Eastern Promises
(because it’s David freaking Cronenberg and features a nude action scene)
Harold and Kumar 2
(because it involves an Asian that doesn’t know kung fu)
Control
(because it’s Joy Division)
Fred Claus
(because it’s a Christmas movie and it has Vince Vaugn and Paul Giamatti, even though the movie will suck overall)
I’m Not There
(because it’s Todd Haynes, it’s Bob Dylan and it looks freaking awesome. Except for maybe Richard Gere but I’m happy to be proven wrong)
Youth Without Youth
(because it might just be the Francis Ford Coppola comeback)
Be Kind Rewind
(because it’s Michel freaking Gondry)
No Country for Old Men
(because I’ve heard good things ’round the traps even if I’m not the biggest Coen Brothers fan. I’m a sheep)
Bee Movie
(because of the Seinfeld factor)
Beowulf
(because I want to be creeped out by the re-animated corpse vibe of motion capture)
Walk Hard
(because I’ll see anything Judd Apatow produces)
Iron Man
(because Jon Favreau earned plenty of good will for writing Swingers)
The Dark Knight
(just because)
My Blueberry Nights
(because it’s Wong Kar-wai. Might be a gamble)
There Will Be Blood
(because it’s freaking Paul Thomas Anderson and the soundtrack features Radiohead guitarist Johnny Greenwood)
The Golden Compass
(because I have a masochistic desire to watch the director of American Pie fuck up one of my favourite fantasy books)
The Golden Age
(because despite middling reviews, I like to see Blanchett do her thing)
Redacted
(because it’s controversial™!)
Wall-E
(because it’s freaking Pixar and intriguing in that it’s supposed to be mostly free of dialogue)
The Darjeeling Limited
(because it’s Wes freaking Anderson)
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
(because of amazing word of mouth and music by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis)
Get Smart
(just because)
Margot at the Wedding
(because of Noah Baumbach directing and Jennifer Jason Leigh)
Jumper
(because Doug Liman also earned plenty of good will for Swingers and looks like an enjoyable popcorn flick with a cast that is hot if not bursting with talent)
3 responses so far ↓
gil // March 25, 2008 at 5:18 am
There Will Be Blood for director and soundtrack, sure, but not for Daniel Day-Lewis? As Scooby would say, aroo?
hellojason // March 30, 2008 at 2:00 pm
The Dark Knight: Becuase of Heath perhaps? I heard on the grape vine that he may get nomminated for an ocsar. oooOOOooo.
Brad // March 31, 2008 at 4:49 am
There’s a good post on Defamer about how they are dealing with the Heath ghost hanging over The Dark Knight: http://defamer.com/373699/ledger-apparently-would-have-wanted-it-this-way-as-posthumous-joker-hype-grows
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