IT'S A HUNK, IT'S A HULK, IT'S EDWARD NORTON!

THE INCREDIBLE HULK

STARRING: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt

DIRECTED BY: Louis Leterrier

WRITTEN BY: Zak Penn

DISTRIBUTOR: Universal

As Marvel Comics junkies know, obsessive physicist Bruce Banner suffered a setback when his laboratory experiment went sour, leaving him with a severely split personality. Sometimes he’s sturdy, reliable Bruce and then, without warning, he is the Incredible--and incredibly dangerous--Hulk. Can Bruce (Edward Norton) shuck his hulk and return to being a straight-arrow scientist? That’s a goal he hopes to achieve, though he certainly can’t count on the support of Emil Blonsky (Tim Roth), a KGB agent who holds Bruce responsible for an overdose of radiation that reduced him to a hideous mess widely known as The Abomination. Nor will the malevolent General Thaddeus “Thunderbolt” Ross (William Hurt) be of any assistance to Bruce, though his radiant daughter Betsy (Liv Tyler) might lend a helping hand and heart. A special bonus: Robert Downey Jr. slips into his Tony Stark/Iron Man character during the elaborate end credits.

Opens 6/13/08

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PRIDE AND GLORY: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell, Noah Emmerich, Jennifer Ehle, Jon Voight, Lake Bell (Directed by Gavin O’Connor; Written by Joe Carnahan and Gavin O’Connor; New Line Cinema) Sometimes a New York cop gives in to temptation and does something truly sinful. And that’s precisely what happens in this three-generational tale of a badge-wearing Irish-American family. Jon Voight is the proud--well, mostly proud--dad of Edward Norton and Noah Emmerich. And though Colin Farrell is also an Irish-American officer of the law, he is not a blood brother to Norton and Emmerich. Gavin O’Connor is the director who turned out “Tumbleweeds,” the terrific 1999 sleeper starring Janet McTeer as the fun-loving, over-the-top mom of a stressed-out teen-age girl. Opening date to be announced