In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, a small but powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. A brotherhood of warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before.

Also starring Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard and Mark Strong.

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi

See it if you liked: Iron Man (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), Thor (2011)

Certificate: 12A

Release Date: 17 June 2011

Bad Teacher

A booze-swilling, pot-smoking, hard-swearing seventh-grade teacher rallies to get out of the classroom for good by wrangling a rich substitute teacher into marriage in this comedy from director Jake Kasdan (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story). Cynical teacher Elizabeth (Cameron Diaz) hates her job. She can’t wait for the day she finds a man who makes enough cash to let her walk away from her life of middle-school misery, and when her fiancé cancels their wedding plans, her frantic search intensifies. Just when it starts to look like Elizabeth will have to muscle her way through another semester of skull-crushing hangovers, however, handsome substitute Scott Delacorte (Justin Timberlake) shows up at school sporting a fancy wristwatch and the promise of a care-free future. But in order to earn her meal ticket, Elizabeth will have to out-cute perky fellow teacher Amy (Lucy Punch). And it won’t be easy, because Scott is crushing on Amy hard. Now, if Elizabeth can just motivate her students to study so that she can win a state contest to earn enough cash for some new breast implants, perhaps she can finally find a means of diverting Scott’s gaze. Meanwhile, much to Elizabeth’s chagrin, wisecracking, self-effacing gym teacher Russell (Jason Segel) refuses to admit defeat despite being turned down for a date by his gold-digging colleague time and again.

Genre: Comedy

See it if you liked: Bad Santa (2003), School for Scoundrels (2006), What Happens in Vegas (2008)

Certificate: 15

Release Date: 17 June 2011

Diaz plays a woman who’s life get’s turned upside down when super spy Cruise takes her on the journey of her life in order to protect some kind of super battery. Looks like a pretty funny comedy, Cruise and Diaz do work well together so I may just pop down to my local cinema to see this one.

The Film Buzz Anticipation Rating: 6.5/10

UK Release Date: 2nd July 2010

Director: James Mangold

Writer: Patrick O’Neill

Links: IMDB, Official Site