Avengers: Age of Ultron

• Who's starring: The Avengers you know and love will be back, like Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson [1], and Chris Hemsworth, alongside new stars Elizabeth Olsen and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as twins Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.
• Why you should be interested: Marvel has an excellent track record in putting out high-octane, entertaining fare, and this should be no different. On the flip side, the trailers are so foreboding, we want to make sure everyone makes it out alive.
• When it opened: May 1
• Watch the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron [2].

Far From the Madding Crowd

• Who's starring: Carey Mulligan [3], Michael Sheen, and Tom Sturridge.
• Why you should be interested: Mulligan brings the high-school required reading to vibrant life, and she even sings in the trailer.
• When it opened: May 1
• Watch the trailer for Far From the Madding Crowd [4].

Hot Pursuit

• Who's starring: Reese Witherspoon [5] and Sofia Vergara.
• Why you should be interested: These two ladies are funny in their own right, and paired up, they're guaranteed to make an excellent team.
• When it opened: May 8
• Watch the trailer for Hot Pursuit [6].

Before I Wake

• Who's starring: Kate Bosworth [7] and Thomas Jane.
• Why you should be interested: This horror movie has an intriguing concept — their adopted son's dreams come to life — but soon, the nightmares do, too. Should make for a good Summer scare.
• When it opened: May 8
• Watch the trailer for Before I Wake [8].

Pitch Perfect 2

• Who's starring: Anna Kendrick [9], Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, plus some newbies like Hailee Steinfeld. See everyone in the cast [10] here.
• Why you should be interested: The original a cappella comedy is already a classic, and we've been craving more since that came out.
• When it opened: May 15
• Watch the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 [11].

Mad Max: Fury Road

• Who's starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron [12], and Nicholas Hoult.
• Why you should be interested: Hardy and Theron look unbelievably fierce in this reboot, which might be one of the best action movies of the Summer.
• When it opened: May 15
• Watch the trailer for Mad Max: Fury Road [13].

Tomorrowland

• Who's starring: George Clooney [14] and Britt Robertson.
• Why you should be interested: Disney brings to life one of its crown jewels, and Clooney in a family-friendly flick is enough to get us to the theater.
• When it opened: May 22
• Watch the trailer for Tomorrowland [15].

San Andreas

• Who's starring: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Carla Gugino, and Paul Giamatti.
• Why you should be interested: This is disaster-film fan bait. The entire West Coast collapses, so we expect some incredible special effects.
• When it opened: May 29
• Watch the trailer for San Andreas [16].

Aloha

• Who's starring: Bradley Cooper [17], Emma Stone [18], John Krasinski [19], and Rachel McAdams [20].
• Why you should be interested: This romantic comedy is the latest project from director Cameron Crowe, and hello? Cooper and Stone as love interests.
• When it opened: May 29
• Watch the trailer for Aloha [21].

Entourage

• Who's starring: Adrian Grenier [22], Jeremy Piven, Jerry Ferrara, Kevin Connolly [23], and Kevin Dillon.
• Why you should be interested: Vincent Chase is back! Good old-fashioned nostalgia for the HBO comedy will get us in the theaters, plus the sheer amount of cameos in the trailer makes it worth it.
• When it opens: June 3
• Watch the trailer for Entourage [24].

Spy

• Who's starring: Melissa McCarthy, Rose Byrne, Jason Statham, and Jude Law [25].
• Why you should be interested: McCarthy and Byrne are reteamed with their Bridesmaids director Paul Feig, and this one may re-create the magic; it got excellent reviews out of SXSW.
• When it opens: June 5
• Watch the trailer for Spy [26].

Love & Mercy

• Who's starring: Paul Dano and John Cusack both play Brian Wilson at different ages, with Elizabeth Banks costarring.
• Why you should be interested: It's the inside look at the Beach Boys cofounder we've never seen, set to their iconic hits.
• When it opens: June 5
• Watch the trailer for Love & Mercy [27].

