If there's one month to top them all in Summer blockbuster releases, June is it, sight-unseen. With more $100-million-plus potential per release than any other month this year, you couldn't go wrong even if you showed up at the theater without checking listings. There's a magnificent selection of films hitting theaters, and we've got the rundown of what's hot or not in June.
SPLICE
Starring: Adrien Brody, Sarah Polley, David Hewlett, Stephanie Baird
Directed By: Vincenzo Natali
Opening: Jun 4, 2010
Superstar genetic engineers Clive (Adrien Brody) and Elsa (Sarah Polley) specialize in splicing together DNA from different animals to create incredible new hybrids. Now they want to use human DNA in a hybrid that could revolutionize science and medicine. But when the pharmaceutical company that funds their research forbids it, Clive and Elsa secretly conduct their own experiments. The result is Dren, an amazing, strangely beautiful creature that exhibits uncommon intelligence and an array of unexpected physical developments. And though, at first, Dren exceeds their wildest dreams, she begins to grow and learn at an accelerated rate--and threatens to become their worst nightmare.
CraveOnline's Call: This could very easily take a hard left into cheese and lame, but from what we've seen so far it appears that Natali and Co. may have risen to the occasion and made a solid horror/thriller.
KILLERS
Starring: Katherine Heigl, Ashton Kutcher, Tom Selleck, Catherine O'Hara
Directed By: Robert Luketic
Opening: Jun 4, 2010
Trying to recover from a sudden break-up, Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) believes she’ll never fall in love again. But when she reluctantly joins her parents on a trip to the French Riviera, Jen happens to meet the man of her dreams, the dashing, handsome Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher). Three years later, her seemingly impossible wish has come true: she and Spencer are newlyweds living the ideal suburban life – that is, until the morning after Spencer’s 30th birthday when bullets start flying. Literally.
It turns out Spencer never bothered to tell Jen he’s also an international super-spy, and now Jen's perfect world has been turned upside down. Faced with the fact that her husband is a hit man, Jen is determined to discover what other secrets Spencer might be keeping – all the while trying to dodge bullets, keep up neighborly appearances, manage the in-laws…and work out some major trust issues.
CraveOnline's Call: It's hard to watch Katherine Heigl play up her most annoying tendencies, but as far as romantic comedies go you could do a whole hell of a lot worse than a hitman-husband plotline with these two.
GET HIM TO THE GREEK
Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs
Directed By: Nicholas Stoller
Opening: Jun 11, 2010
Aaron Green (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.’s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. His warning: Turn your back on him at your own peril.
British rocker Aldous Snow (Brand) is both a brilliant musician and walking sex. Weary of yes men and piles of money, the former front man is searching for the meaning of life. But that doesn’t mean he can’t have a few orgies while he finds it. When he learns his true love is in California, Aldous makes it his quest to win her back…right before kick-starting his world domination.
As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but Aaron will get him to the Greek.
CraveOnline's Call: Be there. This one shouldn't be missed. Also check out our interview with Russell Brand!
