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University held its undergraduate commencement exercises on May 11,
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fellowships at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer
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Taylor W. Arnold '13 represented the class of
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In recognition of his lifetime of work, Dr. Moorehead was granted an honorary doctor of science degree.
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city's main parade route in 1968. Since Dr. Moorehead launched the
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Aid and Pleasure Club. He has helped shape Muskingum's future through
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This is why I don't like overpaying a player for having a good year, especially a contract year, or a good playoff. Prime case is Coz in Lakers series. He never played that good or better again. I could add Bender and Tinsley.
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Don't forget Green.
I'd love to have Redick playing 30 mpg for us, starting next to PG if Danny isn't in the picture. JJ is one of those guys that always makes the right play and leaves it all out on the court. I'm a huge fan of his.
I didn't forget Green. He's played 42 games out of the 246 games he is signed to play. Get back with me at the end of the season, and I might have to agree.
It's not the money Green gets paid that upsets me, it's the FULLY GUARANTEED contract that does. If his contracts 2nd & 3rd years were team options, the contract would be fine. Technically, he'd be playing for a contract each year. No production you just invoke the TO, and move on to another player. Unfortunately, that's not how it is with a guaranteed contract. Your only recourse for a player not performing is to trade him if possible.
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This makes non sense, they have like 4 guys that play that position they need is a center.
Did you notice Charlotte beat Orlando last night for their 10th win of the season? JJ had a nice game hitting some 3's too, but they still didn't beat the Puddycats.
I watched the last half and OT of that game. The more I watch Sullinger play the better Boston picking him gets. He had something like 15 rebs, but he fouled out in OT for the 6th time this year making him the leader in fouling out of games.
I remember crossing my fingers for Sullinger to fall on the Pacers lap, it was so close.
They have a nice young center in Vucevic. If they need a b/u center, maybe they'd be interested in Plumlee. I'd be interested in some type of a Plumlee for Nicholson type trade.
I think he means the Celtics need a center.
KG pulled another dirty deal in the latter part of the game. I don't remember if it was with Noah or who, but he needs to quit this carp.
The Rockets picked up Beverley a short time ago. Last night was his 3rd game. He looked like an interesting player. Any thoughts?
It was with Hinrich, it was such an obvious moving screen, he moved Hinrich at least 3 feet using the screen
I don't think Green would have signed a 1 year deal with 2 team options on the first day of free agency. He probably would have waited for a better offer from somebody (going back to the Nets as a last resort) and the Pacers would have lost their ability to offer that type of money when Hill and Hibbert were signed. There's little risk and great reward for Green with that strategy. Signing a deal with team options is a net negative for him, so all he would be really risking would be 2.5 million or so between the first year salary from the Pacers and minimum. And he would potentially gain 6.5 million extra if somebody signed him to a deal like the Pacers ended up doing that had no options in it.
The Pacers were going to have to pay somebody fairly to get them to agree that quickly. They might have chosen the wrong person, but I don't think anybody was going to sign a deal so heavily weighted towards the team that early in free agency. And that's all the time the Pacers had because their cap space was only available for a small amount of time.
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boy i do like watching ben gordon play. wish he wasn't a $12 or $13 million cap hit.
Not buying into Green not signing. The Pacers next choice was Delfino who signed a 2 year contract with Houston at 3 mil a year with the 2nd year UNGUARANTEED.
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Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
In my opinion, Pierce is WAY more of an AS than Garnett. That's just a travesty. West deserves the AS nod over Garnett as well.
I love Durant, he's my favorite non-Pacer...but he gets an embarrassing amount of respect from the refs. It's stupid, breathe on him and they blow the whistle. It's way worse than Miami with Lebron/Wade.
He is a good player. Solid, feisty defender at the PG spot. He is athletic and plays with energy. Good rebounder for a PG, has the ability to penetrate and dish. Not the greatest shooter of all time but he can keep a defense honest.
I really want the Pacers to utilize the international market more. You can find gems if you know how to do it.
Tonight, all flags must burn, in place of steeples.
Autonomy must return into the hands of the people.
Exactly. It took Delfino until August 13th to sign a 1 year deal with a team option for a 2nd year. He waited until free agency was just about over (it had been over a month since free agency started) before he settled for that little. Green wasn't signing that sort of deal (1 year with 2 team options) in the first week of free agency. He would have waited just like Delfino did to see if something better came along.
wish he'd play better though. I like what he brings both offensively and defensively.
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Lord Fulabunk was recounting one of his many hunting expeditions to a group of colleagues. 'I was deep in a jungle, in the Congo. The air was thick and musky. Sweat dripped from my brow and my fellow hunters had already decided to give up and return to camp, but I was determined to capture our prey. Suddenly, I heard a snap of a twig from behind me. As I reeled around, I shot a huge tiger dead as it leapt to devour me! And that is how I came upon this fine trophy you see hanging on my wall here.'
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I have been a heavy smoker since I was 18, Quitting is unlikely. I also have a bad back, fall allergies, and get occasional migraines and frequent coughing spasms. These things take their toll on you.
I do eat healthy and exercise, but I'm not expecting to get past 70. It's a sobering thought my life is probably like 2/3 of the way through already, but it doesn't bother me all that much. I have no desire to be old (ie. confined to a wheel chair, unable to remember my name, etc.). Actually, I never thought I would reach 40 when I was a teenager. I guess I didn't drink as much I thought I would
What about the rest of you, how long do you think you will live?
until the day I die
"Wheresoever on earth he dwells, man is prey to two weaknesses: the need to pray and the need to love."-Marquis de Sade
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On-line longevity calculators are a lot of fun. I'm sixty-three and I've taken many of them and the range for my life expectancy is between 98 and 104. Last year my life insurance agent had my life insurance premiums lowered. He said it's the third time in his career he's ever done that.
It's taken a lot of conscious effort to get there -- 5,000 crunches a day five days a week, working out with heavy iron three days a week, running fifteen miles a week, an extremely healthful lifestyle and diet and the blessing of being in a relatively low stress business. I will confess that having three young children and an amazing wife is also a motivating factor.
On balance, after my brother's physical a few years ago his doctor told him that if he didn't change his eating habits, lose weight and lower his cholesterol that he would cut four or five years off his life. The doctor paused and said, "On the other hand, the last four or five years aren't worth a crap." Interesting. I suppose there are two schools of thought -- enjoy your life to the max and hope for the best -- we know all the anecdotes about people that drank half a bottle of vodka a day and smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and lived to 95 -- or cut some of the excesses and increase your chances for a longer life. There's a case to be made that it's a crapshoot. After all I do, a branch could fall from a tree in my backyard tomorrow and kill me. But I'm about increasing my odds. In the final analysis it's a personal decision and I certainly respect everyone's right to do what makes them happiest. Again, for me, having gotten a late start as a father and wanting to be with my children for as many years as I can does have an effect on my decisions.
