{"id":8152,"date":"2010-05-09T16:12:27","date_gmt":"2010-05-09T21:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2018-11-14T00:07:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T05:07:48","slug":"2010-summer-movie-preview-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2010\/05\/09\/2010-summer-movie-preview-july\/","title":{"rendered":"2010 Summer Movie Preview: July"},"content":{"rendered":"

Predators <\/strong>(July 7) – The first Predator <\/strong>was the perfect 1980\u2019s horror\/action film. It had a goodly amount of action, some genuine scared, and just enough campy fun to make it memorable. How many people out there haven\u2019t said \u201cI ain\u2019t got time to bleed\u201d after seeing the film? The sequel was best remembered for the director\u2019s meltdown on Good Morning America<\/em> <\/strong>and the less said about Aliens vs. Predators, the better.<\/p>\n

So, if there was ever a film franchise in need if a makeover, it would be this one. This film will ignore Predator 2 <\/strong>and the AVP films and be considered a sequel to the first film. In this film, the Predators kidnap the most dangerous humans they can find, bring them to their home planet and hunt them there. – William Gatevackes<\/p>\n

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Inception<\/strong> (July 16) –<\/p>\n

Do you ever wonder what the acclaimed director of the new Batman<\/strong> franchise does in his free time? Well, judging from past releases like 2006\u2019s \u201cmagical\u201d film, The Prestige<\/strong>, and the noir-ish Insomnia <\/strong>(2002), I\u2019d say he likes toying with our conscious minds. But this year he\u2019s thrown a curve, needling into our subconscious tendencies with the release of Inception<\/strong>. I\u2019m sure by now you\u2019ve seen the first trailer \u2013 ominous music punctuating surreal scenes of a world folding into itself while this one or that one fights or runs, while no one speaks a word. If you\u2019re like me, you were sitting there wondering, \u201cHey, Christopher, buddy, whatever it is you\u2019re doing this time, you\u2019ve got my attention.\u201d<\/p>\n

At first glance, it looks and feels like The Matrix<\/strong> coupled with Dark<\/strong> City<\/strong> and out sprung this harried bastard child. So, just what the heck is Christopher Nolan doing to us? Early buzz suggests that Inception<\/strong> is not of this world; its setting evolves, revolves, and devolves in the dream world. Not too much has been revealed beyond that, however, given that he likes to torture his characters with some type of psychological handicap, I think we can expect much of the same. But I\u2019m not labeling Nolan as a pedestrian, formulaic director, far from it. With Inception<\/strong>, Nolan hints at justly entering character\u2019s heads to confuse their perceptions, fiddle with their understanding of reality and then expertly turns to manipulating his audiences with the same. Where the Wachowski brothers tried and failed when they stretched The Matrix<\/strong> trilogy, I\u2019m enthusiastic for Inception<\/strong> to triumph. – John Gibbon<\/p>\n

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The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice <\/strong>(July 16) – Generally speaking, I don\u2019t gravitate towards films in the \u00a0fantasy genre.\u00a0 Nor will I drop everything to see a new movie starring Nicholas Cage. In fact, just seeing Cage in The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/strong> trailer was enough to turn me off, but then I saw who Cage was co-starring with and I perked up immediately.\u00a0 It was Jay Baruchel, a name that you might not recognize.<\/p>\n

Jay Baruchel is a young actor from Canada associated with that whole Seth Rogen-Jonah Hill-Jason Segal group, but he\u2019s the guy to watch. Previously, he\u2019s played in dumb comedies like Knocked Up<\/strong> where he was one of the loser roommates and I thought he was he was funny in the mediocre Fanboys<\/strong>, but there is something about Jay Baruchel I like.\u00a0 I think he will mature into a world class talent.<\/p>\n

I first noticed him in Million Dollar Baby<\/strong> as Danger Barch, the slightly retarded boxer who was hopeless in the ring.\u00a0 The role could have been milked for cheap sympathy, yet Baruchel avoided that trap by giving Danger a fatal sense of pride, making him one of the more interesting characters in the film. But it was in Tropic Thunder<\/strong> that I really saw his talent.\u00a0 As Kevin Sandusky, the struggling young actor who happened to be the only one who had actually read the script, he stole the film away from his mugging co-stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.<\/p>\n

Jay Baruchel also has the kind of looks that will last.\u00a0\u00a0 Twenty years from now, Jay Baruchel will still look good, long after Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner have lost their boyish charm.\u00a0 So, that\u2019s why I\u2019m looking forward to The Sorcerer\u2019s Apprentice<\/strong> –\u00a0 Michael McGonigle<\/p>\n

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Dinner For Schmucks<\/strong> (July 23) – <\/strong>Paul Rudd and Steve Carell have a talent for being extremely likeable even when playing a jerk. This makes the inevitable turn from jerk to nice guy all that more believable, like Rudd\u2019s in Role Models<\/strong> and Carell\u2019s from Bruce Almighty <\/strong>to Evan Almighty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The pair reunites for the third time (after Anchorman <\/strong>and 40-Year Old Virgin<\/strong>) for this remake of a French film.\u00a0 Rudd plays an executive up for a promotion. However, the only way he could win the promotion if he brings the dorkiest guest to a dinner party at his boss\u2019 house. Since Carell\u2019s character recreates famous paintings with taxidermy animal, Rudd character thinks he has a winner until he develops a conscience about the whole thing.<\/p>\n

These two are pretty much comedy gold, and seeing them in this concept should be a great way to spend a summer day. – WG<\/p>\n

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Salt<\/strong> (July 23) –<\/p>\n

The espionage thriller Salt<\/strong> was originally set to star Tom Cruise, when the actor dropped out with all involved citing the usual euphemistic “creative differences.” A search for a replacement ensued and once found, a quick rewrite changed Edwin Salt to Evelyn and placed Angelina Jolie\u2019s name on the marquee. If the trailer is any indication, it certainly doesn\u2019t look like they watered down the action any to accommodate the gender switch of the lead character.<\/p>\n

More importantly, though, in a summer full of sequels and adaptations of books, comics and video games, Salt<\/strong> is one of the few films this season that is based on an original story. As there are those in some quarters who argue that gone are the days when a film could open based on just its star power alone rather than having the built-in audience that a sequel, remake or adaptation brings with it, Salt<\/strong> might just prove a strong counter-argument. – RD<\/p>\n

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