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Total Recall and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

In Total Recall, a factory worker, Douglas Quaid (Colin Farrell), begins to suspect that he’s a spy after visiting Rekall – a company that provides its clients with implanted fake memories of a life they would like to have led. When his own procedure goes horribly wrong, Quaid becomes a hunted man. Finding himself on the run from the police – controlled by Chancellor Cohaagen (Bryan Cranston), the leader of the free world – Quaid teams up with a rebel fighter (Jessica Biel) to find the head of the underground resistance (Bill Nighy) and stop Cohaagen.

Total Recall, Bravo DesignJames Berardinelli of Reelviews.net writse, “No one can fault Len Wiseman’s vision. His grim world is vividly represented via some of the most effectively splashy CGI I have recently seen. There’s a George Lucas-like attention to detail.” The HSX predicts that Total Recall will open up at $29M domestically.

Rating: PG-13 // Genre: Action, Advernture, Sci-Fi // Runtime: 1 hr. 38 min. // Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bokeem Woodbine, Bryan Cranston and Bill Nighy // Directed by: Len Wiseman // Written by: Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback (Screenplay), Philip K. Dick (Short Story / Inspiration), Ronald Shusett, Dan O’Bannon and Jon Povill // Produced by: Total Recall, Original Film, Rekall Productions // Distributed by: Columbia Pictures

Our second featured release is Diary of a Wimpy Kid Dog Days. The hero of the phenomenally successful book series, Greg Heffley, hatches a plan to pretend he has a job at a ritzy country club, but even that fails to keep him away from the season’s dog days, including embarrassing mishaps at a public pool and a camping trip that goes horribly wrong.

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Francesca Steele of Skymovies writes, “It’s good to see cinema’s favorite high school underdog out of the classroom and yes, a little bit more grown-up. And, as was the case with this film’s two predecessors, the characters are unusually charming for a simple kid’s film.” The HSX predicts that Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days will open up at $18M domestically.

Rating: PG // Genre: Comedy, Family // Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min. // Starring: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron and Devon Bostick // Directed by: David Bowers// Written by: Jeff Kinney (Book), Gabe Sachs, Maya Forbes and Wallace Wolodarsky (Screenplay) // Produced and Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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The Watch

The Watch is set in the fictional Glenview, Ohio where Ben Stiller plays Evan, the manager at a local Costco and do-gooder known for organizing a slew of random self-help groups. When the night watchman at his store is killed, Evan decides to setup a neighborhood watch. It’s that call to arms that attracts blue-collar dad, Bob (Vince Vaughn), a police academy applicant, Franklin (Jonah Hill), and the recently divorced Jamarcus (Richard Ayoade). None too pleased with the deficient caliber of his crew; Evan takes them on late-night patrols, which eventually lead the group to their alien encounters.

Randy Myers of the San Jose Mercury News writes, “Everyone in the cast steps up to the plate and tags the bases convincingly. All are good, but it is Richard Ayoade who earns the most laughs.”

BoxOfficeGuru.com predicts that The Watch will open at around $22M.

Rating: R // Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi // Runtime: 1 hr. 38 min. // Starring: Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Jonah Hill and Richard Ayoade // Directed by: Akiva Schaffer // Written by: Jared Stern, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg // Produced by: 21 Laps Entertainment and Twentieth Century Fox// Distributed by: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

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MIB 3 and Chernobyl Diaries

Men In Black Bravo DesignAgents J (Will Smith) and K (Tommy Lee Jones) are back in MIB 3. When K’s archnemesis, Boris The Terrible (Jemaine Clement), breaks out of prison, Borris immediately travels back in time to take his revenge on the MIB agent who captured him. Back in the present, J is the only person who remembers K’s existence, and in an effort to save his partner as well as the whole planet, he also travels back to 1969, where he partners with a younger K (Josh Brolin), to stop Boris’ plan.

A.O. Scott of the New York Times writes, “Even as the movie carefully fulfills its blockbuster imperatives — with chases and explosions and elaborately contrived plot twists — it swerves into some marvelously silly, unexpectedly witty and genuinely fresh territory.”

Rating: PG-13
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Runtime: 1 hr. 46 min.
Starring: Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin
Directed by: Barry Sonnenfeld
Written by: Etan Cohen, Lowell Cunningham, David Koepp, Jeff Nathanson and Michael Soccio
Distributed By: Columbia Pictures

Chernobyl Diaries Bravo DesignChernobyl Diaries is an original story from Oren Peli, the creator of Paranormal Activity. The movie follows a group of young tourists who, looking to go off the beaten path, hire an “extreme tour” guide. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, deserted since the disaster more than 25 years ago. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group soon find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

Evan Dickson of BloodyDisgusting.com writes, “Chernobyl Diaries is a nightmarish journey, suspenseful and surprisingly fun.”

Rating: R
Genre: Horror
Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.
Starring: Jesse McCartney, Jonathan Sadowski and Olivia Dudley
Directed by: Bradley Parker
Written by: Oren Peli, Carey Van Dyke and Shane Van Dyke
Produced By: FilmNation Entertainment
Distributed By: Warner Bros. Pictures and Alcon Entertainment