The Seeker: The Dark is Rising - The
Dark is Rising books are some of the most memorable of my childhood. I am VERY interested to see if the movie does them justice.
Things We Lost in the Fire - This looks like it could be a beautiful film. It seems to be saying a lot about grief. I'll probably be comparing it to
Reign Over Me, which I thought was one of the most meaningful films I've seen in a long time. We'll see how it stacks up...
Dedication - This one looks quirky. and good. and quirky. I like quirky.
Lust, Caution -
Ang Lee (
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
Sense and Sensibility,
Brokeback Mountain) is one of the directors whose films I will watch simply because he is involved in the project. While I don't always enjoy everything he does, he is brilliant and never fails to move me profoundly. One of my favorite aspects of his work is that his films are always beautiful. This one, set in WWII Shanghai, looks intriguing.
Beowulf -
Hmmm. I hope this one is better than
The 13th Warrior. It's hard for me to imagine Beowulf done well as a film. The poem is amazing, but I don't think it works as well in modern English -- much less as a movie! The Old English language is so moving, and the imagery is vivid. But, as a movie? We'll see.
The Darjeeling Limited - A Wes Anderson film about three brothers traveling across India. It's a Wes Anderson film. That's about all I need to say. Either you like them or you don't. I do. :-) (It also has Owen Wilson, Adrian Brody, and Jason
Schwartzman playing the brothers.
That'll be funny.) :-)
December Boys - I really want to see this one. (Not just because it's Dan Radcliffe
in a different character.) The story of four orphan boys who are longing for family, but also not wanting to be hurt by hope dashed. I want to know how this story goes.
3:10 to Yuma - This looks like a classic western. (And I mean that in a good way.) Christian Bale and Russell
Crowe. Don't think I need to say much more. :-)
Feast of Love - I don't know about this one.
A Midsummer Night's Dream is my least favorite of Shakespeare's popular plays, but the trailer intrigued me and I do love Greg
Kinnear.
Arctic Tale - Okay, this looks cute. I enjoyed the penguin movie and this one looks like a nice follow-up. (Hopefully, we won't have a glut of animated polar bear movies coming.)
The Spiderwick Chronicles - Another film based on a children's book. I haven't read this one, but the trailer looks pretty good. I love stories about a child who knows something that others don't believe (see in Lucy and Narnia.)
In the Shadow of the Moon - Sometimes, it's still a little hard for me to believe that we went to the moon. I mean, think about it. Slowly. Men walked on The Moon. In space. It's pretty amazing. I wish we had a goal like that now. I often feel like our national goal is, "Don't get blown up." I wish we had something to motivate us and excite our imaginations today like going to the moon.
Charlie Bartlett - I think Charlie Bartlett might be the Ferris
Bueller for today. We'll see.
Death at a Funeral - It's British humor. Always a little dark, but I do find it funny. Also - Wash is in it. I sort of like anything that has an actor from
Firefly. :-)
Hitman - I like the comic book feel of the trailer. If the movie is the same, count me in.
The Water Horse - This looks sweet. (and it's about the Loch
Ness creature.)
Gone Baby Gone - Casey
Affleck is one of those actors that I've been watching for a long time. He stood out in the first film I saw him in,
Good Will Hunting. Since then, he's played a variety of supporting roles, most notably in
Ocean's 11, 12, &
13. This could be his breakout role. Not to mention, it's his older brother Ben's first directing job.
The Jane Austen Book Club - Well, it's called The
Jane Austen Book Club. Of course I want to see it. Jane Austen (while more than a tad over done today) is my favorite author. She is... I'm not even sure I have words for how wonderful her books are. Elizabeth
Bennet is my favorite character. No, maybe Elinor
Dashwood is... Well, Emma
Woodhouse isn't. :-) Anyway - it's the Jane Austen Book Club. Nothing else needs be said. :-)
August Rush - This looks wonderful.
