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RECOMMENDATION: Watch The Dark Knight, although young children may have problems with the violence and dark gritty visuals of the movie, as well as Heath Ledger’s haunting performance.

The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger’s final performance as The Joker elevates the sequel to Batman Begins.

Mamma Mia!
Another Broadway musical turned movie, listen to ABBA songs and feast on gorgeous visuals of the Greek islands.

Space Chimps
Monkeys in space movie tries to win over children this weekend, with questionable theme choice and even more questionable visuals

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RECOMMENDATION: Go for Hellboy II, for family-friendly fare, skip the Journey to the Center of the Earth and instead take a trip to the outerspace with WALL-E.

 Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Director Guillermo del Toro helms the sequel in which the blood elf prince breaks the truce between the elves and the humans, and amasses his Golden Army.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
This time in 3D, Brendan Fraser must survive his trip through the prehistoric world in the center of the Earth.

Meet Dave
Eddie Murphy is a spaceship (yes, a spaceship) as aliens land on Earth and try to blend in with, hopefully, humorous consequences.

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Hancock
What a better way to celebrate the Fourth of July with the release of Will Smith’s Hancock? Will Smith plays a superhero who is not really good at his job, and doesn’t care either way.

WALL-E
Latest Pixar animation features robots in a world where humans abandon Earth and start living in giant spaceships controlled by a mega-corporation.

Wanted
This violent comic book adaptation features plenty of deaths, bullets and improbable acrobatic action pieces.

Get Smart
Steve Carell plays Maxwell Smart in the big-screen adaptation of the TV show.

The Love Guru
Mike Myers returns to the big screen in The Love Guru, where he has to give love and relationship advice to the Toronto Maple Leafs’ owner played by Jessica Alba.

The Happening
M. Night is back in his first R-rated thriller where people unexpectedly start committing suicide.

The Incredible Hulk
Another Hulk movie seeks to reboot the franchise after the disastrously bad Ang Lee movie from a few years back.

Sex and the City: The Movie
Fashion buffs rejoice (at least those who enjoyed the TV show) as the gang is back on the big screen. Expect plenty of sex, and New York City.

The Strangers
Going to a remote place for R&R proves to be deadly for a young couple, in this horror movie that teaches the values of staying in big cities.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Indiana Jones returns to the silver screen after a 19 year absence, this time to battle the Soviets and supernatural forces (of course).

Postal
Director Uwe Boll keeps getting work, and the latest flick is supposed to be a politically-incorrect comedy based on a less-than-stellar videogame Postal.