Movies 2008

JANUARY

Cloverfield
Why you should care: Because you won’t be able to live with yourself until you know whether it’ll live up to the hype.

Rambo
Why you should care: Stallone can still kick ass, even if he’s older than your grandpa.

FEBRUARY

Jumper
Why you should care: Mace Windu and Anakin Skywalker together again!

MARCH

10,000 B.C.
Why you should care: Master of disaster director Roland Emmerich sets his sites on blowing up prehistoric man.

APRIL

Leatherheads
Why you should care: George Clooney plays football, which should be more interesting than his last movie Michael Clayton, in which he stared blankly at the screen.

MAY

Iron Man
Why you should care: Because with this material, this director, and this cast, it could be the first superhero movie to deserve an Oscar. Since it’s not a period drama or a movie about handicaps it won’t win one, but dammit it just might deserve it.

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Why you should care: Indiana Jones? Maybe you’ve heard of him.

JUNE

The Incredible Hulk
Why you should care: Second time’s the charm?

The Happening
Why you should care: M. Night Shyamalan is back, and this time he may not suck.

Get Smart
Why you should care: Steve Carell makes phone calls on his shoe.

WALL-E
Why you should care: Pixar.

JULY

Hancock
Why you should care: It’s Will Smith’s turn to play a superhero. Except his is a drunk.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army
Why you should care: Hollywood’s most lovable demon returns to punch tentacles with his right fist o’ doom.

Tropic Thunder
Why you should care: Written by Ben Stiller. Directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Ben Stiller.

The Dark Knight
Why you should care: Heath Ledger may be the best Joker ever. (BATMAN MOVIE!!!)

AUGUST

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Why you should care: The first two were fun. Brendan Fraser is back even if Rachel Weisz isn’t. Can it really be that badD?

Babylon A.D.
Why you should care: Vin Diesel returns to kicking ass after the apocalypse.

SEPTEMBER

Punisher: War Zone
Why you should care: Because after Dolph Lundgren and John Travolta, this franchise can’t possibly get any worse.

OCTOBER

Valkyrie
Why you should care: Tom Cruise puts on an eye patch and trades one cult for another to play the Nazi who almost killed Hitler.

Madagascar: The Crate Escape
Why you should care: Admit it. You thought the penguins were pretty funny in the first one.

NOVEMBER

James Bond 22
Why you should care: Odds are Daniel Craig will shoot people and sleep with beautiful women. When it comes to Bond movies, does anything else matter?

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Why you should care: One movie away from Harry’s adventures coming to an end... and Hermione becoming barely legal. Creepy.

DECEMBER

Star Trek
Why you should care: Pointed ears are about to become fashionable again.