Release date: Friday August 19, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Runtime: 1 hr. 52 min.
Director: Marcus Nispel
Studio: Maple Pictures
Producer(s): George Furla, John Baldecchi, Joe Gatta, Les Weldon, Fredrik Malmberg, Danny Lerner, Henry Winterstern, Boaz Davidson
Screenplay: Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenheimer, Sean Hood
Cast: Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols, Stephen Lang, Rose McGowan, Saïd Taghmaoui, Ron Perlman
Official Site: conanthebarbarianin3d.com
Rated: R for strong bloody violence, some sexuality and nudity
Available film art: Conan the Barbarian movie posters

Synopsis: A quest that begins as a personal vendetta for the fierce Cimmerian warrior soon turns into an epic battle against hulking rivals, horrific monsters, and impossible odds, as Conan realizes he is the only hope of saving the great nations of Hyboria from an encroaching reign of supernatural evil.

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Release date: Friday August 5, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Comedy
Director: David Dobkin
Studio: Universal Pictures
Producer(s): Neal H. Moritz, David Dobkin
Screenplay: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin
Official Site: thechangeupmovie.com
Rated: R
Available film art: The Change-Up movie posters

Synopsis: In director David Dobkin’s, The Change-Up best friends Mitch and Dave wake up in each other’s bodies following a drunken night out together.

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Release date: Friday June 24, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Comedy
Runtime: 1 hr. 29 min.
Director: Jake Kasdan
Studio: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
Producer(s): David Householter, Jimmy Miller
Screenplay: Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, John Michael Higgins, Jason Segel
Official Site: areyouabadteacher.com
Rated: R
Available film art: Bad Teacher movie posters

Synopsis
Some teachers just don’t give an F. For example, there’s Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz). She’s foul-mouthed, ruthless, and inappropriate. She drinks, she gets high, and she can’t wait to marry her meal ticket and get out of her bogus day job. When she’s dumped by her fiancé, she sets her plan in motion to win over a rich, handsome substitute (Justin Timberlake) – competing for his affections with an overly energetic colleague, Amy (Lucy Punch). When Elizabeth also finds herself fighting off the advances of a sarcastic, irreverent gym teacher (Jason Segel), the consequences of her wild and outrageous schemes give her students, her coworkers, and even herself an education like no other.

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Release date: Friday September 30, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Director: Roland Emmerich
Studio: Columbia Pictures/Sony Pictures
Producer(s): Roland Emmerich, Robert Léger, Larry Franco
Screenplay: John Orloff
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, David Thewlis, Xavier Samuel, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, Edward Hogg, Jamie Campbell Bower, Derek Jacobi
Official Site: anonymous-movie.com
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Anonymous movie posters

Synopsis
A political thriller about who actually wrote the plays of William Shakespeare: Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.

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The long awaited fourth instalment in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise opens in wide release (4,155 theaters) this Friday. In Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Johnny Depp returns as the irrepressible Captain Jack Sparrow. This one looks like it will a lot fun!

Synopsis: Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds himself on an unexpected journey to the fabled Fountain of Youth when a woman from his past (Penelope Cruz) forces him aboard the Queen Anne’s Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane).

Cast: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Jami Gertz; Directed by: Rob Marshall

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Release date: Friday July 1, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Action
Director: Michael Bay
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Producer(s): Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Ian Bryce, Tom DeSanto, Don Murphy
Screenplay: Ehren Kruger
Cast: Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Patrick Dempsey, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, John Turturro, Ken Jeong, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Official Site: transformersmovie.com
Rated: Not Yet Rated
Available film art: Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Synopisis: Shia LaBeouf returns as Sam Witwicky in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. This time around the villain will be Shockwave.

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The summer blockbuster season opens with a bang this weekend with Thor.

Thor is an excellent start to summer blockbuster season as it is funny (in a good way) and the character development is excellent. The acting is also excellent as everyone brought their A game to the arena. I can’t say enough about this movie other than it’s a-must-see (and Chris Helmsworth is easy on the eyes ladies).

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Release date: Wednesday December 22, 2010 (Limited) and January 7, 2011 (Wide)
Genre: Drama
Director: Shana Feste
Studio: Sony Screen Gems
Screenplay: Shana Feste
Producer(s): Jenno Topping, Tobey Maguire
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim McGraw, Garrett Hedlund, Leighton Meester
Official Site: countrystrong-movie.com
Rating: Unrated
Available film art: Country Strong movie posters

Synopsis
In “Country Strong,” Hedlund plays a rising young singer/songwriter who becomes involved with a fallen country singer played by Paltrow. As they embark on a career resurrection tour with her husband/manager (Tim McGraw) and a beauty queen turned singer (Leighton Meester), romantic entanglements and old demons threaten to derail them all.

Click on the following link (Country Strong posters) to purchase the movie posters for this film.

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Release date: Wednesday November 24, 2010 (Wide)
Genre: Family
Director: Nathan Greno, Byron Howard
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Producer(s): Roy Conli
Cast: Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, Brad Garrett, Paul F. Tompkins
Official Site: adisney.go.com/disneypictures/tangled
Rating: PG Brief mild violence.
Available film art: Tangled movie posters

Synopsis
The classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale gets a lavish CG makeover as directors Byron Howard and Nathan Greno team up to tell the tale of a fair-haired beauty (voiced by Mandy Moore) with long-flowing locks, a gallant hero with a heart of gold, and the evil witch who plots to keep these lovelorn innocents apart.

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Release date: Friday November 5, 2010 (Limited)
Genre: Drama
Director: Danny Boyle
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Producer(s): Danny Boyle, Christian Colson, John Smithson
Screenplay: Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Cast: James Franco, Kate Mara, Lizzy Caplan, Clémence Poésy, Amber Tamblyn
Inspiration: Aron Ralston
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/127hours
Rating: R for language and some disturbing violent content/bloody images
Available film art: 127 Hours movie posters

Synopsis
Filmmaker Danny Boyle adapts the true-life story of Aron Ralston with this Fox Searchlight production detailing the hiker’s harrowing quest for survival after losing an arm to a fallen rock and the grueling five-day ordeal that finally ended with his rescue. James Franco steps into the role of the unfortunate climber.

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