Brave This summer’s animated epic from Disney-Pixar
features a female lead, a first for the mega-successful Pixar. Merida, a Scottish teenager during the Middle Ages, takes it upon herself to defend her parents’ kingdom when it is endangered by the wicked from whom Merida had sought counsel to avoid being married against her will. Sure sounds like a lesbian- gay parable to me! June 22
Magic Mike The gays (myself included) will definitely be lining
up for this exposé of the goings-on at a male strip club, which reportedly includes a gay character/sub- plot. The movie was inspired by the pre-Hollywood career of its hot leading man, Channing Tatum and is directed by Oscar winner Steven Soderbergh (Traffic, Contagion). And if Tatum doesn’t do it for you, one of his thong-clad co-stars (Matthew McConaughey, True Blood’s Joe Manganiello, Alex Pettyfer, Adam Rodriguez and the recently out White Collar’s Matt Bomer) surely will June 29
The Amazing Spider-Man Andrew Garfield, taking over the title role from
Tobey Maguire, told a reporter last month that he went commando under his form-fitting costume during filming. That revelation has sure got my “spidey sense” tingling over this adventure, in which the webslinger tries to solve the mystery behind his parents’ death while battling the Lizard, a mutated scientist. July 3
Katy Perry: Part of Me Nothing screams “Independence Day” to me more
than a 3-D concert film starring the fireworks-laden pop singer. While Perry comes in second to Lady Gaga in many gay men’s minds, I consider her “Fire- works” song to be as much of a gay anthem as Gaga’s “Born This Way.” By the way, why hasn’t Gaga had a 3-D movie devoted to her yet? Well, I guess there’s always next summer. July 4
The Dark Knight Rises Batman (Christian Bale) returns to contend with the villainous Bane (rising star and hottie Tom Hardy) and the more mysterious Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman (the fabulous Anne Hathaway). Joseph Gordon-Levitt also appears as a cop with potentially conflicting mo- tives. Football fields will explode, Gotham City will be endangered, and ticket sales will soar. July 20
Ruby Sparks Not much has been made known yet about this
one, but the fact that it is co-directed by Little Miss Sunshine’s Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris is
enough to get my gay hopes up. Their earlier film’s Paul Dano here plays a struggling author who discov- ers that the fictional girl in the book he is writing has somehow come to life. Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas also star. July 25
The Bourne Legacy Jeremy Renner, who made a splash in last Decem-
ber’s Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol and also appears in this May’s The Avengers, takes over for Matt Damon in the latest installment of this durable, intelligent franchise. August 3
Hope Springs Any movie starring La Meryl (Streep, of course) is
cause for gay celebration. She re-teams here with David Frankel, director of The Devil Wears Prada, for a romantic comedy in which Streep is a married women who seeks marriage therapy with her prickly husband, played by Tommy Lee Jones. Steve Carell co-stars as their therapist. August 10
Sparkle The late Whitney Houston produced and makes
her final screen appearance in this remake of a Dreamgirls-esque 1976 film about a girl group on the rise. Houston plays the mother of one young singer (played by American Idol alumna Jordin Sparks) who is yearning for stardom. She also sings on the movie’s soundtrack. August 17
Lawless Tom Hardy makes his second summer movie appearance of 2012 as a bootlegger in this reality- based story set during the Prohibition era. Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke appear as his conniving siblings, and all must try to stay one step ahead of the obsessed G-man on their collective tail (played by Guy Pearce of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and last year’s made-for-TV version of Mildred Pierce). August 31
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