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Summer spectacular
Xtra gives you the lowdown on the movies you should not miss this summer!
Wanted
Wesley Gibson is living a pathetic, bleak, colorless cubicle existence until his father’s death sets into motion a series of stunning revelations. Revelation One: a super-hot chick is actually checking him out. Two: the aforementioned chick, ‘Fox,’ worked with Dad, who by the way was a superstar assassin answering to a supernatural authority. Three: Wesley has inherited Dad’s special talents, which unsurprisingly involve killing people. Four: Dad was murdered, and it’s Wesley’s job to avenge him and set things right.
Unless, of course, he’s really attached to that day job.
The Dark Knight
Batman began three summers ago — now it’s time for him to finish what he started. Bruce Wayne and his alter ego Batman hover on the verge of victory over Gotham City’s corruption, thanks to the help of the stalwart Lieutenant Gordon and the capable DA Harvey Dent. But then a grinning, horrific specter rises up out of nowhere to thwart Batman at every turn... a devious anarchist who calls himself The Joker. In order to defeat him, Batman will have to explore the darker side of justice and risk becoming more villain than hero himself.
Hancock
What happens when a wisecracking, homeless, alcoholic superhero meets a determined PR exec? Hancock, who just saved the life of idealistic Ray Embrey, is about to find out. Embrey is determined to rehabilitate the down-and-out Hancock, clean up his image, and make him into a true hero the world can adore. Embrey’s wife Mary, on the other hand, isn’t so sure it’s a worthy endeavor, particularly when Hancock starts hitting on her in the midst of his big comeback.
Kung Fu Panda
In an animated ancient China populated by talking animals, the world’s most malevolent warrior is the snow leopard Tai Lung. When Tai Lung escapes from prison, all seems lost until a prophecy points to a heroic Dragon Warrior destined to save the day! Problem is, the chosen one happens to be Po, a lazy, clumsy dumpling addict whose girth puts the ‘giant’ back in ‘giant panda.’ Despite Po’s apparent lack of potential, the legendary kung fu master Shifu tries to whip him into shape with the help of his five prize students: Tigress, Monkey, Snake, Crane, and Mantis
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
For two thousand years, the Dragon Emperor and his 10,000 warriors have slumbered in terra cotta, a grand army of destruction captured in harmless clay. Enter adventurer Alex O’Connell, who is to mummies what car alarms are to city-dwellers. When Alex realises he’s awakened an ancient evil, he does what any dashing young hero would do: he runs to tell Mom and Dad. And so it is that Rick O’Connell and his wife Evelyn get pulled into yet another perilous adventure, with their wayward spawn in tow.
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