June 1

Gracie

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief sexual content)

Cast: Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, Carly Schroeder, Andrew Shue

Story: Set in 1978, “Gracie” is an inspirational film about a teenage girl who overcomes the loss of her brother and fights the odds to achieve her dream of playing competitive soccer at a time when girls’ soccer did not exist. Based on true events from the lives of the Shue family (producer and co-star Andrew Shue, Academy Award®-nominated actress Elisabeth Shue), the film is directed by Academy Award®-winning director Davis Guggenheim (“An Inconvenient Truth”), who happens to be part of the family as well, being married to Elisabeth Shue. The film also features a terrific 1970’s soundtrack including classic songs from Boston, Blondie, Aretha Franklin, and the Boss, Bruce Springsteen.

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Studio: Picturehouse

Website: FindingGracie.com

Knocked Up

Genre: Comedy

MPAA Rating: R (for sexual content, drug use and language)

Cast: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Jay Baruchel, Jonah Hill, Jason Segel, Martin Starr

Story: Allison Scott (Heigl) is an up-and-coming entertainment journalist whose 24-yearold life is on the fast track. But it gets seriously derailed when a drunken one-nighter with slacker Ben Stone (Rogen) results in an unwanted pregnancy. Faced with the prospect of going it alone or getting to know the baby’s father, Allison decides to give the lovable doof a chance.

Director: Judd Apatow

Studio: Universal Pictures

Website: KnockedUpmovie.com

Mr. Brooks

Genre:Thriller

MPAA Rating: R (for strong bloody violence, some graphic sexual content, nudity and language

Cast: Kevin Costner, William Hurt, Demi

Moore, Dane Cook, Marg Helgenberger

Story: Academy Award winner Kevin Costner stars as Earl Brooks, a man who has managed to keep his two incompatible worlds from intersecting by controlling his cunning, wicked alter ego Marshall (Academy Award winner William Hurt) whom he blames for his wrongdoings. But now, as Mr. Brooks succumbs to one last murderous urge, an amateur photographer (Dane Cook) witnesses the crime. Suddenly Brooks finds himself entangled in the dark agenda of an opportunistic bystander, as well as hunted by the unorthodox and tenacious detective Tracy Atwood (Demi Moore). Can Mr. Brooks outsmart his adversaries and conceal his shocking double life from his wife (Marg Helgenberger) and daughter (Danielle Panabaker) or will someone expose his crimes and his identity once and for all in this unpredictable and electrifying new thriller.

Director: Bruce A. Evans

Studio: MGM

Website: MySpace.com/MrBrooksmovie

June 8

Hostel: Part II

Genre: Horror

Cast: Lauren German, Bijou Phillips, Roger Bart, Richard Bugl, Vera Jordanova, Heather Mattarazzo, Stanislav Ianevski, Milan Knazko

Story: Last January, writer/director Eli Roth terrified moviegoers with the blood-drenched “Hostel,” which catapulted to the top of the box office charts and became the first Number One film of 2006. One year later, Roth takes us back to where it all began, and deeper into the darkest recesses of the human mind. In “Hostel: Part II,” three young Americans studying art in Rome set off for a weekend trip when they run into a beautiful model from one of their classes. Also on her way to an exotic destination, the gorgeous European invites the coeds to come along, assuring them they will be able to relax and rejuvenate.

Director: Eli Roth

Studio: Lionsgate

Website: Hostel2.com

Ocean’s 13

Genre: Action, Adventure

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief sensuality)

Cast: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac, Ellen Barkin, Al Pacino, Casey Affleck, Scott Caan, Eddie Jemison, Shaobo Qin, Carl Reiner, Elliot Gould

Story: Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and risky casino heist—to defend one of their own. When ruthless casino owner Willy Bank (Al Pacino) double-crosses one of the original Ocean’s eleven—Reuben Tishkoff (Elliott Gould)— Danny and the gang team up one more time to see if they can break “the Bank.”

