Tampa Bay Newspapers : Movie News & Reviews

PINELLAS COUNTY – A number of new movie releases will hit theaters Aug. 22, including the following:

“Death Race” – In the very near future, the world’s hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners.

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Reel Time
Appeal of ‘Clone Wars’ may be limited to diehard franchise fans

Taken as a standalone effort, “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” stands as moderately exhilarating escapist summer fare that will have broad appeal among longstanding Star Wars aficionados, gamers and animation film buffs.

Lucasfilm Animation brought this new chapter in the Star Wars canon to life, developing a storyline that fits neatly in between “Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones” and “Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.”

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Future Feature
Summit set launch vampire franchise with ‘Twilight’

“Twilight,” an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human, stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson (best known for portraying Cedric Diggory in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) and Ashley Greene.

Based on Stephenie Meyer’s 2005 best-selling novel, “Twilight” focuses on Bella Swan (Stewart) who moves to a rainy Washington town to live with her father when her mother remarries.

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'Fly Me to the Moon' coming to MOSI's IMAX Dome

TAMPA - "Fly Me to the Moon," an out of this world space adventure, opens Friday, Aug. 8, at the Museum of Science & Industry's IMAX Dome Theatre, 4801 Fowler Ave. in Tampa.

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Reel Time
Bale’s Batman is as brave and bold as ‘Dark Knight’ is bleak

Director Christopher Nolan will be credited as the person who transformed the cinematic Batman into much more than a masked superhero lifted from the pages of a comic book.

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Reel Time
Inarticulate execution is like kryptonite to ‘Hancock’

It isn’t Will Smith’s fault.

“Hancock” gets off to a promising start. Here’s a unique portrait of an unenthusiastic, dejected superhero: Smith plays a despondent, alcoholic guy with extraordinary powers and an unclear past, an overwhelmingly antagonistic attitude and a city that’s sick of his costly heroics.

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Future Feature
Marvel Comics fans must wait for December

PINELLAS COUNTY – This weekend’s smashing box office success for “The Incredible Hulk” follows an excellent performance by “Iron Man,” but Marvel Comics fans will have to wait about five months for the next film on the roster – “Punisher: War Zone” is set for release on Dec. 5.

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Future Feature: ‘Quantum of Solace’

The 22nd spy film in the James Bond series is the sequel of the series reboot, “Casino Royale,” which introduced fans to Daniel Craig’s depiction of the famous character – an incarnation that many claim is the most faithful to Ian Fleming’s novels.

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