Jay’s Summer 2017 Movies to Keep an Eye On

Here are ten 2017 summer films Jay is keeping an eye on. (No pun intended) These movies aren’t necessarily award winners but do have outstanding actors, well-known directors and should be a lot of fun.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2
Opens May 5 – Action, adventure, Sci-fi
Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone and Vin Diesel.

Our heroes find out the parentage of peter Quil and other Marvel superheroes show up to help in their latest adventure.

Alien Covenant
Opens May 19- Sci-fi, thriller
Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender and James Franco

The colony spaceship Covenant headed for a distant planet find out that it’s not uninhabited but it’s dangerous and violent.

Baywatch
Opens May 25 – Comedy
Dwayne Johnson, Alexandria Daddario and Zac Efron

A couple lifeguards uncover a criminal plot taking place on the beach.

Wonder Woman
Opens June 2 – Action, adventure, fantasy
Gal Gadot and Chris Pine

When an American pilot crashed lands on an island ruled by Amazon women, one of the women Diana Prince leaves home to help fight a war taking place in the outside world.

Cars 3
Opens June 16 – animation, adventure, comedy
Armie Hammer and Owen Wilson

Lightning McQueen is not as fast as the new race cars but he receives helps from a race technician so he can compete.

Rough Night
Opens June 16 – Comedy
Scarlett Johanson, Kate McKinnon and Demi Moore

Five friends reunite in Miami for a bachelorette party and are having fun till a male stripper is accidentally killed.

Spiderman Homecoming
Opens July 7 – Action, adventure, sci-fi
Robert Downey Jr and Tom Holland

Peter Parker is still a teenager in high school but he wants to prove he is more than the web-slinging Spiderman.

War for the Planet of the Apes
Opens July 14 – Action, adventure, drama
Woody Harrelson and Andy Serkis

Humans fight the apes in a deadly war led by a brutal colonel

Dunkirk
Opens July 21 – action, drama, thriller
Tom Hardy and Mark Rylande

In 1940 soldiers from Belgium, Canada, France and Briton are surrounded by the German military on the beach of Dunkirk

The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Opens August 18 – Action, comedy
Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson and Salma Hayek

A hitman needs the world’s best bodyguard to protect him when he must appear in court.