Show Upcoming Summer Releases By Mike Richan In the past five months there hasn't been a truly spectacular movie pop up That's not unusual most of the good stuff is saved for summer or Christmas While Stand and Deliver Hairspray and all had their moments none was a rave-about- rave it star 4 film Heres Here's to hoping the upcoming summer releases will have some surprises and heres here's a quick overview overview overview over over- view of what's on tap Willow Crocodile Dundee II and Rambo III all arrive before the end of the month Theres There's been enough press on all three you can guess what they're about Each will most likely be a big box office draw Hot to Trot stars Bob Goldthwait and a new Mr Ed due out May 27 Poltergeist II III minus Craig Nelson and JoBeth Williams arrives in June as does Bill Durham starring Kevin Costner and Susan The Presidio with Sean Connery Connery Connery Con- Con nery Mark Harmon and Meg Ryan and Big Business' Business with Lily Tomlin and Bette Also in June the ambitious Who Framed Roger Rabbit is due It mixes live action with animation and stars Bob Hoskins and Christopher Lloyd It is directed by Robert Back To The Future and is rumored to have cost over 50 million Also in June Red Heat with and Jim Belushi Funny Farm directed by George Roy Hill The Sting and starring Chevy Chase Coming to America directed by John Landis Animal House and starring Eddie Eddie Eddie Ed Ed- die Murphy In July Big Top Pee Wee in which he receives the worlds world's longest kiss 3 minutes Caddy shack II with Chevy Chase Arthur Arthur Arthur Ar thur on the Rocks starring Dudley Moore Liza and John Gielgud Look for Midnight Run with Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin Childs Play a horror flick from Tom Holland Fright Night Cocktail in which Tom Cruise is a cool superficial superficial superficial super super- bartender Die Hard with BrUte Bruce Willis and Ella a psychological psychological psychological psycho psycho- logical thriller directed by George Romero produced by Charles Evans T Tootsie Later in the summer around August or so the highlights in include include include in- in clude Tucker directed by Francis Francis Francis Fran Fran- cis Coppola produced by George Lucas starring Jeff Bridges Married Married Married Mar ried To The Mob a new film by Jonathan Demme The Blob a re-make re starring Kevin Dillon The Deceivers a drama with Pierce Brosnan directed by Nicholas Meyer Betrayed starring starring starring starr starr- ing Debra Winger and Tom Berringer Berringer Berringer Berr- Berr inger Eight Men Out with Charlie Sheen and John Cusack in inthe inthe inthe the the 1919 World Series fixing dir directed by John Sayles Matewan and watch for Outer Heat a thriller starring James Caan and Mandy The Princess Bride in which a slave ship of aliens bound for a mining colony in another galaxy land crash-land on earth They're going to market this one as a copy-buddy copy story but its it's really something else and that's a relief Aliens and Ther They Terminator writer Director James Cameron polished th the script Cameron by byth bythe bythe th the way is working on his next picture picture picture pic pic- pic- pic ture The Abyss a psycho- psycho thriller set on a remote oil rig Sounds like his kind of thing Cameron does well in the suspense and dark sterile setting areas Filming begins this summer in an abandoned North Carolina nuclear plant I should mention that the release dates could change remember Having A Baby and dont don't forget that often the studios like to platform a film which basically means they dont don't think it will make much money with a sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den wide release so it'll open in New York and Los Angeles about four weeks before it gets to us in an effort to generate word of mouth reviews and other such nonsense remember Cry Freedom and most notably the film that gave this release platform-release thing such credibility Platoon It That's the gist of it While Willow Dundee and Rambo will definitely be out in front both schedule and wise promotion-wise there is generally always a surprise success from left field that no one expects I personally am intrigued by and have high hopes for The Presidio Midnight Run Roger Rabbit Ella and of course Big Top Pee Iee Wee but butt then last again st summer I had had high hopes for Ishtar Its It's best to wait and see |