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The 15 best new Hollywood movies in cinemas this summer, from Elvis to Minions: The Rise of Gru and Thor: Love and Thunder
- Moviegoing is back, and there’s a lot to look forward to, including an Elvis Presley biopic, the latest Marvel Thor film, and two video-game adaptations
- Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart lend their voices to DC League of Super-Pets, Brad Pitt is an action star in Bullet Train and there’s Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot
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After a bumpy start, 2022 has turned into a record-breaking year for cinemas, as holdovers from the lingering coronavirus pandemic finally see the light of day and a crop of new releases strike a chord with moviegoers.
Marvel’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and DC’s The Batman have proved that the hunger for superhero movies is stronger than ever, but it is Tom Cruise’s belated and long-delayed sequel Top Gun: Maverick that has surprised pundits, taking the box office by storm around the world.
The summer season is far from over, however. As Jurassic World: Dominion and Pixar’s Lightyear battle it out for their piece of the action this week, we look ahead to the best of the Hollywood blockbusters still to come between now and the end of September (opening dates are for Hong Kong).
1. Elvis
Austin Butler lands the role of a lifetime as the original hip-gyrating hound dog and undisputed king of rock’n’roll in Baz Luhrmunn’s all-singing, all-dancing biopic.
Tom Hanks stars as Presley’s scheming business manager Colonel Tom Parker in the film, which charts the singer and actor’s rise from small-town obscurity to pop culture icon. (Opens June 23)
2. The Black Phone
Ethan Hawke plays a truly creepy child murderer in Scott Derrickson’s latest horror film, adapted from a short story by Stephen King’s son, bestselling author Joe Hill.
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