Movies Released June 17, 2011

Friday, June 17

105 mins

Green Lantern PG-13

Hal Jordan, a test pilo, finds a downed alien spacecraft. A dying alien passes his ring to Jordan, introducing the man to a wider world that includes an interstellar police force known as the Green Lantern Corps and its overseers, the Guardians of the Universe.
Angela Bassett, Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds, Michael Green, Peter Sarsgaard, Gregory Noveck, Martin Campbell, Donald De Line
Action Adventure Superhero
94 mins

Mr. Popper's Penguins PG

A house painter's dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop.
Jared Stern, Carla Gugino, John Davis, David Krumholtz, Sean Anders, John Morris, Jim Carrey, Philip Baker Hall
Adventure Family
90 mins

Troll Hunter PG-13

Focuses on a group of students who discover what they believe is a government conspiracy to keep the existence of trolls in the north of Norway hidden from the general public.
Andre Ovredal, John M. Jacobsen, Otto Jespersen, Tomas Alf Larsen, Hans Morten Hansen
Thriller Horror Documentary Foreign Mockumentary
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93 mins

Kidnapped

A family finds themselves as victims of an 'express kidnapping'.
Miguel Angel Vivas, Ana Wagener, Fernando Cayo, Manuela Vellés, Guillermo Barrientos
Thriller Horror
89 mins

Buck PG

Master horse trainer Buck Brannaman uses principles of respect and trust to tame horses and inspire their human counterparts.
Cindy Meehl, Buck Brannaman
Documentary
New York / Los Angeles
5 / 5
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The Art of Getting By PG-13

No plot details have been announced.
Freddie Highmore, Emma Roberts, Blair Underwood, Gavin Weisen, Darren Goldberg, Jennifer Dana, Michael Angarano, Alicia Silverstone
Romance Teen

Jig PG

A documentary on the 40th Irish Dancing World Championships.
Sue Bourne
Documentary

Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times

In the tradition of fly-on-the-wall documentaries, the film gains unprecedented access to the New York Times newsroom and the inner workings of the Media Desk. With the Internet surpassing print as the public's main news source and newspapers all over the country going bankrupt, Page One chronicles the transformation of the media industry at its time of greatest turmoil.
Andrew Rossi
Documentary

Friday, June 17