Fall Film Guide: September 2012

The summer movie season is over and honestly it wasn’t that great. There were a few great films like The Avengers and The Dark Knight Rises, and I really liked some underrated and underperformed movies like Premium Rush and Hit & Run, but for the most part it was a pretty weak season. The summer comedy offerings were especially weak. I’m excited to get into the fall movie season though which has a bunch of highly anticipated films.

SEPTEMBER 7

• The Cold Light of Day – It concerns me that this movie comes out within a week yet I have never seen any marketing for this. It’s been out in the UK since April and the early reviews on Rotten Tomatoes have it rated at 10% so far. I wish the fact that it stars Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver meant more but this movie looks like a throwaway action thriller. It also stars future-Superman Henry Cavill and boy does he look dull in this.
• The Words - A film about an unsuccessful writer who finds another writer’s unpublished novel from another era and falsely publishes it himself. There are unforeseen consequences of course. This looks like it could be decent, but the music used in the trailer threw off the whole tone to me. I feel like this should be somewhat of a thriller, but the music is inspirational sounding. I don’t really have high hopes for this one and I wish Bradley Cooper picked better roles.
• Bachelorette - Finally a comedy I can get excited about. Lizzy Caplan, Isla Fisher, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Scott, and Rebel Wilson (Bridesmaids) star in this movie that’s all about females being funny. It does ring a bit too close to Bridesmaids but it has decidedly different tone. It seems more like the wild night of debauchery that you thought you were going to see from the Bridesmaids trailer versus the story about Annie’s life that we got.

SEPTEMBER 14

• Resident Evil: Retribution - Wow, they really make a killing on these movies, don’t they? I imagine lots of people in Tapout shirts go to see Resident Evil. Good for Milla Jovovich I guess.
• Finding Nemo 3D – This is one of the only Pixar films I’ve seen and I love it (I suck, right?). Still don’t think I’ll bother seeing it in theaters.
• The Master (expands Sept 21) - Who isn’t excited about The Master? PT Anderson has a virtually flawless collection of films under his belt (depending on who you ask) and it features a stellar cast including the return of Joaquin Phoenix after 4 years without a film unless you count I’m Still Here. The subject matter is fascinating and it looks like its going to be a beautiful, thrilling film and probably the kickoff of Oscar contenders.

SEPTEMBER 21

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