Eric Lavallée

It was originally supposed to be a concrete sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11, but the financial crisis was a lot more "current" than George Bush's administration.

If production began back in March, Sam Taylor-Wood is well into the post production process on Nowhere Boy, probably at the editing bay as I write this. No official stills have been released, but some outdoor pics were snapped featuring the film's lead actor Aaron Johnson who takes on a younger John Lennon, as well as Anne-Marie Duff who plays Lennon's mother.

Backed by convincingly sharp visuals, a Sam Rockwell who excels once again in one more awkward role and a script that in essence is dark, but is made accessible by some unexpected humor and a storyline that the average ipod owner can understand, Jones' Moon wets our appetite and while he might not quench our thirst for something edgy or unique, there is enough working here to make for a film worth landing on.

Last year Wild Bunch had problems finding a buyer at their price (which was probably anywhere close from 8 to 12 million for Che (obviously parts I and II packaged together), Synecdoche, New York ending up going to Sony Pictures Classics at perhaps a rebate and James Gray's Two Lovers ended up going back into Magnolia Film's starting rotation (2929 Productions were looking for a sale). While there are no American casualties this year, there are some prestige titles and some definite art-house pictures patiently waiting for a home. Here is a grouping of films that at some point should find a buyer but for reason X, Y and Z still haven't.

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