by Daniel Johnson

Created on: February 01, 2007   Last Updated: May 09, 2007

Hey kids - here's the top 5 movies to look forward to (and get our hopes too WAY up for) in 2007 :

1. THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (Dir. David Silverman) Yep, I know there are a lot of cynics out there ragging on the alleged declining quality of the show and forecasting the worst for this long awaited project but I'm a hardcore fan of the Simpsons and I love the trailers and animatics clips that have leaked out and I'm psyched as Hell because of statements like these :

"Since 2001 we'd been working to get a script that would be worthy of people actually paying to see the Simpsons" - Matt Groening (Simpsons Creator and Guru)

"I can absolutely guarantee that this film will far exceed the wildest expectations of every Simpsons fan. Start lining up at the theater now, preferably in costume." - Al Jean (Simpsons Executive producer)

So there's that and the promised guest appearances of Albert Brooks, Joe Mantegna, and Kelsey Grammer (of course as Sideshow Bob) I'm pretty damn confident that this won't be a big "D'oh!"

2. I'M NOT THERE (Dir. Todd Haynes) Yep, I know that this movie looks weird I mean Cate Blanchett plays Bob Dylan during his 'goes electric' phase! So 6 different people (Blanchett, Christian Bale, Marcus Carl Franklin, Richard Gere, Heath Ledger, and Ben Whishaw) all act as Dylan throughout the various stages of his life - a trippy narrative professedly in the spirit of Bob's most surreal songs. Many a cynic are already protestin' but I'm a hardcore fan of Dylan's oh wait I already played that hand. I'll just say that I'll be there for this movie's opening and at the very least it shall be interesting.

3. SPIDERMAN 3 (Sam Raimi) The trailers are dark, very dark with Spidey (Tobey Maguire again) in a black tar like parasitic suit. With Topher Grace and Thomas Haden Church joining on - who so totally (okay I'm going to refrain from italics the rest of this post) look to fit seemlessly into the Spiderman world. Not sure what exactly is happening plotwise in this one but an operatic spooky trilogy-concluder looks pretty assured.

4. BE KIND REWIND (Michel Gondry) The Plot outline as presented on IMDB :

"A man (Jack Black) whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs of dementia, the two men set out to remake the lost films, which include Back to the Future, The Lion King, and Robocop."

On the IMDB message board someone by the handle of iloveduckie asks "am i the only one who thinks this sounds awesome?" No you certainly aren't.

5. INDIANA JONES AND THE RAVAGES OF TIME AKA INDIANA JONES 4 (Dir. Steven Speilberg) Can this really be happening? I mean Harrison Ford is 65 and the series seemed nicely tidied up with LAST CRUSADE (1989 - that's right 18 years ago!). Well come to think of it Ford still has the rugged deal goin' on and the promise of the return of Sean Connery, Karen Allen, and John Rhys-Davies (Sallah) does sweeten the deal. Still I know I'm not alone in praying those guys know what they're doing.

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