2011 Movies : Adventure

With Jennifer Lawrence • Nicholas Hoult • Simon Kinberg • Kevin Bacon • Matthew Vaughn • Caleb Landry Jones • Zoe Kravitz • James McAvoy • Rose Byrne • Ashley E. Miller • Lucas Till • Jane Goldman • Morgan Lily • Edi Gathegi • January Jones • Michael Fassbender • Jason Flemyng • Zack Stentz • Ray Wise • Bryan Singer • Jamie Moss • Bill Milner • Oliver Platt • Lauren Shuler-Donner • Kyle Franke

The film, following the classic Marvel mythology, charts the epic beginning of the X-Men saga. Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-Men.

With Heather Graham • Parris Mosteller • Jordana Beatty • John Schultz • Gary Magness • Jaleel White • Sarah Siegel-Magness • Megan McDonald • Kathy Waugh

While her friends all head off to exotic summer camps, bummed-out third-grader Judy Moody is is stuck in town to face a boring summer with only her friend Frank and her little brother Stink for company. However, when her Aunt Opal comes to visit, the summer takes an unexpectedly adventurous turn.

With Ryan Reynolds • Blake Lively • Angela Bassett • Taika Waititi • Geoffrey Rush • Mark Strong • Michael Green • Greg Berlanti • Peter Sarsgaard • Jon Tenney • Tim Robbins • Martin Campbell • Donald De Line • Marc Guggenheim • Temuera Morrison • Gregory Noveck • Jay O. Sanders

In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal is clearly the missing piece to the puzzle, and along with his determination and willpower, he has one thing no member of the Corps has ever had: humanity. With the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively), if Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax…he will become the greatest Green Lantern of all.

With Jim Carrey • Carla Gugino • John Davis • Sean Anders • Angela Lansbury • David Krumholtz • Mark Waters • Clark Gregg • Jared Stern • John Morris • James Tupper • Philip Baker Hall • Joel Gotler • Ophelia Lovibond • Andrew Stewart-Jones

A house painter's dreams of Arctic exploration prompt him to write letters to real explorers. One of them sends him a penguin, which he keeps in the icebox. Before he knows it, the painter has a litter of 12 beaked birds. They eat voraciously, leading him to form Popper's Performing Penguins, a stage act that goes on tour and creates mayhem at every stop.

With Thomas Kretschmann • John Lasseter • Owen Wilson • Emily Mortimer • Joe Mantegna • Michael Caine • Bonnie Hunt • Larry the Cable Guy • Cheech Marin • Jason Isaacs • John Ratzenberger • Tony Shalhoub • Denise Ream • Brad Lewis • Michael Giacchino • Peter Jacobson

Star racecar Lightning McQueen (voice of Owen Wilson) and the incomparable tow truck Mater (voice of Larry the Cable Guy) take their friendship to new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world’s fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret spy mission, Mater’s journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.

With Michael Bay • Shia LaBeouf • Tyrese Gibson • Patrick Dempsey • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Alex Kurtzman • Steven Spielberg • John Malkovich • Josh Duhamel • Alan Tudyk • Ken Jeong • Frances McDormand • Julie White • Tom DeSanto • Kevin Dunn • Leonard Nimoy • Ehren Kruger • Roberto Orci • James Avery • Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

"Transformers 3" features Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet's most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.