Cineplex Magazine June 2012

JUNE 8
proMEthEus
Sci-fi fans are primed for director
Ridley Scott’s return to the universe
he created in Alien, although this
movie doesn’t so much revisit his
Alien world as explain how it came
into being. The crew of the spaceship
Prometheus — Noomi Rapace,
Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, and
the potentially scene-stealing
Michael Fassbender as an android —
travel to a distant planet to explore
man’s origins. See Michael Fassbender
interview, page 38.
JUNE 15
rock of agEs
The film version of the Broadway musical uses ’80s hair-band
anthems to tell the story of star-crossed lovers Drew
(Diego Boneta) and Sherrie (Julianne Hough). But this is a
case where the supporting players outshine the leads.
Tom Cruise wowed director Adam Shankman with his
powerful pipes to land the role of washed-up rocker
Stacee Jaxx, Alec Baldwin steps up to play a nightclub owner,
Catherine Zeta-Jones struts her stuff as a rock-hating zealot
and Malin Akerman is the journalist who falls under Jaxx’s
spell. See Malin Akerman interview, page 26.
That’s My Boy’s
Andy Samberg (left)
and Adam Sandler
that’s My Boy
It’s the Adam and Andy show
as Adam Sandler teams
with Andy Samberg for this
comedy about crass, strip-club
loving Donny (Sandler), who
seeks out his estranged son
Todd (Samberg), a successful
hedge fund manager, to hit
him up for the money to pay
his back taxes.
Madagascar 3:
Europe’s Most Wanted
Madagascar 3:
EuropE’s
Most WantEd
When the Madagascar gang
— Alex the lion (Ben Stiller),
Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock),
Melman the giraffe (David
Schwimmer) and Gloria the
hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) —
go searching for those pesky
penguins in Monte Carlo,
they attract the unwanted
attention of the authorities.
So, to keep a low profile, they
join a travelling circus.
LoLa VErsus
Lola’s (Greta Gerwig) world
comes crashing down when
her fiancé (Joel Kinnaman)
breaks up with her three
weeks before their wedding.
Depressed that she’ll soon
turn 30 as a single woman,
Lola takes up with a string of
men looking for love in all the
wrong places. CONTINUED
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