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Article: Summer movies Hollywood repeats itself
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- Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
- Article date:
- May 3, 2009
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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 ...