Insidious: Chapter 3

• Who's starring: Dermot Mulroney, Stefanie Scott, and Lin Shaye.
• Why you should be interested: This is the prequel for the other previous horror hits, so you'll want to see how it all begins, and maybe we'll even get some answers.
• When it opens: June 5
• Watch the trailer for Insidious: Chapter 3 [28].

Jurassic World

• Who's starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, and dinosaurs.
• Why you should be interested: Unlike Jurassic Park's previous sequels, this one actually looks like a worthy successor to the original. Plus, Chris Pratt!
• When it opens: June 12
• Watch the trailer for Jurassic World [29].

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

• Who's starring: Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke, Connie Britton, and Nick Offerman.
• Why you should be interested: The indie was a hit at Sundance, tackling a teen friendship in which one of the kids has leukemia.
• When it opens: June 12
• Watch the trailer for Me and Earl and the Dying Girl [30].

Inside Out

• Who's starring: The animated film has the voices of Amy Poehler [31], Mindy Kaling, and Bill Hader.
• Why you should be interested: Pixar has a very important reputation to uphold, therefore we expect a funny, heartfelt, and cute family movie.
• When it opens: June 19
• Watch the trailer for Inside Out [32].

A Little Chaos

• Who's starring: Kate Winslet [33] and Alan Rickman [34].
• Why you should be interested: Winslet is back in period costumes to play a 17th century landscape designer for King Louis XIV, and if there's anywhere Winslet thrives, it's in period pieces.
• When it opens: June 26
• Watch the trailer for A Little Chaos [35].

Ted 2

• Who's starring: Mark Wahlberg [36], Amanda Seyfried [37], and Seth MacFarlane as Ted.
• Why you should be interested: As silly as it is, the first Ted is hilarious. The sequel looks like it has the same dumb but brilliant humor.
• When it opens: June 26
• Watch the trailer for Ted 2 [38].

Magic Mike XXL

• Who's starring: Channing Tatum [39], Matt Bomer, plus these new and returning stars [40].
• Why you should be interested: Why wouldn't you be interested?! Are you kidding? Next question.
• When it opens: July 1
• Watch the trailer for Magic Mike XXL [41].

Terminator Genisys

• Who's starring: Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, and of course, Arnold Schwarzenegger [42] is back.
• Why you should be interested: This installment in the Terminator franchise brings us a sort of origin story, and we've got to see Clarke as a young Sarah Connor.
• When it opens: July 1
• Watch the trailer for Terminator Genisys [43].

Minions

• Who's starring: Jon Hamm [44], Michael Keaton, Allison Janney, and Steve Coogan are all voicing characters.
• Why you should be interested: The minions were always the cutest, funniest part of the Despicable Me movies, so it's high time they got the focus.
• When it opens: July 10
• Watch the trailer for Minions [45].

Self/less

• Who's starring: Ryan Reynolds [46] and Ben Kingsley.
• Why you should be interested: This premise couldn't be more intriguing — Reynolds plays the man whose body Kingsley's character jumps into. Got that?
• When it opens: July 10
• Watch the trailer for Self/less [47].

Ant-Man

• Who's starring: Paul Rudd [48] is the title character, with Evangeline Lilly [49] and Michael Douglas costarring.
• Why you should be interested: Marvel has had the Midas touch, and we want to see if they can do it for this curiously small superhero. Also, who doesn't love Paul Rudd?
• When it opens: July 17
• Watch the trailer for Ant-Man [50].

Trainwreck

• Who's starring: Amy Schumer, Bill Hader, and Vanessa Bayer.
• Why you should be interested: Schumer is one of the funniest fresh new voices on TV, and Judd Apatow is behind the camera on this one. It might be Summer's funniest movie.
• When it opens: July 17
• Watch the trailer for Trainwreck [51].

Poltergeist

• Who's starring: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Jared Harris.
• Why you should be interested: Because you've nearly forgotten why the original one was so scary.
• When it opened: May 22
• Watch the trailer for Poltergeist [52].

Pixels

• Who's starring: Adam Sandler [53], Peter Dinklage, Michelle Monaghan, and Josh Gad.
• Why you should be interested: This fantasy comedy about video games coming to life and attacking the Earth looks like a crowd-pleaser.
• When it opens: July 24
• Watch the trailer for Pixels [54].

