The spring is usually a dumping ground for studios, and while there were big misfires in spring 2013 like A Good Day to Die Hard and Jack the Giant Slayer, there were also some nice gems like Warm Bodies, Stoker, and the great The Place Beyond the Pines.  Now we move towards the heavy hitters of summer, and it’s tough to choose just five among the many choices headed our way.  Summer 2012 was a slog, but hope begins anew with summer 2013.

Hit the jump to see the films that Matt, Adam, and Dave are most anticipating in from April to June.

2012 is now officially over, and over the past few weeks we’ve been looking back at what the best of 2012 had to offer.  As we turn our attention to the year ahead, it’s time for the latest installment of our “Most Anticipated” feature.  Throughout 2013, we’ll once again be taking a quarterly look at what Collider’s editors are most looking forward to, and today we’re focusing on the films that will be hitting theaters from January through March.

Hit the jump to see the films that Matt, Adam, Brendan, and Dave are most anticipating in the next few months.

Summer 2012 was a disappointment for the most part, but things have picked up in September, and there’s almost too much good stuff in the final quarter of the year.  There are new films from Tarantino, Affleck, McDonagh, the Wachowskis, Russell, and more.  There are also some great-looking sequels and blockbusters that will be fun for the whole family.

So hit the jump to check out what Matt, Adam, Brendan, and Dave are looking forward to for the rest of the year as part of our Most Anticipated series.

At this year’s Comic-Con, I was able to sit down with Olivia Thirlby for an extended video interview.  Urban was at the Con to promote his upcoming hard-R adaptation of the comic book series Judge Dredd.  For those unfamiliar with the film, Dredd is an adaption of the 2000AD comics character Judge Dredd, and it stars Karl Urban, Thirlby, and Lena Headey.  The film follows Dredd and rookie Judge Cassandra Anderson (Thirlby) fighting through a tower that’s crawling with thugs in their attempt to bring down drug overlord Ma-ma (Headey).  I actually got to see the film at Comic-Con and it’s great.

During my interview with Thirlby we talked about the R rating, how she got involved in the project, deleted scenes, how Urban never takes off his helmet, the drug slow-mo, what it was like playing a bad ass girl, and a lot more.  In addition, we also talked about Bored to Death, Red Knot, Nobody Walks, and more.  Hit the jump for what she had to say.

If you have checked in at Collider over the past several days, you know we have posted tons of content from Comic-Con.  To give you a chance to catch up, we wanted to links to all our Comic-Con coverage in one handy article.  The interviews, images, and miscellaneous news are in this article.  Click here for all the panel recaps.

Hit the jump for more on Twilight, Elysium, Frankenweenie, Looper, Total Recall, The Hobbit, Iron Man 3, Spartacus, Community, Elementary, Beauty and the Beast, Django Unchained, and more.

If you have checked in at Collider over the past several days, you know we have posted tons of content from Comic-Con.  To give you a chance to catch up, we wanted to links to all our Comic-Con coverage in one handy article.  The panel recaps are in this article.  Click here the interviews, images, and other news.

Hit the jump for more on Twilight, Frankenweenie, Wreck-It Ralph, The Expendables 2, The Walking Dead, Firefly, Looper, Django Unchained, Game of Thrones, Man of Steel, Iron Man 3, The Hobbit, and much more.

We’re halfway into summer 2012 and, with the exception of The Avengers, it’s been a bit of a disappointing blur.  The third-quarter of 2012 is now upon us and we hope that the second half of the summer season will turn around (possibly with the help of a caped crusader) and then lead us into a fall packed with the smaller dramas that signal the beginning of the awards race.

There’s a lot to look forward to in the next three months, so hit the jump for lists of our most-anticipated films from July to September.

Attention Collider readers: business is a-boomin’.  We’re experiencing some great growth here at the site, which means our content will only be getting better and more extensive in the months to come.  This also means that we need a little help behind-the-scenes, so we’re looking for a Los Angeles-based intern to join the Collider team.  Job responsibilities will include helping to transcribe interviews, helping out on red carpets, pitching in at Comic-Con, offering sacrifices to the Movie Gods, and the like.  You won’t be doing the same thing day-in and day-out, so flexibility and a sense of adventure are key.

