Along with the major blockbusters, Hollywood offers loads of other films this summer. A look at the highlights:
May:
"The Fall" - A bedridden man in early Hollywood spins wild fantasies to encourage a young girl at the same hospital.
"How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer" - America Ferrera and Elizabeth Pena star in a comedy about three generations of Mexican-American women.
"Made of Honor" - Patrick Dempsey covertly romances his best pal (Michelle Monaghan) after she asks him to be "maid of honor" at her wedding.
"Meet Bill" - A lingerie saleswoman (Jessica Alba) helps turn life around for a loser (Aaron Eckhart).
"Noise" - Tim Robbins stars as a man who turns vigilante to combat the constant racket of Manhattan.
"Redbelt" - David Mamet directs Chiwetel Ejiofor as a man of honor in a corrupt world of mixed martial arts fighting.
"Son of Rambow" - A British charmer follows two wildly different boys who team up to make their own "Rambo" action flick.
"The Strangers" - A couple (Liv Tyler and Scott Speedman) face terror as masked intruders invade their home.
"War, Inc." - A hit man (John Cusack) poses as a corporate flunky to pull off an assassination in a war-torn country. The dark satire co-stars Hilary Duff.
"What Happens in Vegas" - Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are scheming strangers who wed on a whim then battle over a Vegas fortune they've won.
"Kit Kittredge: An American Girl" - Abigail Breslin stars as a plucky Depression-era girl in an adaptation from the American Girl book series.
"The Love Guru" - Mike Myers is a self-help weirdo trying to patch things up between a hockey star and his wife. With Jessica Alba and Justin Timberlake.
"The Longshots" - An ex-high school jock (Ice Cube) coaches his niece (Keke Palmer), the first girl to play Pop Warner football.
"Mamma Mia!" - Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan and the music of ABBA highlight this musical about a woman sorting out which of three old flames is the dad to walk her daughter down the aisle at her wedding.
"Religulous" - Bill Maher goes globe-trotting to talk with people about God and religion.
"Space Chimps" - Stanley Tucci and Cheryl Hines provide voices for an animated tale of lower primates in space.
"Step Brothers" - Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are adult slackers who become family when one's mom marries the other's dad.
"Fly Me to the Moon" - A 3-D animated adventure centers on three young flies that tag along on the Apollo 11 moon landing.
"Hamlet 2" - Steve Coogan and Catherine Keener star in a comedy about a teacher staging an irreverent musical sequel to "Hamlet."
"Hell Ride" - A Western on two-wheels features bikers avenging a murder by a rival gang. With Michael Madsen and David Carradine.
"Henry Poole Is Here" - Luke Wilson's a shut-in whose nosy neighbors teach him he can't live in isolation.
"The House Bunny" - An exiled Playboy bunny (Anna Faris) offers lessons on living to the social misfits of a college sorority.
"The International" - Interpol agent Clive Owen and prosecutor Naomi Watts take on a global bank that finances terrorism.
"Mirrors" - Kiefer Sutherland's a night watchman at a department store whose mirrors hold a horrible secret.
"Pineapple Express" - A pothead (Seth Rogen) who witnesses a murder ends up on the run with his dealer (James Franco).
"The Rocker" - Rainn Wilson and Christina Applegate star in the tale of an '80s rock drummer who stages a comeback 20 years after he's booted from his band.
The problem with “Bug” is that you figure out the punch line about 10 minutes into the film. Ashley Judd stars as a troubled hillbilly with a dead-end job and deadbeat ex-husband. She soon develops a weird romance with Peter (Michael Shannon), a mysterious stranger whose elevator obviously doesn’t go to the floor. When Peter wakes up getting bitten by invisible bugs, Judd’s character doesn’t question it, but accepts it, and soon enough she gets “bitten” by the bugs as well. Much self-mutation ensues. Extras include audio commentary from the director and one making-of featurette; otherwise, there isn’t much here.
Two lonely hearts crescendo into insect-obsessed, codependent madness in “Bug,” a psycho-romantic horror thriller directed by 1970s heavyweight William Friedkin. Don’t expect an effects-packed, extravagant chiller — never mind Friedkin’s “Exorcist” credentials. The film is a chamber-scale, material-worldly brand of creeper and — until it goes ludicrous — an inspired, crawly look at human need.
Lindsay Lohan has gotten involved in what, for her, is a long-term relationship — two consecutive nights of clubbing with British personality Calum Best (originally linked with Linds last summer). During Wednesday’s party for her Nylon magazine cover at NYC’s Tenjune, People reports, LiLo stayed close to Calum and was seen kissing him. Pals dubbed him “her new boy toy.”
The Washington Mystics are banking on the promise of basketball and free food to get 1,500 teens talking about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Washington. The women’s basketball team — which launched a foundation in November with Black Entertainment Television co-founder and Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson — will host “The Mystics Hip-Hop Forum” on July 27 at the Verizon Center, immediately before their home game.
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