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THE FOLLOWING SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR ALL AUDIENCES BY THE EDITORS OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY |
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HEY, IS EVERYBODY READY for the first post-Titanic summer - a season full of young love and epic tragedy? Sorry, folks, it takes Hollywood 18 months to react to anything, so brace yourself for a 1998 summer season that's going to feel strangely familiar. The blockbuster onslaught begins with a distinctly '50s feel (the current so-old-it's-new trend: meteor movies) and ends with the '60s Brit-camp of The Avengers. In between, we'll be offered a trip back to WWII with Saving Private Ryan, a double dose of the glitterball era (The Last Days of Disco and 54), and the fourth part of that oh-so-'80s buddy series Lethal Weapon. Looking for Leo? Mooning over Matt? You'll have to settle for such ex-golden boys as Warren Beatty, Harrison Ford, and Robert Redford - average age: 59 - romancing Halle Berry, Anne Heche, and Kristin Scott Thomas - average age: 31. (Just what we need in Summer movies: more fake-looking effects.) Which leaves one last trip down memory lane: a remake of an obscure 1956 Japanese monster movie called... ![]() |
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