Tuesday, August 11
17 Again
What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Class of 1989, Mike O'Donnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, Mike may look 17 again, but his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool in the class of 2009. And in trying to recapture his best years, Mike could lose the best things that ever happened to him.
Matthew Perry, Jennifer Gibgot, Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Mark Kaufman, Keith Goldberg, Burr Steers, Adam Shankman
Comedy Teen
Road Trip 2: Beer Pong
The story sees a college student named Andy egged on by his rascally friends to stop worrying so much about his girlfriend back-home and start ejoying college life to the full. So he does. And meets a ‘Beer Pong' model named Jenna. He becomes rather besotted. Unfortunately, the girlfriend decides to transfer to Andy's university so she can be closer to him - and on all days, the day he and his friends have decided to hit the road chasing Jenna and her model friends in their big-ass tour bus.
Steve Rash, Michael Trotter, George Engel, DJ Qualls, Preston Jones, Nestor Aaron Absera
Comedy Sequel
I Love You, Man
In “I Love You, Man,” a comedy from John Hamburg (“Along Came Polly,” co-writer of “Meet the Parents,” “Meet the Fockers,” “Zoolander”), Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd, “Knocked Up” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”) is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey (“The Office’s” Rashida Jones), discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward “man-dates,” before meeting Sydney Fife (Jason Segel, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), a charming, opinionated man with whom he instantly bonds. But the closer the two men get, the more Peter’s relationship with Zooey suffers, ultimately forcing him to choose between his fiancée and his newfound “bro,” in a story that comically explores what it truly means to be a “friend.”
J.K. Simmons, Jane Curtin, Donald De Line, John Hamburg, Paul Rudd, Andy Samberg, Ivan Reitman, Mark Sourian
Comedy
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Gigantic
A mattress salesman meets a woman at his store.
Zooey Deschanel, Matt Aselton, Christine Vachon, Charles Pugliese, Mindy Goldberg, Adam Nagata, Paul Dano
Comedy Romance
The Class
Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.
Laurent Cantet, Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Nassim Amrabt, Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi, Juliette Demaille
Drama
Paris 36
A drama set in 1936 Paris about a small working class neighborhood. An election stirs up extremist passions while the town hopes to see a brighter future.
Christophe Barratier, Nicolas Mauvernay, Jacques Perrin, Julien Rappeneau
Drama
Alien Trespass
In 1957, local townspeople must hunt down the alien Ghota and neutralize it before it consumes all the local inhabitants and uses the human fuel to multiply and conquer the world.
R.W. Goodwin
Comedy Sci-Fi