Movies to come hither

Instead of doing my History essay (on plagues, four days late) Ive decided to write a post about movies Im looking forward to in the coming months. Im not sure which months, but my sources, okay Google alerts, have a definite 2010 release net for me. I can work with that.

These aren't in any particular order, just, you know.

Inception, Dicaprio, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, Joseph Gordon Levitt and director Christopher Nolan? What kind of a person would miss this?! They've kept the story under wraps, only releasing the very barest of details: expect something a little warped with lots of trippy mind control stuff. The poster speaks for itself..

Armed with this brilliant cast, and a director like Nolan whose blue-black tinge have grown on me mighty fondly, I shall happily venture the cinema halls.

Next, we have Tomorrow: When the War Began. Don't roll your eyes, I really enjoyed the books. Not so pleasant surprise consider I'd previously not appreciated books about war or dystopic fiction. No, I think they may actually have done a decent job with the film. It was always one of those novels that could do well as a film - think of the hundreds of thousands of Australian school children grateful to the production company. Instead of reading the novel, they'll be renting the movie.

Jokes apart, Im not too sure on the cast, only face I recognise is the tall blondie whose dad's a football player and his main claim to fame is being the cute, religous boy from Home and Away. But still. The previews look pretty catastrophic, which frankly is what the book did - bring in destruction three chapters in and never look back.

Besides Ellie was a kick-ass character who grows throughout the novels.. on that note, I wonder if they'll actually adapt all seven (+later three) novels? Also, placing my money on cute-religous-blonde boy playing Homer or Kevin.. could go either way methinks..

Kris and I caught Iron Man II the other day, it was entertaining. I thought it was well done and more or less what Ive come to expect from superhero movies, funny, light and not requiring too much brainwork. Regardless, it was the previews that really caught my attention. There is an Austrian film (finally) coming out here, The White Ribbon.

Ive been looking forward to it since it win the Golden Palm at the Cannes film festival last year. It sounds brilliant and being shot in black-white, I'll feel all old school when I watch it. The plot isn't too cheerful, set in pre WWI German village, it follows the lives of a school teacher and children. When mysterious things begin to happen to the towns inhabitants they look toward the teacher.. I didn't read on but from what I gather it gets kookier.

Im looking forward to this one most of all.

There is also a remake of Nightmare on Elm Street; When in Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Dhumal; a remake of the wonderful British film Death at a Funeral - I hope they don't screw this one up. The fourth Shrek installment is coming, I remember early years of high school when the first one came out. Has it really been that long? Wow.

A new Karate Kid is also in the works, with Jackie Chan as Mr Miyagi? Hmm.. Predators, with an 's' so its the sequel to 1987's (?) Predator, but it stars Adrian Brody whom I haven't seen in a looong time, so. Motivation acheived. Beastly starring Neil Patrick Harris and Vanessa Hudgens, yes that shocked looked was my initial reaction as well. But still, NPH.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the world, a really dodgy film no doubt based on an even dodgier set of comic books, but one of the kids I sat for loved it and I was regularly regaled with tales of Scott Pilgrim, the 'coolest' guitarist in The World. Lol, young love. But Michael Cera is cast as Scott, it cannot be all bad.

Going the Distance, a Drew Barrymore film with Justin Long, of He's Just Not That Into You fame, and Christina Applegate, who I haven't seen nor heard of in years, constitutes a Wow.

Lisa Kudrow, (Pheobe from Friends) and Amanda Byrnes are bringing in Easy A, Rob Reiner's Flipped, based on a lovely book I read many moons ago and You Again that has a brilliant chick-esuq cast will help me get to the September months.