Previews of big budget and independent movies opening July 22, 2011.

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The boy wizard has vanquished the dark knight and a band of pirates with a record-setting magic act at both the domestic and international box office.

It was one of the most famed and fated romances ever. A battle-scarred veteran and a reigning queen torn between their duty to their peoples and their passion for one another. At least that's how Shakespeare saw it, in his play "Antony and Cleopatra."

"Concrete, Steel and Paint," a documentary film about a prison mural project – and the relationship between felons and those they leave in their wake – is making its Portland premiere Wednesday, July 27 at 5:30 p.m. at the Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs headquarters (4134 N. Vancouver Ave. in Portland).

Unless author J.K. Rowling decides to extend the spellbinding saga, which isn't entirely out of the question, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 is slated to bring down the curtain on the magical adventures of the boy wizard and his Hogwarts School classmates.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- One of the most prestigious festivals honoring black cinema returned to Miami Beach on Wednesday to promote cultural diversity and recognize the contributions of black directors, writers and actors to the film industry.

PERRIS, Calif. (AP) -- Animal rights activists have sued a Southern California company that provided an elephant used in the movie "Water for Elephants."

Movies coming out this week include Horrible Bosses, Zookeeper, Beats, Rhymes & Life, Ironclad, Fading of the Cries and more...

Public schoolteachers have been getting a pretty bad rap recently, between taking the brunt of the blame for both the declining graduation rates and the escalating deficit of many a state's economy. Promising to tarnish the noble profession's reputation even further is this lowbrow comedy revolving around a shameless gold digger too obsessed with landing a sugar daddy to worry about the welfare of her 7^th grade students.