Just to prove there are as many films as there are summer days, here are more heroes and villains, indie docs, comedies and horror flicks.
MAY:
May 3: A man relocates to the U.S. from Pakistan and is radicalized post- 9/11 in Mira Nair’s “The about rare whiskeys and working-class blokes.
May 10: Set in Iowa, shows the lengths Dennis Quaid’s character will go to save the family farm. In Olivier Assayas takes on the volatile 1960s — in Paris. Scandalous? Kerry Washington headlines Tyler Perry Inc.’s latest,
May 17: Hot off the fest circuit comes starring Michael Shannon as hitman/family guy Richard Kuklinski.
May 24: Animation goes environmentally conscious with the action-comedy about a girl who magically joins a band of eco-fighters. Installment six of the franchise suggests if it ain’t broke don’t call a mechanic. Noah Baumbach gets another goofball turn from Greta Gerwig in Pierce Brosnan always brings his A-game to indie films; in he plays a bitter widower. Henry James gets an update in starring Julianne Moore and Steve Coogan as exes in a bitter custody battle.
JUNE:
June 7: Sundance hit finds three teens figuring out friendship, manhood and what’s for dinner in the wild. The spirit of Robin Hood lives in as FBI agents pursue four masterful illusionists. finds a family faced with an annual rite of murderous mayhem.
June 14: In the French animated fable “The Painting” subjects of an unfinished artwork decide to complete the darn thing themselves. “No nukes is good news, or is it?” asks the documentary
June 21: Joss Whedon takes a break from directing Marvel’s “The Avengers” to revamp the Bard’s marvelous Cannes winner for best first feature, “Augustine” recounts the relationship of a kitchen maid and her doctor.
June 28: Orthodox Jewish Israeli filmmaker Rama Burshtein scored at festivals with her revealing debut about a young Hasidic woman who must chose between duty and desire. Terrance Stamp! Vanessa Redgrave! in a Brit import about a codger who joins his deceased wife’s choir.
June 28: Denver’s Women + Film Voices Film Fest closer returns for deeper reflection. Roland Emmerich takes aim at the nation’s Capitol yet again with starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx.
JULY:
July 3: Everyone’s favorite adoptive dad and quasi-villain Gru return in “ In the comic takes his show on the road, no DUI pun intended. Fox opens a 3-D version of its iconic blow-everything-up flick “Independence Day.”
July 5: Colorado native AnnaSophia Robb joins Steve Carell and Toni Collette in the coming-of-age dramedy Austrian documentary about bee colonies arrives with lots of festival buzz.
July 12: Proving that adults named Adam Sandler never learn, here comes
July 17: The phrase “moving at a snail’s pace” takes on fresh meaning in “Turbo,” an animated story about a snail with a need for speed.
July 19: Special AARPs, er Ops, agent Frank Moses and company return to fight another good fight in action-comedy Paranormal investigators Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson hunt evil spirits in “The Conjuring.” Indie-maverick Andrew Bujalski calls set in the 1980s, “an existential comedy about the oddball geniuses.” Checkmate. And we’re pretty excited about Pedro Almodóvar’s aviation spoof,
July 26: In the clawed guy travels to Japan. Fortunately he’s accompanied by director James Mangold (“Walk the Line” )
July 31: Why are Papa, Smurfette and the gang back for ? Because when it comes to global box office, blue is evidently the new green. Also opening in July: a thriller from Brian DePalma, with Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace.
AUGUST:
Aug. 2: proves her “Descendants” performance was no fluke when she appears as a young lover alongside equally lauded co-star Miles Teller in Sundance charmer “The Spectacular Now.” It’s Greece versus Persia on the high seas in the graphic novel adaptation
Aug. 7: Poseidon’s son continues his date with destiny in
Aug. 9: The folks who revved “Cars” hit the runway with A small-time pot dealer is forced into a big-time drug run in pungent comedy “We’re the Millers” with Jason Sudeikis and Jennifer Aniston.
Aug. 16: Hit Girl and Kick-Ass return to take on villains and, worse, mean girls in There’s nothing quite like a Woody Allen ensemble; the one for the under-wraps “Blue Jasmine” includes Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett and Andrew Dice Clay. Aubrey Plaza has plenty of summer antics before college in writer-director Maggie Carey’s “The To Do List.”
Aug. 23: The title of horror flick sounds aptly chilling. Contemporary heroine meets ancient foes in fantasy adventure
Aug. 28: Exes team up, sort of, as lawyers in thriller “Closed Circuit.”
Aug. 30: In “Getaway,” a race-car driver (Ethan Hawke) must save his wife with help from a hacker (Selena Gomez.) First Bieber, then Perry: Now comes this summer’s 3D concert ticket,
Also slated for August: Lake Bell’s directorial debut, “In a World,” won a her a writing award at Sundance. Twisting drama finds mom (Penelope Cruz) and son reckoning with loss in Sarajevo. is a flavorful comedy based on the story of Danièle Delpeuch, the cook hired by then president François Mitterrand to be his private chef.
Lisa Kennedy: 303-954-1567, lkennedy@denverpost.com or twitter.com/bylisakennedy
