Movies I am excited about:
The Mist – Frank Darabont adapting another Stephen King tale. One of my favorites and another of my lost pet projects.
American Gangster – Ridley Scott directing Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. My how far they’ve come from Virtuosity.
Lions for Lambs – Robert Redford directing an indictment of the War in Iraq with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep along for the ride.
No Country for Old Men – The Coen Brothers returning to form after two lackluster entries (Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers) and working from the book by Cormac McCarthy. Plus, Javier Bardim as the ultimate badass. I read the book a few weeks ago and can see how the Coen’s would be interested. I think the narrative kind of peters out at the end but I trust them and it has gotten rave reviews.
Margot at the Wedding – Great cast in this one. Noah Baumbach, you had me at hello.
I’m Not There – Todd Haynes is an interesting director and while I might not like everything he does, he is out there trying things and telling stories that no one else is attempting. This one has Cate Blanchett as one of the many incarnations of Bob Dylan in a retelling of his life. The trailer was amazing.
Lust, Caution - Ang Lee could film Tony Leung reading from a phone book and I would find it engaging. They’re both that good at what they do. Plus, you know, nudity. This one is a divider and will probably not play that many theaters because of the NC-17 rating but any new Lee film is worth a look.
There Will Be Blood – Paul Thomas Anderson directing a period piece starring Daniel Day Lewis as a despicable man and a town overrun by oil-boom greed. Working from a source story by Upton Sinclair you know that this is going to be bleak and unflinching and it’s a different kind of film for PTA. The trailer is intriguing and, once again, Lewis is getting Oscar buzz.
7 Comments
October 17, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Agreed on all counts.
October 17, 2007 at 12:19 pm
And might I add:
The Darjeeling Limited
and
Wristcutters: A Love Story
and
that Sigur Ros movie
October 17, 2007 at 5:39 pm
Who’s in “The Mist?”
October 18, 2007 at 8:29 am
Thomas Jane
Frances Sternhagen
Andre Braugher
Marcia Gay Harden
Bill Sadler
Oh and I added another one up there that is starting to get rave reviews and is a must see.
October 18, 2007 at 2:59 pm
Wow, great cast and Stephen King. What else do you need?
DD Lewis always gets oscar buzz for almost every film he’s in. It does look like a rather serious outing though, especially if it’s a Sinclair work. He wrote about the greed and mismanagement of most subjects he tackled. PTA is not afraid of branching out into different genres apparently. The sign of a good/great director.
October 18, 2007 at 5:32 pm
Another good thing about There Will Be Blood: Score provided by Jonny Greenwood of Radiohead.
October 18, 2007 at 8:53 pm
OK – where in the heck do you find time to read purely for pleasure??!! Seriously, that’s a great lineup of films. I didn’t realize Redford was director on Lions for Lambs. Saw the trailer the other day …looks intense.