June is now in full swing and the sun is shining with all its might (well some of the time anyway) so summer is definitely here and the list of up-coming cinema releases proves that it is indeed that time of year again as the blockbusters get ready to battle it out on the big screen.
Last summer we saw titans such as Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Inglorious Basterds take to our cinema screens in a bid to rake in the biggest takings. This year, however, things are looking a bit on the quiet side with very few highly anticipated releases but, it’s bound to be a summer of film fun none-the-less. Let’s take a look.
May was a fairly quiet movie month with the highlights being Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Robin Hood and Tooth Fairy but, at the end of last month Sex and the City 2 was released which set ladies all over the country in a frantic frenzy to get to the cinema and catch up with the girls in this sequel. This blew all the other May releases out of the water (for the women at least).
Now, mid-way through June, we’ve seen the American remake of the British hit Death at a Funeral enter our cinemas along with the chick flick Letters to Juliet and we can look forward to comedies Get Him to the Greek and Wild Target later this month.
July is when we really see it kick off and get a glimpse of the blockbuster battle with the release of Shrek Forever After 3D on 2nd July, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on 9th July and Toy Story 3 in 3D on 19th July. As usual the summer holidays are packed with movies to tempt the kids but, isn’t that why we love July because we all get to join in on the fun too? Apart from these, we can also look forward to quiet contenders The A-Team and The Karate Kid which will both be popular watches.
By August, we see things calm down once again with fewer anticipated releases; we can expect to be entertained by Cats and Dogs: Revenge of Kitty Galore 3D released on 4th August, Knight and Day and Step up 3D, both out on 6th August but, there’s little else to get excited over this month.
So, all in all we have a summer of good movies ahead of us (with 3D glasses galore) but, the murmur of excitement revolves around a very small minority of the films this year and there will likely be less people rushing to the cinema to see the latest release. My pick of the favourites this year is Toy Story 3 – it’s been such a long time coming so it’ll be really interesting to see where they go with this one and whether it can stand as a strong sequel.
Happy summer viewing.
