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On the first day of summer, my Netflix gave to me…

Submitted by on May 31, 2008 – 1:48 PM21 Comments

Starting tomorrow, June 1, Tomato Nation is proud to present 12 Days Of Summer Movies, in which the Couch Baron, Joe R, and I review a dozen movies with the word “summer” in the title, and gauge their suitability as hot-weather entertainment. Do the characters complete a mission? come of age? enter into a sweaty romance? What do they wear? Would you want to vacation with or near them? Should you spend valuable AC on their travels and travails?

The three of us will strive to answer all these questions, and many more (since when does Luke Skywalker care about cars? what ever happened to Vincent Spano? why won’t Liz Taylor stop shrieking?). We’ll roll out one summer movie each day for 12 days — just like Christmas, but with more Bomb Pops and sand in your suit.

So grab a glass of lemonade and one of those tiny battery-powered fans, and enjoy.

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  • missbanshee says:

    *crossing fingers* Summer School! Summer School! Summer School!!!!!!

  • Noelle says:

    You know you’re watching Wet Hot American Summer. And that you taste like burger, and I don’t like you anymore.

  • Nichole says:

    This sounds splendid.

  • cayenne says:

    Oo! Corvette Summer! One of the world’s cheesiest flicks – you guys must have had a blast (or an acute attack of nausea) if that was the calibre of film you viewed. Can’t wait for the write-ups!

  • Jaybird says:

    I was all thrilled about the three-pound ham sandwich with a side of fried ham, and a big old hamsicle for dessert, that is “Suddenly, Last Summer”. Montgomery Clift’s eyebrows won “Best Supporting Actor” in that, quite an accomplishment when you consider that they were up against Liz Taylor’s mole.

  • Alexis says:

    Just as long as it doesn’t include Summer Catch.

    Also, why is there a John McCain ad running across the website?

  • Aerynn says:

    White Water Summer . . . Sean Austin, Kevin Bacon, direct to DVD. What more could a girl want?

  • L.H. says:

    Ooh, I vote for Wet Hot American Summer too. If you’re taking votes. I tried to get other ideas on Wikipedia, but I stopped when the word “summer” started to look fake.

  • Indian Summer? Please? Man, I bought that on DVD last year and haven’t even opened it. I should. HBO used to show it incessantly.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    We’re not taking votes, I’m afraid (although we’ll want to hear from you at the end about movies we should cover for next summer — or for this autumn), but it sounds like you will be gratified by our selections.

  • solaana says:

    Well, I’ll just pray Indian Summer is in there (I have the VHS – let’s talk about dedication) because yeah, I love that movie.

  • Jess says:

    There’d better be Peter Gallagher and Daryl Hannah engaging in polyamory in Santorini in there somewhere… is all I’m saying.

  • Imogene says:

    You’re doing Corvette Summer! I saw that 20-odd times because of my teenage crush on Mark Hamill, and it was terrible! I’m bizarrely pleased someone else knows that movie.

  • Jaybird says:

    Wasn’t that the movie he was filming when he had the big old accident that whomped up his face?

  • Laura G says:

    Sars: Could this mean a new bracket?

  • Devin McCullen says:

    Since Summer School already got name-checked, I’ll also throw out One Crazy Summer. Not quite Better Off Dead, but still good!

  • ebeth says:

    One Crazy Summer…was originally titled Greetings from Nantucket.
    Just a little trivia for you.

  • Ken says:

    Please, please give us an added bonus round and review “Meatballs!” C’mon – it’s about SUMMER camp, it has that bonko song “Are You Ready for the Summer?” in it, and…it has Chris Makepeace? Please. no really. Please.

  • Tisha_ says:

    God, my fingers are SO crossed for Summer School to be included on this list. I still have to watch it EVERY time it’s on.

  • Sarah D. Bunting says:

    @Ken: I had JUST gotten that song out of my head (how it got in there, I’m not sure…probably because I was thinking about candidates for next year’s version), and now it’s back. Damn you, sir. But you will incur no demerits, thanks to your use of the word “bonko.”

  • emmalish says:

    Well dang, my post yesterday disappeared. I don’t recall the movie being offensive in any way, but the only thing I really remember about it is that it starred Kristy McNichol, and I vaguely remember her wearing a headscarf… was a loooong time ago.

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