At least no LOVE GURU sequel this summer. THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123 – Remake of one of my favorite movies. A New York subway car is hijacked. This time to Cuba. Stars Denzel Washington and John Travolta.
THE PROPOSAL – Sandra Bullock’s heralded return to romantic comedies. She’s quoted as saying “I wasn’t doing romantic comedies because I’ve been so disappointed with the types of films that fall into that label.” Translation: The parts have gone to younger actresses.
THE HANGOVER – A Vegas bachelor party goes bad. Don’t they all?
MY LIFE IN RUINS – heralds the return of Nia Vardalos, the MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING star who burned more bridges than Rommel. I bet not once did you ever say “Hey, what happened to Nia Vardalos?” Well, neither did Hollywood. So it’s sort of an appropriate title.
AWAY WE GO – Maya Rudolph is pregnant and John Krasinski is her boyfriend. They travel cross-country to find a place to settle down. Directed by Sam Mendes so wherever they decide it will be well lit.
WHATEVER WORKS – Woody Allen’s 285th movie, the 247th with the same theme – older neurotic Jew in a relationship with hot young girl who could be his granddaughter. Larry David as Woody Allen. Reviews are mixed. Middle-aged Jews love it, young girls are appalled.
CHERI – Michelle Pfeiffer embarks on an affair with a 19 year old boy. Might be like watching the negative of WHATEVER WORKS.
DOWNLOADING NANCY – Maria Bello and Jason Patric in an S&M love affair. Yeah, it may be sick but at least they’re about the same age.
YEAR ONE – Jack Black and his usual wide comic range.
THE HURT LOCKER – Iraq war drama. Looking to be the first Iraq war drama that grosses more than $5.
IMAGINE THAT – Eddie Murphy gets stock tips from his daughter’s imaginary friends. Are they willing to talk to Geithner?
MOON – Sam Rockwell and a robot (voiced by Kevin Spacey) are alone on the moon. They fall in love when there’s a full earth.
DEAD SNOW – A Norwegian Nazi zombie horror comedy, just like the one every USC and NYU film student is writing.
PUBLIC ENEMIES – Johnny Depp as gangster John Dillinger. Directed by Michael Mann so you know it’s going to be well done, exciting, visually arresting, and 45 minutes too long.
HARRY POTTER AND THE MOVIE THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED AT CHRISTMAS BUT WAS HELD UNTIL THE SUMMER WHICH IS NEVER A GOOD SIGN
I LOVE YOU BETH COOPER – Based on the hilarious novel by Simpson’s writer Larry Doyle. Directed by Chris Columbus. Please follow the book Chris and not make it “your own”.
ALL THE BOYS LOVE MANDY LANE – at least the boys in the slasher club.
THEY CAME FROM UPSTAIRS – Aliens from outer space disrupt a family vacation in Maine. Thus upping the nation’s alien pandemic scale to 4.
ICE AGE: DAWN OF THE DINOSAURS – Those who are bothered by the fact that the ice age took place millions of years after dinosaurs were extinct should be reminded this is a friggin’ cartoon!
Late tomorrow my AMERICAN IDOL recap and then I wrap up the movies preview on Thursday.
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