Gravity
Although the trailer is incredible the most exciting thing about this movie for me is that it's directed by Alfonso Cuaron who was the genius who gave us Children of Men. Stars Sandra Bullock and Mr Clooney. Definitely one for the cinema methinks to help drown in the infinite of space.
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12 Years A Slave
Steve McQueen's next directorial installment! I have really enjoyed his raw and simplistic style in his previous movies 'Hunger' and 'Shame' and can only assume he will continue this quality here. Absolutely massive cast - Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, Paul Giamatti and Chiwetel Ejiofor (Children of Men), plus more. This will be a huge Oscar contender.
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The Counselor
Brad Pitt and Michael Fassbender are together again in this one backed up by Cameron Diaz and Penelope Cruz. Directed by our main man Ridley Scott I think this will prove to be a great ride - has he ever done a bad film?
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All is Lost
I have to admit I'm a sucker for survival stuff. Loved movies like 'Survive the Savage Sea', Castaway, 'Lord of the Flies' and so on. 'All is Lost' looks to be another I can add to this list. Headed by Robert Redford who is actually the only actor credited in the entire movie. The success of it will obviously be based on his performance but I think it's in fairly safe hands.
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Out of the Furnace
Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana, Sam Sheppard directed by Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart).... no point saying any more! Looks incredible.
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Grown Ups 2
The first was so refreshing after the crap Sandler had been putting out. I love the guy and his style of comedy which produced a number of all time classics so it was great to add another one to that list. I think all of the guys just meshed really well and the result was some genuinely funny moments. The scene that comes to mind is when they are taking it in turns perving on the girls.. "Switch"... and "Switch"...
Anyway I'm sure we will get a bit more of that in the second!
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Captain Phillips
Any movie with Tom Hanks is a must to watch in my book. This one follows the story of an American cargo boat hijacked by Somali pirates. Directed by Paul Greengrass who is probably most famous for the Bourne movies. He's a bit of shaky cam man so hopefully doesn't go too over the top in this one.
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The Wolf of Wall Street
Sir Leo stars in this true story directed by the one and only Martin Scorsese. Obviously Scorsese has a massive man-crush on Leo as this is his 5th(??) movie with him. Normally Wall Street would bore the pants off me but with these two gentlemen I think we can say it's going to be decent.
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Delivery Man
Good ole Vince Vaughn always cracks me up with his unique dry style. Love the description for this movie - "An affable underachiever finds out he's fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago. Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity."
How can that not be good?
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Escape from Tomorrow
This movie looks like a complete trip out. Filmed on location (without permission) in Disneyworld and Disneyland - "In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday."
Looks like a first attempt for writer and director Randy Moore (sounds like a fake name!) this one could go either way methinks. I will enjoy the setting though bringing back good memories of the happiest place on Earth!
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Rush
Above we have had movies from Scott, Cuaron, Scorsese, Mcqueen ... and now we get another great- Ron Howard. I don't know much about F1, nor have much interest in watching the actual races, but this movie looks fantastic. Chris Hemsworth is the biggest name in the cast but I also notice it has Olivia Wilde whom I was recently impressed with in "Drinking Buddies"
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Insidious: Chapter 2
Absolutely loved the first one so can't wait for the second installment. Same director as the first - James Wan - who also directed Saw and more recently The Conjuring amongst others. Most of the original cast looks the same too so with any luck we get similar quality to the first.
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If I've missed any good ones please post in the comments so I can check them out!
Awesome post Holmsey, sums up so many of the film's I'm excited to see and a couple that I wasn't even aware were coming out so soon! Seems like a good year for movies. The reports of Gravity from Telluride Festival are getting me way too excited...
ReplyDeleteI just saw Rush ... wow! Absoluely loved it. I think it might go on to be a best movie winner actually, it was that good. The acting by the two leads is simply perfect, the screenplay is brilliant, the actual events the story is based on are deep, interesting and captivating and it ticks pretty much every other box too. The action driving sequences are awesome too, so exciting and sit on the edge of your seat. If you know nothing about this era of racing you will enjoy it, but as I went with a mate who is a fanatic it was even better learning about all the side characters more in depth. Something for everyone.
ReplyDeleteGo and see it in a cinema though!