Movies for May

Summer is approaching with the speed of a bullet train and many of us may not beware of the summer movie releases that are coming to a theatre near you. I am not putting my personal stamp of approval on any movie, this is just an F.Y.I., and keep in mind that these are just the major movies. There are actually a ton of them coming out. So fetch yourself a big ugly red marker and your calender. And as a tip remember to check the rating of a movie before you drag a two year old to watch a movie. Just because you like hack and slash doesn't mean they do.

First up is being released on May 1st is "X-men Origins:Wolverine". This movie stars the ever-ripped Hugh Jackman as the rough and hardy Wolverine, the rest of the cast is Liev Schreiber as Sabertooth/ Victor Creed, Lynn Collins as Kayla Silverfox, Danny Huston as William Stryker, Ryan rynolds as Dead Pool/ Wade Wilson, Taylor Kitsch as Gambit/ Remy LeBeau and Dominic Monaghan as Bradley. In this latest movie that dips into the comic realm tells Wolverine's viloent and raomatic past as well as gives us the details that we crave about his relationship with Victor Creed and the Weapon X Program.



Number two is "Ghosts of Girlfriends Past" starring Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Micheal Douglas. Directed by Mark Waters. This looks to be a chick flick, but has moments of comedy for our poor pitful dates. A bachelor (McConaughey) realizes he let his soul-mate slip through his fingers only after he is visited by ghosts in A Christman Carol-fashion. It's out on May 1.





Number three is "Star Trek" Directed by J.J. Abrams and starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Eric Bana, and Zoe Saldana. . The story is set in the early days of the Starship Enterprise, and is set into motion by a Romaulan warrior (Bana) with a chip on his shoulder who has the know-how and tools to travel through time and create black holes. He uses both to strike out against James T. Kirk (Pine) who is struggling with his own destiny.



Number four is "Angels and Demons", based on the book written by Dan Brown. This movie is starring Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon with a new hair do, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, and Stellan Skarsgard and directed by Ron Howard. In the book series this was actually the first book, not The Da Vinci Code, but in the movie realm it is set up to be after The Da Vinci Code. Now that is cleared up lets move on. The story begins with a gruesome murder in one of the most secretive lairs of science, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, also called CERN.
Robert Langdon is pulled in to help solve the murder and to keep a member of the Illuminiati from turning the Vatican into an overly large crator with a highly combustable canister of antimatter. Look for it in theatheres on May 15th.



Number five is a "Terminator Salvation", it comes out on May 21. It is starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. This the 4th installment of the Terminator movies. The movie is set in 2018 and an all grown -up John Conner, played by Bale, is the leader of a resistance against the nefarious computer network Skynet.



The sixth on our list is "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian"
directed by Shawn Levy and Starring Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Hank Azaria and Robin Williams. This one is great for kids in the 7 plus age range, they are old enough to understand the humor, where as a 4 year old would laugh at some of the action scenes but not really be able to grasp the over concept. This movie moved from the Museum of Natural History in New York to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C., this alone gaureentees that this movie will be bigger and better due to the fact that the Smithsonian is 19 museums in one. The bad guy in the film is an evil pharaoh bent on ruling the world (Hank Azaria). This movie introduces heaps of new characters and of course the brilliant Amelia Earhart as a romantic intrest. Look for it out on May 22nd.



Seventh up is "Drag Me to Hell", starring Justin Long and Alison Lohman, directed by Sam Raimi (Spider-man). Alison Loham plays an ambitious bank exec given a difficult choice to make; Offer a very desperate older lady another extension on her home loan or foreclose and thusly throwing her on the street. Loham does the latter to please her boss, but earns a curse that forces a brutal demon upon her. Not a movie to take the kiddies to. Will be released on May 29th.



Okay this one is for the kiddies and those of us out there that love animated flicks. "Up" is dropping on May 29th, a Disney-Pixar movie with the voices of Ed Asner, Jordan Nagai, Christopher Plummer and is directed by Pete Docter. The Story begins with a grumpy old man who is widowed and a former ballon salesman (played by Asner) who fixes his home to fly off to South America for a long delayed vacation.



I hope you liked this post, and if you did tell me, leave me a comment. I am really looking foreward to "Up" and "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"(Ryan Renyolds!), which ones are you eager to see?