HBO Movies premiering in July

June 30, 12:25 PMCable TV ExaminerChristine Nyholm

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HBO is featuring new movies this July; including Mamma Mia!, The Incredible Hulk, Burn After Reading and Eagle Eye. Following are brief descriptions of the movies airing on HBO, from a HBO press release.
 

Mamma Mia!

Mamma Mia! Is based on the smash Broadway musical. Th hit comedy is the story of a bride-to-be decides to figure out who her father is by inviting three of her mother’s old suitors to her wedding. Golden Globe® nominee Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried and Christine Baranski star. (PG-13 – 2008) [AC, AL] ESP Playdates: 18, 19, 21, 24, 26 and 30
 

The Incredible Hulk

In The Incredible Hulk, a scientist (Edward Norton) and his green alter ego fight to save the world and the woman he loves (Liv Tyler) from evil in this big-screen version of the popular comic. Tim Roth, Tim Blake Nelson, Ty Burrell and William Hurt also star. (Marvel, The Incredible Hulk, all character names and their distinctive likenesses: TM & © 2008 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved.) (Directed by Louis Leterrier; screen story and screenplay by Zak Penn.) (PG-13 – 2008) [AC, AL, V] ESP Playdates: 25, 26 and 28

Burn After Reading

In Burn After Reading, a former government agent becomes the object of a dimwitted extortion plot after accidentally leaving his memoir at the gym in this Golden Globe®-nominated dark comedy from the Coen Brothers. George Clooney, Golden Globe® nominee Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt star. (R – 2008) [AC, AL, SC, V] ESP Playdates: 4, 7, 12, 15, 20 and 2
 

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye is an action movie. Threatened by mysterious phone calls, two strangers (Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan) must team up to survive in this breathless action film also starring Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie and Billy Bob Thornton. (Directed by D.J. Caruso; story by Dan McDermott; screenplay by John Glenn & Travis Adam Wright and Hillary Seitz and Dan McDermott.) (PG-13 – 2008) [AC, AL, V] ESP Playdates: 11, 12, 14, 19, 22, 25, 29 and 31

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