Summer 2008 Report Card

School is now in session! Now that students across America are waking up early in the morning to finish their homework and participate in that tedious ritual of education, production companies are calling an end to the 2009 "Summer Blockbuster" season, to make way for the month of September, often referred to as a "dead month" for film. It is that fun inbetweeny area between the Summer Blockbuster season and the Fall Oscar season where we will find very few quality films being released widely. Although I am excited about Surrogates, 9, and Jennifer's Body, we will see plenty of Final Destination 4, Halloween 2, Sorority Row, Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All By Myself, Astro-boy, and the newly "High School Musical-ed" Fame.



Unfortunately, I had not the funds to see every blockbuster movie this Summer, so you may find a few are missing (the new Terminator, among a few others), but hopefully once I have a steady flow of income, I will be fortunate enough to see and review each new movie as it comes out. Either way, this Summer's Report Card has come in the mail, and although there are a few grades to hide from mom, this Summer mostly fared well.

Inglorious Basterds- A
The Time Traveller's Wife- B-
District 9- B
Moon- C-
(500) Days of Summer- A+
Harry Potter and theHalf Blood Prince- B
Brüno- B-
Public Enemies- A-
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen- D+
The Hangover- A-

A total GPA of 3.1 or an average grade of B-

That really isn't bad at all!

I hope to catch Taking Woodstock next before I hit up 9. Hopefully I can grab a few early screenings of The Informant and Bright Star and evaluate them Oscar style before the dead month of September ends. Hope to see you then!