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Summer movies!

by Tyler Wilson Coeur Voice Writer
| May 8, 2018 12:12 PM

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Charlize Theron in “Tully”

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Josh Brolin and Ryan Reynolds in “Deadpool 2”

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Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon in “The Spy who Dumped Me”

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Woody Harrelson, Alden Ehrenreich and Joonos Suatamo in “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

While the summer movie season started early with the release of “Avengers: Infinity War,” you’ll eventually (probably) want to see something else.

Thankfully, the rest of the summer contains the usual assortment of explosions, dinosaurs, superheroes and Tom Cruise dangling from something dangerous.

Release dates are subject to change, but read on for how the lineup stands now.

This Week

Overboard

The gender roles are reversed in this remake of the troubling 1987 comedy. This one stars Anna Faris in the Kurt Russell role, but seriously, do you remember the plot of this movie? It’s messed up.

Tully

An overwhelmed mom (Charlize Theron) befriends her young nanny in the latest collaboration between Jason Reitman and writer Diablo Cody (“Juno” and “Young Adult”).

RBG (limited)

A documentary about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. May or may not include RBG rapping.

May 11

Life of the Party

Melissa McCarthy plays a recently-divorced mom who goes back to school at the same college as her daughter.

Breaking In

Watch another movie about bad guys breaking into a peaceful home and terrorizing an innocent family! NRA-approved!

May 18

Deadpool 2

Ryan Reynolds’ meta-anti-hero returns to crack jokes, crack skulls and probably make fun of other superhero movies. This time around he’s forming his own superteam, the not-at-all-derivative-sounding X-Force.

Book Club

The only thing worse than watching a “50 Shades of Grey” movie is watching a movie about people reading “50 Shades of Grey.” Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen and more are on hand to collect paychecks.

Show Dogs

Hopefully your kids won’t see a preview for this live-action talking dog adventure. Will Arnett plays the human lead, and I bet he wishes he had a Forget-Me-Now.

May 25

Solo: A Star Wars Story

After a slew of reported production problems (including the hiring of replacement director Ron Howard), the Han Solo prequel finally arrives in theaters. The good news: Chewbacca’s here, and Donald Glover should be a perfect young Lando Calrissian. Disney managed to save “Rogue One” from similar problems, so maybe the Force will be with this one too.

How to Talk to Girls at Parties (limited)

An alien (Elle Fanning) on a tour of the galaxy stops off in London to hang out with teenagers engulfed in the 70s punk scene. Re-read that sentence and try to pretend you’re not intrigued.

June 1

Action Point

Johnny Knoxville creates his own (extremely dangerous) theme park. Somehow not based on a true story.

Adrift

Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin play dreamboats stuck on a romantic dreamboat who run into a not-so-romantic hurricane.

June 8

Ocean’s 8

The ladies take a turn attempting a seemingly-impossible heist. With Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Rihanna, Mindy Kaling and more, plus maybe a cameo or two from that other “Ocean’s” series.

Hereditary

Haunted House meets Ancestry.com in this much-ballyhooed horror flick starring Toni Collette

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (limited)

A documentary about Fred Rogers sure to make anyone with a soul weep like a little kid.

June 15

The Incredibles 2

The long-awaited sequel to the 2004 Pixar smash finds the superhuman Parr family saving the world again while trying to contain the wildly-unpredictable powers of baby Jack-Jack.

Tag

Grown adults play a decades-spanning game of tag across the country. Based on a true story. Like really. With Jeremy Renner and Jon Hamm.

Loving Pablo (limited)

In this fact-based drama, Penelope Cruz plays a journalist who sparks a romantic relationship with drug lord Pablo Escobar (Javier Bardem).

June 22

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

In the sequel to 2015’s goofy ‘Jurassic’ reboot, a volcano threatens the dinosaurs on the former theme park, and Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard return to run and scream. Look, hindsight is 20/20, but it seems like they made a lot of mistakes with this dinosaur park. #1. Don’t build a theme park on a volcano. #2. Only breed herbivores.

