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Cover Photo: Alan Silfen www.CampusCircle.com Campus Circle 5.9.13 - 5.22.13 3 FILM: FEATURE THE 25 HOTTEST SUMMER MOVIES Paul Walker and Vin Diesel reunite for Fast & Furious 6. Giles Keyte BY RAFER GUZMÁN NEWSDay(MCT) NEW YORK — This summer’s style tip from Hollywood: Dark is the new light. Robert Downey Jr. returns as billionaire superhero Tony Stark, with Ben Kingsley as new villain If you’re looking for breezy, escapist fare this summer, you’ll find plenty. Judging by the trail- The Mandarin. Directed and co-written by Shane Black. ers, however, you’ll also find themes of social collapse, apocalyptic scenarios and inner turmoil. The —The Great Gatsby (May 10) sun may be shining outside, but inside theaters, Iron Man has insomnia, Superman feels alienated Will this fourth adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about wealth and scandal on Long Island and Captain Kirk is leading his crew on a Star Trek Into Darkness. You’ll see Will Smith wandering be the first to become a hit? Leonardo DiCaprio takes the title role, supported by Carey Mulligan through After Earth and Brad Pitt battling zombies in World War Z. And could any story be darker and Tobey Maguire. Jay-Z collaborated on the music. Directed by Baz Luhrmann (Moulin Rouge). than The Great Gatsby, a tale of money and unhappiness scheduled for release in the merry month —Peeples (May 10) of May? Craig Robinson plays an underachiever trying to impress his girlfriend’s posh family during a Granted, most of the season’s movies are going for action and spectacle, not profound messag- weekend in Sag Harbor. With Kerry Washington. es. Hollywood is probably just following an angsty fashion trend set by the successful Dark Knight —Star Trek Into Darkness (May 17) movies. Still, there are hints of doomsday even in some of this season’s comedies: Seth Rogen and The youthful crew of the USS Enterprise returns in J.J. Abrams’ ominous-looking sequel. With Jonah Hill will face the apocalypse in This Is the End, while Simon Pegg and Nick Frost will seek Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Benedict Cumberbatch. Opens in IMAX and 3-D alcohol-fueled oblivion in The World’s End. May 15. The summer won’t be a total bummer. Possible angst-free bright spots include The Heat, a —Epic (May 24) buddy-cop flick with Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy, and chipper-looking children’s films A computer-animated adventure about a human girl who shrinks to a tiny size and discovers a like Despicable Me 2 and Disney’s Planes (a spinoff of Pixar’s Cars). And surely there won’t be much whole new micro-world. With the voices of Amanda Seyfried and Josh Hutcherson. hand-wringing in Fast & Furious 6. —Fast & Furious 6 (May 24) With movie No. 6, this car-flick franchise is becoming almost as venerable as James Bond. With Vin HERE ARE THE 25 BIGGEST MOVIES OF THE SUMMER: Diesel, Dwayne Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez. —Iron Man 3 (Friday [May 3]) —The Hangover Part III (May 24) 4 Campus Circle 5.9.13 - 5.22.13 Film | Music | Culture FILM: FEATURE Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the highly anticipated novel-turned-movie, The Great Gatsby. Warner Bros. Pictures Bros. Warner Zade Rosenthal Jaap Buitendijk © Pine District, LLC Greta Gerwig with Adam Driv- World War Z’s Brad Pitt tries to save his family when all goes to hell. er having dinner Chris Pine is Kirk in Star Trek Into Darkness in Frances Ha. Members of the Wolf Pack come full circle to Las Vegas for their final(?) blowout. With Zach Gali- Directed by James Mangold (Knight and Day). fianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Ken Jeong. Directed by Dix Hills’ Todd Phillips. —Disney’s Planes (Aug. 9) —After Earth (May 31) An airborne spinoff of Cars, with Dane Cook as the voice of Dusty, a little plane who is afraid of Will Smith and his son, Jaden, play father and son on-screen as well in this sci-fi adventure set on heights. With Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Stacy Keach. a not-quite- abandoned planet. Directed and co-written by M. Night Shyamalan from a story by —Elysium (Aug. 9) the elder Smith. In 2154, downtrodden Earthling Max (Matt Damon) must reach Elysium, a space-station reserved —Now You See Me (May 31) for the wealthy. With Jodie Foster, East Meadow’s William Fichtner and Sharlto Copley, reteaming Four illusionists, whose act includes bank robbery, plan their biggest trick yet. With Jesse Eisenberg, with District 9 director Neill Blom kamp. Isla Fisher and Woody Harrelson. Directed by Louis Leterrier. —Kick-Ass 2 (Aug. 16) —The Internship (June 7) Aaron Taylor-Johnson is back as a DIY superhero, along with Hit Girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) and a Two unemployed salesmen (Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) talk their way into a Google intern- new colleague, Colonel Stars and Stripes (Jim Carrey). ship, then find themselves competing with whiz kids half their age. —The World’s End (Aug. 23) —This Is the End (June 12) Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead) star in a comedy about old friends trying to re- Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, James Franco, Danny McBride and many others play versions of themselves create a youthful pub crawl. With Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) and Rosamund Pike. trying to survive an apocalypse in Los Angeles. Directed and written by Rogen and Evan Goldberg —The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (Aug. 23) (Superbad). A normal-seeming New York City teenager (Lily Collins) discovers Downworld, an “alternate New —Man of Steel (June 14) York” populated by vampires and werewolves. Based on Cassandra Clare’s young-adult novel. The long-awaited Superman reboot, with Henry Cavill — a Brit! — in the title role. With Amy Adams as Lois Lane and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) as General Zod. Directed by Zack AND KEEP IN MIND..