Happy Friday Everyone!

If you are Stateside, I hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July. It kind of sucked that it landed in the MIDDLE of the week this year, but maybe you were able to stretch a long weekend out of it. My holiday was spent doing a spot of retail therapy followed by some TV marathon vieiwing (principally The Twilight Zone, Merlin and Star Trek TNG). I did not head out to the theaters.

As bad as it is for me to admit, I kind of forgot about the big holiday movie release o’ week, the reboot/reimagining of Spider–Man, or shall I say The Amazing Spiderman. I think the reason for my mental lapse is that Spiderman is entering the ever increasingly crowded space of “event” motion pictures, made to draw in the summer audiences and amaze us with the special effects and grand scale. That along with the release day (a Tuesday) and the fact that this ‘reboot’ seems a bit early (last Spidey film graced our screens in 2007 – a mere 5 years ago). The idea of revisiting a movie so soon left me largely indifferent about this latest incarnation, even in spite of the fact that I am an Andrew Garfield fan.

Looking at the list of other films released this weekend the only other standouts appear to be Oliver Stone’s Savages and the surely-not-to-be-missed Katy Perry concert/biopic Katy Perry: Part of Me.

Well this leaves me with very few options, so I think I will settle on catching something already out in cinemas.

How about you all? What will you be watching this weekend, either at home or on the big screen?

Share your comments below.

Well folks we are fast approaching the weekend. Yippee!

Here in NYC, the summer came a-blazing in so this is the perfect week for the movies!

As I mentioned on my friend Ruth’s site, Flixchatter, I am in a noir-ish mood so I will probably Netflix a few titles while sitting in the air-conditioned comfort of my bedroom. There is also a TCM Party going on Sunday night at 8:00PM Eastern time. The film we will be tweeting about is Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus; be sure to look out for the #TCMParty hashtag.

For those who dare venture outside (personally still undecided myself), here are a few new films out in theaters. On the surface it looks like this is the calm before the July blockbuster storm.

 

ABE LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

 

 

BRAVE

 

SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD

 

TO ROME WITH LOVE

 

Also if you want to get really serious, there is a documentary about sexual abuse in our armed services on release (Invisible War). It looks like if you are not in a major metro-media area, however, you will have to hunt this one down.

And lastly for country music fans, there is the feature film The Last Ride about the final days of legend Hank Williams.

So, what will YOU be watching this weekend?