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2011 Summer Movies: Comedies, Part 2

By Jeremy Taylor (Subscribe to Jeremy Taylor's posts), Posted May 4th 2011 2:30PM
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Summer Movies, Coming Soon

'Crazy, Stupid, Love.'
Opening: Friday, July 29

Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone

What It's About: Middle-aged Cal Weaver (Carell) is blindsided when he learns his wife (Moore) wants a divorce. Looking for love for the first time in decades, Cal becomes a "wingman" for handsome player Jacob (Gosling) and the two of them negotiate the singles scene together. Both Cal and Jacob come to realize they want more than quick flings, and during that realization Gosling flaunts his absurdly chiseled abs on multiple occasions.


'The Change-Up'
Opening: Friday, August 5

Starring: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds, Olivia Wilde, Leslie Mann

What It's About: Family man (Bateman) and single guy with a long Rolodex of sex partners (Reynolds) tell each other that they envy the other's life while peeing in a fountain after a long night of drinking. Suddenly, lighting strikes and -- abracadabra -- the two men switch bodies. When they wake up the next morning and discover the extent to which their streams have crossed, the two longtime friends aren't as happy as they claimed they would be. From the writers of 'The Hangover' and the director of 'Wedding Crashers.'

Check out the NSFW trailer.


'30 Minutes or Less'
Opening: Friday, August 12

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson, Aziz Ansari

What It's About: Based on the bizarre Collar Bomb Case, in which crooks strapped a remote control bomb on a pizza deliverer and forced him to rob a bank, Jesse Eisenberg plays the pizza delivery boy and Danny McBride and Nick Swardson play the predictably inept criminals behind the plot. Ansari is along for the ride as the pizza delivery boy's best friend, who also ends up being forced into the crime.



'Fright Night'
Opening: Friday, August 19

Starring: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Toni Collette

What It's About: The original 1985 'Fright Night' was a big hit during horror's sequel-filled golden age, but this one's a complete remake of the comedic tale of a teenage horror-film enthusiast's discovery that his next door neighbor really is a blood-sucking vampire. Craig Gillespie, who helmed 'Lars and the Real Girl' directs.




'Our Idiot Brother'
Opening: Friday, August 26 (Limited Release)

Starring: Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer

What It's About: Rudd plays the eponymous idiot, an unflinchingly honest, upbeat soul with little common sense, whose three overachieving sisters take turns housing him after he gets kicked off of his organic farm by his erstwhile girlfriend. While his cockeyed optimism wreaks havoc on each of his sisters' lives, his inherent good nature eventually enriches his siblings. Maybe he's not such an idiot after all ...



What Summer Comedy Are You Most Excited For?
Bridesmaids47 (6.1%)
Everything Must Go30 (3.9%)
The Hangover Part II344 (44.7%)
Bad Teacher45 (5.9%)
Horrible Bosses39 (5.1%)
Friends With Benefits36 (4.7%)
Crazy, Stupid, Love.67 (8.7%)
The Change-Up23 (3.0%)
30 Minutes or Less57 (7.4%)
Fright Night (2011)23 (3.0%)
Our Idiot Brother58 (7.5%)

Moviefone's Summer Movies Guide 2011

2011 Summer Movie Guide: Comedies

By Jeremy Taylor (Subscribe to Jeremy Taylor's posts), Posted May 4th 2011 2:30PM
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Summer Movies, Coming Soon


This summer, funny people like Will Ferrell, Kirsten Wiig, Steve Carell and Danny McBride will appear on big screens and attempt to make you laugh and forget the miserable economy, the high gas prices and the heat. Here's our look at this season's most anticipated comedies.
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2011 Summer Movies: Action, Part 2

By Jeremy Taylor (Subscribe to Jeremy Taylor's posts), Posted May 3rd 2011 2:30PM
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Summer Movies, Coming Soon


'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'
Opening: Friday, July 1

Starring: Shia LeBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Malkovich

What It's About: Megan Fox may be out, but the high-definition EXPLOSIONS!!!! are most certainly still in this third and, according to Michael Bay, closing 'Transformers' feature. As the title suggests, some of the action will take place on Earth's orbiting buddy, and 'Dark of the Moon' will feature the final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons. With that all out of the way, maybe we'll finally get that Go-Bots movie we've been waiting for, like, forever.



'Captain America: The First Avenger'
Opening: Friday, July 22

Starring: Chris Evans, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving

What It's About: The success of 'Iron Man' pretty much assured that every comic book hero with any type of name recognition will get a big-budget movie -- and Captain America certainly qualifies as a comic book hero with name recognition. Chris Evans signed a six-picture deal with Marvel Studios to play the 98-pound weakling-turned-Nazi-fighting super-soldier, so expect to see the 29-year-old actor wielding the iconic red, white and blue shield for quite some time -- well beyond next summer's mega Marvel team-up, 'The Avengers.'


'Cowboys & Aliens'
Opening: Friday, July 29

Starring: Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell

What It's About: With approximately 600 American films released every year, it's becoming increasingly hard to come up with original ideas. So why not cross genres, which is what's going on this wild-West-meets-alien-invasion, Jon Favreau–directed offering. In it, Daniel Craig plays Jake Lonergan, a wanted criminal with no memory and a electronic curious bracelet. Harrison's Ford's lawman must form an uneasy alliance with Lonergan so they can try to stave off an alien attack.


'Rise of the Planet of the Apes'
Opening: Friday, August 5

Starring: James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow

What It's About: This movie is not really an explanation of how the apes got their damn, dirty paws on the planet; instead, it's a complete re-imagination of the series. James Franco plays a scientist working on a cure for Alzheimer's by testing on apes. When one of the apes begins rapidly mutating, things begin to go awry. One of the film's selling points is that it features special effects from Weta Digital, which also did the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy and 'Avatar.'


'Conan the Barbarian'
Opening: Friday, August 19

Starring: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan

What It's About: Conan the Cimmerian travels to a mystical world, where he gets the opportunity to avenge the death of his father and the destruction of his village. This film had been attached to Brett Ratner, the Wachowksis and Robert Rodriguez before finally being made by German director Marcus Nispel ('Friday the 13th'). Jason Momoa stars in the title role and is now a name to watch for in the 2030 California gubernatorial race.



What Summer Action Movie Are You Most Excited For?
Thor173 (10.3%)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides193 (11.5%)
X-Men: First Class241 (14.4%)
Super 8191 (11.4%)
Green Lantern171 (10.2%)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon342 (20.4%)
Captain America: The First Avenger260 (15.5%)
Rise of the Planet of the Apes73 (4.4%)
Conan the Barbarian34 (2.0%)


Moviefone's Summer Movies Guide 2011

2011 Summer Movie Guide: Action

By Jeremy Taylor (Subscribe to Jeremy Taylor's posts), Posted May 3rd 2011 2:30PM
Filed under: Features, Hot Topic, Summer Movies, Coming Soon

Whether it's because it's a reboot, or an adaptation of a popular comic book series, or a sequel, or a sequel to an adaptation of a popular comic book series, almost all of this summer's action-blockbuster contenders will ring familiar.

Rather than thinking of this summer's action offerings as retreads, though, think of them comfort food, tried and true. Read on for our list of the biggest action releases this summer.
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