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by Nic Barta

Slowly but surely, theaters have been opening up and the movies are starting to
get back on schedule with new releases dates! And it could not have come at a
better time, because summer is here and that means blockbusters! Let’s take a
look at the summer!

On June 4th, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It creeps into theaters. In
this next installment in The Conjuring series, Ed and Lorraine Warren return to
help save the soul of a young boy and become involved in a court case, in which
demonic possession is used as a defense. Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga reprise
the roles of Ed and Lorraine Warren, with yet another frightening paranormal tale.
But will this be one case they can’t fix?

On June 11th, In the Heights dances into theaters.
Based on the musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, this film
follows several characters in Washington Heights, NYC,
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who dream of bigger things outside the city. But they
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begin to learn where they belong and what it means to
be home. Lin-Manuel Miranda has proven his mastery
of musicals and is a producer on this film. No doubt this
movie will have the same amount of energy, charm, and
humanity as the play.

On June 25th, Moving to July, on July
Fast and Furious 9 (F9) 9th, Black Widow sneaks
races into cinemas. Dom into cinemas, as well as
Toretto and his family on Disney+ streaming.
are back, and this time After a year of delay, we
Dom must face his own just might finally get to
brother as well as an old see the beloved Avenger’s
nemesis: the cunning solo adventure. Scarlett
Cypher. Vin Diesel and Johansson reprises her
the rest of the Fast cast role once more, and
are back again, and John is joined by Florence
Cena joins the crew Pugh, David Harbour,
as Dom’s brother. Just and Rachel Weisz as her
when you thought the dysfunctional spy family.
Fast and Furious series couldn’t get crazier, Black Widow aims to
F9 may just prove you wrong. And that’s reassert Marvel Studios’
saying something after NINE movies! dominance at the box
office this season.

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