Scaring children will be easy once we get out of college

The summer's most anticipated animated release will enter theaters this July. Monsters University, the prequel to Monsters Inc., is set to seize upon the Pixar name and its release date to make as much money as possible.

Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

The last weekend of June is known to audiences as a big weekend. It is the start of the 2nd summer season where films see big returns. In the past 5 years, a film from this weekend has placed in the year end top 10 and 4/5 scored a top 5 hit. This year, Man of Steel is poised to extend the streak to 6 years due to Superman being a high profile film and with a little help from a well-oiled marketing strategy from WB.

May 30 Weekend Estimates

Honey, how many of these things will we have to go to?

Part 1. Part 2.

Nothing will prepare parents for the upcoming wave of animation movies this summer. They will be bombarded with animation from the small all the way to the big moneymakers. It is a very unusual summer for animation due to the big studios clumping animation together through May-August in the US. HK will be getting some day-date with US but when you add in the smaller animation films from Japan and the delayed Hollywood animation films, it is going to be tough decision after tough decision for parents as little kids will want to watch animation films this summer. The last 2 years has seen about 6-7 animation films hit the big screen from May-August but 2013 will be even worse for parents (but better for kids).

The Re-Emergence of the Thailand Movie Industry in Hong Kong [Next Thai movie: Long Weekend, June 6!]

If your only exposure to Thailand movies is Ong Bak, well you have been missing out the past couple of years. Once famous for action, horror films have replaced them and has injected new life into Hong Kong's box office and into Thailand's movie industry. You only have to look at the most recent weekend to see how.

Pee Mak Phra Khanong Hong Kong poster (พี่มากพระโขนง)

Ranking the online websites of theater chains

Have you ever had the frustration of going online to buy a ticket only to see an error or get so annoyed with loading times that you try to find others way of buying a ticket? This is where we see which sites are up to snuff and which ones don't make the cut.

Laughter...coming to a theater near you.

a.k.a. 2013 Summer Schedule (Part 2) - Comedies
 

Part 1 is here.

2013 Summer Schedule (Part 1)

This year's summer schedule is starting to fill up quickly. Blockbusters and animations have taken up most of the slots so far and Chinese movies are starting to pile up on the schedule. On the up side, Hollywood comedies have made a big return after last year's drive-by. Sci-fi movies are also trending upwards with at least one sci-fi release scheduled in each month. Details after the jump.