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E-mailSummer blockbuster preview – Irish American style
See what kind of Irish American movie fan you are!
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Friday, May 1 kicks off the annual summer blockbuster movie season. This year’s much-anticipated flicks include action flicks like “Land of the Lost” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” books-turned-films like Jodi Picoult’s “My Sister’s Keeper” and Audrey Niffenegger “The Time Traveler’s Wife.”
Many of this summer’s films have Irish ties, from actors with Irish roots, to films set in Ireland, there’s plenty of stuff to keep the Irish American movie-goer happy.
Pencil these movie release dates into your schedule:
Friday, May 1
“Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”
This flick stars rom-com vet Matthew McConaughey, who has Irish roots on both sides of his family. McConaughey stars as Connor Mead, a womanizer who’s haunted Dickens-style by ghosts of girlfriends he’s hurt in the past. For the sappy Irish American.
Friday, May 22
“Hunger”
The critically-acclaimed film from British director Steve McQueen is finally being released to general audiences in the U.S. “Hunger,” starring Irishman Michael Fassbender, is a film about the last six weeks of IRA hunger striker Bobby Sand’s life. the film has won several awards, the most notable being the 2008 Camera D'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. For the political rish American.
Friday, June 5
“Land of the Lost”
Proud Irish American Will Ferrell stars in the movie version of the hit 1970s television series as a scientist who’s sucked into a space-time vortex and lands in the time of the dinosaurs. The film has an all-star Irish cast, including Irish-English star Anna Friel and Irish-American funnyman Danny McBride. For the nostalgic Irish American.
Friday, June 26
“My Sister’s Keeper”
Abigail Breslin, who’s appeared on Irish America magazine’s Top 100 list, stars in the film version of Jodi Picoult’s 11th novel about a leukemia-stricken girl and her younger sister (Breslin), who learns she was purposely conceived in order to provide a donor match. For the sensitive Irish American.
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