2008 Woodie Awards
Summer Blockbuster Preview
Ethan Moore
Issue date: 4/28/06 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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As the semester comes to an end, the season is fast approaching for big summer movies. This summer is definitely shaping up to be a very action-packed one. With no less than 20 different movies coming out with "action" or "thriller" to their summaries (including the new cult-before-we-have-even-seen-a-preview hit, Snakes on a Plane) you will be hard pressed to find some good movies that aren't action based.
The summer starts off with a bang, by opening with Mission Impossible III on May 5. Tom Cruise is back and this time has a new villain. Also in May there is Poseidon, a remake starring Kurt Russell, about an ocean liner that is capsized, opening May 12, The Da Vinci Code, opening May 19, and X-Men: the Last Stand, opening May 26.
If you're looking for something with a little less action, try Over the Hedge, a cartoon where a group of animals try to find out what life is like on the other side, opening May 19, or Just My Luck, the new Lindsey Lohan film where she swaps her good luck for bad, opening May 12.
June isn't quite so action-packed, but will show fun films like The Break Up, the Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn romantic comedy, opening June 2, and Cars, the new Pixar film, opening June 9 starting the month off. At the end of the month, there is the long-awaited Superman Returns, opening June 30.
July brings back the excitement, opening with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on July 7, and Pulse, a remake of a Japanese horror flick, opening July 14.
The new M. Night Shyamalan film, Lady in the Water, premieres July 21, along with My Super Ex-Girlfriend, the new Uma Thurman movie where she is dumped by her boyfriend and uses her super powers to make his life a living hell. July ends with the much-anticipated remake of Miami Vice opening the 28th.
Finally, August winds up the summer, starting with Apocalypto, Mel Gibson's new film about the last of the Mayans, on August 4. August 11 brings both The Visiting, a new sci-fi thriller with Nicole Kidman, in which she discovers the root of an alien invasion, and The Reaping, starring Hilary Swank as a former missionary who must rediscover her faith in order to divert a catastrophe.
The most important date to many people will be August 18, because both Snakes on a Plane and Clerks II open And lastly, the new Andre Benjamin film, Idlewild, a musical drama set in the Prohibition-era South, opens August 25, bringing the summer to a close.
There are many movies opening up this summer and you definitely do not want to miss some of the bigger movies. So grab your popcorn, sit-back, and get ready for a fantastic summer of movies.
The summer starts off with a bang, by opening with Mission Impossible III on May 5. Tom Cruise is back and this time has a new villain. Also in May there is Poseidon, a remake starring Kurt Russell, about an ocean liner that is capsized, opening May 12, The Da Vinci Code, opening May 19, and X-Men: the Last Stand, opening May 26.
If you're looking for something with a little less action, try Over the Hedge, a cartoon where a group of animals try to find out what life is like on the other side, opening May 19, or Just My Luck, the new Lindsey Lohan film where she swaps her good luck for bad, opening May 12.
June isn't quite so action-packed, but will show fun films like The Break Up, the Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn romantic comedy, opening June 2, and Cars, the new Pixar film, opening June 9 starting the month off. At the end of the month, there is the long-awaited Superman Returns, opening June 30.
July brings back the excitement, opening with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on July 7, and Pulse, a remake of a Japanese horror flick, opening July 14.
The new M. Night Shyamalan film, Lady in the Water, premieres July 21, along with My Super Ex-Girlfriend, the new Uma Thurman movie where she is dumped by her boyfriend and uses her super powers to make his life a living hell. July ends with the much-anticipated remake of Miami Vice opening the 28th.
Finally, August winds up the summer, starting with Apocalypto, Mel Gibson's new film about the last of the Mayans, on August 4. August 11 brings both The Visiting, a new sci-fi thriller with Nicole Kidman, in which she discovers the root of an alien invasion, and The Reaping, starring Hilary Swank as a former missionary who must rediscover her faith in order to divert a catastrophe.
The most important date to many people will be August 18, because both Snakes on a Plane and Clerks II open And lastly, the new Andre Benjamin film, Idlewild, a musical drama set in the Prohibition-era South, opens August 25, bringing the summer to a close.
There are many movies opening up this summer and you definitely do not want to miss some of the bigger movies. So grab your popcorn, sit-back, and get ready for a fantastic summer of movies.
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