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Website: Oceans13.com

Surf’s Up

Genre: Action, Animation, Family

MPAA Rating: PG (for mild language and some rude humor)

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel, James Woods, Jane Krakowski, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, Brian Benben, Michael McKean

Story: A stylistically daring CGI feature, “Surf’s Up” is based on the groundbreaking revelation that surfing was actually invented by penguins. In the film, a documentary crew will take audiences behind the scenes and onto the waves during the most competitive, heartbreaking and dangerous display of surfing known to man, the Penguin World Surfing Championship.

Director: Ash Brannon, Chris Buck

Studio: Columbia Pictures

Website: SonyPictures.com

June 15

Fantastic Four: Rise of the

Silver Surfer

Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon, Kerry Washington, Andre Braugher, Gonzalo Menendez, Laurence Fishburne

Story: A down-and-out writer (Anthony Hopkins) sells his soul toMarvel’s first family of superheroes, The Fantastic Four, meets their greatest challenge yet in “Fantastic Four: Rise of The Silver Surfer” as the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and Ben must unravel the mystery of the Silver Surfer and confront the surprising return of their mortal enemy, Dr. Doom, before all hope is lost.

Director: Tim Story

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Website: FantasticFourmovie.com

Fido

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for sequences of zombie violence and gore, and comic horror situations)

Cast: Carrie Anne Moss, Billy Connolly, Tim Blake Nelson, Henry Czerny, Dylan Baker, K’Sun Ray

Story: Welcome to Willard, a small town lost in the idyllic world of the 50’s, where the sun shines every day, everybody knows their neighbor, and rotting zombies deliver the mail. Years ago, the earth passed through a cloud of space dust, causing the dead to rise with a craving for human flesh. A war began, pitting the living against the dead. In the ensuing revolution, a corporation was born: ZomCon, who defeated the legions of undead, and domesticated the zombies, making them our industrial workers, our domestic servants – a productive part of society. ZomCon would like the people of Willard to believe they have everything under control… but do they?

Director: Andrew Currie

Studio: Lionsgate

Website: Fidothemovie.com

Nancy Drew

Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery

MPAA Rating: PG (for mild violence, thematic elements and brief language)

Cast: Emma Roberts, Josh Flitter, Max Thieriot, Rachael Leigh Cook, Tate Donovan

Story: Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, “Nancy Drew” follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father, Carson Drew (Tate Donovan), to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy’s resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.

Director: Andrew Fleming

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Website: NancyDrewmovie.com

June 22

1408

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Cast: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub

Story: Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, he scoffs at the concept of an afterlife. Enslin’s phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project, “Ten Nights in Haunted Hotel Rooms.” Defying the warnings of the hotel manager (Jackson), the author is the first person in years to stay in the reputedly haunted room. Another bestseller may be iminent, but like all Stephen King heroes, Enslin must go from skeptic to true believer n and ultimately survive the night.

Director: Mikael Håfström

Studio: Dimension Films (The Weinstein Company), MGM

Website: 1408-themovie.com

Captivity

Genre: Horror, Psychological Thriller

Cast: Elisha Cuthbert, Daniel Gillies, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Laz Alonso, Michael Harney

Story: Top cover girl and fashion model, Jennifer Tree (Elisha Cuthbert) has it all – beauty, fame, money and power. Her face appears on covers of hundreds of magazines. At the top of her game, Jennifer is America’s sweetheart. She is loved and adored and sought after. Everyone wants her. But someone out there has been watching and waiting. Someone wants her in the worst way. Out alone at a charity event in Soho, Jennifer is drugged and taken.

Director: Roland Joffé

Studio: After Dark Films

Website: Captivitythemovie.com

DOA: Dead or Alive

Genre: Action, Adventure

Cast: Devon Aoki, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe, Matthew Marsden, Jamie Pressly, Eric Roberts, Holly Valanc

Story: “DOA” is based on Tecmo’s best-selling “Dead or Alive” videogame franchise and has an ensemble cast starring Devon Aoki (“Sin City” and “2 Fast 2 Furious”), Sarah Carter (“Final Destination 2”), Natassia Malthe (“Elektra”), Matthew Marsden (“Black Hawk Down”), Jaime Pressly (“Torque”), Eric Roberts (“National Security”) and hot newcomer and Aussie pop star Holly Valance (“National Lampoon’s “Pledge This!”)

