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Terminator Salvation: May 21. You've already heard star Christian Bale's obscene rant on-set, so what happens when he turns that intensity on the bad guys in this movie? Bale plays John Connor, who leads the human resistance against the machines that take over after a nuclear holocaust. But one of those killer robots has been reprogrammed to do good or has he? You'll have to see McG's continuation of James Cameron's sci-fi classic to find out.![Up]()
Up: May 29. From the director of "Monsters, Inc." comes this 3-D Pixar computer-animated adventure comedy, featuring the voice of Ed Asner. He plays Carl, a cranky old man who decides to finally have an adventure he's always dreamed of. He inflates enough helium balloons to lift his house and float it through the clouds to the Amazon jungle only to discover that he's got a pre-teen Boy Scout as a stowaway.![Whatever Works]()
Whatever Works: June 19. Larry David meets Woody Allen - could this clash of neurotics lead to some kind of psychological China syndrome that melts a hole through the Earth? It should also lead to laughs. David plays a deep thinker who marries a girl less than half his age (Evan Rachel Wood), much to the displeasure of her parents. It's Woody's first movie to be shot in New York since the best-forgotten "Melinda and Melinda" in 2004.![Public Enemies]()
Public Enemies: July 1. Director Michael Mann ("Heat," "Collateral") goes Depression-era gangsta. He's got Johnny Depp as former Public Enemy #1 John Dillinger and Christian Bale as Melvin Purvis, the G-man who hunted him down. Toss in Billy Crudup ("Watchmen") as J. Edgar Hoover and you've got yourself a good old-fashioned action-drama, complete with great suits, classic cars and Thompson submachine guns.![Humpday]()
Humpday: July 10. Call it independent, call it mumblecore but call it outrageously funny. This Sundance sensation stars indie auteur Mark Duplass as a married guy whose life is turned inside out by an unexpected visit from a crazy college friend who's still a party animal. And he's got the idea of winning a local home-made-porn contest by having the two of them get down on video as a joke, but definitely for real. This could be this summer's biggest potty-mouth sleeper.![Bruno]()
Bruno: July 10. Sacha Baron Cohen takes his real-life improv comedy to the next level with his follow-up to "Borat." Bruno, a gay German media star, tours America in search of what is cool like adopting a baby from Africa (which he names O.J.). Baron Cohen pushes the envelope of taste so far that the film initially got an NC-17 rating. That's been scaled back to an R, but you can still expect outrageously tasteless humor from fearless British comedian.![(500) Days of Summer]()
(500) Days of Summer: July 17. Another hit at Sundance, this romantic comedy teams Joseph Gordon-Levitt with Zooey Deschanel, playing a greeting-card writer and his girlfriend. They're on again, they're off again, they're living in the past, they're looking toward the future it's got a little bit of something for everyone, with Deschanel making her bid to become the go-to rom-com star of the 21st century.![Cold Souls]()
Cold Souls: August 7. Think "Being John Malkovich" with this weirdly funny, oddly touching comedy starring Paul Giamatti. He plays an actor named (wait for it) Paul Giamatti, who find himself tortured by playing the title role in a stage production of "Uncle Vanya." So he has his soul extracted and put on ice and finds that life is so much easier. Hilarious complications ensue; but don't they always?![Taking Woodstock]()
"Taking Woodstock": August 14. Ang Lee seems an unlikely candidate to direct a period comedy about Woodstock yes, that Woodstock. This one is based on a true story, about a young man (played by comedian Demetri Martin) who inadvertently triggers what turns out to be the era-defining, landmark rock festival in a farmer's field in August 1969. By the way, the release date coincides with the 40th anniversary of the actual Woodstock.![Inglourious Basterds]()
Inglourious Basterds: August 21. Last but obviously not least is the spelling-challenged Quentin Tarantino and his version of a best-forgotten 1978 exploitation film. QT's version casts Brad Pitt as the leader of a group of Jewish-American GI's who rampage through Europe during World War II, scalping Nazis. Yes, I said scalping. This has been the one Tarantino's been talking about making for years; it has its debut at Cannes in May.
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