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Based on information provided by the Dark Horizons site and internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in August

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
Opens: August 3

The oh-so-wimpy Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) gets himself into more mischief when he spends the summer working at a country club. The cast includes Steve Zahn, Rachael Harris and Devon Bostick.

Soldiers of Fortune
Opens: August 3

Captain Craig McKenzie (Christian Slater), a former US special forces soldier, is hired to protect a group of millionaires who want to experience firsthand the kicks and thrills of war. However, the mission goes horribly wrong and the men get a lot more than they bargained for. The film also stars Sean Bean, Dominic Monaghan, Ving Rhames and James Cromwell

Total Recall
Opens: August 3

This is a remake of the 1990 film starring Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Bryan Cranston, Jessica Biel and Bill Nighy.

Hope Springs
Opens: August 10

Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) is a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she attempts to persuade her skeptical husband, a steadfast man of routine, to get on a plane for a week of marriage therapy.

The Bourne Legacy
Opens: August 10

The fourth film in the franchise will focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). The cast includes Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen and Albert Finney.

The Odd Life of Timothy Green
Opens: August 15

This film is an inspiring, magical story about a happily married couple, Cindy and Jim Green (Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton), who can’t wait to start a family but can only dream about what their child would be like. When young Timothy (CJ Adams) shows up on their doorstep one stormy night, Cindy and Jim–and their small town of Stanleyville–learn that sometimes the unexpected can bring some of life’s greatest gifts. The cast includes Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest and Rosemarie DeWitt.

Cosmopolis
Opens: August 17

The film follows a single cataclysmic day in the life of Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson), a 28-year-old financial whiz kid and billionaire asset manager as he heads out in his tricked-out stretch limo to get a haircut from his father’s old barber, while remotely wagering his company’s massive fortune on a bet against the Chinese Yuan. Co-stars include Samantha Morton, Paul Giamatti, Juliette Binoche, Sarah Gadon, Jay Baruchel and Kevin Durand.

ParaNorman
Opens: August 17

This 3D stop-motion comedy thriller focuses on a small town that comes under siege by zombies. The voices will be provided by Kodi Smit-McPhee, Casey Affleck, Tempsett Bledsoe, Jodelle Ferland and John Goodman (among others).

Sparkle
Opens: August 17

Musical prodigy, Sparkle (Jordin Sparks) struggles to become a star while overcoming issues that are tearing her family apart. From an affluent Detroit area and daughter to a single mother (the late Whitney Houston), she tries to balance a new romance with music manager, Stix (Derek Luke) while dealing with the unexpected challenges her new life will bring as she and her two sisters (Carmen Ejogo and Tika Sumpter) strive to become a dynamic singing group during the Motown-era.

The Expendables 2
Opens: August 17

Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunnar Jensen (Dolph Lundgren),Toll Road (Randy Couture) and Hale Caesar (Terry Crews) — with newest members Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) and Maggie (Yu Nan) aboard — are reunited when Mr. Church (Bruce Willis) enlists the Expendables to take on a seemingly simple job. Cast includes Jean Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Hit and Run
Opens: August 24

This film is about Charlie Bronson (Dax Shepard), a nice guy with a questionable past who risks everything when he busts out of the witness protection program to deliver his fiancée (Kristen Bell) to Los Angeles to seize a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Their road trip grows awkwardly complicated, when they are chased by the feds (led by Tom Arnold) and increasingly dangerous, when Charlie’s former pals, a band of gangsters (led by Bradley Cooper), enter the fray. Co-stars include Beau Bridges and Kristin Chenoweth.

Premium Rush
Opens: August 24

A crooked cop (Michael Shannon) pursues a New York City bike messenger (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) carrying a dubious package. The cast includes Jamie Chung, Aaron Tveit, Dania Ramirez and Lauren Ashley Carter.

The Apparition
Opens: August 24

When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force.

Lawless
Opens: August 29

This film is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. The loyalty of three brothers (Tom Hardy, Shia LeBeouf and Jason Clarke) is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave. The cast includes Gary Oldman, Guy Pearce and Jessica Chastain.