As for being confined to a wheelchair and not remembering one's name, the quality of one's life in older age is strongly influenced by what leads up to it. George Burns, Aaron Spelling, Jack Lalanne, Grandma Moses and many others are examples of people that were productive, active and intellectually sharp well into advanced age.
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I wish to make it into my late 80's, early 90's for no other reason than to hopefully know my great grand children.
I work out, diet, and enjoy the outdoors. My only vice being that I tend to drink heavy on the weekends (straight liquor most of the time). I hope to tone that down over time but I'm a jolly drunk and do enjoy it.
For a really really long time
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90's? I'm ok with that. asuming the quality is ok.
I guess 100's or 110's is ok but what about quality?
I find it ironically funny that no sooner someone is declared the world's or U.S. oldest person a couple weeks later they die.
Seems like there was been a stream of 110's passing on lately.
if you want a number....based on genetics and lifestyle......I'ld say 96
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I have heard that small people live longer than large people. I do not know if that is true, but I am only 5' 5" tall.
But I am up to 173 lbs. due to all weight lifting. Hard to say if I qualify or not
Thanks for that, Phil. I'll respectfully suggest, however, that your point of view may change as you grow older. We tend to grasp tightly to life at any age, hoping for a few more years. There's a wonderful song from Country music singer Garth Brooks with lyrics about life that go, "Ain't it funny how we come in kicking 'Giddyup!', and go our hollering 'Whoa!' Lord we never want to be here, but we sure don't want to go."
Funny, but it kind of sums it up for most of us.
Did a online calculator test and it said 86.
Every day I wake up thinking today's the day I become an immortal.
I'll die at age 69 while......nevermind
Not very and I don't really want to live very long anyway. I've always felt I'd die younger than average, even though I don't have any real health issues.
I'm gonna say 70 for me because I'd don't want to end up in a situation where I can't do things for myself.
"These are the days of high adventure"
Going by family history...I'll probably live till I'm 59 MAX. I'm over half way there.
My father, uncle, first cousin, grandfather, great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather, and great-great-great grandfather; all from my dad's side; all died before hitting 60.
Ironically all of the women on my mother's side all have lived till at least 88.
damn this thread is depressing. As if I don't already lie awake at nights worrying that one day my heart will stop and I won't be able to breathe and then I will simply cease to exist...cuz I do


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With its usual disregard for the calendar, summer kicks off movie-wise Thursday with the IMAX release of "Iron Man 3." Three other films with numbers in their titles - "Fast & Furious 6," "The Hangover Part III" and "Despicable Me 2" - are part of Fandango fans' Top 10 most anticipated films of the summer.
The others on the list are: "Star Trek Into Darkness" (really a sequel of a reboot); "The Great Gatsby" from Baz Luhrmann (a great novel that has been filmed before); "Man of Steel" (Zack Snyder's reboot of the "Superman" story); "The Lone Ranger" (based on the old TV and radio series and previously made into a feature film); "Monsters University" (a prequel/sequel to Pixar's animated hit "Monsters, Inc. "; and, finally, the apocalyptic action-thriller "World War Z," starring Brad Pitt, which isn't a sequel to anything but is coming at the height of the zombie craze.
"Much Ado About Nothing," you say? As it turns out, even Shakespeare gets a makeover in a quirky version of his battle-of-the-sexes play from Joss Whedon ("The Avengers").
Actually, there is plenty to get excited about this summer for film fans of all stripes. In fact, there is really no point in saying how many movies might be worth seeing, because it would make up half of the accompanying list.
If you're looking for something with less noise and action, there is also plenty of that, too. Here are two recommendations: "Before Midnight," in which Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater offer the continuing story of Celine and Jesse, a funny, insightful look at middle-age romance teetering on the edge; and Sarah Polley's quasi-documentary "Stories We Tell," the best film I've seen this year.
The usual caveats about the movie list: Descriptions are mostly based on information from the film companies; some dates will change; and some films will go in and out of the picture.
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James Badge Dale says he is a fan of zombie movies but he never thought he would be in one with Brad Pitt.
"When these opportunities come along, you go for them."
Dale - whom you might know from HBO's "The Pacific" or AMC's "Rubicon" or as Michael Fassbender's adulterous boss in "Shame" or the cancer patient in Denzel Washington's "Flight" - has been grabbing at a lot of opportunities lately.
He has key roles in three of the biggest movies of the summer, starting with "World War Z," the apocalyptic zombie film. But he's also in "Iron Man 3" and "The Lone Ranger."
"It's a strange feeling because we're talking about three films coming out basically in a two-month time period," says the actor, who turns 35 on Wednesday. "You are talking about the culmination of two years of work for me, and it was never expected that they would come out this close together. Maybe it's a great way to take care of it in one fell swoop."
In "World War Z" - based on the novel by Max Brooks - Dale plays a commander of a military prison on lockdown after a plague that has turned people into zombies. Pitt plays a United Nations employee who is trying to stop the pandemic that is threatening to decimate humanity.
Like other zombie flicks, the film, directed by Marc Forster ("Quantum of Solace"), was shot so there could be plenty of gore. Dale says the filmmakers always knew they could cut back, and that the film was beautifully shot. "It has a dark and moody quality, and fans familiar with the book will find things that they can relate to in the film."
He says Forster was a great choice to make the film because he brings out the intellectual elements of the story. Still, as Dale points out, it's a challenge to do a $100 million-plus movie with 500 extras dressed as zombies. "He'd come up to me and look around and say, 'I've never done this before.'"
Pitt, he says, had "this gift of making everyone else around comfortable on the set. He is a very giving actor and a good guy to hang out with and really funny."
Dale calls his role in "Iron Man 3" "a loaded weapon. My character is not the one who pulls the trigger. He does whatever his bosses tell him to do. You just don't know when he's going to go off."
And like the other "Lone Ranger" cast members, Dale went to cowboy boot camp to train for the film.
"I had a really good time, but it proved real necessary," he says. "I thought at first, just give me a week, I don't need six weeks. After that first week it became painfully - I mean painfully physically - apparent that you need a long time to get used to it."
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"300: Rise of an Empire"
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How do you make a sequel to a movie that ended up with almost everybody dead? That was the conundrum for the filmmakers of "300."
The 2007 green-screen blockbuster, which raked in $450 million worldwide, is a loose retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae, in which a small group of Spartans held off a massive army of Persians literally to the last man.
Director Noam Murro says the script for the new film, "300: Rise of an Empire," has a "Rashomon "-like quality to it, with stories being told from different perspectives. The 3-D action-adventure is sort of a prequel-sequel to the original, telling a parallel tale but also having some flashbacks while moving the history forward.
Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel, "Xerxes," and co-written by Zack Snyder, who directed the first movie, the new film focuses on an epic sea battle as Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece. He, like Gerard Butler's King Leonidas in the original, still faces the massive invading Persian forces led by mortal-turned-god Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), this time with the vengeful Artemesia (Eva Green) in command of his navy.
"The character of Artemesia is one of the things that attracted me to this project," says Murro, whose first film was the offbeat comedy "Smart People." "It puts an almost Lady Macbeth, sociopath villainess at the heart of this movie. She's completely unapologetic about her rise and her ambition."
He says Green is wonderful in the role, and he thinks audiences will take to Stapleton, whom American audiences may know from the Cinemax action series "Strike Back."
"300: Rise of an Empire" Courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
"I saw him in a little film called 'Animal Kingdom' and was blown away by his performance, and he wasn't even the lead," says Murro. "We were looking for a guy who has a charisma, a true leader who is not only a warrior like Leonidas but has a political mind who has to win the people."
So what does Murro find creates the most pressure in making the follow-up to such a giant hit with a huge following - what Snyder, Miller or the fans think?
"I worry about everything," deadpans the filmmaker.
Opening August 9, 2013
"We're the Millers"
"We're the Millers" Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture
If you were going to put together a fake family, you would be hard-pressed to find a better candidate than Emma Roberts as the perfect daughter.
The 22-year-old actress cleans up pretty good, too. In "We're the Millers," Roberts plays a homeless girl recruited by a small-time pot dealer to help smuggle drugs across the border. Sounds like some grim indie film until you look at the cast. "Saturday Night Live" star Jason Sudeikis plays the pot dealer, who has to repay a debt to a supplier (Ed Helms) by bringing his latest shipment in by RV from Mexico.
For a cover, he gets his stripper neighbor (Jennifer Aniston) to pose as his wife and a latchkey kid as his son (Will Poulter).
"I'm basically a runaway whom Jason's character gives a makeover to. What was fun for me was getting to go from a grunge girl with colored hair and piercings to an all-American girl," says Roberts, who first became known to audiences on the Nickelodeon show "Unfabulous," where she played a seventh-grader who wrote songs about her life in middle school.
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber ("Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story"), "We're the Millers" was shot in North Carolina, where the cast either spent a lot of time on the road in an RV or on a soundstage in an RV. In such close quarters, you would expect a least a few unscripted funny moments from Sudeikis. "He was amazing at improvising," says Roberts. "There were a lot of times we were nearly crying trying to keep it together because he was ad-libbing."
Roberts - the niece of Julia and daughter of Eric - was thrilled to be in a film with Aniston. "Getting to work with her was one of my dreams as a young actress. She was just so nice and down-to-earth, and I got to hang out with her off the set."
The actress was also happy to play someone closer to her own age in "We're the Millers." "I usually play someone younger," she says. Roberts also plays her age in the indie film "Adult World," where she is a college graduate saddled with debt who works at an adult bookstore. The film, which co-stars John Cusack, recently debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Roberts, in fact, has been pretty busy of late, but she did take time out to go to the first weekend of this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
"It's good to be able to get away and turn off your phone and not think about work."
Opening June 7, 2013
"The Internship"
Shawn Levy and Jim Gianopulos attend the American Cinematheque 26th Annual Award Presentation To Ben Stiller 2012 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Thursday November 15, 2012 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP Images)
Maybe the funniest part of an already funny idea for the movie "The Internship" was that Google would not only think it was amusing but take part in it.
The comedy, directed by Shawn Levy ("Night at the Museum," "Date Night") and co-written by Vince Vaughn, brings the "Wedding Crashers" star back together with buddy Owen Wilson. The pair play salesmen whose careers are dying in the digital world. Trying to prove they are not obsolete, they talk their way into a coveted Google internship and find themselves competing against the brightest college students.
"I think that the reteaming of Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn for the first time since 'Wedding Crashers' was a big incentive for both for me and for Google," says Levy. "Google has this interesting blend of being what they are and yet they have a real willingness to poke fun at themselves and to treat their own culture irreverently. "
Like a lot of people, Vaughn had seen documentaries about Google's unique atmosphere; so he and Levy visited the company's headquarters - better known as the Googleplex - a number of times in Mountain View.
"They really do have nap pods and free food within 150 feet of every employee at all times, and beach volleyball and a Quidditch league," says Levy, who is about to shoot the film "This Is Where I Leave You," based on the Jonathan Tropper novel.
"I would have been hard-pressed to make up such weird stuff, but it makes a really good comedy. "
Levy and Vaughn told Google that while they wanted the movie to be straight-up funny and broadly commercial, they also wanted it to be a feel-good film at its heart.
"I think it's an underdog tale," says Levy. "We have 40-year-olds questioning their relevance, but you also have these 21-year-old interns coming out of college going into the job market without any certainty. The movie is really about 40 meets 20. Both generations have anxiety about their futures."
Of course, a key to the movie is the Wilson-Vaughn chemistry.
"I've directed a lot of comedians and Owen is really funny and Vince is really funny, but there's something unique in the combination of these guys," says the filmmaker.
Levy says while they had a solid screenplay before they started, at least once a day while shooting they would go off-road.
"Owen and Vince are both writers. If they get a notion, sometimes it's crap but it might be gold. If you don't explore both, you don't have a chance at the good stuff. In this movie, there are a lot of unscripted lines that came about as a result of their chemistry."
Opening July 19, 2013
"R.I.P.D." Courtesy of Universal Pictures
Jeff Bridges is playing another "hard-ass, tough guy" Western lawman again, but unlike Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit," he's dead and he knows it.
The Oscar-winning actor says the plot of his latest movie, "R.I.P.D.," "is so bizarre and fresh that I find it difficult to describe."
The title stands for the Rest in Peace Department, a group of "dead policemen trying to track down other dead people who have escaped judgment and are pretending to be alive. We call them 'deados,' " says the actor.
Adding to the bizarreness is that when living people look at Bridges' character they see instead a gorgeous woman played by Victoria's Secret model Marisa Miller.
The trippy concept - from a graphic novel by Peter Lenkov - sounds like something "the Dude" from "The Big Lebowski" would have dug. "R.I.P.D." is directed by Robert Schwentke, who had a hit with the comedy-action-thriller "RED" a couple of years ago, and his participation is another reason Bridges was attracted to the film.
"That could have been just another genre movie," he says, "but he added a new flavor to it."
"R.I.P.D." is also a buddy cop movie, with Ryan Reynolds as a police officer killed in the line of duty who finds a new job and partner waiting for him in the afterlife.
"One of the joys of making the film was working with Ryan," says Bridges. "He is really a terrific actor, someone really able to work the romantic side of things and the comedy side of things."
