The Month’s Top US Releases: June 2011

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Released 7th June:

True Grit:

Format: Blu-ray (Triple Play)/DVD Classification: PG-13

Stars: Jeff Bridges (Tron: Legacy), Hailee Steinfeld (She’s a Fox), Matt Damon (The Bourne Ultimatum), Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men)

A Coen brothers’ remake of the 1969 John Wayne classic western, about a young girl (Steinfeld) who hires a surly drunken US Marshall (Bridges), and a hardened Texas Ranger (Damon), to help her track down her father’s killer (Brolin) in order to finally avenge his murder.

Breaking Bad: The Complete Third Season:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: Not Rated

Stars: Bryan Cranston (Malcolm in the Middle), Aaron Paul (The Last House on the Left), Anna Gunn (Enemy of the State), Dean Norris (Total Recall)

Even though his cancer is in remission, chemistry teacher turned meth-maker, Walter White still can’t catch a break; his wife has filed for divorce, his DEA agent brother-in-law is out to bust him, and a Mexican cartel just wants him dead; so with his family’s future at stake, Walt cooks up a deal that will make him a fortune.

Rubber:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: R

Stars: Stephen Spinella (Virtuosity), Jack Plotnick (Say It Isn’t So), Wings Hauser (Cold Fire)

Very, very weird and extremely violent, Rubber is like no other film you’ve ever seen; taking place deep within the Californian desert, it’s a film following a merciless killer who leaves a blood soaked trail of chaos and death in his path, and just so happens to be a rubber tyre.

Released 14th June:

Battle: Los Angeles:

Format: Blu-ray/Blu-ray (Double Play)/DVD Classification: PG-13

Stars: Aaron Eckhart (The Dark Knight), Will Rothhaar (Kingpin), Jim Parrack (True Blood), Ramon Rodriguez (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)

A war movie first, science-fiction film second, Battle L.A. follows the end of the world as we know it; when aliens invade the planet, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected, and a Marine staff sergeant and his platoon are our last hope.

Kill the Irishman:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: R

Stars: Ray Stevenson (Rome), Christopher Walken (Pulp Fiction), Val Kilmer (Heat), Vincent D’Onofrio (Full Metal Jacket), Linda Cardellini (Brokeback Mountain)

Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonated in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia – KILL THE IRISHMAN is the true story of the invincible Danny Greene, and The War that Crippled the Mafia.

Hall Pass:

Format: Blu-ray (Triple Play)/Blu-ray/DVD Classification: R

Stars: Owen Wilson (Wedding Crashers), Jason Sudeikis (What Happens in Vegas), Christina Applegate (Married With Children), Jenna Fischer (Solitary Man)

Buddies Rick and Fred have attractive loving wives who, after catching their husbands eyeing up every other woman they see, offer them a ‘Hall Pass’; a week off from marriage where anything goes; leading them to try and pick up as many hotties as possible.

Released 21st June:

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Format: Blu-ray (Triple Play)/Blu-ray/DVD Classification: PG-13

Stars: Liam Neeson (Taken), Diane Kruger (Inglorious Basterds), January Jones (Mad Men), Frank Langella (The Box), Aidan Quinn (Legends of the Fall)

Dr. Martin Harris wakes after a car accident in Berlin to discover that his wife suddenly doesn’t recognize him, and another man has assumed his identity. Ignored by disbelieving authorities and hunted by mysterious assassins, he finds himself alone, tired and on the run.

The Eagle:

Format: Blu-ray (w/Digital Copy)/DVD Classification: Not Rated

Stars: Channing Tatum (Dear John), Jamie Bell (The Eagle), Donald Sutherland (Invasion of the The Pillars of the Earth)

In 2nd-Century Britain a celebrated Roman soldier embarks on a dangerous quest to restore the tarnished reputation of his father and find the golden emblem that disappeared with him and thousands of troops in the highlands of Scotland; a dangerous and savage wilderness.

Released 28th June:

Sucker Punch:

Format: Blu-ray (Triple Play)/Blu-ray/DVD Classification: PG-13

Stars: Emily Browning (The Uninvited), Abbie Cornish (Limitless), Jena Malone (Contact), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical), Jamie Chung (The Hangover Part II)

Locked away against her will, a young girl is determined to fight for her freedom, and urges four fellow captives to band together and try to escape their terrible fate in a dream world that proves to be the ultimate escape from her darker reality.

Season of the Witch:

Format: Blu-ray/DVD Classification: PG-13

Stars: Nicholas Cage (National Treasure, Ron Perlman (Sons of Anarchy), Claire Foy (Going Postal), Stephen Graham (Boardwalk Empire)

A group of 14th century crusading knights are tasked with transporting a girl who is suspected of being a witch to a monastery, where the monks deduce that her destructive powers could be the cause of the black plague that has been ravaging the country.

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Extended Edition:

Format: Blu-ray (w/Digital Copy) Classification: PG-13

Stars: Viggo Mortensen (A History of Violence), Elijah Wood (Flipper), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean), Ian McKellen (X-Men)

Relive the epic fantasy tale of Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn, and the rest of the fellowship of the ring, with the extended editions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which are being released for the first time on Blu-ray ; with a newly designed slipcase, superb quality remasters of each film, and over 26 hours of extras.


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Matt Wheeldon is the Founder, and Editor in Chief of Good Film Guide. He still refers to the cinema as "the pictures", and has what some would describe as a misguided appreciation for Waterworld.