Category: summer movie preview

Movies: Hot summer films, tepid ‘Shadows,’ an eerie ‘Voice’ and more

New releases in Portland-area theaters not reviewed in this week's A&E.

dark shadows 2.jpgJohnny Depp in "Dark Shadows"
In this week's paper, we weigh in on the eleventy-jillion movie releases due in Portland theaters between now and Labor Day in our annual Summer Movie Guide.  We've also got reviews of the films that open today, including the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp horror comedy "Dark Shadows," the Norwegian comic thriller "Headhunters," the multi-character British charmer "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel," and "Sound of My Voice," a creepy film about life in a charismatic cult.  And those bad pennies:  "Also Opening," "Indie/Arthouse" and "Levy's High Five."

Summer Movie Roundup: ‘Sumer is icumen in’ with a bang and lots of echoes

All the summer movie news you need for only-in-Portland film events, big global blockbusters and everything in between.

The Dark Knight Rises.jpgChristian Bale as Batman in "The Dark Knight Rises"
Today's paper includes my massive Summer Movie Preview, which may have appeared before you earlier this morning in a stream of blog posts, tweets and social media detritus.

As my small gesture toward decluttering your heads, I've (trendy verb alert) aggregated the whole shebang here.

To wit:

Mini-essay on Summer Movies 2012

May releases
June releases
July releases
August releases
Films with undetermined release dates
Photo slide show of dozens of images from the summer's releases and events

It's a lot, yes.  How nice of somebody (and I only take partial credit here) to break it all down and map it out.

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