While spring is in full swing, the warmer weather reminds us that summer is right around the corner. For many of us, summer means basking at the beach or pool, family vacations and the all important summer movies. We are very excited to share with you an impressive list of summer must-sees that will have you heading to the theater all summer long.
Read on to check out the movies that everyone will be talking about this summer. Plus, enter to win a $100 Movie Tickets Gift Card so you can watch your favorites!
This movie kicked off the summer blockbuster season in a big way, already earning $181.4 million in North America, making it the fifth-best opening of all time. If you haven't seen it yet, you should. This Marvel movie is thought-provoking and still delivers edge of your seat action. Plus, you get to see Captain America (played by Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) duke it out on the big screen.
If you’re a fan of the first installment of this over-the-top silly Seth Rogen, Zac Ephron and Rose Byrne comedy, it looks like the sequel will be even more laugh-inducing (if that’s possible). In the 2014 film, Rogen and Byrne played new parents moving into their first home, right next door to a wild fraternity house (enter Ephron). And in the style of the much-loved Animal House, comedy ensues. Well, it looks like they’ve decided to do it all over again - but this time with sorority sisters.
Fans of Finding Nemo have been patiently waiting more than a decade for a sequel and finally this summer the wait will be over. Finding Dory is sure to pack the house. The movie follows around the beloved forgetful fish, Dory (voiced by Ellen Degeneres), as she searches for her family, just as our young friend Nemo did all those years ago
If you’re sensing a theme here with long-awaited sequels opening this summer, you wouldn’t be wrong. It may not seem like it, but fans of the original Independence Day film have waited 20 years for the summer blockbuster sequel to hit the big screens. Though we won’t be seeing Will Smith reprise his roll as Captain Steven Hiller, there will be some old favorites from the original like Jeff Goldblum, Bill Pullman, Judd Hirsch and Vivica A. Fox. The only question on most fan’s minds is: will the human race pull through once again? I guess we’ll have to wait until June to find out!
Though die hard fans of the 1980’s original Ghostbusters movie may never have fathomed that this masterpiece needed a reboot, the hilarious new all-female cast gives us hope that this movie can be remade right. Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon will don those vintage uniforms complete with proton packs in an effort to save the world from supernatural dominance. Expect laughs mixed with nostalgia and cameos from old-time favorites like Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson, Dan Akroyd and Annie Potts.
What else could be more relatable than an overworked, stressed out mom juggling career, home life, school and trying to be the perfect PTA parent all at the same time? Mila Kunis stars in this comedy that begs the question: what would happen if moms took a little break from all of their responsibilities? Well, apparently freedom, hilarity, tons of fun, self-indulgence, and wild parties. Heavy hitters like Kristen Bell, Christina Applegate and Jada Pinkett Smith join Kunis in this Hangover-style romp for women.
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Can't wait to see "Independence Day: Resurgence" and "Finding Dory" for my grandchildren.
Alice Through the Looking Glass!
Okay I'm skeptical I will like the new Ghostbusters as well as the first however I will drool over my popcorn watching Hemsworth. I have read great reviews about Captain America and can't help enjoying Robert Downey Junior no matter what he appears in so this should be a fun one for me. My husband is looking forward to Civil Wars because of the action. I have also been waiting for that new Matthew McConaughey movie about the civil war , a true life story that appealed , or at least the trailer looked good.......not sure when it comes out.
I want to see Bad Moms!
Captain America: Civil War is the next movie I want to see. I hear it is really good, and I LOVE Robert Downey, Jr
I really want to watch Neighbors 2. The first one was hilarious so I can only imagine how this one will be.
Bad Moms and Ghostbusters!
I am so looking forward to BAD MOMS, it looks hysterical ... and lets face it. As a working Mom myself I can see a little bit of me in this character.
Finding Dory and Captain America both look like good movies.
I'm looking forward to seeing Captain America: Civil War .
Finding Dory should be fun.
I'm looking forward to all the fun summer movies.
We are looking forward to the Ghostbusters movie. I had not heard there was an Independence Day movie coming out!
Ghost Busters looks really good.
Would love to win this I have someone if not all of us in my household that would love to see everyone of these movies listed!