Bangkok Dangerous – Nicolas Cage plays a hitman with a bad haircut who travels to Bangkok for a series of jobs. While there he falls for a woman and bonds with a young boy who runs errands for him. Written and Directed by The Pang Brothers who are remaking their own Thai film from 1999.

THAT’S IT?!?!?!?
I guess we can tell the summer is over because Cage is the only new obstacle in the way of Tropic Thunder going for four straight weeks atop the box office.

The Rocker – Rainn Wilson plays a former member of a famous rock ‘n roll band. Twenty years later, he jumps at the opportunity to join his nephew’s garage band as their new drummer so they don’t have to cancel their prom gig. He then starts trying to relive his rock n roll glory days.

Death Race – Paul WS Anderson remakes the 1975 Stallone action flick. This time Jason Statham stars as a former NASCAR driver framed for the murder of his wife so he can come to the prison where the warden, Joan Allen, runs a kill or be killed car race. The inmates must compete to win their freedom.

Actors in a jungle… for real.
An animated sci-fi prequel.
Attack of the reflections.
A Love Triangle.
What do we have here? Well it looks like a slew of new movies for this glorious Friday.

Tropic Thunder – Ben Stiller is a washed up action star. Jack Black is a raunchy comedy actor. Robert Downey Jr. is a serious method actor. All of them are working on a big budget war movie from a first time director that is having problems controlling them. So they are forced into the real jungle during a real war to get some more realistic scenes. Also directed by Ben Stiller.

A stoner action movie.
The pants return.
Gee whiz, these sound like some damn fine movies for the summer that is coming to an end!

Pineapple Express - Big time stoner Dale Denton, played by Seth Rogen, witnesses a corrupt cop commit a murder. So he hits the road with his weed dealer (James Franco) in an attempt to outrun the men sent to kill him. Co-written by Superbad writers Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Produced by the great Judd Apatow.

ANOTHER MUMMY!!!
One deciding vote.
Those are the somewhat awful sounding themes of today’s movie releases.
COME ON! The Dark Knight has NO competition this week.

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor – Brendan Fraser is BACK under the guidance of a new director, Rob Cohen replaces Stephen Sommers, for a third Mummy movie. This time he travels to the Far East with his son to unearth the mummy of the first Emperor of Qin (Jet Li), a shape shifter who was cursed by a wizard centuries ago.

A Talladega reteaming.
A resurrection of a series.
Two movies take on the powerhouse that is The Dark Knight. In case you have been living under a rock for the last week, TDK has broken all kinds of box office records with it’s already over $200 million stashed.

Step Brothers – Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly are two adult men who have been spoiled their entire lives. When their single parents end up getting married, they unexpectedly become step brothers and start a sibling rivalry.

A cage rattling superhero returns.
A musical father search.
Animated apes in space.
Three movies do battle, but everyone in the entire world knows the outcome.

The Dark Knight – Christian Bale returns as Bruce Wayne/Batman. This time around he teams up with Gotham’s Lieutenant Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) to take on the city’s biggest villain, The Joker (Heath Ledger). Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over Katie Holmes’ role as Rachel Dawes.

A demon hero must once again save the world.
A geologist discovers the entrance to another world.
Tiny aliens piloting a human-shaped spacecraft.
Look at those crazy ideas for movies. Are they crazy enough for a box office smash?

Hellboy II: The Golden Army – A mythical world attempts to take over Earth so the United States government calls on the Bureau for Paranormal Research and their secret demon hero Hellboy (with his teammates). They are called on to stop this merciless dictator and his crazy creatures. Directed by Guillermo del Toro.

An asshole superhero!
Looks like this one is the sole new contender for the #1 spot during 4th of July weekend.
Can it top the power of Wall-E? Only time will tell.

Shit just got real.

Hancock – Will Smith is one of a kind. He finds out he has superhuman abilities but falls out of favor with the public. He becomes an alcoholic screw-up bum… but still has powers. So a public relations professional (Jason Bateman) presents some ideas that can get him back in the good graces of the people. Charlize Theron also stars as the woman that comes between them.

An animated robot.
A secret group of assassins.
Two more summer flicks join the box office showdown.
Last week Get Smart took the #1 spot; can one of these knock it down?

Will kids think a robot is cute?

Wall-E – a robot specifically made as a trash compactor soon realizes there is more to life than cleaning up after humans. He falls for another robot and sets out on a journey through the galaxy to be with her. Animated film by Pixar.