The weather outside may not reflect it just yet, but when it comes to movie season, spring has sprung.

The season kicked off this month with an above-average heist caper in “The Bank Job” and a special effects showcase in “10,000 B.C.” Not to mention Disney’s G-rated “College Road Trip,” which tried to pass off random, non-attributed phrases as critical raves in its commercial. Night & Day doesn’t fall for such tricks.

And so, as the forgettable films of January and February melt from our minds, Night & Day takes a look at the season — both good and bad — before another inevitable blockbuster summer.

March 14

• “Horton Hears a Who” — Another big screen Dr. Seuss adaptation, this one a computer-animated film starring Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in the tale of an elephant who discovers a microscopic community on a speck of dust. Hopefully, this film does the good doctor right and doesn’t become a debacle like the Mike Myers movie version of “The Cat in the Hat.”

• “Funny Games” — Director Michael Haneke remakes his own film for English audiences 10 years after the original. A horror film which aims to both shock and provide some sort of commentary on violence; not an easy balancing act.

• “Never Back Down” — Who is the audience here? It’s about high school kids and an underground fight club, which may appeal to teenage boys, but in previews, the film looks far too sanitized (and PG-13) to excite any self-respecting, testosterone-filled teen.

March 21

• “Drillbit Taylor” — Owen Wilson’s back on the silver screen as a cheap bodyguard working for a few kids. The good: Wilson is usually pretty funny, and the screenplay was co-written by Seth Rogen, star of “Knocked Up” and co-writer of “Superbad.” The bad: The trailer just isn’t funny. And if they can’t find any good bits to put in the preview ...

March 28

• “21” — Based on a true story about a group of MIT students who became card-counting mavens and hit it big in Las Vegas. And look, there’s Kevin Spacey. He hasn’t been too busy lately. Could appeal to the same card-loving crowd that dug “Rounders.”

• “Stop-Loss” — An movie about a soldier who comes home from Iraq and is then ordered back to war. The premise is promising, but the words “an MTV Films production” and “starring Ryan Phillippe” cause expectations to crash pretty quickly.

• “Superhero Movie”— Hey, another idiotic spoof movie, this one lampooning superhero films (duh). Just what the world needed. Follows the unfortunate success of “Meet the Spartans.”

April 4

• “Leatherheads” — An old-time football comedy starring George Clooney, Renee Zellweger and John Krasinski, better known as Jim Halpert from “The Office.” The trailer is less than inspiring, but the cast is talented, so who knows?

April 18

• “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” — Written by Jason Segel from CBS’ “How I Met Your Mother” and formerly of the transcendent “Freaks and Geeks,” “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” is a comedy starring Segel as a guy who takes a trip to Hawaii to forget about his famous ex-girlfriend (Kristen Bell of “Veronica Mars”). Turns out his ex shows up at the same resort with her new boyfriend. Also featuring Jonah Hill of “Superbad.” Hilarity may ensue.

April 25

• “Baby Mama” — Tina Fey stars as an infertile woman who finds an unlikely surrogate mother in Amy Poehler. Fey and Poehler are both funny, and the trailer is a winner.

• “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay” — The title speaks for itself on this one.

May 2

• “Iron Man” — What’s one way to distinguish yet another comic book hero film from its brethren? Cast the great Robert Downey Jr. as the star.

May 9

• “Speed Racer” — The Wachowski Brothers bring their touch to this live-action adaptation of the 1960s Japanese cartoon. In the trailer, the film looks vibrant, futuristic and surprisingly serious. It could be a cult classic or a complete mess.

May 16

• “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian” — The next installment of “The Chronicles of Narnia,” following 2005’s “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” If “Iron Man” doesn’t do the trick, this will be the first surefire blockbuster of the year.

May 22

• “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” — The whip is back, baby. Some were surprised that Harrison Ford would come back for another round as Indy, but have you seen his recent filmography? He hasn’t been making many movies lately, and his choices have been lackluster. The real question is, why haven’t we been getting Indiana Jones movies all this time? We could be on the 10th Indiana Jones adventure by now. And that would sure beat “Hollywood Homicide” and “Firewall.”

Contact reporter Phil Dzikiyat 693-1000, ext. 114.