"This will mean that we are able to offer a whole range of further facilities to house television production, international feature films and multimedia businesses by the spring of 2007, " he said.

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In looking at trends in the top 10, six films opened in North America in the late spring through summer window, which Hollywood views as its summer period.

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And even though the calendar still says spring, one summer outdoor movie series is officially underway, spotlighting independent films at unlikely sites across the city.

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Romantic comedies and other genre films that premiere at the festival could be released as early as this spring, but most movies with Oscar ambitions probably won't make it to theaters until the fall of 2012, when the lead-up to nominations begins.

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If you want to renew your faith in movies, you must remember this: Fall is spring, a time of hope and blossoming when the poundingly ponderous productions of summer give way to films that might actually lift our spirits while engaging our attention.

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