Bridges is also a fan of the rest of the cast. He calls Mary-Louise Parker, who plays the dead cops' boss, a "unique performer. I'm a big fan of her from 'Weeds.'"
Kevin Bacon plays Reynolds' pre-death partner. "He was great to hang out with. We got that music thing going together (the two are singer-guitarists); so we got a chance to pick a little bit," says Bridges, adding that he is "digging" Bacon's TV show "The Following."
Up next for Bridges is the role of a witch hunter in "The Seventh Son." Sounds like another otherworldly role, but the actor differentiates the two.
"I'm interested in myth, and 'Seventh Son' is more mythological than 'R.I.P.D.'"
Opening May 10, 2013
"The Great Gatsby"
Baz Luhrmann admits taking "The Great Gatsby" to the 3-D screen has taken a lot out of him, having just finished the film - originally set to be released last Christmas - a couple of weeks ago.
"It's the fundamental American story - a celebration and an indictment of the American dream," says the Australian filmmaker. "It's paradoxical in almost every aspect, and that's what so brilliant about it."
This new adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's great Jazz Age novel of love and ambition stars Leonardo DiCaprio as the title character, the enigmatic millionaire. Luhrmann had worked with the superstar before on "Romeo + Juliet" (1996). "When I first worked with Leo, he was a gifted young actor, and now he is a man who is in full control of his talents," the filmmaker notes. "He was a genuine collaborator on this film."
Luhrmann says it was a big decision for DiCaprio to become involved in the movie, and that he and Tobey Maguire, who plays the story's narrator, Nick Carraway, were involved in both the writing and workshop sessions.
The filmmaker says the 1974 version of the film starring Robert Redford, which he saw when he was 12, always stuck in his head, partly because he didn't understand it. Then when taking a long trip on the Trans-Siberian Railway more than a decade ago, he started to listen to an audiobook of the novel on his iPod.
After eight hours, he couldn't wait to finish it, and wanted to make it into a film. "It's an incredible novel because it's incredibly well-constructed."
But he wasn't sure how to crack the issue of the inner voice of Nick Carraway. When the financial crisis hit in 2008, he found a way in, seeing the financial shenanigans as akin to those in the 1920s when "Gatsby" was set.
That's not the only up-to-date element Luhrmann has brought to "Gatsby." There is filming in 3-D, of course. He says James Cameron gave him a idea of what the new technology could do even before making "Avatar," and that Alfred Hitchcock first showed him its possibility as a medium for drama in his 3-D film "Dial M for Murder," which was made in 1954.
"Gatsby" is also filled with songs that Jay-Z helped Luhrmann compile, which includes new music from Beyonce, Lana Del Rey, Florence Welch of Florence + the Machine and Jay-Z himself.
Luhrmann points out that Fitzgerald made references to popular songs in his book. "I made this choice rightly or wrongly," he says. "If he lived in the Jazz Age, then we live in the hip-hop age. So I wanted to make the translation."
The novelist, says the filmmaker, was obsessed with all things modern, "particularly cinema."
"My big thing was to do an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel in the spirit that he wrote it," says Luhrmann, "in the most modern way and not look at it through a nostalgic lens."
Opening August 16, 2013
"Kick-Ass 2"
"Kick-Ass 2"
In the 2010 action hit "Kick-Ass" - about a group of young self-styled superheroes - Chloe Grace Moretz played a sullen 11-year-old girl known as Hit-Girl, who had been trained by her policeman father to take out bad guys.
The now 16-year-old has grown up quite a bit since then. She recently was on her way to a fashion shoot, and in the past few years she has been turning heads for her roles in "Let Me In," Martin Scorsese's "Hugo" and Tim Burton's "Dark Shadows" and in October audiences will see her in "Carrie," playing Stephen King's fiery telepathic teen, with Julianne Moore as her mother.
In "Kick-Ass 2," Moretz's Hit-Girl is in high school weighing her role as a superhero. "She's an orphan now and has been adopted by a police officer who is very rigid," the actress says. "Her whole life she's been taught to be vigilante, but he tells her that if she keeps doing what she's doing then he is going to have to arrest her."
Hit-Girl still has her purple superhero outfit but there are "more things making her a little bit more grown-up. She has a purple Ducati now and new fun gadgets."
The first time around as Hit-Girl, Moretz had to do extensive martial-arts training for the role so she could do her own stunts ("I was athletic but I wasn't super trained"), but because she works out regularly she found it easier to jump right into the project.
Moretz also found she was able to explore the character more deeply in "Kick-Ass 2."
"Hit-Girl is having this inner conflict and doesn't know if she's a villain or vigilante," says the young actress,adding that it was fun showing the character as a high-schooler. "She learns that if there was a drug dealer or a mean girl that she has to fight back."
The young actress has a slew of upcoming projects besides "Carrie," which she notes is "not a remake of the Brian De Palma movie but a reimagining of the book."
When it's mentioned that at 16 she already has had a long career, she responds, "No kidding, 11 years is a really long time."
Opening June 14, 2013
"Man of Steel"
Michael Shannon in "Man of Steel"
Michael Shannon admits that the party line on "Man of Steel" - Zack Snyder's reboot of the "Superman" franchise from a script by David S. Goyer - is to say practically nothing. But having had just seen the film the day before, he admits he was "pretty flabbergasted" by it.
"It was a pretty mind-blowing experience," he says.
Shannon, 39, whom many know from the HBO series "Boardwalk Empire," plays the superhero's archenemy, General Zod, in the new movie. The character had been portrayed in "Superman II" by Terence Stamp, but the filmmakers took a different tack this time.
"Basically the premise that Zack and David came up with is that they didn't want people to think of him necessarily as a villain," says Shannon, who also can be seen in the recently opened "Mud" and in "The Iceman," opening Friday. "They saw him as a general of Krypton, and it is his job to protect the planet and Superman is in his way. He's just trying to save his people."
British actor Henry Cavill, 29, takes on the Superman/Clark Kent role, and Shannon says, "He's pretty flawless. I can't imagine anybody being more like Superman than him. He's a very down-to-earth guy, too. It's almost weird seeing how much animosity there is between our characters in the film because whenever we weren't working, we got along pretty well."
Shannon says that despite all the pressures of a big-budget film, Snyder brought a warm atmosphere to the set.
"It is nice because we all know how much money is being spent and how much is riding on the success of the film. It's easy to feel anxious or feel the pressure of that, but Zack is very good at making people feel comfortable and just creating a fun environment."
Shannon's Zod is clad in a heavily armored outfit in the 3-D film, but the actor says that was added later with CGI.
"I never wore any armor because it would've restricted my movement, and they wanted me to be graceful. "
It's the 75th anniversary of the creation of Superman, but so far Shannon hasn't heard from the comic-book hero's fans. That may change once the movie is out, though.
