Dolphin Tale‘s ready to pull on the heartstrings of all animal lovers. Just try watching the trailer without saying, “Awww…” Plus, how can you resist a film that stars a dolphin with a disability playing herself?
Winter’s human co-stars include Ashley Judd as Lorraine Nelson, Harry Connick Jr as Dr. Clay Haskett, Morgan Freeman as Dr. Cameron McCarthy, Kris Kristofferson as Reed Haskett, Nathan Gamble as Sawyer Nelson, and Cozi Zuehlsdorff as Hazel Haskett. Austin Stowell stars as Kyle Connellan, Frances Sternhagen is Gloria Forrest, Austin Highsmith is Phoebe, and Betsy Landin is Kat.
Actor/filmmaker Charles Martin Smith directed the PG-rated comedy/drama opening in theaters on September 23, 2011.
Official Synopsis:Dolphin Tale is inspired by the remarkable true story of a courageous dolphin named Winter and the compassionate people who banded together to save her life.
Kate Bosworth and James Marsden in ‘Straw Dogs’ (Photo Credit: Screen Gems)
Gordon M Williams’ book The Siege of Trencher’s Farm was the source material for both Sam Peckinpah’s 1971 Straw Dogs and Rod Lurie’s 2011 film. James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, and Alexander Skarsgard lead the cast of the R-rated thriller opening in theaters on September 16, 2011.
The cast of the 2011 remake also features Drew Powell as Bic, Billy Lush as Chris, Rhys Coiro as Norman, Laz Alonso as John Burke, and Willa Holland as Janice Heddon.
Official Synopsis: David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgard), leading to a violent confrontation.
Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood and Nicholas D’Agosto in Final Destination 5
Death’s back and he’s tracking down more victims who’ve somehow managed to escape their fate in Final Destination 5, directed by Steven Quale. The newest entry in the action-horror franchise is rated R and will be opening in theaters on August 12, 2011.
Nicholas D’Agosto stars as Sam, Miles Fisher is Peter, Emma Bell is Molly, and Arlen Escarpeta is Nathan. The cast also includes Jacqueline MacInnes-Wood as Olivia, P.J. Byrne as Isaac, Ellen Wroe as Candice, David Koechner as Dennis, Courtney B. Vance as Agent Block, and Tony Todd as Bludworth.
The Official Synopsis: In Final Destination 5, Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.
Rowan Atkinson returns with another wild comedy, Johnny English Reborn. Directed by Oliver Parker, the PG-rated action comedy is set to open in theaters on September 16, 2011.
Joining Rowan Atkinson in the 2011 comedy are Rosamund Pike as Kate Sumner, Gillian Anderson as Pamela Thornton, Dominic West as Simon Ambrose, Daniel Kaluuya as Tucker, and Richard Schiff as Fisher.
Official Synopsis: In the years since MI-7’s top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier’s life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action.
With one shot at redemption, he must employ the latest in hi-tech gadgets to unravel a web of conspiracy that runs throughout the KGB, CIA, and even MI-7. With mere days until a heads of state conference, one man must use every trick in his playbook to protect us all. For Johnny English, disaster may be an option, but failure never is.
With Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton in lead roles, it doesn’t appear as though you have to be a fan of Mixed Martial Arts to get into Warrior.
Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton star as brothers Tommy Conlon and Brendan Conlon. Jennifer Morrison is Tess Conlon, Frank Grill is Principal Zito.
Gavin O’Connor directed the PG-13 action drama opening in theaters on September 9, 2011.
Official Synopsis: An ex-Marine haunted by a tragic past, Tommy Conlon (Tom Hardy) returns to his hometown of Pittsburgh and enlists his father, a recovered alcoholic and his former coach, to train him for an MMA tournament awarding the biggest purse in the history of the sport. As Tommy blazes a violent path towards the title prize, his brother, Brendan, (Joel Edgerton) a former MMA fighter unable to make ends meet as a public school teacher, returns to the amateur ring to provide for his family after being suspended from his day job. Even though years have passed, recriminations and betrayals keep Brendan bitterly estranged from both Tommy and his father.
But when Brendan’s unlikely rise as an underdog sets him on a collision course with Tommy, the two brothers must finally confront the forces that tore them apart, all the while waging the most intense, winner-takes-all battle of their lives.
The cast of The Apparition is led by Ashley Greene, Sebastian Stan, and Tom Felton. Julianna Guill, Luke Pasqualino, Rick Gomez, and Anna Clark also star in the PG-13 supernatural thriller.
