Category: "Summer ’11 Preview"

Summer Movie Preview 2011: Drama & Independent Films

The summer season can get big, loud and obnoxious. Considering it lasts four months and not every moviegoer wants that heavy dose of blockbuster, independent films and dramas can offer a nice alternative for the summer, even if the can’t-miss ones are usually out in November and December. Considering Oscar-nominated Best Picture “The Kids Are [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Action Blockbusters

If superheroes are you cup of tea, you have four great options this summer (“Thor” was a solid start too), but even then you’d be hard-pressed to avoid the other big blockbusters this season has to offer. With three titan-sized sequels to some of the most profitable film series and some aspiring franchises-to-be, there’s a [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Comedy

Comedy has not been one of the stronger genres thus far in 2011. Only “Just Go With It,” the Adam Sandler Valentine’s Day comedy, grossed more than $100 million domestically yet scored poorly with critics. Many of these films could reverse the trend, starting with two films in May: one a sequel to the highest-grossing [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Horror

After “Priest” comes out on May 13 (and you would not be wrong to argue that’s not really a horror film), 2011 will take a three-month break from horror films. Looks like fans of the genre will have to do some rental catch-up or stick to the classics for most of the summer. Starting Aug. [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Animation/Family

No genre has been more successful in 2011 (and arguably the last couple of years too) than animation and family films. Of the top six highest-grossing films of 2011 so far (domestically), four have been animated films. You can bet that two or more of these movies are going to dominate box-office statistics, even amidst [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Romantic Comedies

Summer is hot time for romance, so rather than clump these films in with all the straight-up comedies of the summer, I’ve given them their own special section, which I must say is rather considerate of me considering I won’t be seeing many of them. For this seasonal preview, I’ve decided it’s time to stop [...]

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Summer Movie Preview 2011: Superhero Movies

I’m not sure if the major movie studios are ready for the summer. I mean, yes, they’re ready for the upswing in box-office totals after a terribly slow 2011 so far, but are they truly ready? I’ve mentioned before here on MMR that Jon Favreau sometime last year called summer 2011 a “box-office bloodbath.” I don’t [...]

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