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Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) logoTime Warner Inc. (NYSE: TWX) is seeing its shares being reiterated with an Overweight rating at Thomas Weisel, and the brokerage firm has a $24.00 price target on the stock.

One of the winning issues was the success of the latest Harry Potter film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix that could help the media giant beat earnings estimates. The note also lists positive home video sales as a catalyst that could lift earnings.

Thomas Weisel's analyst Gordon Hodge also notes the likelihood that over the next 18 months the media conglomerate may spin off its cable, AOL, or even publishing units. Does this sound familiar or what? I wrote about both scenarios numerous times, mentioning the possible stake sale in cable, and how AOL can become its own tracking stock as well.

Last week Time Warner was started with a Neutral rating at Credit Suisse. There is obviously a lot of value that can be unlocked, and it seems analyst are slowly getting around the "unlocking value" story.

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Last year I previewed the big-budget summer movies, giving you a look at ten interesting films that were on the docket for the summer of 2006. This year I'm back with an even longer list (bloated like these films' budgets) of 15 movies you may want to escape to -- or possibly run screaming from.

Of these fifteen movies, Spiderman 3 and ten others are sequels, which in itself indicates something about the state of the industry (And I didn't even include Rush Hour 3 in this list, because, honestly, who wants to see that?). Two of the remaining four movies, Transformers and The Simpsons, are based on animated television shows, leaving only two original ideas in the whole lot -- Knocked Up and Ratatouille. Please, don't shoot the messenger.

Anyway, here is the list, chronologically, of the movies that Hollywood's brain-trust believes you will shell out your cash to see in the air-conditioned darkness of your local movie-house, along with my opinion of how they'll fare. The first on the list, Spider-Man 3, is already out in Asia, but will not be released here until May. All release dates below are for the U.S.

5/04 - Spider-Man 3, Sony Corp's (NYSE: SNE) Sony Pictures
Being the first blockbuster of the summer almost guarantees a successful open, and the popularity of the franchise seals that guarantee. One problem, however, is that "success" measured by any normal means won't be enough, as this movie had an estimated budget of $258M.

5/11 - 28 Weeks Later, News Corp's (NYSE: NWS) 20th Century Fox
The highlight of the horror/zombie genre for the summer, this follows the surprise success of Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later, which reinvented the zombie film with faster zombies and smarter characters.

5/18 - Shrek the Third, Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) Paramount Pictures
One of the only cartoon franchises that has held its own against Pixar (Ice Age being the other), the draw of this fairytale romp is that while kids love the story, there are enough winks at the adult audience to make parents happy to take them.

5/25 - Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS)
Money in the bank for Disney, and since it was shot simultaneous with the second Pirates installment, it wasn't even as expensive to make as this summer's other budget hog, Spider-Man 3.

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