Friday, February 20, 2009

Looking to 2009

Apologies for a lack of reviews. I was holding off on re-starting them until 2009 releases hit the pipeline and have had no desire to see any of the dreck that is being released now (Gomorrah hasn't hit CT yet).

Still, with the Oscars only a few days away, here is The Playlist's look at 2009. Films I'm looking forward to?

Public Enemies (Mann)
Ashecliffe (Shutter Island) (Scorsese)
The Human Factor (Eastwood)
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Anderson)
Adventureland (Mottola)
The Road (Hillcoat)
The Tree of Life (Malick)
Inglourious Basterds (Tarantino)
Funny People (Apatow)
Where the Wild Things Are (Jonze)
The Hurt Locker (Bigelow)
Green Zone (Greengrass)
The Informant (Soderbergh)
Taking Woodstock (Lee)
Watchmen (Snyder)
Avatar (Cameron)
500 Days of Summer (Webb)
Star Trek (Abrams)

Thats just a sampling. Of those, Public Enemies is about as excited for a film that I get. A recent test screening brought some positive buzz which is hopeful but from an ardent admirer of Miami Vice, Mann's follow up should be worth the price of admission.

What are you looking forward to?

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