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It will be a summer of superheroes, TV shoes, remakes and sequels (sometimes, seemingly, all at once) when it comes to movies. And, for Atlanta, don’t forget the panda!
This summer offers a lot of eye candy; as usual Hollywood couldn’t wait for Memorial Day Weekend (but then, neither could we) and rolled out such visual fluff as Iron Man and Speed Racer. But there’s plenty more to choose from when it comes to summer movies. Film Critic Curt Holman picks through the trends, the highlights and the ones to watch with Senior Arts Writer David Lee Simmons.
2008 Summer Guide: 111 things to do
111 festivals, concerts, movies, games, races, plays and general outdoor mayhem to take in this summer
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JUNE
22 ROCK AND ROLL MONSTER BASH Sun., June 1. The Starlight Six Drive-In presents a day of rock 'n' roll, burlesque and hot rods followed by an evening of monstrous motions pictures: the sword-and-sorcery extravaganza The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and the shlocky swashbuckler Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness. $15. Starlight Six Drive-In, 2000 Moreland Ave. 404-627-5786. www.rockandrollmonsterbash.com or...
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JULY
63 PETER MURPHY Wed., July 2. Bauhaus vampy vocalist gives all the black-clad and pasty-white gothic-rock kids a reason to leave the bat cave when his Retrospective Tour 2008 creeps through Atlanta. $28. 7 p.m. Center Stage, 1374 W. Peachtree St. 404-885-1365. www.cwmidtownmusiccomplex.com. 64 HANCOCK Opens Wed., July 2. Will Smith renews his summer action-movie credentials as Hancock, a moody...
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AUGUST
88 SOUND TRIBE SECTOR 9, UMPHREY'S MCGEE Aug. 1-2. Count on both of these shows to sell out fast. You could blame it on the fact that STS9 used to be based in Atlanta, but that wouldn't begin to explain why the electronica jam band sells out shows all over the world. Umphrey's McGee is scheduled to open. $33.50. Doors...
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