Promising upcoming movies

[Badger]

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The one I'm most excited about that hasn't been mentioned yet is King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters


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OMFG. So awesome. Thank you.

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Glad to see this movie getting so much love, my buddy was the Associate Producer. Here's what he said for the release, which is August 17th:
The release of KONG is limited, so the opening weekend cities are Austin, LA, NY, and Seattle. The following weekend will be:

Berkeley
Boston
Chicago
Minneapolis
San Diego
San Francisco
Washington, DC

FYI Austinites- The Alamo on South Lamar is having a DK tournaments before screenings. Winner of the finals gets to keep the actual arcade machine.
Edit- removed link for possible mild spoilers

[Franchise 60]

No country for old men should be awesome, I read the book and the character that borden plays is bad ass as hell

[AE6]

Bump for Be Kind, Rewind

[Badger]

John August's The Nines

Looks interesting. This links to a blurb and the first 9 minutes of this movie.

It sounds like it was quite popular at Sundance. The first 9 minutes don't make it exactly clear what the movie is about, and apparently the plot isn't well suited to a brief synopsis. It's a three part movie where the three lead actors play a different character in each part. There is some sort of mystery, which isn't apparent from this clip. Here's the description that was listed at Sundance.

"Three actors--Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, and Melissa McCarthy--are a delight playing different roles in the three different scenarios that comprise John August's film The Nines. In "The Prisoner," a troubled television star finds himself under house arrest with his chipper publicist and disillusioned neighbor providing his only link to the outside world. "Reality Television" is a Project Greenlight-style show tracing the behind-the-scenes tribulations of a half-hour sitcom. And in "Knowing," an acclaimed video-game designer and his family have car trouble on an outing and find themselves stranded deep in the woods. "

Releases Aug. 31 in NYC and LA.

[Los Feliz Slim]

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Into the Wild (trailer)

The book was an awesome read. I hope the movie lives up. The trailer looks pretty aweome, but as we now from Entourage, that could be decieving.

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Bleagh. I really enjoyed the book but the movie will probably make me angry.

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Either they changed the ending/conclusion or the trailer is misleading IMO. Because the trailer makes the movie look life-affirming, which is not how I recall the book at all.

[Badger]

Trailer for The Nines
Looks like the movie takes a different direction after that nine minute intro.

[Big Steve]

The Bucket List

IMDB Link

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[Big Poppa Smurf]

If "The Golden Compass" is anywhere near as good as the book, it is going to be a fantastic movie. On the other hand the trailer for "Gone Baby Gone" really didn't do anything for me, and I love all of Lehane's books. I think they could have picked a better book to adapt, especially because GBG is 4th in the series and probably the most twisted and sick one (which is saying something for Lehane). If Affleck managed to screw this up too I am going to [censored] a brick and then hit him with it.

[pauliewalnuts]

The Nines looks interesting and The Bucket List should be worth seeing just because of the two stars.

Also, Reservation Road

[aoFrantic]

3:10 to Yuma is going to be amazing. Bale and Crowe? Sign me up.