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Frankie Go Boom
Who: Charlie Hunnam, Nora Dunn, Sam Anderson, Chris O'Dowd, Chris Noth, Lizzy Caplan, Whitney Cummings
What: A comedy starring Hunnam and O'Dowd as brothers who don't get along. O'Dowd plays the older brother who tortured Hunnam when they were kids, and now that O'Dowd is clean and sober... he's still a jackass. Hunnam hooks up with a girl (Caplan), O'Dowd records a video of it, and Hunnam scrambles to recover the tape while O'Dowd just keeps making things worse.
When: June 11th - DVD and online on demand
Why: A little less winking into the camera than Will Ferrell's Step Brothers, this looks like a straight up crazy life comedy. I thought O'Dowd was pretty funny in Bridesmaids. Mostly, though, I want to see this because I want to see everything that involves Lizzy Caplan.

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
Who: Jeremy Renner, Gemma Arterton, Famke Janssen, Pihla Viitala, Peter Storemare, Zoe Bell
What: An R-rated action fantasy that looks like a cross between Van Helsing and The Brothers Grimm. Renner and Arterton play the brother and sister fairy tale characters of the title, but they're not children anymore. The two are out to save children and destroy witches (using guns and crossbows), and Janssen plays their number one target.
When: June 11th - DVD and online on demand
Why: Let's be honest, this just looks trashy... and yet, it's the kind of guilty pleasure trashy that makes you want to see it. Good looking actors kicking ass is always going to be a draw. Both Renner and Arterton look good in the roles even if the roles are beneath their talents. It was the same with Van Helsing. I expect this movie to be just a little better, but not by much. Mindless entertainment.

Knife Fight
Who: Rob Lowe, Jamie Chung, Jennifer Morrison, Julie Bowen, Carrie-Anne Moss, Saffron Burrows, Eric McCormack, Richard Schiff, David Harbour
What: A political drama (rated R), starring Rob Lowe as a political strategist who wants to be clean and upstanding but finds that very difficult when he's serving morally corrupt clients. McCormick, Harbour, and Moss play political candidates, Bowen plays a reporter, and Chung and Schiff play Lowe's assistants.
When: June 11th - DVD
Why: Here you have Rob Lowe back in the political environment, and with his West Wing costar Richard Schiff to boot. If you're a political junkie, that would be a draw. If you find the same old good-man-in-dirty-politics theme boring, maybe it's not for you.

Nine Miles Down
Who: Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta
What: An action thriller, starring Adrian Paul as a security expert who goes to find out why a remote desert oil drilling station has gone silent. When he arrives, he meets a mysterious woman and finds signs that there's something paranormal going on.
When: June 12th - DVD
Why: Adrian Paul will be known to fans of Highlander, and that would indicate what kind of movie this is: low budget action horror suitable for late night cable viewing. They seemed to have wanted to make this a psychological thriller but the trailer includes plenty of blood. Nauta looks great. This would be a late round draft pick, but I could watch it.

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