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Garfield returns with a cat’s laugh [For ages 4-8] GARFIELD’S A TALE OF TWO KITTIES Opens June 23 Rated G Even Bill Murray couldn’t muster a laugh out of our family, and the fact that none of us is a cat person had nothing to do with it. But cats have nine lives, so I guess that means we’re in for another seven sequels. This one has Garfield following his owner, Jon, to England. The feline is mistaken for another of royal decent who has inherited a castle. Garfield savors the imperial pampering until a nefarious lord with eyes on the estate tries to sweep him away like soiled kitty litter. CARS Opens June 9 Rated G This was going to be the seventh and final collaboration between Pixar Animation and Walt Disney Pictures, until Steve Job’s company literally became a Mickey Mouse operation. “Cars” is the latest computer-animation feature directed and written by übertalented John Lasseter (“Toy Story,” “Toy Story 2,” “A Bug’s Life”). Owen Wilson voices Lightning McQueen, a cocky rookie race car that learns a lesson or two after causing an accident in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs. [For ages 12-18] SUPERMAN RETURNS Opens June 30 Rated PG-13 If Warner Bros. could successfully resurrect its Batman film franchise, then doing the same with the grand poobah of all superheroes, Superman, should be a piece of kryptonite-free cake. The nod to play the Man of Steel goes to former soap actor Brandon Routh, who uncannily looks like Christopher Reeve in his prime. In an attempt to protect the world he loves from cataclysmic destruction, Superman embarks on an epic journey of redemption that takes him from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of outer space, but doubtfully in a single bound. NACHO LIBRE Opens June 2 Not rated at press time (likely PG-13) Memo to the fans of “Napoleon Dynamite” and “The School of Rock”: Rejoice! The creators and writer of these two wildly fun and funny films have Jack Black returning to the world of silliness after his awkward-appearing stint in the otherwise stellar “King Kong.” Black stars as Ignacio, a cook at the same Mexican orphanage in which he was raised. Hoping to save the holy place from financial ruin, um, and score with a beautiful Mexican nun, he moonlights as a lucha libre wrestler. [dvds] this month AQUAMARINE (Rated PG, available June 13, for ages 7-12): In this literal fish-out-of-water comedy, a mermaid (Sara Paxton) who washes ashore after a violent storm is discovered and befriended by two younger teenaged girls. Benefiting from the maritime law that gives mermaids legs on land except at night or when wet, the chick of the sea falls head over tail for a hunk. Grade: B- LEROY & STITCH (Rated G, available June 27, for ages 4 to 9): This middling, direct-to-video animated film from Walt Disney is a spin-off of the 2002 animated feature “Lilo & Stitch.” The movie has Lilo getting ready to say goodbye to Stitch now that his mission on Earth is complete. Leroy, by the way, is the name of an experiment concocted by an evil doctor. Grade: C+ EIGHT BELOW (Rated PG, available June 20, for ages 8-12): When a rescue helicopter only has room for the imperiled humans, a pack of eight sled dogs is left behind in the Antarctic, setting off a thrilling and picturesque adventure Americanized from its source of inspiration, the 1983 Japanese film “Nankyoku Monogatari.” Director Frank Marshall finds the right blend of drama and tenderness with zero saccharine. It’s a fine family film. Grade: A- THE PINK PANTHER (Rated PG, available June 13, for ages 8-16): Steve Martin proves how talented Peter Sellers was as bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau. It’s about the theft of the priceless Pink Panther diamond. Ho-hum. Grade: D- |
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