Director: Corey Yuen

Studio: MGM, The Weinstein Company

Website: Not Available

Evan Almighty

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Steve Carell, Morgan Freeman, Lauren Graham, John Goodman, John Michael Higgins, Jimmy Bennett, Wanda Sykes, Jonah Hill

Story: Steve Carell reprises his role as Evan Baxter — the polished, preening newscaster of the first film — who finds himself the next one anointed by God (Morgan Freeman) to accomplish a holy mission. Newly elected to Congress, Evan leaves Buffalo behind and shepherds his family to suburban northern Virginia. Once there, his life gets turned upside-down when God appears and mysteriously commands him to build an ark. But his befuddled wife (Lauren Graham) and kids just can’t decide whether Evan is having an extraordinary mid-life crisis or is truly onto something of Biblical proportions…

Director: Tom Shadyac

Studio: Universal Pictures

Website: EvanAlmighty.com

A Mighty Heart

Genre: Drama

Cast: Angelina Jolie, Dan Futterman, Archie Panjabi, Will Patton, Irfan Khan, Sajid Hasan, Aly Khan, Denis O’Hare

Story: On January 23, 2002, Mariane Pearl’s

world changed forever. Her husband Daniel, South Asia bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, was researching a story on shoe bomber Richard Reid. The story drew them to Karachi where a go-between had promised access to an elusive source. As Danny left for the meeting, he told Mariane he might be late for dinner. He never returned.

Director: Michael Winterbottom

Studio: Paramount Vantage

Website: AMightyHeart.com

September Dawn

Genre: Drama, Romance, Western

Cast: Jon Voight, Trent Ford, Tamara Hope, Jon Gries, Taylor Handley, Huntley Ritter, Krisinda Cain, Shaun Johnston, Lolita Davidovich, Dean Cain, Terence Stamp

Story: On September 11, 1857 in an unspoiled valley of the Utah Territory-and in the name of God-120 men, women and children were savagely murdered. Who ordered the massacre, and why, has been hidden in a cloak of secrecy and conspiracy. And the reputation of one of the nation’s mightiest religious figures has been preserved and protected. Until now.

Director: Christopher Cain

Studio: Black Diamond Pictures

Website: SeptemberDawn.net

June 27

Live Free or Die Hard

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Cast: Bruce Willis, Justin Long, Maggie Q, Timothy Olyphant, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jonathan Sadowski

Story: An attack on the vulnerable United States computer infrastructure begins to shut down the entire nation. The mysterious figure behind the shattering scheme has figured out every digital angle – but he never figured an old-fashioned, “analog” fly-in-the-ointment: John McClane.

Director: Len Wiseman

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Website: LiveFreeorDieHard.com

June 29

Death at a Funeral

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Cast: Matthew Macfayden, Rupert Graves, Peter Dinklage, Alan Tudyk, Daisy Donovan, Kris Marshall, Andy Nyman, Jane Asher Story: Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family.

Director: Frank Oz

Studio: MGM

Website: Not Available

Sicko

Genre: Documentary

Cast: Michael Moore

Story: Michael Moore, director of “Fahrenheit 9/11,” the highest grossing documentary of all time, sets his sights on the American healthcare system and the corruption within.

Director: Michael Moore

Studio: Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company

Website: Not Available

Ratatouille

Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy

Cast: Patton Oswalt, Ian Holm, Lou Romano, Brian Dennehy, Peter Sohn, Peter O’Toole, Brad Garrett, Janeane Garofalo, Will Arnett, Julius Callahan, James Remar, John Ratzenberger, Teddy Newton, Tony Fucile, Jake Steinfeld, Brad Bird, Laurent Spelvogel (narrator)

Story: Academy Award®-winning director Brad Bird (“The Incredibles”) and the amazing storytellers at Pixar Animation Studios (“Cars,” “Finding Nemo”) take you into an entirely new and original world where the unthinkable combination of a rat and a 5-star gourmet restaurant come together for the ultimate fish-out-of-water tale.

Director: Brad Bird

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios

Website: Ratatouille.com