I thought it might be fun to see what the buzz is for NEXT YEAR'S Oscar race. It really doesn't mean much since these might just as well be the worst of next year as easily as the best, but it's always fun to see just beyond the horizon.
LET ME IN- I'll start with this one since this is either my most anticipated upcoming release or my most dreaded. "Let Me In" is based on the great Norwegian Vampire movie, "Let the Right One In" discovered on this side of the pond by my buddy Charlie. Well, kinda. This is such a fresh and interesting take on the overdone Vampire genre that it will be almost impossible for an American remake not to screw it up. Ah well, hope springs eternal. Kodi Smit-McPhee from "The Road" stars.
INCEPTION- Here ya go Christopher Nolan fans. The director of "Momento" and "The Dark Knight" teams with Leonardo DiCaprio for a story about technology and dream invasion. It's an Imax thing. Can you hear that? It's the sound of money flowing.
HEREAFTER- Normally I'd be more excited about a Clint Eastwood movie but I saw "Invictus". This is a supernatural thriller about three people, interconnected by their recent association with death. Not the usual Eastwood turf, so maybe. Matt Damon and Bryce Dallas Howard star.
THE FIGHTER- Director David O. Russel hasn't done a film since "I Heart Huckabees". Based on a true story of 1980's boxer "Irish" Mickey Ward and his trainer/brother on the dark road to success. Stars Mark Wahlberg (who can't be worse than he was in The Lovely Bones), Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo.
BLUE VALENTINE- Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams star in a relationship movie that skips around the timeline of their love. Early festival buzz is that they are both terrific.
BLACK SWAN- Darren Aronofsky's last effort was "The Wrestler". His next takes place (where else?) in the world of Ballet. Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis are in their competition leg warmers as rivals on point in "Black Swan".
THE AMERICAN- It was just a matter of time before George Clooney played an assassin. Clooney's a hit man who wants to give up the game and finds himself in Italy on his last assignment in "The American".
GET LOW- Great notices at Toronto film festival for both Robert Duvall and Bill Murray. Duvall is a hermit in Tennessee who plans his own funeral celebration in "Get Low". It did get a delayed release date which usually indicates trouble. Still, Toronto said thumbs up.
TOY STORY III- Pixar. 'Nuff said.
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