Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Category: Pirates
Subcategories: Swashbuckling, Jack Sparrow, Blackbeard, Ian McShane, Mutiny, Another Case of Premature Celebration

Another Earth

Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Romance?, Coldplay?, The Bastard Offspring of the Unholy Union between a SciFi movie and a ChicFlick

This is another movie that is flirting with the edges of SciFi. Maybe it's just the Coldplay in the trailer that's throwing me off. And the fact that we supposedly have another planet sitting on our doorstep in a stable orbit around the sun without tidal disasters, planetary upheaval and neither one getting beaned by the other's moon. I'll try to keep an open mind, I promise.

Død snø (Dead Snow)

Category: Horror, Comedy
Subcategories: Norwegian, Zombies, Nazis, Weaponized Ikea furniture

I don't like this movie because it challenges my long standing zombie apocalypse plan of moving someplace cold, based on the assumption that  the zombies would freeze. That said, this looks like a fun ride.
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% fresh (58% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.4 stars

Shaolin 2010

Category: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Remake, Epic Ass-Kickery

Released earlier this year in China, but no word on when we might get to see it here in the US.
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% by the critics, liked by 69% of the masses

Grave Encounters

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Independent, Found Footage, Ghost Hunting, Pants Soiling

Supposedly coming out in one form or another at the end of August.

The Big Bang

Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Detectives, Physicists, Strippers, Snoop Dog, The God Particle

I'm not convinced this is a SciFi movie yet, but since is has Snoop Dog as a porn director, I'll include it. Of course, if they wanted to make a bold choice, they would have cast Snoop as the particle physicist. This isn't getting great reviews, but if you're interested the DVD is being released next week.
Rotten Tomatoes: 8% fresh, liked by 29% of the masses

The Adventures of Tintin

Category: Fantasy?
Subcategories: Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Child Detectives, Even More 3D Crammed Down Your Throat

Calvaire (The Ordeal)

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Slasher, French rednecks

Rotten Tomatoes: 33% fresh (51% by the masses)
Netflix: 2.8 stars

Atlas Shrugged

Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Ayn Rand, Trains, Part 1's that probably won't have a part 2

The critics hate this movie, but the people who went to see it seemed to have liked it, although they may have all been members of the Ayn Rand Fan Club.
Rotten Tomatoes: 13% fresh (81% of the masses)

Fright Night

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Vampires, Remake,  McLovin

There may be a commercial in front of this - be patient.


Mother's Day

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Psychological, Hostage, Mommy Issues

Coming out in the UK soon - I'm not sure when we'll be seeing it in the US.

Iron Sky

Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Comedy, Nazis, Dark Side of the Moon, Space Zeppelins

I'm pretty excited about this movie. I'm betting we've never seen anything like it.



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X-Men: First Class

Category: Superhero
Subcategories: Marvel, Emma Frost!!, Dear God Just Show us the Damned Movie Already

Two more TV spots



Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Category: Fantasy
Subcategories: Wizards, Wands, Dragons, Giant Ass Snakes

New TV spot:

True Legend

Categories: Martial Arts
Subcategories: Chinese, Wire-work, Fantasy, Hobo with Fists and Feats of Death

I dare you to find a movie that kicks more ass.

Super 8

Category: SciFi
Subcategories:  Monster? Alien? Top Secret Government Project, Steven Spielberg, JJ Abrams, Unrealistic Expectations

Here's a new TV commercial:

Dark City

Category: Urban Fantasy
Subcategories: Amnesia, Dark, Jennifer Connelly

Rotten Tomatoes: 75% fresh (80% by the masses)
Netflix: 3.6 stars, 3.9 for the director's cut
My opinion: 8/10

Avalon

Category: SciFi
Subcategories: Polish, Cyberpunk, Old-School 'Puters

Stake Land

Category: Horror
Subcategories: Vampires, Post-apocalyptic

This appears to be like Zombieland, except with vampires instead of zombies and no Bill Murray...

Real Steel

On one hand, it's frikin' "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots: The Movie", one the other hand, Hugh Jackman doesn't sign up for crappy movies...