Currently he's shooting a new season of "Boardwalk Empire," in which he plays FBI agent turned gangster Nelson Van Alden. Since a number of the characters on the 1920s mob show have been whacked already, Shannon was asked if he thought his character would survive.
"I get the impression they like Van Alden over there," he says, "but you never know."
Opening May 2, 2013
"Iron Man 3"
Robert Downey Jr. returns as the brilliant but impetuous industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man, who this time around finds his personal world destroyed and is left to survive by his own devices, forcing him to ponder the GQ question: Does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
Opening July 5, 2013
"The Way, Way Back"
A coming-of-age story of a 14-year-old (Liam James) during a summer vacation with his mother (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend (Steve Carell) and his daughter (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted teen finds an unexpected friend in the gregarious manager of a water park (Sam Rockwell).
Opening August 9, 2013
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. One man (Matt Damon) has a chance to bring equality to these worlds when he is pitted against Elysium's boss (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces.
Opening May 10, 2013
"Tyler Perry Presents Peeples"
Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage.
Opening May 15, 2013
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of the Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice. From director J.J. Abrams.
Opening May 24, 2013
"Fast & Furious 6"
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and muscle cars lead the returning cast. This time the crew with a need for speed goes up against organized crime in order to win pardons for themselves.
Opening May 24, 2013
"The Hangover Part III"
The third and final film in director Todd Phillips' comedy franchise finds the Wolfpack hitting the road. They couldn't possibly get in any trouble, right?
Opening May 31, 2013
"After Earth"
A crash-landing leaves a teenager (Jaden Smith) and his father (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape. With his dad injured, the young man must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash.
Opening June 7, 2013
"Much Ado About Nothing"
Shot in just 12 days (and using the original text), Joss Whedon ("The Avengers") places the Bard's story of sparring lovers Beatrice (Amy Acker) and Benedick (Alexis Denisof) in a contemporary setting.
Opening June 12, 2013
"This is the End"
The comedy follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. With Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco.
Opening June 21, 2013
"Monsters University"
The sequel to the animated hit "Monsters, Inc." tells how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became best friends. With the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman.
Opening June 21, 2013
"World War Z"
Based on the best-selling zombie novel by Max Brooks, Brad Pitt plays a United Nations employee in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
Opening July 3, 2013
"Despicable Me 2"
Super-villain Gru (Steve Carell), his adorable girls and the unpredictably cute Minions are back in this sequel to the animated hit.
Opening July 12, 2013
"Pacific Rim"
Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action-adventure about monstrous creatures who have risen from the sea and are beginning to take over Earth. A washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
Opening July 26, 2013
"The Wolverine"
Hugh Jackman returns as the furry superhero who must face lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality.
Opening July 31, 2013
"The Smurfs 2"
In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy "The Smurfs," the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. Neil Patrick Harris is back.
Opening August 7, 2013
"Percy Jackson - Sea of Monsters"
The young demigod and his friends must find the fabled and powerfully magic Golden Fleece in the Bermuda Triangle, battling terrifying creatures, an army of zombies and the "ultimate Evil."
Complete Listings
May 2
Iron Man 3: Robert Downey Jr. returns as the brilliant but impetuous industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man, who this time around finds his personal world destroyed and is left to survive by his own devices, forcing him to ponder the GQ question: Does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?
May 3
Dead Man's Burden: A post-Civil War Western set in New Mexico about a family being pressured by a mining company interested in their homestead when a relative thought dead returns from the war.
Desperate Acts of Magic: A male computer programmer dreaming of becoming a professional magician, and a woman conjurer who can't make it in a the male-dominated profession pull off a few tricks of their own.
Generation Um... : An aging driver for an escort service (Keanu Reeves) and two of the party girls he works with careen through New York City, recording their moves with a video camera and taking stock of their lives.
Greetings From Tim Buckley: The biopic centers on Jeff Buckley (Penn Badgley) in 1991, when as an unknown L.A. musician he is invited to participate in a tribute concert for his late father, Tim Buckley, the iconic folk-rock star. Leading up to it, Jeff grapples with his own self-doubts and the legacy of his famous dad.
The Iceman: Inspired by actual events, it follows notorious contract killer Richard Kuklinski (Michael Shannon) from his early days in the mob until his arrest for the murder of more than 100 men. With Winona Ryder and Chris Evans.
Kiss of the Damned: Beautiful vampire Djuna (Josephine de La Baume) tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo (Milo Ventimiglia), but eventually gives in to passion.
Love Is All You Need: A romantic comedy set in Italy about a group of people all seeking love.
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf's: Documentary offers a peek the into the inner workings of "the most mythic of all American emporiums. "
Something in the Air: French filmmaker Olivier Assayas' semi-autobiographical story of a young man's artistic awakening in the politically turbulent French student movement of the early '70s.
What Maisie Knew: A contemporary reimagining of Henry James' novel tells the story of a little girl's struggle amidst a bitter custody battle between her parents - an aging rock star (Julianne Moore) and a contemporary art dealer (Steve Coogan).
May 10
Aftershock: An American tourist's vacation in Chile goes from good to great when he meets some beautiful women travelers. But when an earthquake ravages the club they're in, a fun night quickly turns to terror. With Eli Roth, who also wrote it.
The Great Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann reimagines F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role. Set in the Jazz Age in New York City, it's an era of loosening morals, bootleggers and kings, and skyrocketing stocks, reflected in the elaborate parties given by the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby.
Java Heat: An exotic cross-cultural action thriller about a reckless American (Mickey Rouke) who teams up with a Muslim cop to stop a terrorist mastermind.
No One Lives: A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross-country only to discover that things are not what they seem.
Stories We Tell: From writer-director Sarah Polley, it investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers, discovering how our shifting narratives and mythologies shape and define people as individuals.
Tyler Perry Presents Peeples: Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage.
Venus and Serena: Documentary takes an unfiltered look into the remarkable lives of the greatest sister act professional tennis has ever seen.
May 15
Becoming Traviata: The reinvention of Verdi's masterpiece, "La Traviata" - a modern, minimalist, post-punk approach as sung by world-famous French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay - is the subject of this documentary.
Star Trek Into Darkness: In the wake of a shocking act of terror from within their own organization, the crew of the Enterprise is called back home to Earth. In defiance of regulations and with a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk (Chris Pine) leads his crew on a manhunt to capture an unstoppable force of destruction and bring those responsible to justice. From director J.J. Abrams.
May 17
The Attack: A drama about an Israeli-Palestinian man whose life is shattered after discovering the secrets his wife has kept from him. Adapted from Algerian writer Yasmina Khadra's international best-selling novel.
Augustine: An examination of the unusual relationship between Dr. Jean-Martin Charcot - the pioneering 19th century French neurologist whom Sigmund Freud studied under - and his teenage patient, an illiterate kitchen maid prone to spectacular fits of "hysteria."
