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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris
Soderbergh might be fed up of the movie a year pace, but then you have someone like Woody who keeps churning them out. Benefitting from a vast ensemble cast and an ideal backdrop for matters of the heart, this might be Allen's coup de grace of his Euro-set batch of films. I certainly like the log-line.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Jason Reitman’s Young Adult
In six short years Reitman has given us plenty to munch on with Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007) and Up in the Air (2009) and if I had to put money on it, this might just be the film that has the least appeal but might score the filmmaker his highest praise. Returning to a female protag via his Diablo Cody, apparently this tackles some of the darker sides of the human condition and might just make us forget about all the terrible career choice moves Charlize Theron has made since winning Oscar. I'm calling this the dark horse pick for 2011.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Martin Scorsese’s Hugo Cabret
A 3D family film from they guy who gave us Taxi Driver and Goodfellas? Film snobbery aside, this Holiday release item sees Scorsese, who often wears the film historian and restoration hat, continue trying on new genres and this time, formats. It's seems fitting since he visits with Georges Méliès -- the original man with the movie camera.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Bruce Robinson’s The Rum Diary
Last year we had it in our number 20 spot, and while a full year of waiting has slightly diminished our hunger for this Hunter S. Thompson adaptation, it still has plenty of elements working for it -- great ensemble, return of a popular filmmaker, and the source material.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2011: Francis Ford Coppola’s Twixt Now and Sunrise
This might sound weird since his legend status was confirmed in the late 70s, but I'm actually excited about the prospects of a Francis Ford Coppola following in the footsteps of his daughter and becoming an "indie" filmmaker. Tetro wasn't the grand return to form for the vet filmmaker that plenty were expecting, but I deem the experiment as a renewed passion for low budget filmmaking. Stemming from a nightmare the director had, this 7 million dollar horror film going by a great title and is sees B-list actor Val Kilmer topline (he was a blast in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans) and this could be part of a string of works where the filmmaker is making films for himself. If Godard and Resnais can do it, so can FFC.
