"My dad's Wolverine" and the kickoff of May Movie Madness

Like all superhero flicks, X-Men Origins: Wolverine has the potential to be a great date movie. Despite the genre's penchant for long action scenes and over-the-top characters, there's always a deeper story, and it usually centers around love . While true romances (think any movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel) are a bit too serious for the first few movie dates, silver screen incarnations of classic comics are guaranteed to keep the mood light— or in the case of Spider-Man 3, ridiculously frivolous.

But what if you don't have a date? Hugh Jackman shares his 8-year-old son's method of impressing the ladies in the "The Daily Show" interview below. And in case you're wondering, the blow-up Wolverine punching toy was first mentioned back in 2006 when Hugh was promoting X3: The Last Stand on "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." Unfortunately NBC Universal is extremely vigilant in keeping their clips off youtube, so alas I have no video of that interview. Conan had predicted that Hugh's son would get a lot of use out of the punching toy as a teenager— I guess he started early!

Also, The LA Times has an article that breaks down the quintuple blockbusters of May and picks Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian as the only candidate likely to break $100 million on opening weekend (wouldn't have been my first pick!) But with all these budget-bloated movies premiering this month, it begs the question: Will there be anything left for the rest of the summer?

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