What's It About? A group of highly-trained secret agent guinea pigs discover the fate of the world rests in their furry little paws.

What's the Buzz? Does anyone remember Space Chimps?

Why Kids Will Want to Go: Gadgets. Gizmos. Guinea Pigs. In 3-D.

Target Audience: Young children who may still believe that guinea pigs can save the world.

Watch Out For: Rude humor.

Rated PG

In Theaters: July 24

What's It About? Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his Hogwarts friends prepare to battle Voldemort--and puberty.

What's the Buzz? Ka-ching!

Why Kids Will Want to Go: They're just wild about Harry.

Target Audience: The gazillions of readers who devoured the seven books and five previous film adaptations.

Watch Out For: Raging hormones and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

Rated PG

In Theaters: July 15

What's It About? As the Ice Age comes to an end, landlubbers Manny the wooly mammoth (Ray Romano), Sid the sloth (John Leguizamo) and Diego the saber-toothed tiger (Denis Leary) boldly go where no other mammal would dare.

What's the Buzz? In this era of global warming, the Ice Age franchise is not likely to become extinct in the near future.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: These silly characters melt their hearts, and now they're in Digital 3-D.

Target Audience: Everyone who saw the first two “Ice Age” movies.

Watch Out For: Cartoon violence.

Rated PG

In Theaters: July 1

What's It About? Sam (Shia LeBeouf) enters college, only to find himself once again in the middle of an intergalactic war between the good Autobots and the evil Decepticons.

What's the Buzz? They're ba-a-ack!

Why Kids Will Want to Go: They made the toys best-sellers and the original movie a big hit.

Target Audience: Action enthusiasts.

Watch Out For: Non-stop video game-like violence.

Rated PG

In Theaters: June 24

What's It About? Two cavemen (Jack Black and Michael Cera) set off on an epic journey when they're banished from their village.

What's the Buzz? It could go either way. The filmmakers cut some scenes to get the rating changed from “R” to “PG-13,” so it could land in that middle ground where it's inappropriate for kids but too tame for older audiences.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: Black is a Kids' Choice Awards favorite.

Target Audience: Those who aren't easily offended.

Watch Out For: Co-producer Judd Apatow's signature crude humor.

Rated PG

In Theaters: June 19

What's It About? A workaholic executive (Eddie Murphy) starts spending more time with his young daughter when he realizes she somehow has insights into the business world that are helping his career.

What's the Buzz? It's light summer fare, but may be helped along by President Obama's call to get fathers more involved in their children's lives.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: Eddie Murphy.

Target Audience: Families looking to get out of the heat.

Watch Out For: Mild language.

Rated PG

In Theaters: June 12

What's It About? Paleontologist Dr. Rick Marshall (Will Ferrell) is sucked back in time to a land of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.

What's the Buzz? The filmmakers are hoping the movie doesn't get lost among the big summer blockbusters.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: Dinosaurs have always been some of their favorite characters--and so has Will Ferrell!

Target Audience: Audiences looking for an escapist comedy.

Watch Out For: Rude humor.

Not yet rated

In Theaters: June 5

What's It About? A crotchety old man ties thousands of balloons to his house and heads off on a solo flight to South America, only to discover that a bubbly 8-year-old stowaway has come along for the ride.

What's the Buzz? Pixar has never had a flop, and this--its first one released in Disney Digital 3-D--probably won't be the one to break that streak.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: The trailer is uplifting!

Target Audience: Pixar followers of all ages.

Watch Out For: Some peril.

Rated PG

In Theaters: May 29

What's It About? History literally comes alive when a night watchman (Ben Stiller) follows his formerly inanimate charges to the Smithsonian, where they end up in the middle of a battle between villains Ivan the Terrible, Napoleon, and Al Capone and heroes Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, and Amelia Earhart.

What's the Buzz? Another successful "Night" as history repeats itself.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: The first one was so much fun!

Target Audience: Anyone looking for a good laugh.

Watch Out For: Slapstick violence and occasional language.

Rated PG

In Theaters: May 22

What's It About? Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are brought together for the first time when they join forces on the Starship Enterprise to help keep peace in the universe.

What's the Buzz? It will live long and prosper.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: They're either fans already or they've heard so much about the iconic show, they want to experience this modern version themselves.

Target Audience: Trekkies, past, present, and future.

Watch Out For: Lots of space battles, crashes, explosions, and deaths.

Rated PG

In Theaters: May 8

What's It About? ? The peaceful inhabitants of Terra must defend themselves when humans who have destroyed Earth attempt to take over their planet.

What's the Buzz? It's likely to be overtaken by X-Men and Star Trek.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: The idea of aliens as good guys and humans as the villains is an enticing one.

Target Audience: Families, who will appreciate its message of pacifism.

Watch Out For: War in 3-D.

Rated PG

In Theaters: May 1

What's It About? After a violent and traumatic childhood, a mutant with long, deadly blades hidden between his knuckles (Hugh Jackman) vows to give up fighting, only to end up being transformed into a killing machine called Wolverine.

What's the Buzz? This will be one of the summer's big blockbusters.

Why Kids Will Want to Go: Superheroes rule!

Target Audience: The comic book crowd.

Watch Out For: Those long, deadly blades.

Rated PG-13

In Theaters: May 1