{"id":722,"date":"2011-05-06T06:21:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-06T14:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/?p=722"},"modified":"2012-06-11T22:05:37","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T06:05:37","slug":"lady-business-summer-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/screencuisine\/movies\/lady-business-summer-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Lady Business: Summer Movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/shark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-744\" title=\"shark\" src=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/shark.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/shark.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.screencuisine.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/shark-300x114.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last year, I only went to see one movie in the theater all summer long. It was a combo of not having much out that I was interested in seeing, and also I am what you would call a \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccheap bastage\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Of course, this summer is full of sequels and that lessens my choices. Typically, I&#8217;m not a fan of sequels unless they involve Han Solo, Legolas or some other hot nerd bait.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Hobo With a Shotgun<\/em><\/strong>, May 6<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Lordy, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a great title. If Rutger Hauer keeps to his tradition of saying only 13 lines of dialogue in any given movie, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be a whole lot of silence followed by shotgun blasts. Truthfully, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m on the fence for this one, but with a title like <em>Hobo with a Shotgun<\/em> at least I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll know what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m getting into.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Bridesmaids<\/em><\/strong>, May 13<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Judd Apatow has opened up his boy&#8217;s club beyond his wife to a whole cast of funny women like Maya Rudolph, Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, and I need to support the ladies with my box office dollars. Plus, most movies for women are things like <em>Something Borrowed<\/em> or the excitingly titled <em>Love, Etc. <\/em>and <em>Love, Wedding, Marriage. <\/em>Imagine this conversation between two random women with very girly names.<\/p>\n<p>Erin: &#8220;Hey, Julie! Do you want to go see <em>Love, Etc.<\/em>?&#8221;<br \/>\nJulie: &#8220;Sure! Afterwards, let&#8217;s go shoe shopping, eat a salad, attend a Tupperware party and then have a pillow fight!&#8221;<br \/>\nErin: &#8220;Great! I&#8217;ll pick you up in my Jetta right after I pull my head out of my ass!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Submarine<\/em><\/strong>,\u00c2\u00a0 June 3<sup>rd<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m in purely because Richard Ayoade (Moss from the <em>IT Crowd<\/em>) is directing this one. Apparently, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s about a 15 year old boy who wants to lose his virginity by his next birthday. As this is British, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll assume that it will be more on the quietly awkward side, and less on the having sex with a pie side of film making.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Super 8<\/em>,<\/strong> June 10<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s J.J. Abrams. Sure, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be full of lens flares and not turn out to be quite as good as promised, but he hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t turned into M. Night just yet. Plus, even <em>Cloverfield<\/em> has its moments. Really. It did. Honest.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Horrible Bosses<\/em><\/strong>, July 8<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I love Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis, and the idea of a chubby Colin Farrell with a comb over has me halfway in the door. Plus, I live in Sacramento and it will most likely be 115 degrees out on July 8<sup>th<\/sup>, so even if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s horrible I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get my money\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth via the air conditioning alone.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Captain America: The First Avenger<\/em><\/strong>, July 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Being a lady and all, I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t plan on seeing this one. I mean, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s freaking Captain America. Not exactly catnip to the ladies. However, Chris had me watch the trailer with\u00c2\u00a0a hopeful look on his face. The things we do for love, eh?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Cowboys and Aliens<\/em><\/strong>, July 29<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hoping this movie is of the so-bad-it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s\u00c2\u00a0good variety. I sat through \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Moon\u00e2\u20ac\u009d because I love Sam Rockwell, and Jon Favreau is directing (I gave him a pass on Iron Man 2 \u00e2\u20ac\u201c too many cooks.) so there should be plenty of over the top ridiculousness to go around.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Our Idiot Brother<\/em><\/strong>, August 26<sup>th<\/sup> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c This one seems like more of a rental, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s got some promise in the casting with Paul Rudd, Steve Coogan and (my lady crush) Zooey Deschanel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Untitled 3D Shark Thriller<\/em><\/strong>, September 2<sup>nd <\/sup>\u00e2\u20ac\u201c If you can read a working title like \u00e2\u20ac\u009dUntitled 3D Shark Thriller\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and still have the willpower to keep your $10 in your pocket, you are a better person than I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, I only went to see one movie in the theater all summer long. 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