Summer of Sequels
What's interesting to me is that they're not just sequels, but 3rd or 4th or 5th (or more) dips. I'm not sure if that says something about the current state of cinema or not.
Oceans 13 (really a "3", not a "13"!)
Harry Potter 5
Die Hard 4
Shrek 3
Spider-man 3
Pirates of the Caribbean 3
Rush Hour 3
Bourne Stupid 3
I'll probably put Die Hard 4 and Spider-man 3 on my Netflix list, and of course Harry Potter, but the rest of that stuff sure looks like shrek, er, I mean dreck. But the movies I'm really looking forward to are the more original titles:
Transformers
Mr. Brooks
Fantastic Four 2 (it's only a "2"!)
Fido
Ratatouille (the new Pixar film)
1408 (new Stephen King)
The Last Legion (I'm a Romaphile, what can I say)
Rescue Dawn (a new film by Werner Herzog --
and it stars Christian Bale!)
It might also be interesting to see what the Wachowski Brothers do with Invasion of the Body Snatchers ("The Invasion", starring Nicole Kidman, due out in August), and of course Speed Racer (but that's next year).