Upcoming Blockbusters for 2007

It's January, and that meets a few different things. New Year's Resolutions haven't quite been forgotten yet, all that stuff you got for Christmas is still sitting outside of the box in the closet it'll be in by March, and the major studios are offering absolute junk for the movie going public's consumption. January and February historically get the bottom end of the crap that studios realized at the last minute they shouldn't have made - 22 horror films, cheap children's flicks, hairbrained Scary Movie producer created comedies. Of course for those of you with any kind of taste at all, please don't forget all the last minute Oscar drops, those movies put into limited release on Decemeber 29^th to get Oscar consideration. Pan's Labyrinth, Children of Men - extremely good films that you shouldn't miss.

But as for the rest of us that don't get the benefit of the few small screens these films show up on, it's a long wait for the spring time and the promise of Summer's Blockbusters. Here's a quick rundown of the films to look forward to in the coming months:

January 26 - Saraphim Falls. Liam Neeson and Pierce Brosnan as cowboys in this action thriller set in the time of the civil war. Sounds like a blast to me.

February 16 - Ghost Rider. I know, it's February and it's a comic book movie, that's never a good sign. They tend to dump the dredge bottom ends of comic book movies in February, Daredevil, Electra, The Punisher, need I say more. But it is Ghost Rider, and it's got Nicholas Cage. I'll still hold out hope for a half way decent film

March 2 - Zodiac. Yeah, it's another serial killer thriller, but it's from the man who brought us Se7en and Fight Club, so it's looking mighty strong as another twisted psychological throwdown. We'll see in march

March 9 - 300. If you haven't seen the trailer yet for this film go see it now. The latest adaptation of a Frank Miller comic into film, it retells the Battle of Thermopylae in which 300 Spartan warriors fought to the death against the Persian army inspiring all of Greece to rise up and fight. Highly stylized and incredibly cool looking, I'm hoping for something cool here.