May 18

Shortcut to Happiness

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Dan Aykroyd, Kim Cattrall, Ken Murton, John Savage, Jason Patrick

Story: A down-and-out writer (Anthony Hopkins) sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and fortune.

Director: Alec Baldwin

Studio: Yari Film Group Releasing

Website: Not Available

Shrek the Third

Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

MPAA Rating: PG (for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action)

Cast: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Rupert Everett, Justin Timberlake, Julie Andrews, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Amy Sedaris, John Krasinski, Ian McShane

Story: When Shrek married Princess Fiona, becoming the next King and Queen of Far, Far Away wasn’t part of the plan. So when his father-in-law, King Harold, falls ill, it is up to Shrek to find a suitable heir or he will be forced to give up his beloved swamp for the throne. Recruiting Donkey and Puss In Boots for a new quest, Shrek sets out to bring back the rightful heir to the throne, Fiona’s rebellious cousin Artie. Back in Far, Far Away, Fiona’s jilted Prince Charming storms the city with an army of fairy tale villains to seize the throne. But they have a surprise in store because Fiona, together with her mother, Queen Lillian, has drafted her fellow fairy tale heroines to defend their “happily ever afters.” As Shrek, Donkey and Puss work on changing Artie from a royal pain in the youknow- what into a future king, Fiona and her band of princesses must stop Prince Charming to ensure there will be a kingdom left to rule.

Director: Chris Miller, Raman Hui

Studio: DreamWorks Animation

Website: Shrek.com

May 25

Bug

Genre: Psychological Thriller

MPAA Rating: R (for some strong violence, sexuality, nudity, language and drug use)

Cast: Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., Lynn Collins, Brían O’Byrne, Michael Shannon

Story: A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again – until the first bugs arrive…

Director: William Friedkin

Studio: Lionsgate

Website: Bugthemovie.com

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End

Genre: Action, Adventure

MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of action/adventure violence and some frightening images)

Cast: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Chow Yun-Fat, Stellan Skarsgård, Jack Davenport, Kevin R. McNally, Lee Arenberg, Mackenzie Crook, Andy Beckwith, Reggie Lee

Story: In the follow-up to the record-breaking smash 2006 hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, we find our heroes Will Turner , Elizabeth Swann allied with Captain Barbossa in a desperate quest to free Captain Jack Sparrow from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones’ locker n while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Navigating through treachery, betrayal and wild waters, they must forge their way to exotic Singapore and confront the cunning Chinese Pirate Sao Feng. Now headed beyond the very ends of the earth, each must ultimately choose a side in a final, titanic battle n as not only their lives and fortunes, but the entire future of the freedomloving Pirate way, hangs in the balance.

Director: Gore Verbinski

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures

Website: Disney.com