.com