7500
Opens: August 31

This film focuses on a group of passengers who encounter what appears to be a supernatural force while on a transpacific flight. The cast includes Ryan Kwanten, Leslie Bibb and Christian Serratos.

The Good Doctor
Opens: August 31

Martin Blake (Orlando Bloom) is a British medical student who has come to the United States to begin a residency at a hospital in Southern California. Blake is handsome and charming, but beneath the surface he’s an arrogant man who longs to wield power over others. He doesn’t fare well with his first few patients, and is on shaky ground with his superiors when he begins treating Diane (Riley Keough), a beautiful teenage girl with a kidney infection. Diane is clearly taken with Blake’s good looks and they enjoy one another’s company, while his superiors are impressed with the care he’s taken with her. But Blake doesn’t want Diane released too quickly, and begins adjusting her medication to that her infection will take longer to clear up. Jimmy (Michael Pena), an orderly, notices what Blake is doing, and threatens to expose him unless he wants — a steady supply of pharmaceuticals. The cast includes Rob Morrow, Taraji P. Henson, J.K. Simmons and Troy Garity.

The Possession
Opens: August 31

Shortly after her parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick) divorce, a young girl purchases an ornate antique box at a yard sale. In the weeks that follow, the young girl forms an intense fixation on the box, her behavior growing increasingly bizarre as she falls into the grip of a diabolical apparition. When the girl’s father discovers that the relic is in fact a holding cell for the disconnected soul of a deceased person who has been denied entry into the afterlife and needs a human host to inhabit, he fights to rid her of the evil that threatens to consume her body and soul. The cast includes Natasha Calis, Madison Davenport and Grant Show.

The Tall Man
Opens: August 31

In an isolated, slowly dying mining town, children are vanishing without a trace – abducted, the townsfolk whisper, by a mysterious entity known locally as “The Tall Man.” Town nurse Julia Denning (Jessica Biel) seems skeptical until her young David disappears in the middle of night. Frantic to rescue the boy, Julia lives every parent’s darkest nightmare. Co-stars include Jodelle Ferland, Stephen McHattie, William B. Davis and Samantha Ferris.

Movies coming out in September will be posted at the end of August

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

The Amazing Spider-Man
Opens: July 3

Typical teenager Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield) embraces his incredible destiny after uncovering one of his father’s most carefully guarded secrets. The cast includes Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Campbell Scott, Sally Field and Martin Sheen

The Magic of Belle Isle
Opens: July 6

Morgan Freeman plays a washed-up alcoholic writer trapped in a wheelchair who gets a second lease on life thanks to a single mother and her three kids, who are his new neighbors, helping reignite his passion for writing. The cast includes Virginia Madsen and Madeline Carroll.

Ice Age: Continental Drift 3D
Opens: July 13

A continental cataclysm leads to a mostly seaborne tale including a ragtag group of animal pirates. The sloth reunites with his family and the saber-toothed tiger finds love. The voice cast includes Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Queen Latifah, Seann William Scott, Jennifer Lopez, Peter Dinklage, Aziz Ansari, Wanda Sykes, Rebel Wilson, Joy Behar, Alan Tudyk, Keke Palmer, Drake and Nicki Minaj.

Red Lights
Opens: July 13

Veteran paranormal researchers Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy) debunk fraudulent claims of ghost whispering, faith healing and other psychic phenomena by detecting what Matheson calls “red lights,” the subtle tricks behind every staged supernatural occurrence. But when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver (Robert De Niro) comes out of retirement after 30 years, his once-fearless adversary Matheson warns Buckley to back off, fearing reprisal from the powerful Silver. The cast includes Elizabeth Olsen and Joely Richardson.

Union Square
Opens: July 13

NYC’s Union Square is the setting for an unexpected reunion between two estranged sisters, one on the verge of getting married, and the other on the verge of a nervous breakdown: Lucy (Mira Sorvino) and her younger sister Jenny’s (Tammy Blanchard). The cast includes Patti LuPone.

The Dark Knight Rises
Opens: July 20

The third and final installment picks up after the events of The Dark Night with Batman (Christian Bale) pitted against the deadly bane (Tom Hardy) and Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman (Anne Hathaway). The cast includes Gary Oldman, Michael Caine, Joseph Gordon Levitt and Marion Cotillard.

