May 20
Starring Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron and Chloë Grace Moretz
“‘Neighbors 2’ may reunite the whole gang (Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, Zac Efron, Dave Franco and more) and come with a premise that sounds like run-of-the-mill gender-swapping (“what if it was a sorority?”), but the final product isn’t just extremely amusing, it’s also progressive and clever in ways we rarely see in studio comedies.” —Kate Erbland
“The Nice Guys”
May 20
Starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Rose Byrne and Sophie Turner
“To make a tenuous analogy (apologies, non-sports fans), ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ seems to be the 2004 Lakers of summer blockbusters, gathering the best from similar franchises, regardless of how well those pieces may end up working together.” —Steve Greene
June 3, 2016
Starring Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney and Stephen Amell
“Now You See Me 2”
June 10
Starring Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson and Frances O’Connor
“Ask most people what the scariest movie of the past couple years is and you’re bound to hear ‘The Conjuring’ at least once, or twice… Okay, you’re probably going to be hear it a lot.” —Zack Sharf
“Warcraft”
“Independence Day: Resurgence”
June 27
Starring Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton and Eugene Levy
“‘Finding Dory’ represents the Herculean task of giving a worthy spinoff to the studio’s most visually sumptuous and narratively satisfying effort. In the decade-plus since, let’s hope that Andrew Stanton and Co. have found a way to harness the magic of the original.” —Steve Greene
July 1
Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Samuel L. Jackson, Margot Robbie, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent and Christoph Waltz
“There may not be much interest in a new movie about everyone’s favorite monosyllabic wild man, but ‘The Legend of Tarzan’ has an ace up its sleeve: director David Yates, whose sure hand helped deliver the ‘Harry Potter’ series down the tricky home stretch.” —David Ehrlich
“The BFG”
“Ghostbusters”
Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto in “Star Trek Beyond”
July 29
Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Alicia Vikander, Vincent Cassel and Tommy Lee Jones
“The beauty of the Bourne movies is that they’re all about the execution. Nobody really cares about who Bourne was before he had his memory erased. Nobody really cares about any of the supporting characters. It’s all just about Damon kicking ass, crashing cars, and crank calling U.S. government agents just to let them know that he’s watching from the building next door. As long as he’s still doing all of those things, this should be one of the summer’s most satisfying blockbusters.” —David Ehrlich
“Suicide Squad”
August 19
Starring Jack Huston, Morgan Freeman, Toby Kebbell and Rodrigo Santoro
“If there’s one thing the world needs in these troubled times, it’s a CG-heavy version of ‘Ben-Hur’ from the guy who directed ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.'” —David Ehrlich