10. Taken 2 (dir. Oliver Megaton) - October 5th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpaT8NzkLgE
Some people never learn from their mistakes. After Liam Neeson kicked their asses, these idiots want revenge and kidnap his wife. I guess that Liam Neeson has to do it all over again, now. Also, the daughter (Maggie Grace) who was kidnapped in the first movie is also on the run, so we may get to see her body count, too. It'll struggle to get past the insane $145m that the first film made in January of 2009, but we can probably be sure that this movie is going to be totally awesome.
9. The Perks Of Being A Wallflower (dir. Stephen Chbosky) - September 21st (limited)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5rh7O4IDc0
Based on a popular book, this teen comedy shows the life of an introverted teen (Logan Lerman) finally managing to make some friends. (Emma Watson and Ezra Miller - in a much less creepy role than We Need To Talk About Kevin) I've always been a sucker for smaller-scale and teen comedies, so this could be a pretty great film if done right - that, and the cast looks pretty good. It also has some breakout potential, based on the fans of the novel wanting to see it.
8. Trouble With The Curve (dir. Robert Lorenz) - September 21st
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTHSqutzOcQ
As awesome as he is, Clint Eastwood has been a little off these past few years in the directors chair, but maybe Robert Lorenz, who worked with him for a while, can pull this off. After an aging baseball scout's eyes go bad, he brings his daughter (Amy Adams) on a scouting trip. The movie also stars Justin Timberlake & John Goodman, so it's a pretty solid cast. As something of a slight baseball fan, the story also looks pretty appealing. It has potential to be a good afternoon at the movies, if everything goes right, even if it probably won't pull a Moneyball on us.
7. Killing Them Softly (dir. Andrew Dominik) - October 19th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDyaNnrgdp4
Everything about this movie, from the trailer to the poster, looks slick and stylish. From the director of the well recieved Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford comes a new crime thriller involving the investigation of a heist crossed with the mob. I haven't seen it, but everything about this movie looks pretty great, and word from Cannes has definitely been positive. I'll have this on my radar for sure when it comes out. Plus, the cast is pretty great - Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, and Ray Liotta.
6. Cloud Atlas (dir. Larry & Lana Wachowski and Tom Twyker) - October 26th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWnAqFyaQ5s
An incredibly ambitious film from the Wachowskis, (The Matrix, Speed Racer) and Tom Twyker (Run Lola Run) Cloud Atlas looks to be a saga of humanity, interweaving several stories from the past, present, and future, each action with several consequences to be felt in the future. With a huge ensemble playing multiple roles - Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugo Weaving, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Keith David, and more - the scale is just huge for the film (which is 164 minutes long!) This film has huge potential to be either a fantastic examination of human kind, or a complete disastrous mess. Here's to hoping that it will be the former.
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