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Director: David Gordon Green
Stars: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole (Full Cast)
Studio: Columbia Pictures

The Plot: After mega-stoner Dale Denton (Rogen) witnesses a corrupt cop commit a murder, he and his dealer (Franco) hit the road in an attempt to outrun the squad of police officers who want them dead.

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THE BUZZ: M.I.A.'s incredible single "Paper Planes" is one of the many amazing components of P.E.'s redband trailer, an instant Internet phenomenon and the first testament we have to the rather brilliant bag of talent that is director David Gordon Green (making his big-studio debut), co-stars Seth Rogen (who co-wrote/exec-produced with his crony Evan Goldberg) and James Franco (taking a much-needed comedic turn), and producer Judd Apatow (who can safely put Walk Hard behind him). Add hottie Amber Heard, Bill Hader (who we think is playing a cop ... again), Gary Cole, and Rosie Perez to the mix, trim the leaves and stems, and keep the marketing on high until August, and you have Superbad's raunchier big brother ...

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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Director: Sanaa Hamri
Stars: America Ferrera, Alexis Bledel, Amber Tamblyn (Full Cast)
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

The Plot: Best friends Lena (Bledel), Carmen (Ferrera), Bridget (Lively) and Tibby (Tamblyn) -- all of whom are having different experiences during their first year of college -- reunite in a Grecian seaside town in order to locate their missing pair of magical jeans.

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THE BUZZ: Hardcore fans will want to know this sequel is actually an adaptation of the fourth book in the amazingly popular series, not the second. And if you're wondering how the producers got Rory Gilmore, Joan of Arcadia, Gossip Girl and Ugly Betty to reteam, the answer's simple -- contractual requirements. The Emmy-bound Ferrera was none too pleased, we hear, and we can't imagine the rest relish playing youthful college freshmen; only Lively is age-appropriate, and she has a new CW series to focus on. Still, Sanaa Hamri, of the wildly underappreciated rom-com Something New, is at the helm, giving all those Trav-Pants-ers a glimmer of hope.

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Hell Ride [limited]

Director: Larry Bishop
Stars: Larry Bishop, Dennis Hopper, Michael Madsen (Full Cast)
Studio: Dimension Extreme

The Plot: Pistolero (Bishop), leader of the Victors biker gang, looks to exact his revenge on the Six-Six-Sixers, a band of bikers led by the infamous Billy Wings (Jones) who recently offed a Victor in cold blood.

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THE BUZZ: While Harvey Weinstein tropes from runway to international runway, somewhere along the line he forgot about a spectacular failure called Grindhouse. As much as we love Larry Bishop's voyeuristic biker fantasies, whoever put the gears in motion for this one is clearly out of touch with the multitude of ways in which a cult movie can be re-routed around a theatrical release. Some writers loved the ride, but more of them know that QT could comb through his collection and put his stamp on a dozen better exploitation flicks than this one. And at least a quarter of them probably star Michael Madsen. Here's the redband trailer, in which Madsen appears to shoot up his residence from Kill Bill.

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Bottle Shock [8/6 -- limited]

Director: Randall Miller
Stars: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman (Full Cast)
Studio: Freestyle Releasing

The Plot: Paris, 1976: A struggling California vineyard enters a blind wine-tasting test, hoping to pull off a surprise win in the typically French-dominated competition.

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THE BUZZ: I wonder for how much longer Randall Miller (Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School) will remain a truly independent filmmaker, since he is one of the better mainstream storytellers working without a major-studio connection. Perhaps Bottle Shock's predicted success holds the answer to his future endeavors. This Sundance hit (in a year where that festival failed to generate many buzz-worthy movies) should generate word-of-mouthfeel due to Miller's ability to deftly handle ensemble casts (supporting BS players include Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodríguez, and Eliza Dushku) and to build anticipation. Don't expect to be surprised by this one, but there should be an effective antidote to every comic-book adaptation and shoot-em-up we see during the summer ...

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Elegy [limited]

Director: Isabel Coixet
Stars: Ben Kingsley, Penélope Cruz, Patricia Clarkson (Full Cast)
Studio: Red Envelope Entertainment

The Plot: Renown professor David Kepesh (Kingsley) finds his life thrown into disarray by Consuela Castillo (Cruz), a well-mannered student who awakens her teacher's sense of sexual possessiveness.

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THE BUZZ: We've never read the Phillip Roth novel, though we understand while Kingsley's life falls apart in the wake of his affair with Cruz, she returns years after the events with a whopper of a revelation. But with Isabel Coixet (My Life Without Me) directing a Nicholas Meyer (The Human Stain) screenplay, this feels like way too much psychodrama for us ... We'd rather: (1) celebrate the fact that the film finally got a release date; (2) watch Kingsley smoke marijuana in The Wackness this summer; (3) look at photos of Cruz in, like, every issue of Vanity Fair.

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