Summer Comes To An End With Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D
Copyright © 2010 Dimension Films

Jaws...lots and lots of jaws. From acclaimed director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) comes the new action thriller PIRANHA 3D, in the latest eye-popping 3D technology. A new type of terror is about to be cut loose on beautiful Lake Victoria. After a sudden underwater tremor sets free scores of the prehistoric man-eating fish, an unlikely group of strangers must band together to stop themselves from becoming fish food for the area’s new razor-toothed residents. But our heroine (Elisabeth Shue) is seriously outnumbered, and with only one chance to save the lake and her family from totally being devoured, she must risk everything to destroy the aquatic carnivores herself.

• Release Date:August 20th, 2010
• Starring:
  • Richard Dreyfuss
  • Ving Rhames
  • Elisabeth Shue
  • Christopher Lloyd
  • Eli Roth
• Director:Alexandre Aja
• Writer:Pete Goldfinger, Josh Stolberg
• Studio:Dimension Films
• Genre:Horror, Thriller
• Official Site:piranha-3d.com
• Rating: R for for sequences of strong bloody horror violence and gore, graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use
• Runtime:1 hour 29 minutes

Nanny McPhee Returns
Copyright © 2010 Universal Pictures

In Nanny McPhee Returns, Oscar®-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson returns to the role of the magical nanny who appears when she’s needed the most and wanted the least in the next chapter of the hilarious and heartwarming fable that has enchanted children around the world.

In the latest installment, Nanny McPhee appears at the door of a harried young mother, Mrs. Isabel Green (Maggie Gyllenhaal), who is trying to run the family farm while her husband is away at war. But once she’s arrived, Nanny McPhee discovers that Mrs. Green’s children are fighting a war of their own against two spoiled city cousins who have just moved in and refuse to leave.

Relying on everything from a flying motorcycle and a statue that comes to life to a tree-climbing piglet and a baby elephant who turns up in the oddest places, Nanny McPhee uses her magic to teach her mischievous charges five new lessons.

• Release Date:August 20th, 2010
• Starring:
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal
  • Oscar Steer
  • Asa Butterfield
  • Lil Woods
  • Eros Vlahos
• Director:Susanna White
• Writer:Emma Thompson, Christianna Brand
• Studio:Universal Pictures
• Genre:Adventure, Comedy, Children, Family, Fantasy
• Official Site:nannymcphee.co.uk
• Rating: PG for Rude humor, some language and mild thematic elements.
• Runtime:1 hour 40 minutes

The Switch
Copyright © 2010 Miramax Films

Based on a short story by Middlesex author Jeffrey Eugenides, the comedy centers on a 40-year-old unmarried woman who decides to become pregnant by inseminating herself using a turkey baster and sperm from a married friend.

• Release Date:August 20th, 2010
• Starring:
  • Jason Bateman
  • Victor Pagan
  • Jennifer Aniston
  • Jeff Goldblum
  • Juliette Lewis
• Director:Josh Gordon, Will Speck
• Writer:Allan Loeb, Jeffrey Eugenides
• Studio:Miramax Films
• Genre:Comedy
• Official Site:theswitch-movie.com
• Rating: PG-13 for Mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language.
• Runtime:1 hour 40 minutes

Vampires Suck
Copyright © 2010 20th Century Fox

A spoof of vampire-themed movies, where teenager Becca finds herself torn between two boys. As she and her friends wrestle with a number of different dramas, everything comes to a head at their prom.

• Release Date:August 18th, 2010
• Starring:
  • Ken Jeong
  • Matt Lanter
  • Anneliese van der Pol
  • Charlie Weber
  • Chris Riggi
• Director:Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
• Writer:Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer
• Studio:20th Century Fox
• Genre:Comedy, Horror
• Official Site:vampiressuckmovie.com
• Rating: R for crude sexual content, comic violence, language and teen partying.
• Runtime:1 hour 20 minutes