The "official" start of summer -- two weeks' worth of upper-90 degree temps notwithstanding -- isn't until this Sunday. For Hollywood however, the summer blockbuster season kicked off in May with the release of Wolverine.In the ensuing month-and-a-half, we've had some box office successes (Star Trek, Night at the Museum 2, Up), some disappointments (Terminator: Salvation, Angels & Demons, Land of the Lost), and one surprise hit (The Hangover). And there are still over two months and a dozen
Well, the long-awaited wedding episode of The Office, "Niagara," has come and gone, and it was one of the strongest episodes to date. There were plenty of vintage awkward moments, sexual shenanigans, thwarted ambitions, broken hearts, and the same small underlying sweetness that's been there all along. It was faux-cheesy and genuinely heartfelt all at once, and stretched to an hour, full of great character moments only possible when a show has come this far.
The cold open was intentiona