8. Nacho Libre (June 16)
Q: What do you get when you mix the writers of Napoleon Dynamite and School of Rock?
A: A Jack Black wrestling movie or to be exact, a Jack Black luche libre movie.
Being a closeted wrestling fan and a fan of the Jack attack this movie sounds like a can’t miss. I love the culture around Mexican grappling that truly separates it from its U.S> counterpart. The preview makes a point to show comedy we’d expect from Jack plus a few moments of Napoleanesque oddness. I’d rate it a little higher but this seems to good to be true and the words sophomore slump have been tossed around.
7. Miami Vice (July 28)
Michael Mann has come full circle. After leaving television in the 80’s, he’s become one of the great directors of the last decade with films like Heat, The Insider, and Collateral. So the question is, why return to a project you created for TV that while awesome in its time, is now hopelessly outdated? I think only Mann can answer that but I’m very willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Clearly he’s not attempting to spoof or trivialize the original. In fact it appears he’s simply making a movie about a vice squad in Miami whose name happen to be Tubbs and Crockett. Colin Farrell and Jamie Foxx should make a good team and I’m sure they tore up Miami while they were shooting. I know there’s a lot of skepticism but Mann’s proved us wrong before. Remember, when Collateral was being talked about before it’s release, there was a lot of doubt that Mann could get Cruise to play a villain let alone actually make an effort on screen. He proved people wrong then and I’m banking he’ll do it again this July.
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