Black Rock: Three young women - Kate Bosworth, Katie Aselton and Lake Bell - on a campout at an empty island off the coast of Maine encounter three ex-servicemen on a hunting trip.. A misunderstanding quickly turns ugly, and the women soon find themselves the targets.
The English Teacher: Julianne Moore is a 40-year-old unmarried high school English teacher in a small town who decides to mount a former student's play - a dark, angst-ridden, ambitious work - with the flamboyant drama teacher (Nathan Lane) directing.
Erased: When an ex-CIA agent discovers that he and his daughter have been marked for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy, a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse ensues to uncover the truth.
Frances Ha: A modern comic fable from Noah Baumbach starring Greta Gerwig, who co-wrote the script, about a young New Yorker who leads an impossible life - one where reality never interferes with her dreams.
Populaire: French film set in 1958 involves a so-so secretary whose handsome boss resolves to turn her into a demon typist.
May 24
Before Midnight: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and director Richard Linklater continue the story of Celine and Jesse nine years after their last rendezvous. Almost two decades since their first encounter on a train, the two find themselves in their early 40s discussing their lives in Greece.
Epic 3D: A computer- generated adventure comedy from the creators of "Ice Age" tells the story of a teen girl who finds herself magically transported into a secret universe, where she teams up with an elite band of warriors to save their world " and ours. With the voices of Colin Farrell, Josh Hutcherson, Amanda Seyfried, Christoph Waltz and Beyonce Knowles.
Fast & Furious 6 : Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson and muscle cars lead the returning cast. This time the crew with a need for speed goes up against organized crime in order to win pardons for themselves.
Fill the Void: The story of a young woman from an Israeli Orthodox Hasidic family who faces being married to a man she doesn't love in order to help her family.
The Hangover Part III: The third and final film in director Todd Phillips' comedy franchise finds the Wolfpack hitting the road. They couldn't possibly get in any trouble, right?
Penguins 3D: Written and narrated by renowned naturalist and veteran filmmaker David Attenborough, it follows the epic journey of one special penguin.
We Steal Secrets - The Story of WikiLeaks: Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney details the creation of Julian Assange's controversial website, which facilitated the largest security breach in U.S. history.
May 29
Hannah Arendt: A biopic about the influential German-Jewish philosopher and political theorist.
May 31
The East: An espionage thriller from writer-director Zal Batmanglij and writer-actress Brit Marling, stars Marling as a former FBI agent who goes undercover for a private intelligence firm to infiltrate The East, an elusive anarchist collective seeking revenge against major corporations guilty of covering up criminal activity.
The Kings of Summer: A coming-of-age story about three teenagers who, in the ultimate act of independence, decide to spend their summer building a house in the woods. With Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.
Now You See Me: Pits an elite FBI squad against a super-team of the world's greatest illusionists who have pulled off a series of daring heists against corrupt business leaders during their performances. With Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson and Melanie Laurent.
Shadow Dancer: Arrested in an aborted bombing attempt in London, a female IRA terrorist is given two choices: talk and see her children again, or stay silent and spend the rest of her life watching them grow up from behind the bars of a prison cell. With Clive Owen, Andrea Riseborough, Gillian Anderson.
After Earth: A crash-landing leaves a teenager (Jaden Smith) and his father (Will Smith) stranded on Earth, 1,000 years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape. With his dad injured, the young man must embark on a perilous journey to signal for help, facing uncharted terrain, evolved animal species that now rule the planet, and an unstoppable alien creature that escaped during the crash.
June 7
Dirty Wars: Investigative reporter Jeremy Scahill traces the rise of the Joint Special Operations Command, the most secret and elite fighting force in U.S. history, which carries out covert operations though it does not exist on paper.Provocateur - The Morton Downey Jr. Movie: Documentary dissects the mind and motivation of television's most notorious agitator.
The Internship: Billy (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Owen Wilson) are salesmen whose careers are in the tank but manage to talk their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete against a battalion of brilliant college students.
The Purge: In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity - including murder - becomes legal. With Ethan Hawke, Lena Headey.
Much Ado About Nothing: Shot in just 12 days (and using the original text), Joss Whedon ("The Avengers") places the Bard's story of sparring lovers Beatrice (Amy Acker) and Benedick (Alexis Denisof) in a contemporary setting.
Passion: The offices of a prominent multinational corporation is the setting for this story of a power struggle between two contemporary women (Rachel McAdams and Noomi Rapace) in a game of seduction, manipulation, dominance and servitude. From director Brian De Palma.Rapture-palooza: An new end-of-the-world comedy about a young couple left behind in suburban Seattle after they set off to stop the Antichrist.Syrup: Comedy that exposes the cutthroat world of advertising through the eyes of a young prodigy chasing fame, fortune and the woman of his dreams. With Shiloh Fernandez, Amber Heard.
Violet & Daisy: Violet (Alexis Bledel) and Daisy (Saoirse Ronan) are a pair of teenage assassins who casually snuff out crime figures in New York City, bothered only by the fact that a concert by their favorite pop idol has suddenly been canceled. When the duo takes on a new hit, they discover a sad-sack shut-in (James Gandolfini) who is dying alone in his apartment of terminal cancer, making them rethink their lives.
Wish You Were Here: An account of a man's unexplained disappearance during a Southeast Asia vacation and the fallout for the three friends traveling with him. With Joel Edgerton, Felicity Price, Teresa Palmer.
June 12
More Than Money: Oscar-nominated director Markus Imhoof tackles the vexing issue of why bees worldwide are facing extinction.
This Is the End: The comedy follows six friends trapped in a house after a series of strange and catastrophic events devastate Los Angeles. As the world unravels outside, dwindling supplies and cabin fever threaten to tear apart the friendships inside. With Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco.
June 14
Apostles of Comedy - Onwards and Upwards: Stand-up comedy for the faith-based community with Jeff Allen, Ron Pearson and Keith Alberstadt.
The Bling Ring: Directed by Sofia Coppola and starring Emma Watson, it's inspired by a true story of a bunch of L.A. teens busted in 2009 for lifting $3 million in goods from the homes of celebrities.
Man of Steel: Zack Snyder directs David S. Goyer's take about the superhero sent from Krypton to save the world from annihilation who becomes the symbol of hope for all mankind. With Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane.
Stuck in Love: A story of people trying to get past the obstacles in their lives. Three years after his divorce, a novelist (Greg Kinnear) can't stop obsessing over his ex-wife (Jennifer Connelly). Even as his neighbor-with-benefits (Kristen Bell) tries to push him back into the dating pool, his daughter (Lily Collins) is recoiling at the very thought of love with a diehard romantic (Logan Lerman).
Twenty Feet From Stardom: This documentary shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the last 60 years.
