> > 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?)

The idea is that "forever" sounds like "four." Because it's the fourth movie, see. Clever, huh?

> > 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."

Watch the trailer. Trailers can skew the look and feel of a movie very easily, but I don't see how it can be dark and gritty but also so jokey. A very real possibility: the writer wrote a gritty remake, and the director made a campy one.

> (I was given a small set with "Tales of a Fifth-Grade Nothing"...)

Fourth grade, I think you'll find. Those books were better than Cleary's counterparts, but on the other hand...

> Looking over a list of her books, I most clearly (*rimshot*) remember Ralph S. Mouse...

Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle RULED.