Rueben's Ramblings

Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in June:

Edge of Tomorrow
Opens: June 6

Lt. Col. William “Bill” Cage (Tom Cruise) and Special Forces soldier Rita Vrataski (Emily Blunt) team up to fight a hostile alien race known as Mimics with Cage continually returning to a fatal battle through a time loop. The cast includes Bill Paxton, Jeremy Piven, Lara Pulver (Sherlock and Da Vinci’s Demons) and Marianne Jean-Bapiste (Without a Trace).

The Fault in our Stars
Opens: June 6

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel (Shailene Woodley) has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. The cast includes Laura Dern, Sam Trammell (True Blood) and Willem Dafoe.

NOTE: Shailene and Ansel starred in the big screen adaptation of the Veronica Roth novel Divergent, playing brother and sister; but in this film they will be romantically linked.

How to Train Your Dragon 2
Opens: June 13

It has been five years since Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless successfully united Vikings and Dragons on the island of Berk. While Astrid (America Ferrera), Snotlout (Jonah Hill) and the rest of the gang are challenging each other to dragon races (the island’s new favorite contact sport), the now inseparable pair journey through the skies, charting unmapped territories and exploring new worlds. At the beginning, Hiccup is pressured by his father, Stoick (Gerard Butler), to become chief, but Hiccup declines and flies away from Berk to explore new lands. When one of their adventures leads to the discovery of a secret ice cave that is home to hundreds of new species of dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the center of a battle to protect the peace when Drago Bludvist (Djimon Hounsou) plans to raise an army of dragons to take over the world. Now, Hiccup and Toothless must unite to stand up for what they believe while recognizing that only together do they have the power to change the future of both men and dragons with the help of his long-lost mother and his friends. Other voices will be provided by Craig Ferguson, Kristen Wiig, Cate Blanchett and Kit Harington (Game of Thrones).

The Rover
Opens: June 13

In a dangerous near future in the Australian desert, Eric (Guy Pearce) has left everything behind, but when his last possession is stolen by a gang of dangerous criminals, Eric sets off on a hunt to find them. Along the journey he enlists the help of Rey (Robert Pattinson), the naïve and injured member of the gang, who was left behind. The cast includes Scoot McNairy.

The Signal
Opens: June 13

Nick and Jonah are MIT freshmen with a passion for hacking. While driving cross-country through Nevada with Nick’s girlfriend, Hailey, they follow rival hacker Nomad’s clues to a location 180 miles away. After a terrifying confrontation with Nomad in the middle of the desert, the trio regain consciousness in captivity. Struggling to comprehend the true nature of their confinement, they discover they are part of a plot much larger than themselves. The cast includes Laurence Fishburne, Brenton Thwaites (Oculus), Olivia Cooke (Bates Motel) and Sarah Clarke (24, Twilight franchise and The Tomorrow People).

Transformers: Age of Extinction
Opens: June 27

An inventor and a teenager discovers the Autobots leader Optimus Prime; and now it’s up to them to unite the Autobots to stop the earth from falling apart to pieces. The cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz (Bates Motel), Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci, Sophia Myles (Moonlight), Kelsey Grammer, Titus Welliver (Lost and The Good Wife) and Li Bingbing.

Snowpiercer
Opens: June 27

In the near future, an experiment to counteract global warming causes an ice age that kills nearly all life on Earth. The only survivors are the inhabitants of the ‘Snowpiercer’, a massive train, powered by a perpetual-motion engine that travels on a globe-spanning track. A class system is installed, with the elites inhabiting the front of the train and the poor inhabiting the tail. The cast includes Chris Evans, Jamie Bell (Turn), John Hurt, Tilda Swinton, Octavia Spencer, Ed Harris, Luke Pasqualino (The Borgias and The Musketeers) and Alison Pill (The Newsroom).

Movies coming out in July will be posted at the end of June.

Enjoy!

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