Vehicle 19: A recently paroled man (Paul Walker) unwittingly picks up the wrong rental vehicle and soon realizes that he is the target of an entire police force that will use any means to stop him and the tied-up female passenger he discovers in the trunk from getting to the courthouse to testify against corrupt cops.
June 21
A Hijacking: When a cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean, the crew is taken hostage in what becomes a cynical game of life and death as negotiations for their release drag on.
Maniac: Remake of the brutal 1980 film about a schizoid serial killer who stalks and kills young women in New York.
Monsters University: The sequel to the animated hit "Monsters, Inc." tells how Mike and Sulley overcame their differences and became best friends. With the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman.
Rushlights: Two teenage lovers from Los Angeles travel to a small Southern town to falsely claim a dead friend's inheritance and wind up in a nightmare of greed and betrayal.
Storm Surfers 3D: Follows surfing legends Tom Carroll and Ross Clarke-Jones as they track and chase giant storms in their quest to ride the Pacific's biggest and most dangerous waves.
Unfinished Song: Story of a loving marriage between grumpy pensioner Arthur (Terence Stamp) and the ever-cheerful Marion (Vanessa Redgrave). But when heartbreak strikes, Arthur begins to rethink his outlook on life with the help of a choir director (Gemma Arterton).
World War Z: Based on the best-selling zombie novel by Max Brooks, Brad Pitt plays a United Nations employee in a race against time to stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatening to decimate humanity itself.
June 26
Sing Me the Songs That Say I Love You - A Concert for Kate McGarrigle: Rufus and Martha Wainwright honored their legendary singer-songwriter mother with a concert in New York City.
June 28
Byzantium: Two mysterious women seek refuge in a rundown coastal resort where they reveal their secret - that they were born 200 years ago and survive on human blood - to two young men. As knowledge of their secret spreads, their past catches up on them with deathly consequences. From Neil Jordan.
Copperhead: A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
The Heat: When an uptight FBI special agent (Sandra Bullock) and a foul-mouthed Boston cop (Melissa McCarthy) are forced to join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies. From Paul Feig, director of "Bridesmaids."
I'm So Excited: The Pedro Almodovar film is a surrealistic Spanish comedy about how a group of passengers on what appears to be a doomed flight face their final hours.
White House Down: The second story this year of the White House being overrun by a heavily armed paramilitary group - this one from Roland Emmerich, who blew up the president's residence once before in "Independence Day." Channing Tatum plays a Washington, D.C., policeman caught at the wrong place at the wrong time but who must save the day.
July 3
Despicable Me 2: Super-villain Gru (Steve Carell), his adorable girls and the unpredictably cute Minions are back in this sequel to the animated hit.
Kevin Hart - Let Me Explain: Documentary of the comic's "Let Me Explain" concert tour.
The Lone Ranger: Native American spirit warrior Tonto (Johnny Depp) recounts the untold tales that transformed John Reid (Armie Hammer), a man of the law, into a legend of justice in this new take on the the story of the Masked Man, from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Gore Verbinski.
July 5
Hammer of the Gods: A young Viking warrior is sent by his father the king on a quest to find his who was banished from the kingdom many years before.
The Way, Way Back: A coming-of-age story of a 14-year-old (Liam James) during a summer vacation with his mother (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend (Steve Carell) and his daughter (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted teen finds an unexpected friend in the gregarious manager of a water park (Sam Rockwell).
July 10
Israel - A Home Movie: A collection of 8mm home movies - many of them long forgotten - that tell the story of Israel from the beginning of the 20th century.
July 12
Crystal Fairy: Michael Cera as an insensitive American 20-something traveling in Chile who hooks up with an eccentric woman named Crystal Fairy (Gaby Hoffmann) for a wild trip.
Grown Ups 2: After having the greatest time of his life three summers ago, Lenny (Adam Sandler), decides he wants to move his family back to his hometown and have them grow up with his gang of childhood friends and their kids. Kevin James and Chris Rock return, too.
Hot Flashes: A group of middle-aged women must reignite some sparks in their own lives after challenging the high school girls' state basketball champs to raise money for breast cancer screenings. With Brooke Shields, Wanda Sykes, Virginia Madsen, Daryl Hannah.
The Hunt: Mads Mikkelsen (NBC's "Hannibal") won the Best Actor Award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for his portrayal of a former schoolteacher forced to start over having overcome a tough divorce and the loss of his job when a lie about him spreads through the community. Danish drama directed and co-written by Thomas Vinterberg.
Pacific Rim: Guillermo del Toro's sci-fi action-adventure about monstrous creatures who have risen from the sea and are beginning to take over Earth. A washed-up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) stand as mankind's last hope against the mounting apocalypse.
July 17
Turbo: From the makers of "Madagascar" and "Kung Fu Panda," a comedy about an underdog snail whose dreams kick into overdrive when he miraculously attains the power of super-speed. With the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Michael Pena.
July 19
The Conjuring: Based on a true story, Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson play world-renowned paranormal investigators who are called to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse.
Evidence: A detective hunts down a killer using video footage shot by the victims of a massacre at an abandoned gas station.
Girl Most Likely: A failed New York playwright awkwardly navigates the transition from being the next big thing to last year's news. With Kristen Wiig, Matt Dillon, Annette Bening.
Only God Forgives: Julian (Ryan Gosling) is a former kickboxer and gangster living in Bangkok. When his brother is murdered by a ruthless Thai police lieutenant, Julian is forced to seek vengeance or risk his own death.
R.I.P.D.: A supernatural action-adventure finds two cops (Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds) dispatched by the otherworldly Rest In Peace Department to bring to justice a special brand of criminals trying to escape final judgment by hiding among the unsuspecting on Earth.
RED 2: Bruce Willis and the gang are back in this action-comedy sequel. This time the retired black-ops CIA agents are traveling the world to track down a missing portable nuclear device.
July 26
Blackfish: Using never-before-seen footage and interviews with trainers, this documentary tries to unravel the complexities of the notorious performing orca Tilikum, who has taken the lives of several people while in captivity.
Blue Jasmine: Woody Allen's new film is described as "the story of the final stages of an acute crisis and a life of a fashionable New York housewife." With Alec Baldwin, Cate Blanchett.
Fruitvale: Fictional account of Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan), a 22-year-old Bay Area resident who crosses paths with friends, enemies, family and strangers before he was shot to death by a subway police officer.
The Wolverine: Hugh Jackman returns as the furry superhero who must face lethal samurai steel but also his inner struggle against his own immortality.
July 31
The Smurfs 2: In this sequel to the hybrid live action/animated family blockbuster comedy "The Smurfs," the evil wizard Gargamel creates a couple of mischievous Smurf-like creatures called the Naughties that he hopes will let him harness the all-powerful, magical Smurf-essence. Neil Patrick Harris is back.