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

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

Snow White and the Huntsman
Opens: June 1

In the alternative world of the Middle Ages, the ruthless Queen Ravenna has conquered several European kingdoms and plans to take over the Kingdom of England, but she realizes that her stepdaughter, Snow White, is destined to surpass her not only as the “Fairest One of All,” but also as the kingdom’s successor. The cast includes Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth, Sam Clafin and Ian McShane.

Bel Ami
Opens: June 8

This film chronicles the rise of a young man to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city’s most influential and wealthy women. The cast include Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci and Colm Meaney.

Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
Opens: June 8

Four former zoo animals still trying to return to New York end up stranded in Monte Carlo; from there they join a travelling circus which moves around several European cities, along the way helping the other creatures in the circus rediscover their passion for performing. Voices will be provided by Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, David Schwimmer, Jada Pinkett-Smith and Frances McDormand.

Prometheus
Opens: June 8

In the late 21st century, a star map is discovered within the archaeological imagery of several otherwise unconnected cultures. The crew of the faster-than-light spaceship, Prometheus, are sent on a scientific expedition to follow the map as part of an outer space exploration mission to find the origins of mankind. Exploring the advanced civilization of an extraterrestrial race and discovering their amazing technology, they soon face a threat to humanity’s very existence. The cast includes Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Guy Pearce.

Safety Not Guaranteed
Opens: June 8

The film follows three employees of a magazine as they investigate an ad that reads: “Wanted: Somebody to go back in time with me. This is not a joke. You’ll get paid after we get back. Must bring your own weapons. I have only done this once before. Safety not guaranteed.” The film stars Aubrey Plaza, Jake M. Johnson, Karan Soni and Mark Duplass.

Rock of Ages
Opens: June 15

The film follows waitress Sherrie Christian (Julianne Hough) and busboy Drew Boley (Diego Boneta) who fall in love during the pop metal era of the 1980s. The cast includes Russell Brand, Alec Baldwin, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Tom Cruise, Malin Akerman, Paul Giamatti and Mary J. Blige.

The Woman in the Fifth
Opens: June 15

Ethan Hawke plays American writer who moves to Paris to try and rebuild his relationship with his estranged wife and his six year-old daughter. It soon comes to light he has a history of violence and a not particularly good grasp on reality – he soon ends up robbed and stuck in a seedy hotel where things take a turn for the decidedly weird. The cast includes Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig and Samir Guesmi.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Opens: June 22

This film re-imagines the life of President Abraham Lincoln to have a secret identity as a vampire killer who seeks the beast that killed his mother. The cast includes Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

Brave
Opens: June 22

This animation film involves a feisty young princess setting out to discover true bravery to undo a curse on the kingdom. The voices will be provided by Kelly Macdonald, Julie Walters, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson and Kevin McKidd.

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Opens: June 22

The story has an extinction-level meteor shower headed for Earth and a man (Steve Carrell) finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He ends up going on a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart with the help of a neighbor (Kiera Knightley), who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan. The cast includes Melanie Lynskey, Adam Brody, William Petersen, Patton Oswalt, Connie Britton, Rob Corddry and Mark Moses.

Magic Mike
Opens: June 29

The story is loosely based on actor Channing Tatum’s experiences as a teenage male stripper in Florida in the late 90’s where he was mentored by the titular Mike. In the film, Tatum will take on the role of Mike. The cast includes Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Bomer and Joe Manganiello.

People Like Us
Opens: June 29

This film tells the story of a struggling man who, after flying home to L.A. for the funeral of his estranged record-producer father, discovers that the will stipulates that he must deliver $150,000 in cash to a 30-year-old alcoholic sister he never knew existed, and her troubled 12-year-old son. The cast includes Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde, Elizabeth Banks, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mark Duplass and Jon Favreau.

Take This Waltz
Opens: June 29

The film centers around Margot, a 28 year old freelance writer who lives in a charming house on a leafy street in the Little Portugal section of Toronto, as she struggles with and examines her feelings for Lou, her husband of five years, while exploring a new relationship with Daniel, an artist and rickshaw driver who lives across the street. The cast includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Sarah Silverman and Luke Kirby.

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

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