2007 was not a very good year for films. It was a year of just too many painful-to-watch threequels like Spiderman 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3, Shrek 3 and Ocean’s 13- with only the 3rd Bourne film, The Bourne Ultimatum being the lone exception. Die Hard 4.0 was fab but it’s not a threequel as you can tell. Saying that, 2008 looks promising to me already and to show you why, please check out what I am most looking forward to see in cinema this year:
January:
- Revolutionary Road – Di Caprio and Winslet reunited
- Sweeney Todd- A singing Johnny Depp in another Tim Burton collaboration. It’s also a Sondheim.
- Charlie Wilson’s War- Hanks. Roberts. Hoffman. Do I really need to say more?
- No Country for Old Men- Be curious as to the greatness of this film from what I have been hearing.
- The Good Night – Richard’s blurb of this film just got my interest piqued it being written by Gwyneth Paltrow’s brother
February:
- Cloverfield – Everybody else will be seeing this so I might as well join them too!
- Juno- Again, to satisfy a curiousity as to why it’s getting good reviews
- Jumper – It’s Hayden Christensen for goodness’ sake!
- There Will be Blood- Daniel Day-Lewis. Period.
- Be Kind Rewind- I’ll see anything with Jack Black in it.
- The 11th Hour
- Rambo- To atone for having missed last year’s Rocky Balboa
- The Other Boleyn Girl- I am so into English history and period films and although I kinda not approve with the casting (save for Bana) even if it’s going to be a stinker, I have already seen worst.
March:
- Vantage Point – A very promising acting ensemble surrounding an American president’s assasination.
- Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day- Frances McDormand and Ciaran Hinds in a mature period rom-com with the delightful Amy Adams!
April:
- The Escapist
- Persepolis
May:
- Iron Man- Robert Downey as Iron Man and directed by Jon Favreau
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull- If you are seriously not even a tad interested to see a 4th Indy, then I really dont know what to tell you. No trolling here please!
- The Escapist- Damian Lewis and Joseph Fiennes. Eye candy galore!
- Made of Honor- Patrick Dempsey as a lovelorn male best friend? I’m in!
June:
- The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian- Having read all the books it’s just fitting I look forward to this, I hope it will be fantastic!
- The Happening- Anything by M. Night Shyamalan is a happening. No pun intended.
- The Incredible Hulk- Come on, it’s Edward Norton baby!
July:
- Hancock- Will Smith, you’re my hero!
- Mamma Mia!- Streep with gorgeous hunks like Brosnan, Firth and Skarsgård and oodles of campy ABBA music! It’s going to be a party!
- Wall-E- I am seriously enthralled with this robot! I think Pixar will do it again!
- The Dark Knight- Let me be proven wrong about my initial thoughts on the casting of Ledger as the Joker. You may cast the first stone.
August:
- Tropic Thunder- Tom Cruise in a Ben Stiller comedy? Are you having a laugh? Let’s!
- X Files 2- I still believe that it’s out there, Mulder and Scully.
- The Mummy 3: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor- Brendan Fraser can still do this even without Rachel Weisz, as long as John Hannah is still around
September:
- How to Lose Friends and Alienate People – Yes, it’s our Simon Pegg!
November:
- Bond 22 – Daniel Craig. You know his name. Bond, James Bond.
For a background info on these films, please check out Filmstalker’s Part 1 list here: http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2007/12/films_to_stalk_in_2008_part_on.html
Other films I am looking forward to see but not so sure about their UK release date are the ff:
- 88 Minutes – It’s starring my inamorata Al Pacino.
- Angels & Demons - Because it has a much better plot than the Da Vinci Code.
- Australia- Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman in a Baz Luhrrman epic.
- Body of Lies- Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe reunited again this time with DiCaprio and the talented Carice Van Houten
- Frost/Nixon- Having missed this much talked and critically acclaimed production at the West End, it would be great to see it at last. With Langella and Sheen reprising their roles.
- Righteous Kill- Pacino & De Niro reunited
- State of Play- Pitt’s loss is Crowe’s gain with a stellar cast including Dame Helen Mirren and Rachel McAdams
- Stone of Destiny- It’s about bonnie Scotland lassies/laddies!
- Synecdoche, New York- Written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. That’s really all that you need to know.
- The Countess- I am a huge fan of Julie Delpy since Before Sunset and after seeing what she can do as a director in 2 Days in Paris, I’d love to see more of her work.
- The Time Traveler’s Wife- Rachel McAdams & Eric Bana is just WOW.
- Valkyrie- Tom Cruise as a German officer who plots to assassinate Hitler. With a brilliant cast including Kenneth Branagh.
- Vivaldi- Another all-star cast on the life of times of the great composer.
- Wanted – James McAvoy! Exclamation point!
Follow Filmstalker’s full list here: http://www.filmstalker.co.uk/archives/2008/01/films_to_stalk_in_2008_part_2.html#comments
So what do you think, have I totally lost it or what? What about you? What films are you looking forward to see this year?
