Article: Summer movies Hollywood repeats itself

If you ever doubted that Hollywood has fear of change, take a look at the array of upcoming summer movies. Familiar faces with pointy ears and bad rafting skills will once again space travel, time travel and generally repeat themselves across the screen.

Meet the new summer lineup. Same as the old summer lineup. All right, with some exceptions.

Not that anyone expects a bust at the box office. Big-time producers know all they have to do is get "Star" and "Trek" into a title and people will come. Same with the "Terminator," same with "Harry Potter," same with that pretty boy Johnny Depp doing anything at all.

If it ain't broke, seems to be the Hollywood philosophy, don't fix it.

Not that all ...

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