Critics' Picks

Here are a half-dozen other movies that have caught our eye - not all with special effects and superheroes:

Mongol

An epic Eastern western about the rise of Genghis Khan (June 13).

Wanted

It's high-speed high concept, as professional assassin Angelina Jolie trains ordinary guy James McAvoy to avenge his father's murder. (June 27)

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

Abigail Breslin stars as the enterprising Cincinnati kid whose family loses everything in the Depression and who is determined to help the clan regain its

financial footing - hopefully by landing a job as a journalist. (July 2)

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's dark, dark sequel pitting Earth's humankind against the demons of the Invisible Realm. (July 11)

The Wackness

A 1990s New Yorkers-on-pot piece starring Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Mary-Kate Olsen and Method Man. (July 11)

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Now in college, the jeans- swapping quartet - Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively and Amber Tamblyn - stay connected as they grow from teens into women. (Aug. 8)