The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-
Director David Fincher casts Brad Pitt as the title character in this curious fantasy drama about a man who is born in his eighties at the end of World War I, and ages backwards into the twenty-first century. Cate Blanchett co-stars as one of the true loves he meets on his journey acrosss time, life and death.
The Day the Earth Stood Still-
20th Century Fox updates the 1951 classic,
with Keanu Reeves now claiming the iconic role of Klaatu, an alien visitor and self-described “friend to man.
While governments and officials scramble to figure out what it all means, Jennifer Connelly and her young stepson become key figures in understanding the full reasons for Klaatu’s appearance.
Twilight-
Fans of Stephenie Meyer’s vampire book series get ready. On Nov. 21, the love story between high schooler Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward Cullen (Harry Potter’s Robert Pattinson) hits the big screen. As their relationship deepens, a trio of Cullen’s mortal vampire enemies arrive in the small town of Forks, Washington, looking for her.
James Bond: Quantum of Solace -
Now that Daniel Craig has been successfully introduced as the latest Bond, it’s down to gritty business in this latest outing, helmed by Monster’s Ball maker Marc Forster. We catch up with 007 directly after the events of Casino Royale, with Bond determined to find out who blackmailed Vesper, the woman he loved (and who also betrayed him).
The Express-
Born in poverty, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcomes many obstacles to get into Syracuse University’s football program. Under the guidance of Coach Ben Schwartzwalder (Dennis Quaid), Davis becomes one of Syracuse’s best players, surpassing even Jim Brown’s achievements. In 1961, Davis becomes the first black player to win the prestigious Heisman Trophy, but there is one more obstacle in his life that Davis must overcome.
The Haunting of Molly Hartley-
In this tale of spell binding suspense, something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of teenaged girl’s private school world – and it holds the rights to her very soul. Now, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly Hartley is about to discover the truth of just who, or rather what, it is she is destined to become. Molly discovers that her mother and others who share her mother’s concerns want her killed in order to save her from a preordained life as a servant of the Devil.
Watchmen-
300’s Zack Snyder adapts Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ acclaimed comic book Watchmen for the big screen. Set in an alternate universe circa 1985, the film’s world is an unstable one where a nuclear war is imminent between America and Russia. Superheroes have been forced to go into retirement due to the government’s Keene Act, but the death of The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), an ex-hero commando, perks the interest of one of the country’s last remaining superheroes, Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). Watchmen remains the only graphic novel to win a Hugo Award, and is also the only graphic novel to appear on Time‘s 2005 list of “the 100 best English-language novels”, an annual feature of the magazine since it was founded in 1923
