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JUNE 23
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Plot: Tired of the pressures of everyday life, a family man (Adam Sandler) discovers a remote control that fast forwards through the less appealing points of his existence.
Talking Points: Director Frank Coraci previously worked with Sandler on The Wedding Singer and The Waterboy ... Christopher Walken appears in one of his patented eccentric roles, as the inventor who gives Sandler's character the remote.
WAIST DEEP
Plot: An ex-con known as 02 (Tyrese Gibson) hopes that his unscrupulous cousin (Larenz Tate) and his hustler friend (Meagan Good) will help him rescue his son from the clutches of gang leader Meat (played by rapper The Game).
Talking Points: Writer-director Vondie Curtis-Hall previously shot 1997's Gridlock'd, one of two Tupac Shakur films released after the rapper's murder.
JUNE 30
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
Plot: Fresh out of college, a young woman (Anne Hathaway) learns the ropes from her new boss, the tempestuous editor of a fashion magazine (Meryl Streep).
Talking Points: This is based on Lauren Weisberger's best-selling novel ... Director David Frankel is best known for his extensive TV work (Entourage, Sex and the City, Band of Brothers).
SUPERMAN RETURNS
Plot: After mysteriously disappearing for several years, the Man of Steel (Brandon Routh) returns to Earth, where he tries to rekindle the flames of romance with Lois Lane (Kate Bosworth); unfortunately, he also has to prevent Lex Luthor (Kevin Spacey) from destroying him.
Talking Points: For my money, 1978's Superman remains the greatest superhero film ever made; fellow fan (and Returns director) Bryan Singer also adores that movie, which bodes well for this latest chapter ... In a game of musical directors, Singer left the X-Men franchise (after helming the first two flicks) to direct this picture; Brett Ratner, at one point attached to Superman Returns, jumped over to make X-Men: The Last Stand ... The supporting cast includes Frank Langella, Parker Posey and James Marsden (X-Men's Cyclops).
JULY 5
LITTLE MAN
Plot: A criminal dwarf (Marlon Wayans) gets adopted by a couple (Shawn Wayans and Kerry Washington) who mistakes him for a baby.
Talking Points: Talking points? Frankly, I'm left speechless.
JULY 7
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
Plot: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) matches wits with Davy Jones (Bill Nighy), with Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) again coming to his aid.
Talking Points: Depp returns in the role that earned him his first Oscar nomination ... As with The Matrix sequels, both this second installment and an upcoming third part were filmed back-to-back.
A SCANNER DARKLY
Plot: A government agent (Keanu Reeves) is ordered to report on his friends' drug activities.
Talking Points: As he did with Waking Life, writer-director Richard Linklater employs the rotoscoping technique (filming actors and then tracing over them) for this animated feature ... This is based on the book by Philip K. Dick, whose other works were filmed as Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall ... The cast also includes Winona Ryder, Robert Downey Jr. and Woody Harrelson.
JULY 14
PATHFINDER
Plot: A Norse warrior (Karl Urban) raised by Native Americans tries to protect them when the Vikings (his former comrades) return to destroy them.
Talking Points: Urban is carving out a career as the screen go-to warrior: He previously played Eomer in the Lord of the Rings flicks and also flexed his muscles in Doom and The Chronicles of Riddick ... Director Marcus Nispel has spent most of his career helming music videos for the likes of Billy Joel, Janet Jackson and Cher.
PULSE
Plot: Arguably worse than run-of-the-mill spam, a cryptic e-mail making the rounds causes the recipients to commit suicide.
Talking Points: Following The Ring, The Grudge and Dark Water, this is the latest Hollywood remake of a Japanese horror flick ... Kristen Bell, the star of TV's Veronica Mars, heads the youthful cast.
YOU, ME AND DUPREE
Plot: A newlywed couple (Kate Hudson and Matt Dillon) invite his best friend (Owen Wilson), now homeless and unemployed, to crash on their couch, little realizing that he plans to make himself a permanent resident in their home.
Talking Points: Directors (and brothers) Anthony and Joe Russo are best known for their work on TV's Arrested Development ... Michael Douglas appears as Hudson's father.
JULY 21
LADY IN THE WATER
Plot: A resident (Paul Giamatti) at an apartment complex discovers that the young woman (Bryce Dallas Howard) he's befriended is actually a "narf," a mythological creature who needs help to return to her world.
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