Anyone seen a good movie lately?

[SunMo]

did we say Cheese Steak!?

[Seabiscuit36]

I'll try out the one in Bel Air.  We go to Loonies pub there once a month

[fansince61]

Golden compass was excellent..not for young kiddies

[rjs246]

I was sent this a while ago and it is semi-interesting...

It's basically just a list of movies coming out in 2008. Some of them certainly look interesting.

[Sgt PSN]

Fanboys
Release Date: January 18th 2008
Director: Kyle Newman
Writer: Adam F. Goldberg (The Jetsons, Night of the Living Dorks)
Cast: Sam Huntington, Kristen Bell, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen, Danny Trejo, William Shatner, Carrie Fisher, Jaime King, Christopher McDonald, Billy Dee Williams and more.
The Buzz: A road trip comedy about a group of "Star Wars" fans who travel to Skywalker Ranch to steal an early copy of "Episode I: The Phantom Menace" for their dying friend. I've heard nothing but good things about this film.

This sounds horrible but I'm sure SD will camp out for 3 days just to get tickets.   

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Release Date: May 22nd 2008
Director: Steven Spielberg (Raiders, Jaws, Every great movie from your childhood)
The Buzz: Steven Spielberg directs the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series. Harrison Ford is back, and so is Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood. New to the production is Cate Blanchett as the bad girl, John Hurt as and Shia LaBeouf as Indy's greaser sidekick. Not much can be said about the storyline, as it is being kept tightly under wraps. George Lucas has said that Crystal Skull is more in tone with Raiders than any other film in the series. This makes us excited. If it's on par with The Last Crusade, than I'll be happy.
Trivia: Sean Connery was asked to reprise his role as Henry Jones, Sr. but turned it down because he did not want to come out of retirement.

'Bout damn time. 

The Incredible Hulk
Release Date: June 13th 2008
Director: Louis Leterrier (Transporter, Unleashed)
Writer: Edward Norton
Cast: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, Tim Roth, William Hurt, Tim Blake Nelson
The Buzz: Edward Norton stars as Bruce Banner, in a non-sequel sequel to Ang Lee's The Hulk. The Incredible Hulk is on the run, and the action is more intense in Edward Norton's screenplay (that's right, Norton also wrote the screenplay).
Trivia: Norton will provide motion capture for the character.

Jesus farging Christ. 

[rjs246]

Remakes of the Changeling and The Day the Earth Stood Still look interesting. Anything with Rachel McAdams will probably get a look from me so I guess I'll be watching The Time Traveler's Wife too. I think I'll be calling that a 'date night' movie.

[mussa]

Choke

Release Date: Summer 2008 (estimated)
Writer/Director: Clark Gregg
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald
The Buzz: Chuck Palahniuk is one of my favorite authors. You might know him as the author of Fight Club, which was brilliantly made for the screen by David Fincher. Choke is probably my third favorite book from Palahniuk. My favorite, Survivor likely won't ever be made because the plot involves a terrorist and an airplane. In Choke, Victor Mancini (Rockwell) is a sex addict who works as a reenactor of the Revolutionary War. To support his hospitalized mother (Huston), Victor cons others by pretending to choke at restaurants to get money from his rescuers. Actor Clark Gregg pursued Choke for his directorial debut, after the project was dropped by Universal.
Trivia: Choke was shot in 25 days with a budget of $3.4 million

Brüno: Delicious Journeys Through America for the Purpose of Making Heterosexual Males Visibly Uncomfortable in the Presence of a Gay Foreigner in a Mesh T-Shirt

Release Date: 2008??
Director: Dan Mazer (Borat)
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen
The Buzz: The follow-up to Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, follows Cohen's third Da Ali G Show character Brüno, a gay Austrian TV reporter who interviews unsuspecting guests about topics such as fashion, entertainment, celebrities and homosexuality, with an emphasis on the latter as each interview progresses.
Trivia: After the huge break-out success of Borat, negotiations to Cohen's follow-up were intense, with Universal Pictures acquiring the worldwide rights to the film for a reported $42.5 million dollars.

HA

The Fighter

Release Date: Fall 2008 (estimated)
Director: Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, Pi, The Fountain)
Writer: Paul Attanasio (The Quiz Show, Donnie Brasco)
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Brad Pitt
The Buzz: Based on a true story, this drama follows boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime. Aronofky knows how to handle drugs on the big screen, and this should be a tale where he can really show off his style.
Trivia: Matt Damon had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts and was replaced by Brad Pitt. Interestingly enough, Scorsese originally was going to cast Pitt in the role of Colin Sullivan in The Departed. However, Pitt dropped out to film Babel and Damon got the role.

interestingly odd

Shantaram

Release Date: Fall 2008 (estimated)
Director: Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake)
Writer: Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Munich)
Cast: Johnny Depp
The Buzz: Based on the novel by Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram follows a heroin addict incarcerated for a robbery escapes prison and reinvents himself as a doctor in the slums of Bombay; his ties to the crime underworld there lead him to Afghanistan, where he partners with a mob boss locked in a battle with Russian criminals.
Trivia: Russell Crowe wanted to play the lead in this film, but he found out that Johnny Depp had already acquired the rights to the book.

[rjs246]

Oh yeah, Choke definitely is interesting. My favorite of Palahniuk's books.

[mussa]

only one i have read

for LOTR fans:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_en_ot/film_the_hobbit

[SD_Eagle5]

This sounds horrible but I'm sure SD will camp out for 3 days just to get tickets.   

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Release Date: May 22nd 2008
Director: Steven Spielberg (Raiders, Jaws, Every great movie from your childhood)
The Buzz: Steven Spielberg directs the fourth installment of the Indiana Jones series. Harrison Ford is back, and so is Karen Allen as Marion Ravenwood. New to the production is Cate Blanchett as the bad girl, John Hurt as and Shia LaBeouf as Indy's greaser sidekick. Not much can be said about the storyline, as it is being kept tightly under wraps. George Lucas has said that Crystal Skull is more in tone with Raiders than any other film in the series. This makes us excited. If it's on par with. The Last Crusade, than I'll be happy.
Trivia: Sean Connery was asked to reprise his role as Henry Jones, Sr. but turned it down because he did not want to come out of retirement.

Not sure about camping out but it's definitely #1 on my list.

only one i have read

for LOTR fans:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_en_ot/film_the_hobbit

They're making 3 movies off the Hobbit? The book was short so I don't know how they're going to pull that off.

[mussa]

peter jackson is producing, not directing. we'll see

[mussa]

a Will Smith movie on that list:

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35094

[rjs246]

for LOTR fans:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_en_ot/film_the_hobbit

They're making 3 movies off the Hobbit? The book was short so I don't know how they're going to pull that off.

It looks like they're making two movies out of it from what that article was saying. Probably mandated by the production company since they are trying to cut down on the 2.5-3 hour epics these days.

[SunMo]

so next year we get Indiana Jones, Maxwell Smart, Batman, The Hulk, and James Bond?

not too bad

[ice grillin you]

more bad movies made from worse tv shows
awful comic books
and uneccesary sequels

yay!