June 2012 Preview!

Here is a quick list of the films I plan to see in June:

Prometheus
Ridley Scott's return to science fiction and the Alien universe.  Written by Damon Lindelof. Staring Noomi Rapace.  Charlize Theron.  And Michael Fassbender as a robot.  Definitely worth standing in line for hours and hours to see in IMAX 3D at the midnight premier.

Safety Not Guaranteed
From the producers of Little Miss Sunshine comes another quirky indie comedy, this time about a reporter (Julie from Scott Pilgrim) investigating a man who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
I'm not totally sold on this one yet, and it's opening against Brave, so I will probably wait to see it until the following weekend since I won't be lining up to see Yet Another Bad Sequel Based On A Toy Brand (which has now been pushed back to March 2013 so it can be 3D-ified) or Steven Soderbergh Wishes He Was A Stripper.  The title is pretty self explanatory, and the trailers released so far look interesting.

Brave
In a competition against Lincoln (above) and Seeking (below), Brave is the clear winner in my opinion.  Pixar has only ever released one film that hasn't been universally loved, and I doubt that will ever happen again. 

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
Don't you just love it when the title is longer than the movie itself?  This would be a no-brainer for seeing opening weekend if it weren't for the lead actress.  Steve is always hilarious, but I'm most interested in how they end the film. 

Beasts of the Southern Wild
If you haven't seen the trailer or director Benh Zeitlin's short Glory at Sea, go watch them RIGHT NOW.  Zeitlin's visual storytelling style is so unique and beautiful that I can't do it justice with words.  It's only getting a limited release from Fox Searchlight, but it will definitely be worth the time and effort to find a theater showing it.  Did I mention that it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and the Camera d'Or at Cannes?