> May 21 - Shrek Forever After
>
> The marketing materials are calling this the final chapter. Why? The franchise
> is still making ridiculous amounts of money. Oh, I know: the next one will
> be Shrek Begins.

Or hey, Once Upon a Shrek. (Shrek Upon a Time?)

> June 11 - The Karate Kid

I really, really hope they drive past an auto detailing place and there's a barely perceptible sign in front of it that says "WAX ON, WAX OFF".

> June 11 - The A-Team
>
> And AGAIN, another remake! I know we have this sequel/remake rant every year,
> but I swear it's worse now than it ever was. Again, though, the trailer looks
> better than I could have hoped for. The film seems to be going in the only
> sensible direction for something like this: a sort-of parody of the original
> material. If the movie isn't taking itself seriously, it doesn't matter if it
> fails to do justice to the source material. It helps that the original show
> was pretty campy anyway.

"According to writer Michael Brandt, the adaptation will be more gritty in vein of Batman Begins, Die Hard, The Bourne Identity, and Casino Royale."

> June 18 - Jonah Hex
>
> Megan Fox and Josh Brolin star in this based-on-a-comic-book saga of zombies
> in the Old West. I'm not really familiar with this.

And for their next trick: zombies in 19th century England.

> July 2 - The Last Airbender
>
> It's also a genre change for him. This film, based on the anime series
> "Avatar: The Last Airbender," is more of a fantasy action movie than a
> thriller; it'll be interesting to see what Shyamalan does with it.

I guess they had to drop the "Avatar" part so it wouldn't be confused with a sequel J. Cameron's recent film.

> July 23 - Ramona and Beezus
>
> Remember those Beverly Cleary books?

I thought I could, but then I realized I had her confused with Blume, whom you mention next. (I was given a small set with "Tales of a Fifth-Grade Nothing", "Superfudge", "Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great", "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret", and, I think, "Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself". I've also checked out "The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo" from the library.)

Looking over a list of her books, I most clearly (*rimshot*) remember Ralph S. Mouse, and then only as a live-action/stop-motion weekend special that ran in my youth on Saturday... afternoons, I think.

> Presumably since I'm a guy, the character of
> Henry Huggins was the one I identified with, but Ramona Quimby was the one
> that caught on. There was even a television series in the late 80s, so the
> IMDb tells me, called "Ramona."

I have vague memories of it, mostly consisting of a song one character sings, which may or may not be the title song of a 1927 movie of the same name.

> August 13 - Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World
>
> Edgar Wright, the director and co-writer of the British genre riffs Hot Fuzz
> and Shaun of the Dead is back with what looks like another in the same spirit.
> The IMDb summary is funny on its own: "Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new
> girlfriend's seven evil ex-boyfriends in order to win her heart."

Maybe it'll make a revised non-sappy RomCom list.