Up in the Air
Jason Reitman’s third film, Up in the Air, stars George Clooney. Normally I wouldn’t watch movies like this, but Reitman directed Thank you for Smoking, and seeing as that is one of my favourite films this is definitely worth a watch.
Released: 25/11/09 (Same date as Men Who Stare at Goats!)
The Road
The Road is an adaptation of The Road, written by Cormac McCarthy (No Country for Old Men) and starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron (who only appears in flashbacks) The story is a tale of father and son who are trying to make it to the coast, but getting into trouble with cannibals along the way in a post-apocalyptic America. The film is already receiving positive reviews. But more importantly Nick Cave and Warren Ellis supply the soundtrack for this movie, like they did for the Jesse James movie.
Released: 16/10/09
[skip the first 43 seconds of the trailer]
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Yet another adaptation, albeit this movie and book being a little less serious in tone as The Road. Directed by Wes Anderson, who has an all-star cast, including: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jarvis Cocker (soundtrack), Owen Wilson, William Dafoe and Bill Murray, at his disposal for the voicing of this animated movie. The trailer seems funny, I’ve seen it before I watched it again today and didn’t find it that funny, but it seems funny again – but there are quite a lot of good films on the same week, so hopefully it’ll fulfill two weeks at the cinema and then I can watch it then, as the 25th of November week has so many strong looking films coming out.
Released: 25/11/09
