2009 Movie Summer Guide

It’s so summer time in Pinas, this time of the year happens only once. Perfect time for unwinding and relaxing. Forget schools and a lot of tiring stuff, for the meantime have fun, enjoy the summer. But if you are the type of person who can’t stand the heat of the sun outside, you can still relax yourselves in a cooler place. Go to cinemas and check the hottest movies to be released this summer.

These are the 10 hottest films that will surely make your 2009 summer much cooler.

• Dragonball Evolution - Adaptation of Japanese animated TV series and computer game Dragonball is hitting big screen this month of April.

• T2 – Star Cinema’s latest horror film is also out this month starred by Maricel Soriano and Directed by Chito S. Roño (also the director of the biggest horror films in the country, Feung Shui and Sukob).

• X-men Origins: Wolverine – The X-men are back, this time focusing on the story of Logan aka Wolverine.Mutants like Gambit, Dead Pool, and Saber tooth also appear in this 4^th X-men film. Catch them this 1^st of May.

• Star Trek – Technically the 11^th Star Trek film, but this one is the remake of the first Star Trek in 1980’s film. Also out this 8^th of May.

• Angels and Demons – The most controversial film of the year, this Dan Brown’s prequel of The Da Vinci Code is finally out this May 15^th. Tom Hanks and Ron Howard from the first film reunited once more for Robert Langdon’s very first adventure.

• Terminator Salvation – Starred by Christian Bale as John O Connor, this 4^th Terminator film is to be shown this May 21^st

• Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian – Catch Ben Stiller’s adventure once more as night watchman of a very strange museum this May 22^nd.

• Up – latest animated film from Pixar, the Creator of WALL-E, Finding Nemo, and Ratatouille and definitely up and rising this 29^th of May.

• Land of the Lost – an action-adventure film starred by Will Ferrell. Join him and his friends in a land of dinosaurs, monkey people and reptilian Sleestaks this 5^th of June.

• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – the most awaited action-adventure film of the year, Sam and Mikaela along with the Autobots are back. Catch them this 24^th of June.

Oscar 2009 Pick

I had my own pick in this year's Golden Globe Winners and i was able to predict Kate Winslet and Health Ledger wins, i hope this time i would be able to predict all major awards for this year's Oscar. Its just a prediction anyway, who knows the Oscar will come across my blog and consider my side hehe..

Slumdog Millionaire - my Best Picture for this year's OSCAR, aside from almost swiping all the Best Picture awards in different award giving bodies, it is also doing well in the box office.

Ron Howard - Slumdog will win the Best Picture, but Ron Howard would still take home the award for Best Director for the Film Frost/Nixon.

Kate Winslet - although she is not nominated for the movie Revolutionary Road, its ok, coz it would be her acting in The Reader that would really give her the first ever Oscar.

Mickey Rourke - Its never too late for actors to have Oscar trophy, while Sean Penn has one already, this time it would definitely go to Mickey Rourke.

Amy Adams - after seeing her in the many movies along with Big Stars lately, i could say Amy is really one of them and i think this time she would win her first Oscar too.

Robert Downey Jr. - his acting in Tropic Thunder is really awesome, although Heath Ledger did well in the Dark Knight, i think others deserve the win, and besides he could benefit no more from it. That is why Robert will win for this year's OSCAR for supporting role.

WALL-E - after watching this cute animated film again and again and could have been nominated for Best Picture, I could really say this would win for sure as Best Animated Film this year.

The Final Top 10 World Wide Highest Grossing Films

The Dark Knight remains as the highest grossing film of 2008 and so with the rest of the top 6 films that maintain its spot since November 2008. Meanwhile, latest releases Quantum of Solace and Madagascar 2 break into top 10 and kicked off Sex and the City and The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The newbies occupy position 7 and 9 respectively.

The following is the complete list of Highest Grossing Films of 2008
1. The Dark Knight - $996.9
2. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crystal Skull - $786.6
3. Kung Fu Panda - $631.9
4. Hancock - $624.4
5. Iron Man - $581.9
6. Mama Mia! - $572.2
7. Quantum of Solace -$539.6
8. Wall-E - $507.3
9. Madagascar Escape to Africa - $462.3
10. Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - $419.6

Source: boxofficemojo.com