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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #51. Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón's Children of Men was among the best films of 2006. Emmanuel Lubezki is among the top three working DPs in the business. The last time he wore a spacesuit (Solaris) Clooney wasn't out of his place. The big unknown: was Sandra Bullock right choice for the co-lead? The highest "studio" project on our top 100 list, this merges auteur with the Hollywood system.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #52. Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie
Of the pair of Tim Burton releases this year, it's the stop-motion animated film that wins over the television to film adaptation (Dark Shadows). The beloved member among Burton's trove of characters is served up with a great set of speaking voices by folks that have been in his films before (Winona Ryder, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short and Martin Landau). Quality-wise, we think the stop-motion will be up there with “Corpse Bride” and “The Nightmare Before Christmas".
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #53. Woody Allen’s Nero Fiddled
We never get tired of Woody and Woody never gets tired of making movies. These extended euro-vacation has definitely given us plenty to cheer about with Vicky Cristina Barcelona being his best so far we can hope that a bit of Penelope Cruz and a bit of everyone else (international cast plus Greta Gerwig meets Italians) will make for some ecstasy-filled, emotionally weighty comedic scenes.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #54. Sean Baker’s Starlet
His cinema-verité styled aesthetic demonstrated in 2004's Take Out and more recently, the well-traveled Prince of Broadway (2009) makes Sean Baker's POV better than Google's streetview. When it comes to detailing the microcosms, his docu-treament will most certainly aid in detailing one young adults journey into the seedy world of porn. Could be a break-out role for Dree Hemingway (yes that family).
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2012: #55. David Riker’s The Girl
An indie project that has been in the works for quite some time now (it was workshopped at Sundance in 2007 and was one of the 2009 Sundance NHK Filmmaker Award winners) it would be an understatement to say we can't wait to see how David Riker follows up 1998's La Ciudad with this sophomore picture which could incidentally become more political due to the 2012 presidential climate. We imagine this to be a back breaking drama and Cornish might fall into the heroine/best actress territory that a Jennifer Lawrence was in for Winter's Bone.
