Apr 24

Preview of 2007 Summer Family Movies

What Are You Watching with Your Children This Summer?This summer promises to be a blockbuster season at the movie theater with a number of sequels hitting the big screen. But what movies are available to view with your children when the summer days get too hot to play outside? You might be surprised to find not one G-rated movie on the slate. While several are still unrated, most of
 these movies look like they will be for older kids from their trailers. Guess goodness doesn’t sell. Yet, this summer promises a pretty full plate of selections for family movies, including some movies for the preteen and teenage crowd as well.Here’s the run down by release date:Spiderman 3The cast of the first two movies returns in this sequel to Marvel’s Spiderman franchise. In Spiderman 2, we saw Peter Parker reveal his alter ego to his sweetheart Mary Jane. In this movie, Parker must not only strike a balance between his personal life and his crime-fighting duties, but he must also answer the following question: “Can a man confront the forces of darkness without giving into them?”In this installment, Spiderman will not only face two of the “most feared” villains — Sandman and Venom — who are out for vengeance, but he’ll also see a reappearance of the Green Goblin as resurrected by his once-best pal Harry Osborn. If that wasn’t enough on our young superhero’s plate, he must also battle his own personal demons when his suit suddenly turns black. The dark suit not only enhances his powers, it brings out his dark side.Oh yeah, did I mention that Mary Jane has a little competition when college co-ed Gwen Stacy takes an interest in Parker?Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence.Release Date: May 4To view the trailer, visit http://spiderman3.sonypictures.com/Shrek the ThirdMike Myers (Shrek), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), Eddie Murphy (Donkey), Anonio Banderas (Puss in Boots), Julie Andrews (Queen Lillian) and John Cleese (King Harold) return for the third installment in this animated series.