Entertainment Guide: Fall Movie Previews

Continuing with my entertainment guide theme, I now turn my eyes toward the future theatrical releases. I was tempted to go all the way through December, but opted to only do the Fall season (Sept and Oct). Mostly because between Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years, movie studios generally try to throw some heavy hitters in there...and that means a post all it's own. That's right stay tuned for the Holiday Movie Preview (likely to come sometime at the start of November). Here are the movies to be released in the near future that I think warrant a closer look, and maybe even a theater viewing. In chronological order...

September 12th - Righteous Kill
DeNiro and Pacino are partner detectives closing in on retirement. When a series vigilante murders begin, eerily similar to a case they worked years ago, they must find out if a copycat is out there, or if they were wrong the first time. Sounds interesting and could be an excellent cat-and-mouse type of cop movie.

September 26th - Eagle Eye
Shia LeBeouf and Michelle Monaghan star in this thriller. A mysterious person/group frames and then controls Shia LeBeouf's character. The trailer doesn't give too much away aside from that. Could be a solid, edge of your seat thrill ride.

October 3rd - Appaloosa
A Western starring Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris as law for hire partners. When the town of Appaloosa looses all sense of order, Mortensen and Harris are brought in to restore it. The trailer had some great lines, and definitely pushed this movie up the list. My reservation was a line about a love interest in Zelleweger causing Mortensen and Harris to distrust each other...boo to stupid love triangles. Hopefully it's not enough to make the movie suck.

October 10th - The Express
Dennis Quaid stars in this feel-good sports movie about the first African American to win the Heisman in college football. I imagine this will feel a lot like Remember the Titans and Glory Road, but that's not a bad thing.

October 10th - Body of Lies
Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio star in this thriller. DiCaprio is a field agent for a US intelligence group (likely the CIA) and Crowe a higher ranking desk agent (plans the missions). Crowe appears to be the bad guy, and it becomes a cat-and-mouse game with Dicaprio. Potential to be very gripping and suspenseful.

October 10th - Quarantine
A Cloverfield style (ie handheld camera) film about a building that gets quarantined after an infectious outbreak of some kind. A reporter doing a night with the Fire Dept. piece goes along on the call. Then all hell breaks loose. Has a bit of a zombie movie look to it. Could be great...or could really suck. The biggest problem is knowing how it ends.

October 24th - Pride and Glory
Another cop movie, but this time more similar in appearance to We Own the Night. Two brothers (Norton and Farrell) are both cops, but when an investigation turns one of them up as being a dirty cop, it puts the family at odds. Norton typically gives strong performances and the set-up is intriguing enough.

October 24th - Saw V
The now perennial horror franchise returns. I'm guessing there are evil traps, dead bodies, and an attempt at a surprise ending. Saw I and II were good, III and IV struggled...here's hoping V gets back to where they started. Plus, this is a disturbing movie poster of somebody else wearing Jigsaw's face.

October 31 - RocknRolla
A Guy Ritchie film that promises to return to his cool movies (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch). Here's a review of the film, as it has been released in the UK already. From the review, it sounds like this will be a really enjoyable movie. Gerard Butler and Tom Wilkinson star.

There you have it. A series of movies to keep you eyes open for in the coming months. I might make it to the theaters to see a couple of these, but most will probably wait for DVD for my viewing.

Until next time...stay frosty