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Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Director: Dave Filoni
Stars: Matt Lanter, Nika Futterman, Tom Kane (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Plot: Filling the gap between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, this animated tale chronicles the on-going intragalactic battle involving the Jedis of the Republic and the battle droids of the Trade Federation.

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THE BUZZ: Warner Bros. releases this kid-friendly SW filler as the studio's Dark Knight prepares to eclipse the original Skywalker classic as the #2 box-office champ of all time. We love irony more than animation, but that doesn't mean diehards won't line up for some further Clone Wars backstory, no matter how much Harry Knowles hated it.

Message Boards: I liked it | If your going to make another star wars movie..

Tropic Thunder [8/13]

Director: Ben Stiller
Stars: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. (Full Cast)
Studio: DreamWorks Distribution

The Plot: While shooting a big-budget war movie, a group of actors (Stiller, Black, Downey Jr., and others) are forced to become soldiers in a real-life conflict.

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THE BUZZ: Want to get people to forget about Owen Wilson dropping out of this project? Easy, just put the formerly troubled Robert Downey Jr. in some eyebrow-raising make up, create a cameo that will potentially revive a star's career, spread around a now-standard red-band trailer, and generate some last-minute controversy and suddenly Pineapple Express seems so PG-13.

Message Boards: Your 'Only person to laugh in the theater' moment | Downy Jr. is racist.

Mirrors

Director: Alexandre Aja
Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Amy Smart (Full Cast)
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

The Plot: An ex-cop (Sutherland) and his family are the target of a evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.

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THE BUZZ: This unspeakable evil found a crack in Fox's summer schedule, and while I think Alexandre Aja's latest assault on the senses might come and go faster than an episode of "24," the movie's best bet for traction with late-season audiences might be this boundary-pushing red-band trailer. Click on it only if you want to see Amy Smart pull apart her face.

Message Boards: lt's still Jack Bauer we see up there. | I don't get the ending of the film....(spoilers)

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Director: Woody Allen
Stars: Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Javier Bardem (Full Cast)
Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

The Plot: Two girlfriends (Hall and Johansson) on a summer holiday in Spain become enamored with the same painter (Bardem), fully unaware that his ex-wife (Cruz), with whom he has a tempestuous relationship, is about to re-enter the picture.

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THE BUZZ: Hey, did you hear that Woody Allen has made a fun, breezy, holiday postcard of a movie, one in which Rebecca Hall reunites with her Prestige castmate, then outperforms her? That's the report from Cannes; however, all those stories you heard about a ménage a trois here and a sex scene between Scarlett J. and Penélope C. there turn out to be less frothy than for what you would hope (and, I have to say, more innocent than anything Allen would imagine privately). Though, as you would expect, Cruz owns the movie upon her entrance, one who eviscerates the Americans before bursting into tears, eyeliner streaming down her beautiful face ...

Message Boards: The Narrator | Allen trying to be Almodovar

The Girl Cut in Two [LA/NY]

Director: Claude Chabrol
Stars: Ludivine Sagnier, Benoît Magimel, François Berléand (Full Cast)
Studio: IFC Films

The Plot: Gabrielle (Sagnier) is desired by two men, a popular novelist twice her age (Berleand) and an industrial heir unfamiliar with not getting what he wants (Magimel). When the former man tires of her, she marries the latter, setting into motion a tragic series of events.

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THE BUZZ: It's a fortuitous time for French cinema, with Tell No One (in which Girl's François Berléand co-stars), Roman de gare, and OSS 117 all making inroads at the art house this summer. Will Claude Chabrol's latest trump them all? No, according to most critics, though with a sumptuous trailer and a few beautiful, familiar faces, I think the French invasion has at least one more wave in it.

Message Boards: I liked it | ¿Anyone else find it a bland and pretentious movie?

Henry Poole Is Here [limited]

Director: Mark Pellington
Stars: Luke Wilson, , George Lopez (Full Cast)
Studio: Overture Films

The Plot: Henry Poole (Wilson) abandons his fiancée and family business to spend what he believes are his remaining days alone ... until the discovery of a "miracle" by a nosy neighbor ruptures his solitude and restores his faith in life.

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THE BUZZ: Mark Pellington is excellent at making TV programs (The United States of Poetry, Cold Case) and decent when creating music videos (Pearl Jam and a host of other rockerz), but when it comes to his movies (Arlington Road, The Mothman Prophecies), perhaps he needs more time perfecting his craft. Well good luck with Henry, an underdog comedy-drama hybrid starring was-I-ever-truly-a-movie-star Luke Wilson that yawned it's way through Sundance earlier this year, with most reviewers citing Pellington's heavy-handed handling of the themes of faith and redemption. And the trailer reveals yet another shameless attempt to Abigail Breslinize everything.

Message Boards: The Worst Movie I've Seen in Years | Does this movie really enrage people?

Fly Me to the Moon 3D

Director: Ben Stassen
Stars: Trevor Gagnon, Philip Bolden, David Gore (Full Cast)
Studio: K2 Communications

The Plot: Three houseflies get launched into outer space when they sneak aboard Apollo 11's historical lunar mission.

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THE BUZZ: Flushed Away in space? This latest 3D offering hails from Europe where it was considered quite the success story…in Belgium. Getting a Desperate Housewife and an Apollo astronaut to ride along could help its chances to blast off Stateside. As for the buzz on Buzz? Anyone who gets away with punching a guy could only benefit from a cutesy cartoon to soften his image.

Message Boards: You realize this is a childrens movie? | My Kids Loved It !

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