Summer Splash : Going to the Movies

An abbreviated look at some of this summer’s celluloid releases. In case you were out of town, a much more complete list was published in the “Summer Sneaks” issue of Sunday Calendar, May 16.

NOW PLAYING Cliffhanger. Sylvester Stallone and Janine Turner star. Hot Shots! Part Deux. Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges and Valeria Golino. Menace II Society. Tyrin Turner and Vonte Sweet. Much Ado About Nothing. Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington. Sliver. Sharon Stone, William Baldwin and Tom Berenger.

JUNE Benefit of the Doubt. Amy Irving, Donald Sutherland and Graham Greene. Dennis the Menace. Mason Gamble, Walter Matthau, Christopher Lloyd, Joan Plowright and Lea Thompson. Equinox. Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle. Guilty as Sin. Don Johnson and Rebecca De Mornay. House of Cards. Kathleen Turner, Tommy Lee Jones and Esther Rolle. Jurassic Park. Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum and Richard Attenborough. Last Action Hero. Arnold Schwarzenegger, F. Murray Abraham, Anthony Quinn and Mercedes Ruehl. Life With Mikey. Michael J. Fox, Christina Vidal, Nathan Lane and Cyndi Lauper. Sleepless in Seattle. Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger and Meg Ryan. What’s Love Got to Do With It. Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne.

JULY Coneheads. Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtain and Larraine Newman. The Firm. Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman. For Love or Money. Michael J. Fox, Gabrielle Anwar and Michael Tucker. Hocus Pocus. Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker. In the Line of Fire. Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich and Rene Russo. Poetic Justice. John Singleton directs Janet Jackson and Tupac Shakur. Rising Sun. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. Stakeout II. Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez and Rosie O’Donnell.

AUGUST Blake Edwards’ Son of the Pink Panther. Roberto Benigni and Herbert Lom. The Fugitive. Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Heart and Souls. Robert Downey Jr., David Paymer, Charles Grodin and Alfre Woodard. Manhattan Murder Mystery. Woody Allen’s latest stars Allen, Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston. The Man Without a Face. Mel Gibson stars and directs. The Meteor Man. Robert Townsend stars, writes and directs. Robin Hood: Men in Tights. Mel Brooks’ film with Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees and Tracey Ullman.