Here's part 2 of our
2013 Movie Preview, which covers
April through
June.
Keep in mind that movies will be added or removed from the schedule, and some may even be shuffled around... just ask
Carrie; she moved from
March to
October, just like that!
Horror movies tend to get release dates later rather than sooner, so for now we'll just go with what we know is coming out, and adjust the
Release Date List accordingly.
April 12th-
Evil Dead- This movie
REALLY has me all twisted up inside. On one hand, I consider it anathema to even attempt to remake this all-time classic fright flick, especially since the
Ash in this one is not
Bruce Campbell.
Ash is to iconic just to re-cast and re-tool,
IMO. Not real thrilled that
Devil Coby was brought in to rewrite the script either, because she's just so annoyingly bad. As for the story... the whole "female Ash taking to the woods with friends to kick her drug habit" just makes me uneasy. I could go on, but you
Horror fans already know what I'd say, because you're thinking it too. On the other hand, despite all of my instincts to the contrary, the trailer looks pretty damned good and it really does make me curious... Until
April, I guess we'll just be hoping for the best and expecting the worst. Please let it not suck. Please.
April 12th-
Scary Movie 5- Unlike the
Evil Dead remake, there really is no hope at all for this movie. The trailer is painfully bad, and just knowing that
Lindsay Lohan is involved gives us shivers of terror. No thank you.
April 12th-
Oblivion- Say what you will about
Tom Cruise -like"He's insane!" or "He's really insane!"- but the guy knows how to make some awesome action flicks. The trailer for this one didn't blow us away, but it looks interesting enough for us to give it a shot, especially with all of the gorgeous visuals on display. This one could end up being a lot of fun. We hope that it will.
April 26th-
The Lords of Salem-
Rob Zombie's got a lot to prove with this movie, at least as far as we're concerned. We loved
1000 Corpses and
Rejects, and we thought
Halloween was good for the most part, but he totally lost us with
Halloween II and
El Superbeasto, both of which we thought were terrible. Will
Lords of Salem be a step in a new direction for
Zombie, or will it feel like a regurgitation of the same roads that he's traveled more than once in his
Directing career? We hope it rocks, truly we do, but we're not holding our breath.
May 3rd-
Iron Man 3- Unless you live under a rock, you know about this movie, and you know why it's going to be awesome.
RDJ playing
Tony Stark is a thing of beauty, and
Marvel Superhero movies aren't painful to watch anymore; they're actually pretty damned good. This may be the movie to beat this summer, and really, it should be.
May 3rd-
The Iceman- This movie looks so damned good, that it makes us want to slap our mama!
Richard Kuklinski, the notorious mob hitman who claimed over 100 murders during his
Iceman career, would have better been played by
James Gandolfini in our opinion, at least visually, but
Michael Shannon is a superb actor, and we're dying to see what he does with the part. This is easily one of our top 10 must see movies of
2013; we are absolute suckers for good mob movies. *On a side note,
HBO made a terrific
Documentary called
The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Hitman, about Kuklinski and his life, and if you can find it out there on the
Interwebs, you should check it out. It's haunting stuff.
May 17th-
Stark Trek: Into Darkness- Everyone around here at
THC has always been big fans of
Star Trek... everyone except for me, that is. I always thought
Star Trek, both on
TV and in movie form, to be cheesy and lame. That's just me. The
2009 JJ Abrams helmed Star Trek movie changed my mind though. I loved that movie, and henceforth I'm really excited to see the sequel. I'm hoping it has Kahn in it.
May 17th-
Black Rock- There's a funny little show on
FX called
The League, which we watch religiously around here.
The League stars the Husband and Wife team of
Mark Duplass and
Katie Aselton. Mark wrote
Black Rock, while wife Katie directed it. So, we're all sorts of intrigued... The trailer looks decent, although it looks as if it gave away most of the movie, but it is what it is. It also looks very reminiscent of one of our
2012 Midlin's,
The Hike. Really reminiscent, lik eit's just about the same story. Still, the chance to see
Lake Bell and
Katie Aselton huddle together naked will not be lost on us.
June 14th-
Man of Steel- Much like
Star Trek, I've never really cared for
Superman at all; he's just too powerful, and henceforth he's never really come across as very compelling to me. The trailers for
Man of Steel have absolutely got me in tizzy though, and I think that this is the year where I change my stance on
Supes for good. It looks like it's going to be a great movie, and I can not wait to see what
Henry Cavill does in the titular role.
June 21st-
World War Z- Ugh. The book
World War Z by
Max Brooks (comedy legend
Mel Brooks' kid) was a truly amazing read, and we were ecstatic to see that they were making a movie out of it... but then we caught wind of the plot, and the fact that the movie was going to be nothing like the book, and we were distressed. Then we saw the trailer. We're really not sure what this movie is going to end up playing like, but we're not too optimistic; huge on set issues, re-writes, release date delays... this could be the biggest misstep at the box office in
2013. We hope it wont be, but it it is, we'll always have the book. *If you haven't read the book, you really should. It's good stuff.
June 28th-
Kick Ass 2- We loved
Kick Ass, and we're all for seeing its sequel.
Chloe Moretz has aged since the last movie, so that means
Hit-Girl will look more like and adult than a kid, but that's a minor concern. It's just gonna be a fun time, nothing more, nothing less, and honestly, we're all for it. Even with
Jim Carrey involved.
We'll be back soon with our look at the movies of July- Spetember...
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