It's official, the summer season is over. Gone are the big $100-300 million blockbusters. Gone are the $70+ million openings, gone are the theaters teaming with teens ruining your film-going experience. For the most part anyway. There will always be an aberration or two. This weekend is not likely to produce any of gigantic openings, but it does have a pair of films that will hopefully deliver some good entertainment. The question is if they will be reason enough to venture out into the empty theaters. I know I will be there, will you?

3:10 to Yuma (2007, 117 minutes, R, western, trailer). Last week brought us the remake of Halloween, much to the chagrin of Myers lovers the world round. This week has another remake arrive on our doorsteps, and because it is not horror it is being met with cheers rather than the jeers that genre fans like to heap on their favorite horror redux. They could be in part due to this not being a horror film - non-horror remakes seem to get on a bit better than their bloody counterparts. More likely it is due to it being a good movie (though I do like Halloween, both of them). Anyway, this update of the 1957 Delmer Daves-helmed picture has Russell Crowe stepping into Glenn Ford's shoes as the outlaw Ben Wade, and Christian Bale picking up for Van Heflin as the rancher bringing him to justice. James Mangold (Walk the Line) slips into the director's chair for this outing. If nothing else, it will be worth it for the two leads.

Shoot 'Em Up (2007, 80 minutes, R, action, trailer). Paul Giamatti in a bullet-riddled, over-the-top action flick? Never thought I would see the day. He faces off with Clive Owen (Children of Men) when Giamatti, playing an assassin, sets his sights on Monica Bellucci (Irreversible) and her baby. The premise seems simple enough. The advertising promises plenty of action and a plethora of bullets, so hopefully this will deliver where War failed to excite. The movie was written and directed by Michael Davis, whose filmography consists of low budget affairs with his last film being a direct-to-video outing called Monster Man. I think this will be fun. Rather, I hope it will be fun.