SUMMER is the season of the Hollywood blockbuster, the time of year when even the duds open to $30 million–or more. To the movie honchos, summer is a sure thing. And it shows.

Where summer used to be “Jaws” and “Maverick” and “Apollo 13,” it has turned into “Godzilla” and “Independence Day” and “Wild Wild West.” The studios know that they don’t have to make good movies in order to make money during the summer. Which makes this season something of a minor miracle: It’s only June 21 (the first day of summer), and we have already seen two wonderful movies released (“About a Boy” and “Undercover Brother”). Now we have a third.