first look (i know i'm late): tron legacy

"Tron Legacy"
2010
directed by Joseph Kosinski

This could be amazing or really fucking stupid. The Daft Punk soundtrack already has me intrigued, but these brief minutes are something to behold.

first look: a serious man

"A Serious Man"
directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
October 2, 2009 (limited)

Is this the one that will finally make me a fan?

first look: alien

"Alien"
directed by Ridley Scott
1979

I know what I'm doing this weekend...

“he was bad, he was trouble and he was beautiful.”

"Let's Get Lost"
directed by Bruce Weber
1988

Thanks to an ever so beneficent resource, I gave my dad a DVD copy of Bruce Weber's "Let's Get Lost" for Father's Day. I hope he enjoys it as much as I enjoy watching the trailer.

first look: the road

"The Road"
directed by John Hillcoat
October 16, 2009 (limited)

I. cannot. wait. for. this. movie.

first look: whatever works

"Whatever Works"
directed by Woody Allen
June 19, 2009 (limited)

Those Southern accents are so distracting!

the first look: the girlfriend experience

"The Girlfriend Experience"
directed by Steven Soderbergh
May 22, 2009 (limited)

I am so okay with this.

first look: straight gangsta

"L'instinct de Mort"
directed by Jean-François Richet
August 2009 (limited)
I can't stop kicking myself in the ass for not seeing this at the Film Society at Lincoln Center's annual "Rendezvous with French Cinema." If Vincent Cassel can display shades of brilliance as a thug in "La Haine", I can only imagine what he can do as a legendary gangster in this. August couldn't come sooner.


"Public Enemies"
directed by Michael Mann
July 1, 2009
Michael Mann is hit or miss with me, but this looks like something to be excited about when it comes to what already seems like a lackluster summer at the movies.

I'm headed off to see "Gomorrah." Can we go ahead and declare it the year of the gangster?

first look: broken embraces

"Broken Embraces"
directed by Pedro Almodovar
Novemver 6, 2009 (limited)

Tease me. Tease me. Tease me.

first look: gomorrah

"Gomorrah"
directed by Matteo Garrone
Feb. 13, 2009 (limited)

Where have all the good gangster movies gone?

first look: the wrestler

"The Wrestler"
directed by Darren Aronofsky
December 31, 2008 (limited)

Mickey Rourke's face looks AWFUL, but this looks like the movie that will redeem Aronofsky after that pretentious vanity project that was "The Fountain."

first look: a christmas tale

"A Christmas Tale"
directed by Arnaud Desplechin
November 14, 2008 (limited)

Deneuve as the matriarch in a complicated family holiday tale? Yes, please!

first look: the international

"The International"
directed by Tom Tykwer
February 13, 2009

Clive Owen battling evil corporate forces? Check.
Naomi Watts along for the ride? Check.

Does a movie need anything else?

first look: milk

"Milk"
directed by Gus Van Sant
November 26, 2008 (limited)

Can Van Sant be two for two this year? This trailer makes an awesome case.

first look: brothers bloom

"Brothers Bloom"
directed by Rian Johnson
December 19, 2008 (limited)

"Rachel Weisz steals the show from romantic interest Adrien Brody and his fellow con-man, Mark Ruffalo, in 'Brothers Bloom', Rian Johnson's follow-up to his Sundance debut film, 'Brick.' The caper comedy continues Johnson's high-style reinvention of past genres. (...) It's intricately plotted light fun, in the vein of 'Two for the Road', 'The List of Adrian Messenger', 'The Sting', 'House of Games' (Ricky Jay narrates) or 'Topkapi' (Maximillian Schell has a role in 'Bloom')."--Anne Thompson, Variety

first look: happy-go-lucky

"Happy-Go-Lucky"
directed by Mike Leigh
October 10, 2008 (limited)

Mike Leigh lightning up? I'm in.

first look: the informers

"The Informers"
directed by Gregor Jordan
Release date TBA

I'm always a sucker for the indulgent and ludicrous world of Bret Easton Ellis. This looks awesome in the worst way possible.

first look: w.

"W."
directed by Oliver Stone
October 17, 2008 (limited)

I'm a liberal through and through, but doesn't this look pointless and absurd?

first look: hamlet 2

"Hamlet 2"
directed by Andrew Fleming
August 27, 2008

I'm starting to love this Red Band trailer trend.

first look: quantum of solace

"Quantum of Solace"
directed by Mark Forster
November 7, 2008

GREAT GOOGA MOOGA THIS MOVIE LOOKS GOOD!