Out today several new friday releases including Rush Hour 3 with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. This has been one of the most uniformly panned sequels of the summer. Brett Ratner does for his own trilogy what he did for the X-men(i.e. leave fans with a bad taste in their mouths).

Also opening wide, Stardust, with Claire Danes, Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro, hopes to be the family movie that is magical enough for kids but with enough edge to keep adults interested. Neil Gaiman(author of the source material) possesses and utilizes enough dark wit to fill the bill in a plot the includes a band of fratricidal princes bent on acquiring power and ridding themselves of each other.

A crowded weekend also includes the debut weeks for Daddy Day Camp,the sequel to the Eddie Murphy hit Daddy Day care. This time round, we are minus most of the key players including Murphy(take a cue from thier defections). Also bowing this weekend another in an endless line of werewolf movies that never seem to do very well, Skinwalkers.

Labels: New releases, Rush Hour 3, Stardust

So what's still left in store for as the Summer box office season starts to wind down. Chuck and Larry- Adam Sandler comedy Fri July 20, The Simpson's Movie July 27, The Bourne Ultimatum- Aug 3, Rush Hour 3 & Stardust - Aug 10, And the Rob Zombie remake of Halloween. There are a few others like Hot Rod and Invasion that might make a little noise but the big guns have all fire for this Movie season.

The Simpson's Movie Opens Friday July 27

Labels: Rob Zombie, Rush Hour 3, Simpsons, Stardust, Summer Movies