EW Fall Movie Preview

FINALLY got to sit down with last week's EW, which happened to be one of my favorite yearly issues: the Fall Movie Preview.  So much to look forward to, let's see:

1. New Moon:  Because, yes, I am female, yes, I loved the story, and yes, these vampires and werewolves are hot.  So, maybe I am too old for this, and maybe the writing in the books left a lot to be desired.  And?  Maybe I'll forgo the midnight screening to avoid the prepubescent screeches of desire.  Yeah, good plan.
2. Coco Before Chanel  I have loved Audrey Tatou since Amelie.  Early overseas reviews hail this as one of her best performances yet.

3. Shutter Island  I have been in a love hate relationship with Martin Scorsese for the last decade.  I hated Bringing Out the Dead and The Gangs of New York, the latter being his first film with his now frequent collaborator, Leonardo Di Caprio.  I loved The Aviator and The Departed, both of course, starring Di Caprio.  Shutter Island is the latest from this duo and Di Caprio has been bringing his A game to every role I have seen him in since Catch Me if You Can, so if the trend continues, I should really enjoy this one as well.

4. New York, I Love You Paris, Je T'aime was all at once an endearing, heartbreaking, sweet, love letter to Paris.  New York, I Love You will follow the same pattern as its predecessor, featuring a series of five minute vignettes on love, in all its forms, with the city that never sleeps as its backdrop.  The film has a fantastic cast: Natalie Portman, Julie Christie, Chris Cooper, Andy Garcia, Shia La Boeuf, Ethan Hawke, Robin Wright Penn, Christina Ricci, Orlando Bloom, Justin Bartha, and Bradley Cooper, among others.

5. Whip It Drew Barrymore's directorial debut.  Ellen Page.  Roller Derbies.  How could I NOT want to see this?

6. The Box Trailer looks totally weird, but, well so did Donnie Darko, and look how that turned out.  Besides, I would watch James Marden read the phonebook.

7.The Lovely Bones  This is one of those instances that I had absolutely no inkling or desire to watch this film. It was not even on my radar. Until I saw the trailer.  I was completely enthralled by the stunnigly beautiful afterlife that Peter Jackson has created for his protaganist.  Even the image used on the film's webpage has left me wanting more.  And now, I can't wait.

8. Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie started with a stroke of sheer genius, taking the common expectation of who Holmes and Watson are, and turned it on its end, casting two most unexpected actors in the roles, Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law.  The film promises to be a gritty, raw interpretation of the literary classic.  I like it.
9. Avatar  I cannot possibly imagine how this film will ever live up to all the hype that James Cameron has built up around it.  I must say, the new trailer has left me vastly underwhelmed.  How it turns out shall remain to be seen.  Nevertheless, this is a film everyone will be talking about, and I want to be part of the conversation.