Summer Movie List

This list contains the most exciting upcoming movies of the summer. Get ready to enjoy more action-packed blockbusters, comedies from modern comic legends and a few musical numbers. The screen is heating up with hot actors and exciting films, so be prepared to cool off in the theater this season.

6/15- Rock of Ages

Broadway to the big screen, this musical is packed with an all-star cast including Tom Cruise, Russell Brand and Catherine Zeta-Jones. It pans to a larger audience by having a soundtrack full of tunes from some of the best rock bands of the 1980s, including my personal favorite Foreigner.

6/15- That’s My Boy

Although Adam Sandler’s track record hasn’t been the greatest in the past few years, I’m actually excited to see this movie. It may be because of the added bonus of Andy Samburg, a new-born comic genius playing Sandler’s son. With two famous SNL alums, this movie has a lot of potential. Here’s to hoping for the best.

6/29- Magic Mike

Channing Tatum playing a stripper. Tatum, Alex Pettyfer and Matthew McConaughey nearly, if not, nude. Need I say more ladies. The script is based on Tatum’s real-life career as a male stripper before hitting it big in the movies. Background and research makes this film look surprisingly deep and funny. It may be something larger than just eye candy.

7/3- The Amazing Spider-Man

First of all, need I remind you of my love of all things related to comic books? So the nerd in me is extremely excited for this reboot, even if it has been only five years since Toby McGuire hung up his unitard. Not only is Spider-Man younger and funnier than ever, he is played by the incomparable Andrew Garfield. The delightful Emma Stone joins him on-screen as love interest Gwen Stacy. I love both these actors separately, so together with the chemistry that made them an off-screen couple, the movie is already golden.

7/5- Katy Perry- Part of Me 3D

No matter who releases a concert movie I will see it. But this film is slightly different. It follows Katy Perry through the peak of her career during the largest tour of her life. The time period is filled with ups and downs. The ups include tying the record of number one hit songs with the one and only Michael Jackson. The downs include a devastating divorce from actor Russell Brand and the camera follows it all. Perry is brave for including such a personal moment in her life, which only makes me want to see it more.

7/13- Ted

I’m beginning to see a whole different side of Mark Wahlberg. Comedy really suits him ever since he surprised audiences with Will Ferrell in “The Other Guys.”  Now teaming up with the amazingly inappropriate Seth MacFarlane in a comedy about a magic, dirty-talking teddy bear, Wahlberg looks to be at his comedic best. 

7/20- The Dark Knight Rises

The last of the Christian Bale/Christopher Nolan trilogy, this film introduces us to even more famous DC characters. Anne Hathaway as Catwoman and Tom Hardy as Bane become the main sources of drama in this action movie. The script has been kept secret which increases the exhilaration of seeing the follow-up to “The Dark Knight,” one of my favorites of 2008.

8/10- The Campaign

What do you get when you team up two of the funniest actors in modern comedies? You get Will Ferrell and Zach Galifinakas in a political satire that seems a little too close to home, especially in an election year.  I can’t pass on a Ferrell comedy, can you?