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Every website, magazine, and newspaper in the known universe has done a Summer Movie Season preview. And so here's ours. Direct, basic, packed with nerdy goodness. Enjoy.

May 1 -- Animated adventure Battle for Terra, chick-flick counter-programming Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Fox's latest superhero offering: X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
8 -- An urban take on Pineapple Express called Next Day Air -- and the long-awaited return of Star Trek.
15 -- Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code prequel Angels & Demons. Already it's an improvement over the first film. Also keep an eye out for Adrien Brody and Rachel Weisz in The Brothers Bloom and / or Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn in Management, should you be so inclined..
22 -- Broad farce in Dance Flick, family-friendly adventure in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, and a lot of robot carnge in Terminator: Salvation.
29 -- Raimi returns to horror with Drag Me to Hell, and Pixar swings for another home run with Up.

June 5 -- Guy-friendly raunch comedy The Hangover, more family adventure in Land of the Lost, and ... ugh, fine, I'll say it: the return of Nia Vardalos in My Life in Ruins.
12 -- Eddie Murphy climbs into his daughter's dreams in Imagine That, while John Travolta hassles Denzel Washington in the remake of The Taking of Pelham 123. (Looking for a smaller option? Try Moon.)
19 -- Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds get rom-commed in The Proposal; Jack Black and Michael Cera go prehistoric in Harold Ramis' Year One.
24/26 -- What has the stones to open near Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen? Alec Baldwin and Cameron Diaz, of course, in the rare summertime drama piece My Sister's Keeper. (Or go find The Hurt Locker this weekend.)

July, August and much more posted after the jump ...

Just to keep us all salivating. :) Expect more detailed previews as summer draws nearer. (Links go to the official movie websites or IMDb pages. Wide releases only -- for now, anyway. Release dates accurate as of March 1.)

May 4 -- Lucky You (WB), Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
May 11 -- 28 Weeks Later... (Fox Atomic), Delta Farce (Lionsgate), The Ex (MGM), Georgia Rule (Universal)
May 18 -- Shrek the Third (DreamWorks)
May 25 -- Bug (Lionsgate), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney)

June 1 -- Hot Rod (Paramount), Knocked Up (Universal), Mr. Brooks (MGM)
June 8 -- Hostel: Part 2 (Lionsgate), Ocean's 13 (WB), Surf's Up (Sony)
June 15 -- Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox), Fido (Lionsgate), Nancy Drew (WB)
June 22 -- DOA: Dead or Alive (MGM), Evan Almighty (Universal), A Mighty Heart (Paramount Vantage)
June 29 -- Death at a Funeral (MGM), Live Free or Die Hard (Fox), Martian Child (New Line), Ratatouille (Disney)

July 4 -- License to Wed (WB), Transformers (DreamWorks)
July 13 -- 1408 (MGM), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (WB), The Strangers (Rogue)
July 20 -- Hairspray (New Line), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (Universal)
July 27 -- No Reservations (WB), The Simpsons Movie (Fox)

August 3 -- The Bourne Ultimatum (Universal), Charlie Bartlett (MGM), Underdog (Disney)
August 10 -- Bratz: The Movie (Lionsgate), Daddy Day Camp (Sony), Rush Hour 3 (New Line), Stardust (Paramount)
August 17 -- Fanboys (MGM), The Invasion (WB), Super Bad (Sony), Wedding Daze (MGM)
August 24 -- The Comebacks (Fox Atomic), Good Luck Chuck (Lionsgate), Virgin Territory (MGM)
August 31 -- The Brothers Solomon (Sony), Halloween (Dimension)

[ Thanks to BoxOfficeMojo.com ]