SEPTEMBER
CONTAGION
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Lawrence Fishburne, Marion Cottilard
Contagion is full of Oscar winners and nominees. The movie is about an air-born virus that kills millions of people within weeks. This movie sold me when they cast Kate Winslet. I bow down. September 9
MONEYBALL
Director: Bennett Miller (Capote)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, and Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Based on the 2003 non-fiction book by Michael Lewis, Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane. Billy is the general manager of the Oakland Athletic's baseball team who takes an unconventional approach to gather a group of players to re-invent the team. Screenplay by Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin September 23
DREAM HOUSE
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
Just in time for Halloween, Dream House is another movie where a successful couple along with their two young daughters move into the perfect home. As it turns out, this home is not quite the picture perfect house they had their eyes one. While it sounds like a familiar premise, it must have twists and turns if these big powerhouses signed on. September 30
Other September ones to look for:
1. 50/50 (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Seth Rogen)
2. Drive (Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks)
OCTOBER
THE IDES OF MARCH
Director: George Clooney
Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Paul Giamatti, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
George Clooney stars as a democratic presidential nominee on the campaign trail. Ryan Gosling plays a media strategist working for Clooney's character. As the race heats up, secrets are revealed and moral compasses are put to the test. By the looks of the trailer, it appears to be a gritty, faced paced, and edge-of-your-seat political ride. October 7
THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas plays a plastic surgeon working on an artificial skin experiment while keeping a woman captive in his house. October 14
Also in October:
1. The Big Year (Jack Black, Steve Martin, Owen Wilson)
2. Footloose (Kenny Wormald, Julianne Hough, Dennis Quaid)
3. The Rum Diary (Johnny Depp)
NOVEMBER
J. EDGAR
Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts
Eastwood and DiCaprio team up with a script by Dustin Lance Black (Milk) in a biopic based on the life of J.Edgar Hoover. November 9
THE TWILIGHT SAGA- BREAKING DAWN:PART 1
Director: Bill Condon
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner
Based on the final novel in the Twilight Series, Bella and Edward get married and find out Bella is pregnant. November 18
THE MUPPETS
Director: James Bobin
Starring: Jason Segel, Amy Adam, The Muppets
All your favorite Muppets are back in in this new adventure with a screenplay co-written by Jason Segel. Gary (Segel) finds out the Muppet Theater is going to be destroyed by an oil tycoon (Chris Cooper). He reunites all the Muppets to try to save the theater. You can't help but smile when watching the trailer. November 23
HUGO
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jude Law, Chloe Grace-Moretz, Ben Kingsley
Martin Scorsese's first plunge into the 3D rage. Hugo is based on the children's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret". It feels like a very different approach for Scorsese compared to his gritty crime movies. November 23
Also in November:
1. Tink, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy)
2. The Descendants (Dir.Alexander Payne, George Clooney)
3. Melancholia (Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgard)
4. My Week with Marilyn (Michelle Williams, Julia Ormond)
DECEMBER
SHERLOCK HOLMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS
Director: Guy Ritchie
Starring: Robert Downey, Jr. Jude Law, Noomi Rapace
The follow-up to 2009 blockbuster. Holmes and Dr. Watson are back to come to the aid of a fortune teller from evil Professor Moriarity. December 16
THE IRON LADY
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent
Meryl Streep plays former British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher. December 16
THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
Director: David Fincher
Starring: Rooney Mara, Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, Christopher Plummer
Based on the immensely popular Stieg Larson novel, it is easily one of the most highly anticipated movies of the fall. David Fincher is an amazing director and will do the novel justice. By the trailer alone, you can tell this will be one kick-ass ride. December 21
THE ADVENTURES OF TIN TIN
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig
This first of two Spielberg movies this fall. Spielberg teamed up with Peter Jackson to bring this 3D and motion capture adaptation of Tintin to the big screen. December 23
WAR HORSE
Director: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Emily Watson, David Thewlis
Spielberg is back at his story-telling roots with War Horse. It's based on the same story as the current play showing in London and New York. It tells the story of a horse sold to the British Army in World War I, and the young boy that goes out to find and rescue it. December 28
CARNAGE
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: Jodi Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christoph Waltz
Roman Polanski brings the stage play "God of Carnage" to life with three Oscar winners and a fellow Oscar nominee. The story centers around two couples trying to be civil while discussing a playground incident between their children. Did I mention that Kate Winslet is in it?!?!?
Also in December:
1. Young Adult (Dir.Jason Reitman, Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson)
2. In the Land of Blood and Honey (Dir. Angelina Jolie)
3. We Bought a Zoo (Dir.Cameron Crowe, Matt Damon, Scarlett Johannson)
4. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Dir.Stephen Daltry, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock)
5. Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol (Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner)
I know what I am going to be doing this fall. I better set my calendar now. What are you looking forward this fall?
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