With the beginning of October comes the excitement of award season. Award season is from October to December and is the time when large studios save their best films so that they are fresh in the minds of voters for the academy awards. It’s a great time, full of wonderful movies, and occasionally heartbreak. This October, there are four movies I am unbelievably excited for.
Gone Girl
This month, we start off with David FIncher’s new film, Gone Girl. Fincher is one of the best in the business, and if this is only half as good as his previous films, then it would still be worth watching. Ben Affleck stars as man who’s wife disappears and he’s the only suspect. I know Affleck’s name brings thoughts of disgust in many people’s minds, but I can assure you, he’s a competent actor.The trailer is great and early reviews are very promising so this won’t be one to miss.
Kill The Messenger
About all I know about this is that Jeremy Renner stars. He was amazing in The Town and The Hurt Locker so that’s really all I need to know. Of course, it’s a limited release so I probably wont end up seeing it until who knows when.
Fury
This has the potential to be very good or very bad. I’m hoping for the latter. David Ayer (the director) has really only made one good movie, End of Watch. The rest of his filmography ranges from mediocre to downright bad. I think he can pull this off. The cast is the biggest draw to the movie. Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena, and Shia LeBeouf (Okay, I’m kidding about the last one). If this movie does well, I hope we can expect more tank movies, because that is a genre that has been neglected for years.
Nightcrawler
This comes out on October 31st. I will be at the first showing I can make. I am unbelievably hyped for this. Mostly because I love Jake Gyllenhaal as much as one man can love another without it being weird. Even then, it might still be weird. I have been obsessing over the trailer for what seems like forever. From what little I’ve seen from the trailer, Gyllenhaal is on point as Lou Reed, a man who becomes a freelance crime journalist who delves deeper and deeper into Los Angeles’ criminal underworld.
BONUS: Dracula Untold
This looks awful.
Film and Other Things 