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 movie theatres in July:
Larry Crowne
Opens: July 1
After Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks), a middle-aged man, is terminated from his job, he goes back to college, where he unexpectedly forms bonds with his fellow students and a romantic relationship with Mercedes Tainot, a professor (Julia Roberts). The cast also includes Bryan Cranston, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Nia Vardalos.
Monte Carlo
Opens: July 1
Three young girls (Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester), on a dream trip to Paris, sneak into the lobby of a five-star hotel where one of the girls is mistaken for a spoiled British heiress and before they get the chance to reveal their true identities, the girls are wrapped up in a whirlwind of paparazzi, private planes, couture gowns and the glamorous life. The movie also stars Catherine Tate and Cory Monteith.
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Opens: July 1
An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where one man’s experiments with genetic engineering leads to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. The cast includes James Franco, Tom Felton (Harry Potter franchise), Brian Cox, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tyler Labine and David Hewlett.
Horrible Bosses
Opens: July 8
Three frustrated friends (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis) believe their employers are holding them back from their true potential and so they conspire to murder each other’s bosses with unexpected and rather calamitous results. Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston co-star.
One Day
Opens: July 8 (REVISED: This movie has been moved to August 19!)
Emma and Dexter (Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess) meet on the night of their college graduation – July 15th, 1988. She is a working-class girl of principle and ambition. He is a wealthy charmer who dreams that the world will be his playground. We follow them across every July 15th over the next two decades as their friendship ebbs and flows with time and they come to the realisation of what they’re searching for. The cast also includes Romola Garai.
The Zookeeper
Opens: July 8
This live-action film stars Kevin James as Griffin Keyes, the kindhearted caretaker of the Franklin Park Zoo, who is beloved by the animals. However, when Griffin decides to get a more glamorous job with hopes of getting a woman in his life, the animals panic and break their time-honored code of silence and try to teach him the rules of courtship, animal style. The film also stars Rosario Dawson and Leslie Bibb and features the voices of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler and Sylvester Stallone.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part Two
Opens: July 15
Breaking into the Wizarding Bank Gringotts and then Hogwarts itself to destroy two more Horcruxes, our heroic trio find themselves in a final battle with Voldemort and his legions on the grounds of the school. It’s a battle not all will survive.
Lucky
Opens July 15
Colin Hanks stars as a wanna-be serial killer who ends up winning the lottery and pursues his life-long crush. The cast also includes Jeffrey Tambor, Ari Graynor, Mimi Rogers, Tom Amandes and Ann-Margret.
Salvation Boulevard
Opens: July 15
Set in the world of mega-churches in which a former Deadhead-turned-born again-Christian finds himself on the run from fundamentalist members of his mega-church who will do anything to protect their larger-than-life pastor. The cast includes Jennifer Connelly, Marisa Tomei, Pierce Brosnan, Ed Harris and Greg Kinnear.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Opens: July 15
The story revolves around the lifelong friendship of Lily and Snow Flower and their imprisonment by rigid cultural codes of conduct for women in 19th century China. At the same time, their ancestors in modern day Shanghai face their own issues. The cast includes Hugh Jackman and Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Vivian Wu and Archie Kao.
Winnie the Pooh
Opens: July 15
In the first big-screen Winnie the Pooh from Disney in 35 years, this all new adventure gathers up Winnie and the gang, Tigger, Rabbit, Piglet, Kanga, Roo and Eeyore for a quest to save Christopher Robin from an imaginary culprit. The film features the voices of Jim Cummings, Craig Ferguson, Tom Kenny and Travis Oates.
The Fields
Opens: July 16
The film focuses on the true story of a pair of police officers who undertook to solve two decades of disappearances and homicides – totaling as many as 60 victims – in the industrial wastelands surrounding the Texan Gulf Coast refineries. The cast includes Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Moretz and Jason Clarke.
Captain America: The First Avenger
Opens: July 22
After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans) volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero who sets out to stop an evil Nazi scientist who has become a nefarious being called The Red Skull. The film also stars Hugo Weaving, Hayley Atwell, Richard Armitage and Stanley Tucci.
Friends with Benefits
Opens: July 22
A young female headhunter in New York convinces a potential recruit to accept a job in the Big Apple. Despite an attraction to each other, both realize they’re everything they’ve been running from in a relationship and decide to see what happens if they leave emotion out of it and keep it strictly physical. The cast includes Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman and Bryan Greenberg.
Cowboys & Aliens
Opens: July 29
The film is set in1873 in Arizona Territory where a stranger with no memory of his past stumbles into the hard desert town of Absolution, a town about to experience fear it can scarcely comprehend as the desolate city is attacked by marauders from the sky. Now, the stranger they rejected is their only hope for salvation against the alien force. Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell and Paul Dano star.
Crazy Stupid Love
Opens: July 29
A loving father and husband (Steve Carrell) finds his life unraveling when his wife (Julianne Moore) threatens to divorce him. As a result he hires a slick life coach (Ryan Gosling) to try and help him save his marriage and family. The cast includes Marisa Tomei, Josh Groban and Emma Stone.
The Smurfs
Opens July 29
In this CGI and live-action film, the maladroit sorcerer Gargamel (voiced by Hank Azaria) finally discovers the location of Smurf Village where a chase ensues, ending with six Smurfs (plus Gargamel) getting sucked into a magical portal and winding up in New York City. Neil Patrick Harris and Jayma Mays star.
Movies coming out in August will be posted at the end of September.
Enjoy!
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