Is it just me or has the big blockbuster feeling of movies this summer just not been there? Sure we’ve had Iron Man and Hulk, but other then that it’s just been a few semi big things here and there. Oh well, doesn’t look like we’re getting much this weekend either as only two big releases are hitting theatres. Mike Myers is starring in Austin Powers Fou…err, The Love Guru. Sorry. And Steve Carell missed it by…that much!
Wide Release
Get Smart – Starring Steve Carell, Natalie Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and more. Bungling secret agent Maxwell Smart, also known as Agent 86 for CONTROL, is on a mission to battle the forces of their evil crime nemesis known as KAOS with his more-competent partner Agent 99 at his side. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreams of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23. Smart will do whatever it takes to thwart the latest plot for world domination by KAOS.
The Love Guru – Starring Michael Myers, Jessica Alba, Verne Troyer, Justin Timberlake, and many more. Pitka who is an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: to settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
Limited Release
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl – Starring Abigail Breslin, Chris O’Donnell, and Julia Ormond. Ten year old Kit lives in a boarding house her parents own in Cincinnati, Ohio. She has a passion for writing, & dreams of having something of hers put in the local paper someday. With the help of her friends, Sterling & Ruthie, will her dream finally come true?
Brick Lane – A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home…
