(opening dates are tentative)
Kon-Tiki, PG-13 Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five other men put together an expedition that crossed the Pacific Ocean in a balsa-wood raft in 1947 to prove how pre-Columbian South Americans likely crossed and settled on Polynesian islands. With Pal Sverre Hagen, Odd Magnus Williamson, Tobias Santelmann, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Jakob Oftebro; 2012 feature directed by Joachim Ronning, Espen Sandberg. June 21
Love Is All You Need, R A lonely, middle-aged English widower and estranged single father living in Denmark and a Danish hairdresser, recuperating from a long bout of illness who’s just been left by her husband for a younger woman, embark on a trip to Italy to attend the wedding of his son and her daughter. With Trine Dyrholm, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Bodnia, Paprika Steen, Christiane Schaumburg-Muller; directed by Susanne Bier. June 21
Monsters University, G In this Monsters Inc. prequel, college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal), in his first semester at Monsters University, finds his plans to become a primo Scarer sidelined when he crosses paths with hotshot Sulley (voice of John Goodman), and discovers that the mismatched pair will have to work together, along with an odd bunch of misfit monsters, to make it to the top. Animated, with voices of Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren, Alfred Molina, Dave Foley, Nathan Fillion, Julia Sweeney, John Krasinski, Bonnie Hunt, John Ratzenberger; directed by Dan Scanlon. June 21
Much Ado About Nothing, PG-13 Director Joss Whedon’s black-and-white, contemporary take on William Shakespeare’s classic comedy about a dashing young officer (Alexis Denisof) and a witty scion of wealth (Amy Acker) whose sparring, with the help of a prince’s machinations, eventually blooms into love. With Nathan Fillion, Clark Gregg, Fran Kranz, Reed Diamond. June 21
World War Z, PG-13 Brad Pitt plays a U.N. guy in a race against time to stop a “pandemic” (a virus that kills, re-animates and turns people into flesh-eating zombies). With Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale, Matthew Fox, David Morse; directed by Marc Forster. June 21
MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 06/14/2013