Applicants will need to have a car, be willing to travel in and around the Los Angeles area, and you’ll need to be able to make working at designated times a priority.  Hit the jump to find out how to apply.

Update after the jump

Earlier this year, we here at Collider brought you our most anticipated films of the first quarter.  2012 has gotten off to a promising start with more than a few gems, and now it’s time to look to the next three months of the year.  Matt, Adam, Brendan, and Dave have each picked their top five films for the next installment of our Most Anticipated series, providing a brief explanation for why these films are on our radar and what has us excited.  Hit the jump to check out our picks, along with information on the cast and plot for each film.

This Sunday, Hollywood will give itself a big, hearty slap on the back and hand out statues that can boost careers and boost box office (although the latter is somewhat debatable).  But since art is being forced into competition, we may as well make our predictions as if this were a sporting event.  I usually bat around .750, and it will be interesting to see who’s better at guessing how old white men vote.  I’ll also note that I think I’ll do far worse this year in my predictions since films I thought were a lock for a nomination didn’t even receive one.  My nomination predictions were so awful that I’m throwing caution to the wind.

Adam has been running point on our Oscar coverage this year, and I’m happy to have him join me in my annual Oscar prediction article.  Hit the jump for what we think should win and what we think will win.  The 84th Academy Awards will air live this Sunday on ABC at 7pm EST.

The first three months of the year are often known as the dumping ground that follows the loaded awards season, but we here at Collider found plenty to look forward to in the releases from January to March.  As part of our Most Anticipated series, Matt, Adam, Brendan, and Dave each picked their top 5 and included a brief explanation of why these movies are noteworthy, and what has us excited.  All in all, we selected ten films that represent a variety of genres including drama, comedy, action, horror, sci-fi, and animation.  Hit the jump for our picks, along with information on the cast and plot for each film.

Universal has released the first trailer for Rupert Sanders‘ Snow White and the Huntsman.  Kristen Stewart plays Snow White in the fairy tale adaptation, where she trains in the art of war with a huntsman (Chris Hemsworth) to fight the evil queen (Charlize Theron).  I’m with this trailer until it Theron says…”Mirror, mirror on the wall…,” and then I started to roll my eyes.  But I’m trying to give it a chance because I like the visual style and I want to resist the urge to dismiss it just because it has “Snow White” in the title. Of course, both Snow White and the Huntsman and Tarsem Singh’s Mirror, Mirror have to contend with trying to take on a new version of Snow White when for the past seventy-five years we’ve really only known the one with the singing dwarves. But at least with Sanders’ Snow White, it looks like there’s an intriguing and exciting vision behind this new take.  Your move, Singh.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer.  Snow White and the Huntsman opens June 2, 2012.

With the summer movie season officially a thing of the past and many awards season contenders bracing at the bit to reach general audiences, we figure now is a good time to breakdown some of our most anticipated films of the fall. After the jump, you’ll see that Adam and Jason have taken the honor of presenting the five films each is most looking forward to catching along with some basic info on the flicks and a brief explanation of why they chose the ones they did. Hit the jump to check out their lists and be sure to use the comments section to share your own most anticipated films.

The first trailer for The Muppets has gone online.  It takes a little while to get to the actual Muppets, but stick through the trailer for the first 50 seconds and you’ll get there.  This is really more of an announcement trailer, and I’m not sure what will set this Muppets movie apart, but creating a trailer that basically goes “Surprise!  Muppets!” isn’t a bad way to start.  I’m slightly confused by the set-up of a fake Jason Segel/Amy Adams romance flick called Green with Envy, but I’ll go with it for now.

Hit the jump to check out the trailer for The Muppets and the poster for Green with Envy.  The Muppets also stars Chris Cooper, Rashida Jones, and a slew of celebrity cameos.  The film opens November 23rd.