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Jan.2, 2005 - Jan.9, 2005 |
Summer of adventure and fun
High-budget blockbusters range from historic epics to dramatic features to fantasy sci-fi actioners
By Angela Baldassarre
Originally Published: 2004-05-02
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the cast of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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It's blockbuster season again, and this year contains some promises but then again, one never knows what to expect. While that "other" major movie season (Christmas Holidays) is reserved for the more serious, higher-brow studio fare, Summer usually is meant for those craving big effects, loud noise and as much action as possible.
The blockbuster season gets a jump-start this year with the release of Wolfgang Petersen's Troy starring Hollywood hunk Brad Pitt. An adaptation of Homer's epic The Iliad, Troy follows the story of the great siege of the titular ancient Greek city. When Paris (Orlando Bloom), the prince of Troy, steals the beautiful wife Helen (Helen Krueger) of King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson), he makes quite a dangerous enemy, Menelaus' brother Agamemnon. As king of the Myceneans, Agamemnon (Brian Cox), with the support of Achilles (Pitt) unites all the tribes of Greece to recapture his brother's wife and his family's honour.
In Shrek 2, our favourite ogre and Donkey team up again to show off DreamWorks animation prowess. Shrek ended with a fairy tale ending: Shrek (Mike Myers) kissed Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) and she turned into an ogre. The couple return from their honeymoon to find an invitation from Princess Fiona's parents, the King and Queen of Kingdom Far Far Away. So, they set out, along with Donkey (Eddie Murphy), and have a host of adventures.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third film based on the insanely popular literary series by J.K. Rowling about the titular teenage wizard coming of age, hits this summer and is expected to join its two predecessors as one of the highest grossing films of all times. Infamous criminal Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from the wizard jail Azkaban, and Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), during his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, fears that Black may be coming after him. But things aren't as they seem, and Harry and his two friends Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) investigate why exactly Black is coming after Harry. Acclaimed, Oscar-nominated Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron (Y Tu Mama Tambien) takes over directing reins from Chris Columbus this time.
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