Aug. 2
300 - Rise of the Empire: Based on Frank Miller's latest graphic novel, this new chapter of the epic saga takes the action to sea - as Greek general Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton) attempts to unite all of Greece by leading the charge that will change the course of the war.
2 Guns: Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg are operatives from competing government bureaus who are forced on the run together. Distrustful of each other, neither knows that the other is an undercover federal agent.
Europa Report: The science-fiction thriller follows a contemporary mission to Jupiter's moon Europa to investigate the possible existence of alien life within our solar system. Developed in close collaboration with NASA, the film imagines the next step in manned space exploration and is based on recent scientific discoveries and theories.
The Spectacular Now: A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets a not-so-typical "nice girl. "
Aug. 7
Percy Jackson - Sea Monsters: The young demigod and his friends must find the fabled and powerfully magic Golden Fleece in the Bermuda Triangle, battling terrifying creatures, an army of zombies and the "ultimate Evil."
Aug. 9
Blood: Detective brothers (Paul Bettany and Stephen Graham) have lived under the shadow of their police chief father (Brian Cox), a man known for doing whatever it takes to get a confession. When they take an interrogation too far, its raises suspicions of their colleague (Mark Strong).
Disney's Planes: Animated comedy adventure featuring Dusty (voice of Dane Cook), a plane with dreams of competing as a high-flying air racer. Trouble is, Dusty is afraid of heights. So he turns to a seasoned naval aviator who helps Dusty qualify to take on the defending champ of the race circuit.
Elysium: In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. One man (Matt Damon) has a chance to bring equality to these worlds when he is pitted against Elysium's boss (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces.
Give It a Year: Since they met at a party, ambitious high-flyer Nat (Rose Byrne) and struggling novelist Josh (Rafe Spall) have been deliriously happy despite their differences. Their wedding is a dream come true, but with their first anniversary approaching, both find other temptations.
In a World ...: Writer-director-star Lake Bell's story of an underachieving vocal coach who is motivated by her father, the king of movie-trailer voice-overs, to pursue her dream of becoming a voice-over star.
Lovelace: Amanda Seyfried stars in this biopic about the iconic 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace of "Deep Throat" fame and her subsequent transformation into feminist, anti-porn activist Linda Marchiano.Prince Avalanche: An offbeat comedy from David Gordon Green about two men (Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch) painting traffic lines on a desolate country highway who eventually develop an unlikely friendship.Metallica Through the Never: A feature film starring members of the iconic rock band and Dane DeHaan as a young band crew member who is sent out on an urgent mission while the band is playing a rousing live set.
We're the Millers: In order to repay a debt, a small-time pot dealer (Jason Sudeikis) must recruit a fake family to smuggle in this comedy directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber ("Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story"). With Jennifer Aniston.
Aug. 13
Last Passenger: A small group of everyday passengers on a speeding London commuter train battle their warped driver, who has a dark plan for everyone on board.
Aug. 16
Ain't Them Bodies Saints: The tale of an outlaw who escapes from prison and sets out across the Texas hills to reunite with his wife and the daughter he has never met. With Rooney Mara, Ben Foster.
Austenland: A romantic comedy about a 30-something Jane Austen fanatic whose fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become more real.
Haute Cuisine: The story of Daniele Delpeuch and how she was appointed as the private chef for French President Fran ois Mitterrand.
Kick-Ass 2: Kick-Ass' (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, but vengeful Red Mist (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) plots an act of revenge that will affect everyone Kick-Ass knows.
Paranoia: After making a mistake, an entry-level employee (Liam Hemsworth) is forced by his boss (Gary Oldman) to spy on a corporate rival (Harrison Ford) in this thriller.
The To Do List: A comedy about a young woman (Aubrey Plaza) who wants to shed her uptight image before college, so she assembles a to-do list of all the "activities" she missed out on in high school.
Aug. 23
The Colony: Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Drinking Buddies: Luke and Kate are co-workers at a Chicago brewery, where they spend their days drinking and flirting. They're perfect for each other, except that they're both in relationships. With Anna Kendrick, Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson.
Grandmasters: The story of martial-arts master Yip Man, who trained Bruce Lee. From Kar Wai Wong and starring Ziyi Zhang and Tony Leung.
The Mortal Instruments - City of Bones: An action-adventure based on the first book of fantasy novels by Cassandra Clare. Lily Collins stars as a half-human/half-angel trying to find her kidnapped mother. With Jamie Campbell Bower, Lena Headey, Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
Therese Desqueyroux: Audrey Tautou stars as a provincial housewife in 1920s France, whose suffocating marriage to a boorish landowner inspires her to a fatal bid for freedom, in the late director Claude Miller's adaptation of a 1927 novel by Francois Mauriac.
The World's End: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost ("Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz") serve up the story of five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier and unwittingly become mankind's only hope for survival.
You're Next: When a gang of masked, ax-wielding murderers descend upon a family reunion, the hapless victims seem trapped, until an unlikely guest of the family proves to be the most talented killer of all.
Aug. 28
Closed Circuit: A pair of lawyers and ex-lovers find themselves at risk after they join the defense team for an international terrorist's trial. With Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall.
Aug. 30
Getaway: A burned-out race car driver (Ethan Hawke) is thrust into a do-or-die mission behind the wheel when his wife is kidnapped, his only ally being a young hacker (Selena Gomez), and his one hope of saving his wife is to follow the orders of a mysterious voice (Jon Voight).
One Direction - This Is Us: Documentary about the band.
Satanic: Suspense thriller in which a college student who remains on campus over Thanksgiving break becomes the target of a violent gang.


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WOD with Warriors is a functional fitness tribute workout held twice a year on Veterans and Memorial Day at gyms all throughout the country. Our vision is two-fold:
1. To help people remember and observe Veterans and Memorial Day in a respectful and meaningful way.
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Memorial Day 2014, our WOD is "21 Guns":
A 21 Gun Salute is the Nation's highest display of honor, appropriately reserved for our Fallen troops on Memorial Day. Our WOD intends to replicate this honor, on behalf of the functional fitness community, to honor our Nation's Warriors, past, present, and future.
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Sometimes when I hear talk, often vapid, about the New Evangelization, I cynically wonder when it was that we completed the Old Evangelization. On the other hand, we are living in a post-Christian era, most of us in countries that were … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Should people make responses during the Traditional Latin Mass?
From a reader: I have been attending the TLM almost exclusively for four years now. Where I used to live the responses were always given by the servers and we were expected to unite ourselves silently. However I've just moved and here there … Continue reading
TODAY – NYC: Corpus Christi – Mass and outdoor procession in Manhattan
Today, Thursday, 30 May, is in the traditional Roman calendar the Feast of Corpus Christi. Today at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan (37th between Broadway and 7th Ave – easy to reach by subway) at 6pm there … Continue reading