Under the Silver Lake (limited)

Andrew Garfield (a former Spider-man) and Topher Grace (a former Venom) investigate the murder of a billionaire (not the Green Goblin) and the disappearance of a woman (probably not Mary Jane Watson, but it’s summer movie season, so maybe).

June 29

Sicario: Day of the Soldado

An Emily Blunt-less sequel to the acclaimed 2015 crime drama about the drug war on the US-Mexico border. This film focuses on Benicio Del Toro’s scary-intense character, Alejandro.

The Hustle

A remake of 1988’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” this time with Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson.

Uncle Drew

Street basketball hijinks featuring last year’s comedy breakouts LilRel Howery (“Get Out”) and Tiffany Haddish (“Girl’s Trip”), with Shaquille O’Neal and other basketball stars in old-man wigs.

July 4

The First Purge

See how all the killing began with this prequel to the “Purge” series about a holiday of sanctioned murder and mayhem. Wait, Marisa Tomei, what are you doing here? Run!

July 6

Ant-Man and the Wasp

If “Avengers: Infinity War” wasn’t enough Marvel for you this summer, here comes the sequel to “Ant-Man,” about the world’s quippiest shrinking man, played by Paul Rudd. Evangeline Lilly and Michael Douglas return as Wasp and Old-Man-Ant (that’s his name, right?) along with some newcomer named Michelle Pfeiffer.

Sorry to Bother You (limited)

In this sci-fi infused comedy and Sundance Film Festival breakout, “Atlanta” star Lakeith Stanfield plays an Oakland telemarketer who opens up a whole new world using his “white voice.”

July 13

Skyscraper

They’re not even trying to hide it. This is Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s riff on “Die Hard.”

Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation

Apparently Adam Sandler can only be released from his Netflix prison by playing the voice of Dracula in this inexplicably popular franchise.

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (limited)

Another Sundance favorite based on the memoir by cartoonist (and outspoken quadriplegic) John Callahan, with Joaquin Phoenix as Callahan, and co-starring Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara and Jack Black.

July 20

The Equalizer 2

Denzel Washington returns to dispatch more baddies with household tools.

Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!

If the trailer is any indication, don’t expect to see much of Meryl Streep in this follow-up. A singing Pierce Brosnan returns though, so you’ve been warned.

July 27

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

More insane stunts from apparent superhuman Tom Cruise. Production had to shut down for seven weeks because Cruise fractured his ankle on a particularly crazy jump. Rebecca Ferguson, Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin and Ving Rhames all reprise roles, but apparently Jeremy Renner was too busy not being in “Avengers: Infinity War.”

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Just ask your kids about this one.

August 3

Christopher Robin

A grown Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor) rediscovers his childhood friend Winnie-the-Pooh in this live-action take on the A.A. Milne characters.

The Spy Who Dumped Me

Mila Kunis and Kate McKinnon unwittingly enter the international spy game in this action-comedy.

Mile 22

A spy tries to extract a high-value police officer out of the country in this fourth pairing between star Mark Wahlberg and director Peter Berg (“Lone Survivor,” “Deepwater Horizon,” “Patriot’s Day”). Gritty gritty gritty.

Searching (limited)

A thriller told entirely from computer screens, like the 2016 horror movie, “Friend Request,” but without the digital ghouls.

August 10

The Meg

Jason Statham battles a giant prehistoric shark in the most summer movie of summer movie season.

August 17

Alpha

A cave boy and a wolf do cave boy and wolf things in this long-delayed adventure film set 20,000 years ago.

The Happytime Murders

A private detective investigates the murders of stars from an 80s children’s show. The stars are puppets, by the way. With Melissa McCarthy and Elizabeth Banks.

August 24

Replicas

Keanu Reeves plays a scientist who finds a way to bring back his dead family. I don’t know, Keanu, this sort of thing didn’t work out too well in “Pet Sematary.”