Issue date: 6/4/08 Section: Feature

The Incredible Hulk

Opens: June 13, 2008
Director: Louis Leterrier
Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth
Rated: PG-13

The Plot: 'The Incredible Hulk' tells the story of Dr. Bruce Banner (Norton) who wants to seek a cure to his unique condition, which causes him to turn into an enormous green monster under emotional tension. On the run from the military, Banner comes close to finding a cure but hope is gone when a new creature arrives; The Abomination. A battle of the comic books emerges as Dr. Banner is needed to keep New York City from total demolition.


Wanted

Opens: June 27, 2008
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Stars: Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Angelina Jolie
Rated: R

The Plot: No one thought that slacker Wesley Gibson (McAvoy) would amount to anything. But after the murder of his father, Wes finds that his dad was a powerful assassin. Wes is then drafted into his father's old organization and coached by a man named Sloan (Freeman) to carry out the death orders given to him by Fate. Between his new found bravery and training, Wes will discover something that no one can teach him; that he is the one in charge of his fortune.


The Accidental Husband

Opens: August 22, 2008
Director: Griffin Dunne
Stars: Uma Thurman, Jeffery Dean Morgan, Justina Machado
Rated: PG-13

The Plot: Emma Lloyd (Thurman) is a successful, hit radio talk show host who has made her career out of her responsible approach to relationships. With an impending book deal and a loving relationship with her fiancé, Richard, Emma seems to have it all. However, after discovering that she is already married to a man she's never met before, the result of a foolish prank, her plans for the picture perfect future are at risk. With the wedding weeks away, Emma must find the man and have an annulment. But when Emma finds and meets her accidental husband, Patrick, what she thought she wanted for her future may not be it at all.


Step Brothers

Opens: July 25, 2008
Director: Adam McKay
Stars: Will Ferrell, John C. Reilly
Rated: Not yet rated

The Plot: Brennan Huff (Ferrell) is a periodically employed thirty-nine year old who lives with his mother, Nancy. Dale Doback (Reilly) is an unemployed forty-one year old who lives with father, Robert. When Robert and Nancy wed, Brennan and Dale become step brothers and are forced to live with one another. As their laziness and aggressiveness begin to tear the family apart, they must work together to bring their parents back together. While working together, they find that there is something that will bring them to stand on their own two feet.


The Dark Knight

Opens: July 18, 2008
Director: Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart
Rated: PG-13

The Plot: Batman (Bale) continues the endless effort to bring justice to Gotham's crime by teaming up with District Attorney Harvey Dent (Eckhart) Lieutenant Jim Gordon, (Oldman). This time though, the Dark Knight faces a psychotic criminal, The Joker (Ledger) who is more dangerous and villainous than ever.


Meet Dave

Opens: July 11, 2008
Director: Brian Robbins
Star: Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks
Rated: PG

The Plot: Small aliens captain a spacecraft that takes a human form (Murphy). The captain of the ship, however, puts his crew and the safety of their planet at risk when Murphy beings to fall head-over-heels for a glamorous "earthling," (Banks).

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