The TV Addict 

Editor’s Note: Our Top 10 Anticipated Summer Movies was actually written in April, but posted late due to theTVaddict’s unfortunate addiction to TV!

Honorable Mentions: THE HAPPENING, THE INCREDIBLE HULK,

Guilty Pleasures: MAMMA MIA!, SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS 2, THE ACCIDENTAL HUSBAND , WANTED, THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR

10. GET SMART (June 20th)
I’ll concede that there’s a pretty substantial chance that GET SMART might not end up being very good. The thing is I grew up loving the TV show (when I lived in Germany the only English-language channel we got was one that played older shows like “Bewitched,” “I Dream of Jennie,” etc), and Steve Carell is ideally suited for the role – both in terms of appearance and humor. I also never cease to enjoy watching The Rock poking fun at himself, nor seeing Anne Hathaway get increasingly more attractive and diverse with her roles.

9. STEP BROTHERS (July 25th)
The interactions between Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in TALLEDGA NIGHTS were the highlight of the film for me, and the notion of pitting them together as boy-men stepbrothers is nothing short of comedic gold. I mean, I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much during a trailer. The “Did we just become best friends?!” line cracks me up every time. It’s good too to see that Will Ferrell is taking a role that is also ideally suited for his brand of humor (and isn’t making fun of a sport/career).

8. TROPIC THUNDER (August 15th)
Robert Downey Jr. playing an over-the-top method actor playing an African American solider? That’s all I pretty much need right there. But sure, having Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Jay Baruchel, Nick Nolte and a handful of cameos doesn’t hurt either, nor does the film’s motivation to spoof war films like APOCALYPSE NOW and the way they attempted to immerse their actors in the war experience.

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Though you’ll be hard pressed to figure out what the film is going to be about, let alone what’s going on in this trailer except that it all involves a search for missing women and weird medical experiments, it feels undeniably like X-FILES. Well, except for the fact that I’m having a hard time figuring out why Mulder and Scully are being brought in on a case that seems to have little to do with unexplained phenomena, let alone needing/wanting to believe. Regardless, the recognizable feel from the show that this trailer elicits has me that little bit more pumped for the film.

On a prissy note, does anyone feel like Duchovny is kind of sleep-walking through this one?

And I don’t like it. The official title for the second film based on the popular FOX TV-series is to be THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE. Aside from the fact that it’s yet another example of Hollywood’s obsessive fixation on colons, it doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue, now does it? Now before fans of the show criticize me, I was myself a pretty hardcore X-Phile, and am fully aware that the title comes from the famous poster in Mulder’s office. And sure, the title is a nice gesture to devoted fans, and it fits well with the idea that the film (according to Chris Carter) “involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science.” It’s just, I don’t know. X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE? Really? I’d even prefer X-FILES 2 over that. Then again, they could call it X-FILES: MONSTER MASH and I’d still probably see it. On that note, it’s now been officially confirmed that the movie hits theaters on July 25th.