Summer Splash : Playing Down at the Cineplex

Summer is traditionally the biggest moviegoing season of the year. Here are some of the major motion pictures opening between now and Labor Day:

JUNE

City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly’s Gold. They’re back: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern and Jack Palance.

The Cowboy Way. Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland star.

Getting Even With Dad. Ted Danson is the dad, Macaulay Culkin is out to get even.

I Love Trouble. Julia Roberts and Nick Nolte star as rival newspaper reporters.

The Lion King. Disney animated feature with the voices of Matthew Broderick and Jeremy Irons; Elton John and Tim Rice provide the music.

Speed. Dennis Hopper and Keanu Reeves star.

Wolf. Jack Nicholson puts the bite on Michelle Pfeiffer for director Mike Nichols.

Wyatt Earp. Kevin Costner is Earp, Dennis Quaid is Doc Holliday. Gene Hackman also stars for Lawrence Kasdan.

JULY

Baby’s Day Out. John Hughes writes and produces.

Black Beauty. Sean Bean stars in the classic horse saga.

Blown Away. Jeff Bridges, Tommy Lee Jones, Lloyd Bridges, Forest Whitaker star.

The Client. Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro and Anthony LaPaglia star for Joel Schumacher.

The Innocent. John Schlesinger directs Campbell Scott, Isabella Rossellini and Anthony Hopkins.

It Could Happen to You. Nicolas Cage, Bridget Fonda and Rosie Perez star.

Lassie. Dan Petrie directs Tom Guitry and Richard Farnsworth.

Little Big League. With Jason Robards.

The Mask. Jim Carrey stars.

The Shadow. Alec Baldwin stars with Penelope Ann Miller and John Lone.

True Lies. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis star for director James Cameron.

AUGUST

Blankman. Damon Wayans, David Alan Grier and Robin Givens star.

Clear and Present Danger. Harrison Ford stars with Anne Archer and Willem Dafoe. Philip Noyce directs.

Color of Night. Bruce Willis stars for director Richard Rush.

Corrina, Corrina. Whoopi Goldberg, Ray Liotta.

The Little Rascals. Penelope Spheeris directs.

Milk Money. Richard Benjamin directs Melanie Griffith and Ed Harris.

Natural Born Killers. Juliette Lewis, Woody Harrelson and Robert Downey Jr. star for director Oliver Stone.

Pulp Fiction. Bruce Willis, John Travolta, Uma Thurman and Harvey Keitel star for Quentin Tarantino.

The Scout. Albert Brooks discovers pitcher Brendan Fraser.

A Simple Twist of Fate. Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne and Catherine O’Hara star.

Wagons East. John Candy stars.

SEPTEMBER

It’s Pat. With Julia Sweeney.