Directed by Todd Lincoln, The Apparition opens in theaters on August 24, 2012.
Official Synopsis: When frightening events start to occur in their home, young couple Kelly (Ashley Greene) and Ben (Sebastian Stan) discover they are being haunted by a presence that was accidentally conjured during a university parapsychology experiment. The horrifying apparition feeds on their fear and torments them no matter where they try to run. Their last hope is an expert in the supernatural (Tom Felton), but even with his help they may already be too late to save themselves from this terrifying force…
Sharks in fresh water? In 3D? Simple title – Shark Night 3D – simple story. But lots of blood and guts and gore…
Sara Paxton stars as Sara, Dustin Milligan is Nick, Joel David Moore is Gordon, Chris Carmack is Dennis, Katharine McPhee is Beth, and Sinqua Walls is Malik. The cast also includes Joshua Leonard as Red, Donal F Logue as Sabin, Alyssa Diaz as Maya, and Chris Zylka as Blake.
David R Ellis directed the action-horror film, which is rated PG-13 for violence and terror. Shark Night 3D opens in theaters on September 2, 2011.
Official Synopsis: Arriving by boat at her family’s Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara (Paxton) and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik (Walls) stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast.
But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks! As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land.
Zoe Saldana has fast become one of the go-to actresses when it comes to action films, and she once again carries the load in Colombiana. Joining her in starring roles are Jordi Molla and Michael Vartan.
The cast also includes Lennie James, Cliff Curtis, Beto Benites, Jesse Borrego, and Amandla Stenberg. Olivier Megaton directed the PG-13 action thriller opening in theaters on August 26, 2011.
Official Synopsis: In the action film Colombiana, Zoe Saldana plays Cataleya, a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer and working for her uncle, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents’ deaths.
The Debt was shot back in 2009 but when Miramax Films was shuttered, the action thriller was left without a home – and without a release date. Focus Features eventually picked it up, and now it’s finally seeing the light of day.
Official Synopsis: A former Mossad agent (Helen Mirren), who was part of a 30-year-old secret Israeli mission to capture and bring to trial a notorious Nazi war criminal, must go back to Eastern Europe to relive the trauma of those events and uncover the truth, ultimately confronting the debt she has incurred.
The Cast and Characters:
Helen Mirren – ‘Rachel Singer’
Sam Worthington – ‘Young David’
Jessica Chastain – ‘Young Rachel’
Jesper Christensen – ‘Doktor Bernhardt/Dieter Vogel’
Marton Csokas – ‘Young Stephan’
Ciaran Hinds – ‘David’
Tom Wilkinson – ‘Stephan’
Romi Aboulafia – ‘Sarah Gold’
Director Robert Rodriguez returns to the world of kid-friendly films with the fourth movie of the Spy Kids franchise, Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. But, this time around the ‘spy kids’ are played by two new youngsters instead of Alexa Vega and Daryl Sabara.
The cast includes Jessica Alba as Marissa Cortez Wilson, Joel McHale as Wilbur, Antonio Banderas as Gregorio Cortez, Jeremy Piven as Timekeeper, and Rowan Blanchard. Mason Cook is Cecil, Danny Trejo is Uncle Machete, and Ricky Gervais is Argonaut.
The PG-rated action comedy opens in theaters on August 19, 2011.
Official Synopsis: On the surface, Marissa Cortez Wilson (Alba) has it all…married to a famous spy-hunting television reporter, a new baby and intelligent twin stepkids. But in reality, trying to mother Rebecca (Blanchard) and Cecil (Cook), who clearly don’t want her around, is her toughest challenge yet. Also, her husband, Wilbur (McHale), wouldn’t know a spy if he lived with one which is exactly the case – Marissa’s a retired secret agent.
Marissa’s world is turned upside down when the maniacal Timekeeper (Piven) threatens to take over the planet, and she’s called back into action by the head of OSS, home of the greatest spies and where the now-defunct Spy Kids division was created. With Armageddon quickly approaching, Rebecca and Cecil are thrust into action when they learn their boring stepmom was once a top agent and now the world’s most competitive ten-year-olds are forced to put their bickering aside and rely on their wits. With a little help from a couple of very familiar Spy Kids, Carmen (Alexa Vega) and Juni Cortez (Daryl Sabara), and some mind-blowing gadgets, they just may be able to save the world and possibly bring their family together while they’re at it.
