Yes, I know. This post is ultra late. It's been over a month since I posted my fall TV series picks and some of the films I listed below have already started playing locally.
Anyway, blame it on the crappy internet that's been keeping me from writing blog posts and checking out the list of films that will be coming out until the end of the year.
Admittedly, it's usually harder to narrow down my film picks for fall, because this is the season that's usually drama heavy (aka season of award show contenders). I would normally just pick out the ones that I'm remotely interested in and wait out the awards season to find out what I should be catching up on during the more relaxed (or boring) winter film season.
Yet, I still somehow ended up with a longer list than I anticipated and the final picks are bolstered by some action and horror films that have been gaining a lot of buzz. The expected blockbuster films that are targeted for the holiday season are also included.
Much like my previous post on my summer film picks,
the dates listed below are the US release dates. Since some film
titles are released earlier or later in the Philippines (especially late for those that will be affected by December's Metro Manila Film Festival), you can check Click the City for local listings.
September 21
Dredd
Cast: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Rachel Wood
In a violent, futuristic city where the police have the authority to act
as judge, jury and executioner, a cop teams with a trainee to take down
a gang that deals the reality-altering drug, SLO-MO.
End of Watch
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Pena, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera
Two young officers are marked for death after confiscating a small cache
of money and firearms from the members of a notorious cartel, during a
routine traffic stop.
House at the End of the Street
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Gil Bellows
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next
door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the
daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from
over.
Trouble with the Curve
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake
An ailing baseball scout in his twilight years takes his daughter along for one last recruiting trip.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd
An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
September 28
Looper
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano
In 2072, when the mob wants to get rid of someone, the target is sent 30
years into the past, where a hired gun awaits. Someone like Joe, who
one day learns the mob wants to 'close the loop' by transporting back
Joe's future self.
October 5
Taken 2
Cast: Liam Neeson, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Rade Serbedzija
In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills' ex wife is taken
hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his
daughter.
V/H/S
Cast: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Adam Wingard, Hannah Fierman
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize
a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found
footage than they bargained for.
The Oranges
Cast: Leighton Meester, Hugh Laurie, Catherine Keener, Allison Janney
The enduring friendship between the Walling and Ostroff families is
tested when Nina, the prodigal Ostroff daughter, returns home for the
holidays after a five-year absence and enters into an affair with David,
head of the Walling family.
October 12
Argo
Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Taylor Schilling
As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration'
specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found
shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.
Seven Psychopaths
Cast: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los
Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a
gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
October 26
Cloud Atlas
Cast: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving
An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another
in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer
into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a
revolution.
The Man with the Iron Fists
Cast: Russel Crowe, Cung Le, Lucy Liu, RZA
In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is
put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow
villagers.
November 9
Skyfall
Cast: Daniel Craig, Helen McCrory, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes
Bond's loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her.
Lincoln
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Michale Stuhlbarg
As the Civil War continues to rage, America's president struggles with
continuing carnage on the battlefield and as he fights with many inside
his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
November 16
Anna Karenina
Cast: Keira Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Macfadyen
Set in late-19th-century Russia high-society, the aristocrat Anna
Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count
Vronsky.
November 23
Silver Linings Playbook
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jackie Weaver
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves
back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl
with problems of her own.
Life of Pi
Cast: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain, Tabu
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself
in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a
shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
December 14
Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Cast: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
A curious Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, journeys to the Lonely Mountain with a
vigorous group of Dwarves to reclaim a treasure stolen from them by the
dragon Smaug.
December 21
Zero Dark Thirty
Cast: Chris Pratt, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the 9/11 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy SEAL Team 6 in May, 2011.
The Impossible
Cast: Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
An account of a family caught, with tens of thousands of strangers, in
the mayhem of one of the worst natural catastrophes of our time.
December 28
Django Unchained
Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo diCario, Kerry Washington
With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to
rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
Les Miserables
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter
An adaptation of the successful stage musical based on Victor Hugo's
classic novel set in 19th-century France, in which a paroled prisoner
named Jean Valjean seeks redemption.
All movie poster images and summaries are from IMDB.
Happy viewing!!
Labels: Fall, Film, Must-Watch
