MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUGUST
JULY 2
• Hancock (B) (Read the full preview)
JULY 4
• Brick Lane (B-) A woman from Bangladesh struggles with her move to
London for an arranged marriage.
• Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (B) Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side) helms this documentary about the infamous journalist.
JULY 11
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (C) Guillermo del Toro returns to write and direct the next installment in this sci-fi franchise.
• Bloodline (C-) Documentary looks into theories that Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene married and had children.
• Gunnin' For That #1 Spot (B+) Beastie Boy Adam Yauch directs this documentary about the nation's top high school players competing in an elite tournament in 2006.
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D (B) A scientist uses the Jules Verne classic to help him locate the planet's core.
• War, Inc. (C+) John Cusack, Marisa Tomei, Hilary Duff and Dan Aykroyd star in this political satire about an American company occupying a fictional foreign country.
• Meet Dave (D+) A colony of tiny aliens operates inside a human-shaped ship in this comedy starring Eddie Murphy.
JULY 18
• The Dark Knight (A-) (Read the full preview)
• The Wackness (B) (Read the full preview)
• Mamma Mia! (C) Broadway hit based on the ABBA songbook hits the big
screen starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and Colin Firth.
• Space Chimps (C) Saturday Night Live's Andy Samberg voices the
grandson of the first monkey astronaut, who is blasted off into space.
• Alexandra (B+) An elderly woman takes a train trip to visit her son
in the military.
JULY 25
• The X-Files: I Want To Believe (D) (Read the full preview)
• Brideshead Revisited (C) Emma Thompson stars in this adaptation of
the novel set during World War II.
• Step Brothers (B-) Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly become competitive
when one's mother marries the other's father.
• Tell No One (A-) A pediatrician grieving for his dead wife is suddenly implicated in her murder in this French mystery.
• Encounters at the End of the World (B+) Werner Herzog directs this
look at the people of Antarctica.
– Stephen Becker
Published in The Dallas Morning News: 05.04.08
