Fall Movie Releases - 9/25/09

Surrogates

In the future, Bruce Willis creates a way for people to experience life safely through robots that go out into the world and indulge. But when one of these "surrogates" is murdered, he has to figure out what happened. The super-hot Rosamund Pike co-stars and director Jonathan Mostow (Terminator 3, Breakdown) does action better than most.


Boys are Back

Looks uncomfortably sentimental and director Scott Hicks (Shine) has really crapped it up since his Oscar nomination. But the story of a widowed father taking care of 2 boys hits awfully close to home and Clive Owen's presence always piques my interest. It's based on a British journalist and his permissive parenting techniques. Owen is getting some Oscar buzz for this.

Pandorum

Two men (Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster) find themselves stranded on an abandoned spaceship with amnesia. They have to figure out what their mission was and probably save the human race in the process. These futuristic outer space existential movies (Solaris, Sunshine) are right up my alley. Foster has been surprisingly absent after his memorable turn in 3:10 to Yuma.


Capitalism: A Love Story

If you're not let into the movie for free, then Michael Moore is a hypocrite. In fact, you should be paid to see this movie, like the hospitals pay the patients money to visit them in the UK (as shown in Sicko).

Coco Before Chanel

Audrey Tautou is a blog favorite, but I'm not sure the biography of a 19th century fashionista (who appears to wear clothes that even cover her ankles and wrists) will have anyone creating 2 hours in their schedule. Pass.

Fame

A remake that no one asked for, featuring a bunch of pathetic, desperate kids who gotta sing and dance. I never understood or liked the 80s version, but at least that ubiquitous Irene Cara song wasn't a travesty. A bunch of unknowns fill the roles. Huge pass.