Trailer Trash-Across the Hall

Um…I sure hope there is a huge twist…otherwise this trailer is really just a 2:30 movie…I’m very confused by all of this…?

In the Dark – Where the Wild Things Are

Genre: Childrens, kinda, comedy, sort of, fantasy, sure, drama, I guess

Tagline: There’s one in all of us

Ebert gave it: 3 stars

Based on the beloved (and award winning) children’s book by Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things enters into the imagination. The plotline stays close to the book – Max has a fight with his mother and escapes to his imaginary land filled with  lots of things to do and things to see. However, there wouldn’t be much of a movie if the script followed the 30-something page, less than 10 sentence book. Instead Spike Jonze picks a few of these pages and dives right in (kind of like that Friends episode where Joey tries to jump in the map to navigate through London). Jonze develops an entire plot line from between pages and lines…a plot that maybe we thought up while we were kids reading the book ourselves.

In the Dark – New York, I love you

Genre:  Romance, Comedy, a little bit of everything

Tagline: Every moment…love begins

Ebert gave it: 3 stars

New York, I Love You is part of an ongoing project and the follow-up film to Paris, Je T’aime. Multiple directors get about 8 minutes to tell a story about love in New York.  I believe there are 10 segments in this movie. The nice thing about shorts is that if one story isn’t to your liking, chances are another one will come around that is. This movie hits different neighborhoods and different types of people in New York.

Details, details

I mentioned a few days ago that I was excited for the up and coming movie season because this is when the real movies come out and play. Well, you may be wondering what I’m excited to see exactly (or you’re thinking, hmm…how did I get to this blog…?) Here is a list, linked to their trailers, of the movies I’m most excited to see. All in one post.

The Men Who Stared at Goats – Clooney could have a great start to the Oscar season with this quirky film, followed by a less lighthearted, but still witty  Up in the Air

I wasn’t excited for Precious until I saw the trailer this weekend. I’m not a huge fan of Oprah (I know, strike me dead) or Tyler Perry (or the fact that he inserts his name into almost every title of the films he makes). This movie actually looks…decent. I’ll admit, I’m only going to see it because it has already gotten Oscar buzz…but that doesn’t mean I won’t like it.

Because I’m a fan of documentaries and used to be a ballerina before a knee injury ended my career (or the fact that I enjoy ice cream far too much and can’t do a double pirouette en pointe) I am excited to see La Danse. This looks like a real life documentation of The Company – a nice movie about a dance company. I really do enjoy dipping my toes into someone else’s life for a mere 2 hours.

An Education looks to be a beautiful, cinematic masterpiece. Plus, there’s some new blood in the acting pool and those sharks named Oscar may come for a bite of their own.

As a fan of everything Scorcese and DiCaprio (though, not always together…) Shutter Island looks interesting to say the least. However, I can totally see this film falling way short…sometimes too many twists isn’t a good thing. But, if anyone can pull it off Tarantino can…but this isn’t his film so we’ll just have to see what happens.

I’ve already mentioned The Messengers, but I am so excited for this movie. With the relevant, army theme and stellar cast we have a hit on our hands.

After Chicago was adapted flawlessly and awarded accordingly I’m not sure how Rob Marshall could fall short with Nine. If I had to pick one movie to see before the end of the year, if I only had $10 to spend at the cinema, this would be the movie I would go see. Hands. Down. Daniel Day Lewis, musical, say no more.

Finally, no movie season is complete without a football movie, The Blind Side will move anyone into watching a sports flick. Sandra Bullock is stepping out of her normal shoes and trying something new on for size. Plus, I recently found out that this story isn’t an uplifting plot from the past, Michael Oher is a year younger than I am and was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the 2009 NFL draft. See, good things still happen in the modern day!

Got something you are dying to see? Let me know…maybe I’ll add it to my list.

Happy Viewing!

Tis the Season

Get excited people, we are entering my favorite season of the year…and it has absolutely nothing to do with turkeys, santas, presents or family (though I like them just fine)-we are entering Oscar season! Finally the good movies are going to start hitting theatres! And I’ll have something to actually write about…no more fluff!! It looks like Sundance was a success so let’s hope some of these movies get a slot in the Academy Awards. However, I’m not a fan of this new 8 or 10 or whatever Best Picture nominations…what is this, no movie gets left behind?? “l” to the ame.