The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher pulls off an almost unfilmable F. Scott Fitzgerald novella about a man who ages backwards, from old age to infancy. Brad Pitt and the effects guys work magic here.
Doubt
What happened between the boy and the priest in the rectory? ’s movie of his own play will keep you second-guessing. Philip Seymour Hoffman and Meryl Streep head the cast.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Woody Allen’s best in years. Honest! Scarlett Johansson gets in bed with Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Rebecca Hall wonders if she’s jealous.
Bolt
Dynamic doggie derring do with a star mutt on the loose and learning to disbelieve his own publicity.
The Good, the Bad and the Weird
Cult action heroics from South Korea – and maybe the best title of the year.
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13th
Friday the 13th
20th
Che: Part Two
Benicio Del Toro takes the Revolution to Bolivia. The concluding part of Soderbergh’s diptych is no advertisement for armed struggle.
Clint Eastwood’s last hurrah? Dirty Harry makes peace with his Southeast Asian neighbours and his reputation in this amusingly gruff and grumpy thriller.
Franklyn
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27th
The Class
Last year’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner. A naturalistic schoolroom drama from Laurent Cantet (Time Out).
The International
Postponed from last year. Clive Owen stars as James B, sorry, as Louis Salinger, an Interpol agent trying to expose arms dealing skullduggery. Naomi Watts costars, Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run) directs.
Hamlet 2
Steve Coogan gets a rare leading role as a frustrated actor-playwright fired from his gig teaching drama to high school students when details of his latest production leak out.
MARCH
6th
Watchmen
Maybe the year’s most anticipated movie, though whether Zack “300″ Snyder is the right man to bring Alan Moore’s legendary comic book to the screen remains to be seen. At least he’s not Frank Miller. Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, and Carla Gugino pull double duty. Meanwhile the lawyers are trying to sort out rights issues in time for the release.
Wendy & Lucy
Michelle Williams holds the screen in this authentic US neo-realist drama about a woman on the edge of dropping off the map. Lucy is her dog. Directed by Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy).
The Young Victoria
Emily Blunt gets her best role yet in what promises to be a very different costume drama, written by Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park) and directed by Jean Marc Vallee (CRAZY).
20th
Duplicity
Clive Owen and Julia Roberts star a thriller from Tony “Michael Clayton” Gilroy. The impressive supporting cast includes Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson. With no Bond or Bourne movies this year, Owen is stepping into the breach.
27th
The Damned United
APRIL
3rd
Il Divo
An exuberant dissection of the gnomic, ruthless Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti by the flashy Paolo Sorrentino. It’s like a Peter Morgan script crossed with The Sopranos and directed by Baz Luhrmann.
The Lovely Bones
Peter Jackson’s take on Alice Sebold’s best-seller was rocked by the abrupt departure of Ryan Gosling, to be replaced by Mark Wahlberg (!). Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Saorise Ronan stayed.
Monsters vs Aliens
Ponyo on a Cliff
The Wolf Man
The date may yet go back to autumn, but we’re so looking forward to this one, we’re hoping for sooner not later. Benicio Del Toro steps in Oliver Reed’s paw prints. Emily Blunt is the scream queen, and Joe Johnston calls the shots.
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