You've been waiting for them and they are the summer films slated for release between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But that's Hollywood folks. Speaking of the Hollywood system, Samuel L. Jackson, Jamie Foxx, Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy have starring roles in major motion pictures this summer, and Keenen Ivory Wayans is at the helm again as director as African-Americans are getting more functional roles in Hollywood. In Viva Rock Vegas. Forest Whitaker and John Travolta are in the futuristic Earth where man is an endangered species in Battlefield Earth.
Disney pics are usually better than the average bear.
In this case, Dinosaur. Plus Labor Day pictures are the flicks fans anticipate to be the best of the summer fair, and Disney isn't in the habit of placing losers on such an important day when the world is watching. Disney projects make money. FBI agent Martin Lawrence impersonates a crass Southern granny to save Nia Long from bad guys in Big Momma's House. Rubber face Jim Carrey stars as a State Trooper suffering from a split-personality disorder in the comedy Me, Myself and Irene.