Tis The Season!

It's summer movie season again, and every tv commercial seems full of promise. I always go into the summer with the highest hopes, surely a couple of these will be amazing, how can they miss?!?! But of course, it's never quite what you think. So make sure to eat the popcorn.

I saw Wolverine this weekend, officially kicking off the season. I would give it a B. The X-Men series is incredibly rich for creative ideas and interesting theories. But this one was a little higher on the cornball factor than it should have been. If you guys would have been there to smirk, I would have whispered, "Come on!" a few times.

Here are the ones I'm most excited about over the next few weeks:

• Star Trek. Now this is from a person who has never seen a Star Trek movie before, but the preview really got me.
• Angels and Demons. I liked The Da Vinci Code more than I expected, Tom Hanks is great, Ron Howard is great, the book was great.
• The Brothers Bloom. I doubt many have heard of this one, but I saw a preview for it a long time ago, and thought it looked terrific.
  
• Terminator 4: Salvation. Christian Bale, in a post-apocalyptic technology thriller. Yes, please.
• Year One. Comedy with Jack Black and Michael Cera, in the year 1 AD. Commercials look funny, I'll be keeping an eye on it.
• Public Enemies. This is the one I'm looking forward to most, Johnny Depp and Christian Bale in a Michael Mann film about the bank robber John Dillinger. This has world class potential!
• Harry Potter 6. Guaranteed, I would think.
• Funny People. A sweet looking comedy/drama with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogan.

And that should get us to Oscar season, give or take... Let me know if any of you need a movie buddy. :)