MAY | JUNE | JULY | AUGUST
JUNE 6
• Kung Fu Panda (B+) Jack Black voices the lazy bear who is called on to
become a martial arts master.
• You Don't Mess With the Zohan (C+) Adam Sandler stars as a Mossad
agent who fakes his death to re-emerge as a hairstylist.
• Stuck (B) Mena Suvari stars as the North Texas nurse who hits a man
with her car and leaves him in her windshield.
• The Duchess of Langeais (A-) In 1820s Paris, a kept woman teases a
suitor until he seeks revenge.
• The Children of Huang Shi (C) A British journalist works with an
Australian nurse to save a group of orphans during the Japanese
occupation of China.
• The Foot Fist Way (C) A tae kwon do instructor goes on a pilgrimage to
meet his idol in this comedy.
• Reprise (B+) Two friends compete in their quests to become great
writers in this Norwegian film.
JUNE 13
• The Incredible Hulk (B) (Read the full preview)
• The Happening (C-) Suspense-master M. Night Shyamalan returns with
this story of a family on the run from a natural phenomenon.
• Roman De Gare (B) French director Claude Lelouch directs this tale of
a writer looking for new source material.
• The Promotion (C) Seann William Scott and John C. Reilly battle over
the same managerial position at a grocery store.
JUNE 20
• Get Smart (B-) (Read the full preview)
• Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (B-) Abigail Breslin brings the doll
sensation to life.
• The Love Guru (B-) (Read the full preview)
• Mother of Tears (C-) Final installment of the "Three Mothers" trilogy
finds an art student doing battle with the world's most powerful witch.
• And When Did You Last See Your Father? (C-) Colin Firth comes to grips
with his terminally ill father (Jim Broadbent).
• Jellyfish (B+) The lives of three women intersect in Tel Aviv.
• Mongol (B+) (Read the full preview)
JUNE 27
• Wall-E (A) (Read the full preview)
• Wanted (A-) Angelina Jolie recruits slacker James McAvoy to become an
assassin like his father.
• Savage Grace (C) Julianne Moore stars as a mother whose son is drawn closer to her as his father shuns him.
– Stephen Becker
Published in The Dallas Morning News: 05.04.08
