Your New Movie Releases for the weekend of June 1st, 2012

[Earende]

Have a terrific weekend all!

   
Snow White and the Huntsman
    In the epic action-adventure Snow White and the Huntsman, Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen out to destroy her. But what the wicked ruler never imagined is that the young woman threatening her reign has been training in the art of war with a huntsman dispatched to kill her.
    
Piranha 3DD
    There's something in the water . . . again. And this time no one is safe from the flesh eating fish as they sink their razor sharp teeth into the visitors of the best summer attraction, The Big Wet Water Park.
    
High School
    The story centers on a high school valedictorian who, after getting high with the school stoner and facing a drug test, makes what seems like the only logical decision: getting the entire school stoned so he can beat the test by making everyone fail.
    
A Cat in Paris
    Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night he sneaks out the window to work with Nico, a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. The cat’s two worlds collide when young Zoe decides to follow Dino on his nocturnal adventures – and falls into the hands of Victor Costa, a blustery gangster planning the theft of a rare statue. Now cat and cat burglar must team up to save Zoe from the bumbling thieves, leading to a thrilling acrobatic finale on top of Notre Dame. A Cat in Paris is a warm and richly humorous love letter to classic noir films and the stylized wit of the Pink Panther cartoons – and Dino the cat manages to steal the show with little more than a subtle swish of the tail and quiet mew.
    
The Loved Ones
    When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
    
6 Month Rule
    A womanizer teaches his clueless friend the rules about being single and avoiding emotional attachment.
    
Apartment 143
    A team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomena occurring in an apartment building.
    
Battlefield America
    Staring Marques Houston (Sean Lewis), Mekia Cox (Sarah Miller), Lynn Whitfield (Marcia Parker), and a slew of talented young dancers, Battlefield America appeals to a wide audience in this multi-faceted motion picture about dancing, self-discovery and believing in yourself.
    Filmed in Los Angeles, “Battlefield America” tells the story of Sean Lewis (Houston), a successful businessman sentenced to community service for a DUI. Forced by children’s center director (Cox) to teach a band of misfits how to dance, Sean (Houston) winds up learning much more about himself than he ever imagined. Talented youth dancers – Tristen Carter (Eric), Edward Mandell (Marv), Kida Burns (Tommy) and Camren Bicondova (Prissy) - steal the show in underground dance competition (aka “battles”).
    
For Greater Glory
    The film’s adventure unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War.
    
The Angels' Share
    Narrowly avoiding jail, new dad Robbie vows to turn over a new leaf. A visit to a whisky distillery inspires him and his mates to seek a way out of their hopeless lives.
    
U.N. Me
    When the United Nations was founded more than sixty years ago, it embodied our hope for a safer, more peaceful world. But as reports of human rights violations and international conflicts make daily headlines, a question arises: Is the United Nations living up to its founding ideals? The answer is a resounding no.
    
Ultrasonic
    A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
    
Wallander: The Revenge
    Based on an original story from immensely popular Swedish crime writer Henning Mankell, Wallander: The Revenge follows the titular chief inspector Kurt Wallander (Krister Henriksson) as he investigates crimes and solves mysteries in the deceptively dark underbelly of picturesque modern Sweden.

[Bill Ryan]

Earende,

 

I hope to see "Wallander: the Revenge" when on Vacation in Florida later this month.  It will be interesting to compare Krister Henriksson with Kenneth Branagh who has starred in the Masterpiece Mystery edition.  You always do a great job in your reviews of films.  Take care.

 

Bill Ryan