There are lots of movies I need to see this summer.

Brüno (7/10) because Sacha Baron Cohen is pretty fantastic.  Seeing Borat in a theater was one of the more memorable experiences of my movie-going life, and I want to see if this next iteration of his shock-comedy lives up to the hype.

I Love You, Beth Cooper (7/10) because it stars (stars!) my college friend and frequent theater collaborator, Paul Rust.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (7/15) because I’ve read the books and seen all the other ones.  What am I going to do, quit now?  I’m not the hugest Harry Potter fanatic in the world (because there is some stiff competition for that title), but there is something undeniably wiggly about sitting in a cold movie theater, trying not to eat my popcorn until the actual movie starts, and hearing that “doo-da-dee-DOO” theme music.

The Time Traveler’s Wife (8/14) because the book was so good.  The trailer makes it look like basically just a romance movie, but the book was so much more than that, and I hope they incorporate those other elements.

Inglourious Basterds (8/21) because my friend Paul is in this one too.  I guess his character wasn’t in the original script, but Quentin Tarantino wrote a character just for him after meeting him.  I’d see this one anyway, though, because it sounds weird and cool, and I like Tarantino.

I don’t know how I’m going to get all this movie-watching done, considering my current one-movie-every-six-months schedule, but I’ll try to work it out somehow.