There are millions of films that have been released over the past few decades that I really wanted to see but haven’t yet had the opportunity. By millions, I mean hundreds. So it’s going to be quite awhile before I start completely salivating at the prospect of new film releases. For now, I shall restrict the excitement levels to mild frothing.
Film: W
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss
Synopsis: Supposedly, it chronicles the series of incidents that led George W Bush to the bottom of the bottle and consequently into the limelight as the President.
Why I Care: I felt sympathetic towards a pedophile in Woodsman; I can’t wait to see if I even have an ounce of it for Dubya.
Film: House
Director: Robby Henson
Cast: Michael Madsen, Leslie Easterbrook, Allana Bale
Synopsis: Two stranded couples. Three expected survivors. One crazy-ass Alabama psycho.
Why I Care: In the trailer, the psycho claims to have “killed God after he let Him into his house”…verbal viral marketing? Nice.
Film: Synecdoche, New York
Director: Charlie Kaufman
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Synopsis: Hoffman plays a director neither at the apex of his career nor his marital life, who now embarks on his theatrical masterpiece – a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse.
Why I Care: Two reasons. Hoffman and Kaufman.
Film: The Wrestler
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Michael Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood
Synopsis: Supposedly, a tale of an independent wrestler rising up the ranks to face his nemesis.
Why I Care: Aronofsky’s return to Indie films, and Mickey playing a wrestler? I am going to end up watching this film at least six times.
Film: Saibogujiman Kwenchana (I’m A Cyborg, But That’s OK)
Director: Chan-Wook Park
Cast: Su-Jeong Lim, Rain, Dal-Su Oh
Synopsis: IMDB says, “A girl who thinks she is a combat Cyborg checks into a mental hospital, where she encounters other psychotics,” and falls for a man who thinks he can steal people’s souls.”
Why I Care: Didn’t you read the synopsis? Also, Park is the twisted mind behind Oldboy and Sympathy For Lady Vengeance.
Odd Fellows Rest 