Fandango has a list of what’s coming out for movies this year. Let’s see what we got for new movie releases for the rest of 2009!
This weekend, we had Twilight Saga: New Moon, Planet 51 & The Blind Side open.
On November 25th, The Road, The Princess and the Frog, Ninja Assassin & Old Dogs grace the big silver screen. The Princess and the Frog is outside my range of genre expertise, but the other 3 movies look interesting to me.
On December 4th, we have George Clooney in Up in the Air which is accompanying Armored & Brothers.
December 11th brings what looks like a depressingly brilliant approach to telling a story in The Lovely Bones & Invictus to the theaters.
December 18th is a big, big day if you’re looking forward to Avatar because that’s when the James Cameron helmed Avatar comes to the screens. The Cinema Static gang can’t wait. In case you’re wondering, a Hugh Grant starrer called Did You Hear About the Morgans? is coming out on December 18th also.
December 25th, Christmas day, is a big day for releases.
Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr is coming out then. So is Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, Nine (Yet another movie with the number 9 in the title.. dang.), It’s Complicated & The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus.
Movie Details Per Day:
Opening Wednesday, November 25, 2009
The Road
Runtime:1 hr. 59 min.
Rated R
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce
Directed by John Hillcoat
A father (Viggo Mortensen) and his son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) try to keep the dream of civilization alive in a post-apocalyptic world.
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The Princess and the Frog
Starring Anika Noni Rose, John Goodman, David Keith, Jim Cummings, Jenifer Lewis
Directed by Ron Clements
Walt Disney Animation Studios presents a musical set in New Orleans. It also marks Disney’s return to the style of hand drawn animation!
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Ninja Assassin
Rated R
Starring Rain, Naomie Harris, Ben Miles, Rick Yune, Sho Kosugi
Directed by James McTeigue
Trained in methods of killing from an early age, Raizo (Rain) is a member of the secret clan of assassins known as the Ozunu. After the Ozunu kill his friend, Raizo breaks free from them and vanishes.
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Old Dogs
Rated PG
Starring John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Ella Bleu Travolta
Directed by Walter Becker
Two best friends — one unlucky-in-love divorcee (Robin Williams) and the other a fun-loving bachelor (John Travolta) — have their lives turned upside down when they’re unexpectedly charged with the care of six-year-old twins
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Opening December 4, 2009
Up in the Air
Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
Rated R
Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny R. McBride
Directed by Jason Reitman
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar® nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert is aiming to claim his 1 millionth frequent flyer mile.
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Armored
Rated PG-13
Starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Fred Ward, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, Columbus Short
Directed by Nimród Antal
A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company.
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Brothers
Rated R
Starring Tobey Maguire, Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Sam Shepard, Clifton Collins Jr.
Directed by Jim Sheridan
“Brothers” tells the powerful story of two siblings, Maguire stars as a soldier who’s sent to Afghanistan as his deadbeat brother (Gyllenhaal) stays at home with his sibling’s wife (Natalie Portman) and kids.
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Opening December 11th
The Lovely Bones
Runtime: 2hr. 15 min.
Rated PG
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan
Directed by Peter Jackson
Director Peter Jackson joins Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens to adapt author Alice Sebold’s best-selling novel concerning a murdered young girl who watches from heaven as her family attempts to cope with their devastating loss, and tracks her killer as he covers his tracks and prepares to claim his next victim.
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Invictus
Rated PG-13
Starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Directed by Clint Eastwood
With the fall of apartheid in South Africa, Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) tries to unite his countrymen and bring peace by bringing the Rugby World Cup to his country.
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Opening December 18th
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss
Directed by Marc Lawrence
New Yorkers Paul (Hugh Grant) and Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker) Morgan seem to have it all — except for the fact that their marriage is crumbling around them.
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Avatar
Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Joel David Moore, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez
Directed by James Cameron
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home.
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Opening December 25th, Christmas Day,
Sherlock Holmes
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Eddie Marsan
Directed by Guy Ritchie
In this new rendition of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson embark on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes battles the film’s villian, Blackwood (Mark Strong).
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel
Starring Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler, Jesse McCartney, Zachary Levi, Jason Lee
Directed by Betty Thomas
Now in the care of Dave Seville’s nephew (Zachary Levi), Alvin, Simon and Theodore take a break from pop-music stardom and return to school.
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Nine
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman
Directed by Rob Marshall
Famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) grapples with epic crises in his personal and professional life. At the same time, he must strike a balance among the demands of the numerous women in his life, including his wife!
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It’s Complicated
Starring Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, Lake Bell, John Krasinski
Directed by Nancy Meyers
Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband & re-married, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But then Jane and Jake find themselves in a love triangle when someone else falls for Jane.
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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Starring Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell
Directed by Terry Gilliam
Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), the leader of a traveling show, has a dark secret. Thousands of years ago, he traded the soul of his daughter, Valentina, to the devil. Now the devil has come to collect his prize.
This is Heath Ledger’s last movie. His last role that he never finised making. When he sadly departed us prematurely, his role of Tony was filled in by Judd Law, COlin Farrell and Johnny Depp.
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reference: Monthly listings from Fandango November & December
