THE FIVE MOST ANTICIPATED MOVIES OF THE SUMMER OF 2010

We are merely weeks away from the greatest season for a movie geek like myself. I long for the first weekend in May, it's my opening day. I've been gearing up, practicing waiting in line at 2 pm on a Thursday to get into a midnight show, watching an overdose of explosions as not to injure my eyes. And now, Summer Movie Season is so close. So, what movies will I be first in line for?

Here are my top five most anticipated movies of the Summer of 2010.

5. Predators - I'm jazzed for this film only because of the nostalgia trip it will give me. The Alien Vs. Predator movies have been train wrecks. Even, Predator 2 failed to expand upon the Predator mythology. But this film looks to take the movie away from Earth and introduce us to a new planet that may or may not be the Predator planet. Add into the mix Robert Rodriguez as producer and a Predator hunting dog, and this film should be two hours of mindless fun that other Predator sequels failed to achieve.

4. The A-Team - This is another one purely for nostalgic purposes. Hopefully the film can maintain what made the series so great. It wasn't really the action (Consistently shooting machine guns at the ground can get boring quick), but instead the memorable, iconic characters that were created. If the film can at least match the interactions of these characters with the humor and fun of the series, then we've got us a new franchise. If they can't, well, then we've got us another angry blog entry from me.

3. The Expendables - So, here's the cast list: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, and Danny Trejo. So, why am I so amped up to see this film? Well, here's the cast list: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Terry Crews, Mickey Rourke, Eric Roberts, and Danny Trejo.

2. Iron Man 2 - One of the great triumphs of the original Iron Man was that it took an origin story (usually not the best for comic book films) and created a charismatic main character so good that you didn't care about the underdeveloped villain. In fact, the villain wasn't even necessary at all. Now, we have that same charismatic hero mixed with a fascinating villain (Mickey Rourke as Whiplash) and it's extremely difficult to mess up that formula. Rarely does the second film in a comic saga turn out to be terrible. (See: X2, The Dark Knight, Blade II).

1. Inception - I've loved every single film that Christopher Nolan (Memento, Insomnia, The Prestige, The Dark Knight) has made. They tend to be both cerebral and highly entertaining. And now, he's bringing us a completely original mind trip that studios rarely put money into making these days. The visuals in the trailers have been mind blowing and I'm still left in the dark as to what the film is about. This one has the potential to be the next Matrix.