> > May 5 - Mission: Impossible III
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> How long has it been since M:I2?

M:I2 came out in 2000.

> > May 12 - Just My Luck
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> At what age is it required for starlets like Lindsay Lohan to stop making movies like this?

I don't understand the question. Movies like what? Romantic comedies?

> > May 31 - Blood Car
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> Sounds like a movie a politically inclined nutjob would make.
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> Learning it's a comedy makes me feel a little better about this one...but only a little.

Of course it's a comedy. Movies like this are made for cult audiences at midnight screenings. The goal is for the kind of high camp that distinguishes Rocky Horror, Barbarella, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, and, I'm sure, the forthcoming Snakes On a Plane. You're supposed to laugh at it and get shocked by it and throw popcorn at the screen.

My taste in this kind of film tends more toward the ones that *try* to be serious and fail miserably, as with Plan 9 From Outer Space and the definitive RinkWorks bad movie, Sinbad of the Seven Seas. Rocky Horror is actually my least favorite film of all time. But though the genre may not have potential for greatness, it does have potential for some fun. And you don't make a movie called "Blood Car" if that isn't your goal.

Making it about rising fuel prices isn't really a political statement. Fuel prices ARE high, no matter where your political opinions lie. It's more about taking advantage of a national concern to try to hook in audiences. Fuel prices getting you down? Us too, so come see us turn it into an opportunity to have some fun with it.

> > June 16 - Sssslither
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> Wouldn't it have been easier to send animal wranglers or hunters to catch this eel rather than college students?

I think the idea is that the students are on a research trip and stumble upon it, not that they were sent in after it.

> > June 30 - Superman Returns
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> Is this a remake or a sequel to an earlier sequel?

It's supposed to be a sequel to the first one or two (depending on who you ask) Reeve movies that ignores the existence of the others. Sounds like exactly the right move to me.

> > July 21 - My Super Ex-Girlfriend
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> If this gets any revenue I'll be surprised.

Good trailers, bankable stars, probably low costs, and a demographic not targetted for a few weeks in either direction. It'll make money.

> > July 28 - Little Miss Sunshine
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> A family film that's rated R? Sounds like a contradiction in itself.

Not a family film.