Check out this sneak preview of summer movies
Summer is almost here, and that means another barrage of blockbusters, sequels and remakes. Here are some of the flicks that Hollywood is betting you’ll be flocking to the Cineplex to see:
MAY
•Shrek 2 (Mike Myers, Cameron Diaz, Eddie Murphy) — Loveable ogre Shrek (Myers) travels to the Kingdom of Far to meet the parents of his love, Fiona (Diaz). Hilarity ensues. (May 21)
•The Day After Tomorrow (Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Sela Ward) — “Independence Day” director Roland Emmerich promises the most intense disaster movie ever made. After decades of global warming, a series of meteorological disasters create a new ice age. Hilarity hopefully does not ensue. — (May 28)
JUNE
•Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson) — The third installment of the popular fantasy series involves news about a rogue wizard, a murder and other mysterious thingies that involve Harry Potter’s past. (June 4)
•The Stepford Wives (Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick) — Remake of the 1975 movie about the small town of Stepford and its eerily accommodating womenfolk. (June 11)
•Terminal (Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones) — Steven Spielberg once again directs Tom Hanks in a comic tale about an East European man who is forced by the U.S. government to live at an airport. (June 18)
•Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn) — Vaughn is the owner of a gym that’s about to be taken over by a fitness club franchise. His only hope is to win … a dodgeball tournament? Looks weird. And with Stiller and Vaughn in the cast, it’s sure to be funny. (June 18)
•Spider-Man 2 (Toby Maguire, Kirsten Dunst) — In this sequel to the 2002 megahit, Spidey (Maguire) takes on the evil Doc Ock (Alfred Molina), a mad scientist who has four steel tentacles. (June 30)
JULY
•King Arthur (Clive Owen, Keira Knightley) — Supposedly this is a grittier version of the Arthurian tale, with Keira Knightly playing a Xena-esque Guinevere. (July 7)
•Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell, Steve Carell) — Whacky comedy set in the early ‘70s about a local news team. With an ensemble cast featuring “The Daily Show’s” Carrell and SNL’s David Keochner, this should be a winner. (July 9)
•I, Robot (Will Smith) — Loosely based on the “Robot” series by Isaac Asimov, Smith plays a cop trying to solve a murder whose prime suspect is a robot. (July 16)