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May 2009 

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Summer Movie Preview: May

Our picks for May’s must-see movies

May 22

 

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN (pictured above)

In 2006, Ben Stiller made what some thought was an odd career move when he opted to play straight man to CGI dinosaurs for the family-oriented Night at the Museum. But Stiller’s choice turned out to be a wise one as the film earned more than $570-million (U.S.) worldwide and paved the way for a sequel.


Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian finds Larry the night watchman (Stiller) rescuing his friends from the first film — including cowboy Jedediah (Owen Wilson) and President Theodore Roosevelt (Robin Williams) — who’ve been stored in crates and sent to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C., while New York’s Natural History Museum is being renovated.


Newly added historical figures coming to life in this sequel include Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) and Alfred Einstein (Eugene Levy).


The Smithsonian spent six months going over the script before allowing the filmmakers to use its name and shoot inside its buildings (Fox paid the Institute $750,000 for those rights). Worried about children thinking its exhibits are actually sentient, the Smithsonian is considering altering its brochures to inform kids that the exhibits don’t really come to life at night.

 

GHOSTS OF GIRLFRIENDS PAST

If Charles Dickens had been more concerned about ethical dating than goodwill towards humanity A Christmas Carol could have turned out like this Matthew McConaughey rom-com. The hunky actor stars as a love ’em and leave ’em photographer who’s visited by three female ghosts who show him what a jerk he’s been to his girlfriends, especially Jenny (Jennifer Garner), who was once the love of his life.

Release date: May 1   


X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE

Delve into the past of macho, mutton-chopped mutant Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) in this X-Men prequel. We learn of his difficult mutant childhood, the death of his lover, and his enrollment in the U.S. government’s secret “Weapon X” project, in which he becomes a real badass teaming with other mutants such as his half-brother Sabretooth (Liev Schreiber), Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) and Gambit (Taylor Kitsch).

Release date: May 1 

  

STAR TREK

Trekkies have lived through the horrors of seeing Kirk up to his armpits in Tribbles, Spock jam with hippies and Bones score with Harry Mudd’s androids. So there’s no way hotshot director J.J. Abrams’ take on the early life of James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) and his adventures with U.S.S. Enterprise crewmates Spock (Zachary Quinto), Scotty (Simon Pegg), Sulu (John Cho), Chekov (Anton Yelchin) and Uhura (Zoe Saldana) could embarrass the franchise. Engage!

Release date: May 8

 


Tom Hanks in Angels & Demons

TYSON

Director James Toback became fascinated with Mike Tyson when he cast the boxer in his 1999 film Black and White. Now Toback takes an in-depth look at Tyson’s life in this doc that has the former world heavyweight champ opening up about his career, anger issues, time in prison and how he managed to spend more than $300-million (U.S.) in career earnings.

Release date: May 8   

 

ANGELS & DEMONS

The Da Vinci Code’s symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) is back in action when the Vatican sends for help. The Pope has died and it appears that four cardinals have been kidnapped by the Illuminati, a secret group that was once persecuted by the Catholic Church. Langdon and his comely assistant, Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer), follow clues left by the Illuminati that lead them to the cardinals, and a much bigger conspiracy that could destroy the Church once and for all.  

Release date: May 15

 

ADORATION

Atom Egoyan’s multilayered drama focuses on a teen (Devon Bostick) who causes havoc for himself and his morose uncle (Scott Speedman) when he creates a false family history and shares it with the world online. 

Release date: May 8   

 

TERMINATOR SALVATION

John Connor (Christian Bale) has understood since childhood that it’s his destiny to try and stop Skynet and its vast array of merciless machines from wiping out the human race. Now it’s put up or shut up time, as Skynet detonates a nuclear bomb and Connor rounds up the human survivors for one final battle against the ’bots.

Release date: May 21   


DANCE FLICK

The second generation of Wayans are ready for their close-up. Damien Wayans — nephew of Keenen, Shawn and countless other Wayans — directs this send-up of urban dance flicks starring Damon Wayans Jr. as a hoofer who teaches a white girl (Shoshana Bush) how to bust a move.

Release date: May 22   


THE BROTHERS BLOOM

In this twist-filled, comedic caper, two conmen brothers (Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo) plan one final con involving an eccentric heiress (Rachel Weisz) who they whisk off to Europe to wine and dine before stealing her millions. But things don’t go quite as they planned.

Release date: May 22   


LITTLE ASHES

Before Robert Pattinson was cast in Twilight, he travelled to Spain to shoot this arty pic set in ’20s Madrid concerning the friendship between aspiring artist Salvador Dalí (Pattinson) and poet Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltrán), who  grow increasingly closer to one another while shutting out their mutual pal, Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty).

Release date: May 22 

  


Lorna Raver in Drag Me to Hell

UP

Directors Pete Docter and Bob Petersen are responsible for Pixar Animation Studios’ most off-the-wall flick to date, featuring a 78-year-old retired balloon salesman named Carl Fredricksen (Ed Asner), who fulfills a lifelong dream of seeing the world when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and turns it into a flying ship. The only thing he didn’t plan on was being joined by eight-year-old stowaway Russell (Jordan Nagai).

Release date: May 29  


DRAG ME TO HELL

Mortgage officer Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is hexed by an aged, one-eyed, Eastern European woman (Lorna Raver) after she refuses to give her a home loan — bad move Christine, bad move. Tormented by evil spirits, Christine has three days to find a way to reverse the curse before she is dragged to hell.

Release date: May 29

 

Special Events on the Big Screen


WWE-PAY-PER-VIEW

Judgment Day

Sun., May 17, 8 p.m. EST


THE METROPOLITAN OPERA

La Cenerentola (Rossini)

Live: Sat., May 9, 12:30 p.m. EST

Encore: Sat., May 23, 12:30 p.m. EST


IN CONCERT DIANA KRALL: LIVE FROM RIO

Wed., May 20, 7 p.m.

 


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