Here's a look at upcoming movies. Click on link to view HD options. (Release dates subject to change). --Ellen
Tron Legacy (starring Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Olivia Wilde) --With Benjamin Button technology (also used in those DirecTV commercials), Jeff Bridges has reverse-aged back 25 years. His son (Hedlund) gets sucked into the same world his father went missing in, and... then it gets really cool. This may very well be the perfect movie to remake. (Dec. 17th)
Company Men (starring Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper) --A slew of Oscar winners line up for this drama about corporate downsizing and where it leaves a once-successful suit (Affleck) now struggling to maintain his dignity while supporting his family. At one point he winds up helping his brother-in-law in his carpentry business, and that brother-in-law is played by Kevin Costner. Directed by ER helmer John Wells. (Oct. 22)
How Do You Know (starring
Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, Owen Wilson)--Long known as the Untitled James L. Brooks Project, Brooks' frequent collaborator Jack Nicholson turns up in this romantic comedy as the father of Paul Rudd's character, who looks to be in a love triangle with Witherspoon and her pro athlete boyfriend, played by Owen Wilson. Not sure yet if this looks to break out of the tiredness the rom-com genre has had lately, but we always expect more from Brooks (
Terms of Endearment, As Good as It Gets, Broadcast News). Also, no one runs quite as prissily as Paul Rudd. (Dec. 17)
The Next Three Days (starring
Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks)--Imagine a film version of
Prison Break, except starring Crowe and Banks as a married couple torn apart when she's accused of a murder she says she didn't commit. So he breaks her out of prison. My concern with this movie, directed by
Paul Haggis (
Crash), is that it gives away so much in the trailer. And is he really leaving his kid to wait in the car while this is happening? (Nov. 19)
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