Shauna Wright

You won’t have to wait until Friday for one of the two new movies bowing this week — in fact, you can go ahead and line up for tickets right now.

Only one new release will make its way to Laramie theaters this week, but it will have a lot of familiar, funny faces.

The three new movies opening in Laramie theaters this weekend include everything from action to heartwarming family fare.

Of the four movies that open this week, two will make their way to Laramie. One continues a popular film franchise and the other is just in time for a spoof-worthy political season.

With much of the country in the middle of a nasty heat wave, the air-conditioned comfort of a cineplex might be just what you need — and the two flicks opening in wide release this weekend will keep both adults and kids happy.

A comical war against aliens is the plotline of the only new movies opening in Laramie this weekend.

The most hotly-anticipated movie of the summer opens this weekend, so it’s no surprise it’ll stand alone as the only new flick to hit theaters. Who’d want to compete against what will almost surely wind up being one of the most successful films of all time?

Male strippers and talking teddy bears. No, that’s not the set-up for a joke — those are what you’ll see in the two new movies that hit Laramie theaters this weekend.

The Obama administration got an enormous victory on Thursday when the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold the President’s signature achievement: the 2010 health care law. And in a surprise to many court watchers, it was Chief Justice John Roberts who sided with the more liberal justices and wrote the majority opinion.

Hundreds of homes and more than 80,000 acres of land have been destroyed in the High Park Fire near Fort Collins, CO. And while local radio station K99 reports the blaze is about 45 percent contained, the high temperatures and low humidity predicted on Monday are causing concern.