LOOPER
September 28th
This film was clearly made for me. It's a big budget, clever science-fiction story with a mind-bending plot and probably my two favourite actors in the whole of America. While Bruce Willis is hardly an Oscar-winner in the making, I can't help but find him an engaging and endearing screen presence, and as for Joseph Gordon-Levitt? Well, I've already spent enough time gushing praise upon him this morning for me to be up for doing it again. So, yeah: Looper. I can't wait. It's going to be great.
RUBY SPARKS
October 2nd [Actually it's out October 12th. Whoops.]
It's an odd little quirky romcom thing. I love those. Especially ones where I believe that the lead character could easily be me. This one has a bloke who's a good but a bit hopeless writer in the lead role, who begins writing about a character called Ruby Sparks who, somehow, comes to life. I saw the trailer screened before The Watch and instantly lost all interest in a film I'd had an eye on for months. I just know I'm going to love this film. I'm so excited.
THE MASTER
November 9th
La la la, la la la... I know nothing about this. I heard it was looking good, and decided I wouldn't even read a synopsis. I saw it getting universal acclaim. I decided I wouldn't look at anything other than this poster. I may watch the first nine seconds of the trailer so I can walk out if needs be to keep the film secret. It's going to be brilliant, and I'm going to enter it fresh. La la la, la la la la...
SKYFALL
October 26th
It's a Bond film. I don't really have a choice but to be looking forward to this. Nor does anybody else. Nor do I need a reason, nor to justify it. I'm going to continue writing this sentence, but it's a bit redundant, really. This'll be the last one now, just so that the paragraphs look a bit more balanced on the page.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
October 3rd
The day after Ruby Sparks. THE DAY AFTER. [Or maybe not -Edit] Another touching film with a heart and soul. This one has a one-up on poor old Ruby in the shape of the cast, however, as, frankly, I think it's a fantastic set of young actors. Percy Jackson himself takes the lead role, with Hermione Grainger next up, alongside Kevin, who we probably need to talk about. (Also Neku in my imaginary TWEWY movie, for which I thought I'd published my pitch on here) So yeah, I like the look of it. I'm going to see it. I'll probably like it.
THE SAPPHIRES
2nd November
I don't actually care about the film at all. The story sounds a bit standard-issue and the trailer isn't particularly inspiring. But it's got Chris O'Dowd in it. And Chris O'Dowd could make anything and I'd watch it. That said, I forgot to Sky+ Moonboy yesterday. That was daft of me. I should go looking to see if there's a repeat on soon. Can't afford to miss too much Chris O'Dowd.
END OF WATCH
November 23rd
No, sorry Jake Gyllenhaal, no matter how hard you try, I can't stop seeing you as Donnie Darko. Shave your head, be a cop, run around shooting stuff, whatever. You're a troubled teenager who sees a creepy bunny rabbit. But this film is suppose to really rather good, based on the critical reception, and also has Anna Kendrick in it. I think she's brilliant. As such, I'm also kinda looking forward to seeing her have a bit of a sing song in Pitch Perfect, but didn't want to put it on this list. Probably because I'm a man.
THE PAPERBOY
November 17th in France, hopefully soon after in the UK
The last sentence of that previous paragraph shall make for a rather odd juxtaposition with my next: I'm a Zac Effron fan. I think he's a good actor, plain and simple. So this is him, alongside Matthew McConaughley and John Cusack, doing quite a gritty picture. It's received mixed reviews, but I'm interested. Admittedly, I'm not actually excited about it in the tradition sense of the word. At all. I'd just like to see it. And I wanted to make a list of 10.
HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET
Friday
I've heard this has an interesting twist at the end. Hence, I'm up for it. To say this time last year I'd point-0blank refuse to see a scary film, I'm beginning to develop a taste for horror that, while not sadistic, has certainly helped me feel as though the statement at the end of the End of Watch thing was actually true. This's also got Jennifer Lawrence in it, and she's quite good at that acting thing, and was in The Hunger Games, and was quite good in that. So yeah. It's out Friday. I'll be watching it. I may like it. It may be rubbish. We'll see.
THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
December 14th
I feel obliged to stick this on my list, despite not really being that bothered about it, to be honest. My main interest in the film is that it's setting up the sequel, which has Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of a dragon. And I love Benedict Cumberbatch. I bet it'll be far too long and full of needless nonsense, but still better than the other two, which will only be saved by the voice of Benedict. But it'd a big film, so it has to be on my list. It's the law.
There's then plenty of other things I'd like to see but don't want to write a paragraph on, things like Lincoln and Wreck-It Ralph that have slipped into 2013 over here and also Pitch Perfect, but I've already said enough about that. Though I do think Anna Kendrick is superb, and that is also probably a good point to end on. Good night!
