Summer Cinema Preview
June 3 - Terminator:Salvation (12A)
Top Talent: Christian Bale, Helena Bonham Carter and yummy newcomer Sam WorthingtonThe Score: The year is 2018, and John Connor (Bale) is leading the human resistance in an attempt to infiltrate Skynet – the computer mainframe baddie – and shut down the robot forces, until he’s lured into trap to rescue Kyle Reese, the protector who went back in time to save him in the first film. Can John beat the machines, save Kyle and therefore his own existence...?
Why You Have To See It: Plot sounding a bit complicated? Well, that’s because it is! Fans of the rest of The Terminator series won’t be able to keep away though, Arnie or no Arnie.
June 12 - Last House On the Left (18)
Top Talent: While the actors might not be well known, this gore-fest was produced by master of horror Wes Craven, who wrote and directed the 1972 original
The Score: A terrifying gang of sociopathic criminals kidnap and attack two friends, leaving them for dead, only to find themselves accidentally taking shelter in the house of their victim’s family. When the truth comes out, the parents decide to wreak their own especially gruesome type of revenge...
Why You Have To See It: This violence-packed horror isn’t for sensitive stomachs but you’ll love it if you’re looking for some summertime frights
June 26 – Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (12A)
Top Talent: Shia LaBoeuf! Megan Fox! Josh Duhamel! Could this cast get any hotter?
The Score: Sam Witwicky (GLAMOUR.com favourite Shia LaBeouf) join forces again to save Earth from the daddy of Decepticon’s, The Fallen.
Why You Have To See It: Cos if it’s hot bods and bombastic sci-fi action you’re looking for, you won’t find better anywhere else!
Universal StudiosJuly 10 – Brüno
Top Talent: Sacha Baron Cohen as his über-camp alter-ego Brüno alongside a cast of bemused extras, including Paula Abdul
The Score: The working title, ‘Delicious journeys through America For the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner In A Mesh T-Shirt’ says a lot about what to expect. Be prepared to be in creases watching Baron Cohen basically ripping into rednecks, A-listers and the army under the guise of Austrian fashionista Brüno.
Why You Have To See It: Er, because Borat was, like, so 2006.
PA PhotosJuly 15 – Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (12A)
Top Talent: The usual Potter crew – Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Julie Walters, Helena Bonham Carter and Jim Broadbent. It’s like a veritable who’s who of Brit thespians!
The Score: Voldemort is back – and he and the Death Eaters are causing havoc for Harry and the rest of the Hogwarts crew. While Dumbledore tries to prepare Potter for the inevitable battle to come, the teen wizards get a little distracted by some new romances...
Why You Have To See It: Because the Harry Potter films just keep getting better and better!
July 22 – The Proposal (12A)
Top Talent: Sandra Bullock and the ever-hunky Mr Scarlett Johansson, Ryan Reynolds
The Score: Bullock plays magazine editor Margaret who, in a desperate bid not to be shipped back to her native Canada, pretends to be engaged to cute yet downtrodden assistant Andrew (Reynolds). He goes along with the prank, but not without some conditions of his own...
Why You Have To See It: This easygoing summer rom com will have us laughing it all the way to the top of the box office charts. That, and the chance to ogle Ryan Reynolds is always worth a trip to the flicks.
July 31 – Coco Before Chanel (12A)
Top Talent: The gorgeous Audrey Tautou captures all the grace of a young Coco Chanel in this movie’s leading role
The Score: This true-to-life, beautiful film tells the early story of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel; from her beginnings in a Catholic orphanage through her rise to the top of the fashion (and society) ranks
Why You Have To See It: For an insight into the mind of one of fashion’s most important and trailblazing icons
August 7 – GI Joe Paramount
Top Talent: Sienna Miller, Channing Tatum, Karolina Kurkova and Joseph Gordon Levitt provide the eye candy in this action extravaganza
The Score: It’s a big budget, all-action tale of the rise of the Cobra organisation – the arch nemesis of the crack military GI Joe squad – which features a healthy helping of guns, girls and crazy special effects.
Why You Have To See It: This is Sienna’s first big action role – but the question is, is she any good?! You decide...
New Line/Everett/Rex FeaturesAugust 14 – The Time Traveler’s Wife
Top Talent: Rachel McAdams and Eric Bana sizzle on set as the troubled couple in this best-selling book adaptation
The Score: Bana plays your average Chicago librarian – average apart from the fact he suffers from a weird genetic disorder which makes him involuntarily travel through time, which makes his marriage to the gorgeous Clare (McAdams) more than a little difficult.
Why You Have To See It: It’s the most romantic thing we’ve seen since The Notebook had us sobbing into our popcorn.
Francois DuhamelAugust 21 – Inglourious Basterds
Top Talent: Brad, Mike Myers, Samuel L. Jackson and Diane Kruger, all directed under the genius hands of Quentin Tarantino
The Score: A French-Jewish girl on the run, a group of Jewish American soldiers with an intent to get revenge and an undercover German spy join forces to bring down the Third Reich, Tarantino style.
Why You Have To See It: If you’re looking for something apart from the average summer no-brainer, this is the perfect antidote.
