June 7th
This week features a battle between the comedic duo of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn in The Internship and the deadly serious Ethan Hawke thriller, The Purge. In the former, Owen and Vince star as salesmen who have been left behind by technology and decide to hit the re-start button by becoming over-aged interns at Google! And the Hunger Games-themes The Purge has a family battling for its life against a home invasion on the one 12 hour period a year when rule of law is made obsolete. Also in limited release are the Morton Downey Jr, docu-crama, Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr Story, Craig Robinson (who is all over the place these days) starring with Anna Kendrick in Rapture-Palooza, about a young woman who is left behind after the rapture only to become the object of the Devil's affections in another slice of comedic fare, and the foreign thriller entry Wish You Were Here, which has three friends dealing with the disappearance of a fourth friend after a vacation to the far east. Dirty Wars chronicles an investigative reporter's search for the truth in America's covert wars across the globe, while Joss Whedon takes time away from super-heroes to bring us the artsy Much Ado About Nothing, Alexis Bledel and Saorise Ronan are two teen hit women taking on organized crome in the quirky Violet & Daisy, and Judy Blume's novel Tiger Eyes gets the theatrical treatment with Willa Holland and Tatank Means in the leads. For us, The Purge is looking like just the type of intense thriller I have been waiting for. And I must admit to being a pretty big Ethan Hawke fan. Check out the trailer below!
June 14th
The second week of June boasts the much anticipated release of Man of Steel. The Superman franchise is looking to correct all of the faults of the last reboot attempt and I, for one, could not be more hopeful for this film. Henry Cavill is the new guy filling the shoes made famous by George Reeve and Christopher Reeves. Also on tap is the promising This is the End, starring a bunch of Hollywood actors who play themselves including Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Danny McBride, and more as they face the apocalypse from the Hollywood Hills. 20 Feet from Stardom is a documentary chronicling the life of back-up singers to some of the top artists in the industry. The Bling Ring follows a group of California teens who, obsessed with the glamorous life of celebrities, tracked and robbed them of millions in a movie based on real events. Hatchet III leaves nothing to the imagination in this third movie following the legend of Victor Crowley....horror fans rejoice. The choice is obvious here for me, and I encourage you to check out the Man of Steel trailer below as ample evidence of a justifiable excitement for the new relaunch!
June 21st
A lighter release schedule for the third week of June brings us a kid-friendly sequel, Monsters University, which reunites the characters voiced by John Goodman and Billy Crystal along with Hellen Mirren and Steve Buscemi. Competing for a different group of cineplex dollars will be the much-anticipated Brad Pitt apocalyptic action/thriller World War Z. Appearing in more limited fashion will be the foreign A Hijacking about a boat being taken by Somali pirates, and the small independently produced This is Martin Bonner, about a man who moves to Reno to take a prison job and is befriended by an ex-con who helps him to adjust to his new surroundings. As much as the zombie thing is beginning to be a bit passe for me (Walking Dead still rocks it), World War Z promises a little different spin on the subject matter and certainly makes it appealing to me. If I had to drop my bottom dollar, it would be on this one. Here is the trailer below!
June 28th
As we come to the end of June, Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy come roaring back to the big screen with a cop buddy movie done for the women in The Heat. Channing Tatum and Jaime Fox star in a movie we just saw done a few months ago in White House Down. Somebody really needs to tell these movie studios that they don't have to rush out their own version of the next big idea. Go create your own ideas for crying eye! Olympus Has Fallen was a decent movie in spite of some flaws, but this one looks downright laughable. But I digress....Byzantium tells the story of two women who claim to be vampires move into a British town, where they meet a decidedly skeptical community until strange things occur. Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan star. And finally we have the historical drama, Copperhead, which tells of a community torn apart by the politics of the Civil War in Northern New York. I am truly hoping that this movie gets wide enough release to not require too much travel as it is the pick of the week. No big names, but it looks to be a gem amidst the big summer blockbusters!
Please excuse our absence over the past few weeks, as some very wonderful personal things have been occuring of late including the exchanging of marital vows and new homes. We are back on our creative horse now, however, and looking forward to blogging on more topics weekly! Check back with us again very soon!
Chris (and the Great Stories Team)
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