Get Him to the Greek
(June 4th)
Cast: Russel Brand, Jonah Hill, assorted famous cameos.
Synopsis: Record company lackey Aaron Greenburg is charged with taking out-of-control rocker Aldous Snow to the Greek Theater in Los Angeles. Hilarity ensues.
The Little Hawk’s Take: It certainly could be very funny. Aldous Snow was one of the highlights of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and he deserves his own movie.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckQEFV4mwIo
The A-Team
(June 11th)
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Liam Neeson, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson (seriously!), Jessica Biel
Synopsis: A team of special forces commandos is accused of a crime they did not commit. They escape from military prison, and become mercenaries.
The Little Hawk’s Take: This has potential to be one of the best no-apologies action movies ever. I mean it’s based on an 80s TV show starring Mr. T, and there’s a guy named Quinton “Rampage” Jackson in it. How could you not love it?
Karate Kid
(June 11th)
Cast: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson
Synopsis: 12-year old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is the coolest kid in school… until he moves to Beijing! He gets the crap beaten out of him by Chinese kids, so an old Kung-Fu master (Jackie Chan) teaches him how to fight back.
The Little Hawk’s Take: The Karate Kid was excellent, but did it really need to be remade?
Toy Story 3
(June 18th)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack
Synopsis: Andy is going to college, and the Toys are uncertain of their future. They get donated to a daycare center, which may not be what it seems.
The Little Hawk’s Take: Pixar hasn’t made a bad movie yet, and this one should be good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_FfHA5whXc
Twilight: Eclipse
(June 30th)
Cast: Robert Pattinson, Kristin Stewart, Taylor Lautner
Synopsis: Blah, blah, blah.
The Little Hawk’s Take: How many of these are there? Less than 10?
Predators
(July 9th)
Cast: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace
Synopsis: Mercenary Royce (Adrien Brody) is captured by Predators (vicious aliens) and put on a game reserve on another planet, along with 7 other cold-blooded killers. They must FIGHT to SURVIVE.
The Little Hawk’s Take: There are a ton of these movies, but if you’re into aliens killing other aliens (and people), you can’t ask for more than this.
Inception
(July 16th)
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Michael Caine
Synopsis: Dom Cob (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a specialist in stealing ideas from the human mind. In one last job he must plant and idea, instead of stealing one.
The Little Hawk’s Take: Everything about this movie looks good to me. The effects look great, the shots well composed, the cast excellent, and what else would we expect from Christopher Nolan, director of the Dark Night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HilwtqaN4Gs
Salt
(July 23th)
Cast: Angelina Jolie, Liev Shrieber.
Synopsis: Evelyn Salt goes on the run after she is accused of being a KGB sleeper agent and plotting to assassinate the president.
The Little Hawk’s Take: Seems like a relatively vanilla action movie, but with Angelina Jolie. If it floats your boat. Well, Angelina floats many people’s boats, I guess.
Step Up 3D
(August 6th)
Cast: Harry Shum Jr., Alyson Stoner (who?), Channing Tatum
Synopsis: Street dancing! NYU!!! 3-D!!!!!
The Little Hawk’s Take: This is tied with Eclipse for the movie I would be least likely to live through this summer. I thought Step Up 2: the Streets was bad, but this may be worse.
Eat Pray Love
(August 13th)
Cast: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, James Franco
Synopsis: Julia Roberts travels across the world in search for meaning after a painful divorce.
The Little Hawk’s Take: This is truly a touching tale of her woman finding her life’s direction in a day and age when doing so is often so complicated. In other words, Chick Flick. Pass.