Irrational Man

• Who's starring: Joaquin Phoenix [55] and Emma Stone [56].
• Why you should be interested: Woody Allen [57] cast Phoenix as a professor having an existential crisis (shades of Her, anyone?) as he falls for his student, played by Stone. We're dying to see that pairing.
• When it opens: July 24

Paper Towns

• Who's starring: Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne.
• Why you should be interested: This is the next John Green book to be adapted since The Fault in Our Stars hit screens last year.
• When it opens: July 24
• Watch the trailer for Paper Towns [58].

Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation

• Who's starring: Tom Cruise [59], Simon Pegg, Alec Baldwin [60], and Rebecca Ferguson.
• Why you should be interested: The trailer for the movie assured us this franchise — and Cruise — has more juice than ever.
• When it opens: July 31
• Watch the trailer for Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation [61].

Southpaw

• Who's starring: Jake Gyllenhaal [62], Rachel McAdams [63], and Tyrese Gibson.
• Why you should be interested: Gyllenhaal bulked up for the role as a boxer, but the real selling point here is that Sons of Anarchy [64] creator Kurt Sutter wrote the screenplay.
• When it opens: July 31
• Watch the trailer for Southpaw [65].

The Gift

• Who's starring: Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman [66], and Rebecca Hall [67].
• Why you should be interested: Not only does Edgerton play an unhinged classmate from Bateman's character's past in this thriller, this is also the directorial debut of Australian star Edgerton.
• When it opens: Aug. 7
• Watch the trailer for The Gift [68].

Masterminds

• Who's starring: Zach Galifianakis [69], Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, and Owen Wilson [70].
• Why you should be interested: Besides the cast being stocked with a comedy dream team, the movie is inspired by a so-crazy-it's-true tale of a huge armored-car heist.
• When it opens: Aug. 7
• Watch the trailer for Masterminds [71].

Fantastic Four

• Who's starring: Miles Teller, Michael B. Jordan, Kate Mara, and Jamie Bell.
• Why you should be interested: This looks like the darker, Christopher Nolan-style take on these superheroes.
• When it opens: Aug. 7
• Watch the trailer for Fantastic Four [72].

Ricki and the Flash

• Who's starring: Meryl Streep [73], Sebastian Stan, and Kevin Kline.
• Why you should be interested: One word: Meryl. OK, fine — six words: Meryl Streep as a rock star.
• When it opens: Aug. 7

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

• Who's starring: Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Alicia Vikander.
• Why you should be interested: Cavill out of his Superman suit? With Hammer? It's like an explosion of sexy. But seriously, this is our chance to see what else Cavill can do.
• When it opens: Aug. 14
• Watch the trailer for The Man From U.N.C.L.E. [74].

Straight Outta Compton

• Who's starring: Corey Hawkins plays Dr. Dre, O'Shea Jackson Jr. plays Ice Cube, and Jason Mitchell plays Eazy-E.
• Why you should be interested: The true story of NWA is more compelling than any work of fiction.
• When it opens: Aug. 14
• Watch the trailer for Straight Outta Compton [75].

She's Funny That Way

• Who's starring: Imogen Poots, Owen Wilson [76], and Jennifer Aniston [77].
• Why you should be interested: Legendary director Peter Bogdanovich is behind this screwball comedy, which doesn't look like highbrow comedy as much as it just looks like a ton of fun.
• When it opens: Aug. 21
• Watch the trailer for She's Funny That Way [78].

Hitman: Agent 47

• Who's starring: Rupert Friend and Zachary Quinto [79].
• Why you should be interested: This is a movie any action junkie needs to see by the sheer amount of stunts in the trailer.
• When it opens: Aug. 28
• Watch the trailer for Hitman: Agent 47 [80].

Regression

• Who's starring: Emma Watson [81] and Ethan Hawke [82].
• Why you should be interested: There's so much mystery surrounding the plot of this thriller that we couldn't be more curious, plus we love to see Watson star in literally anything.
• When it opens: Aug. 28
• Watch the trailer for Regression [83].

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