Preview : 2010

With the new year upon us and a year full of great movies behind us, it is time to take a look at whats ahead. Here's a list of movies to look forward to in 2010:

01/01/10
The White Ribbon
dir. Michael Haneke
A series of strange accidents occur in Eichwald, a small village in Protestant northern Germany, on cusp of World War I. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery, but who is behind it?
from imdb.com






01/15/10
The Book of Eli
dir. Albert & Allen Hughes
feat. Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman

In a post-apocalyptic United States, a lone man (Denzel Washington) fights his way across the country in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. 
from imdb.com

 



02/12/10
The Wolfman
dir. Joe Johnston
Nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) returns to his ancestral homeland, where his brother has gone missing and villagers are being killed by a nightmarish beast. The search reunites him with his estranged father (Hopkins) and draws him near to his brother's fiancée (Blunt), however, Talbot's lager concern is the discovery of a side to himself which he never could have imagined existed ... from imdb.com





02/19/10
Shutter Island
dir. Martin Scorsese
When a psychotic killer (Mortimer) disappears from a mental institution on Shutter Island, a pair of U.S. Marshals (Ruffalo and DiCaprio) race against the clock in order to track her down. from imdb.com





03/05/10
Alice in Wonderland
dir. Tim Burton
19-year-old Alice returns to the magical world from her childhood adventure, where she reunites with her old friends and learns of her true destiny: to end the Red Queen's reign of terror. from imdb.com


03/16/10
I Love You Phillip Morris ♥
dir. Glenn Ficarra
Steven Russell is happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force when a car accident provokes a dramatic reassessment of his life. Steven realizes he's gay and decides to live life to the fullest - even if it means breaking the law. Steven's new, extravagant lifestyle involves cons and fraud and, eventually, a stay in the State Penitentiary where he meets sensitive, soft-spoken Phillip Morris. His devotion to freeing Phillip from jail and building the perfect life together prompts Steven to attempt and often succeed at one impossible con after another.from imdb.com



04/16/10
Kick-Ass
dir. Matthew Vaughn

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.from imdb.com


05/07/10
Iron Man 2
dir. Jon Favreau
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James "Rhodey" Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances -- and confront powerful enemies. from imdb.com





05/14/10
Robin Hood
dir. Ridley Scott
The story of an archer in the army of Richard Coeur de Lion who fights against the Norman invaders and becomes the legendary hero known as Robin Hood. from imdb.com





06/16/2010
Inception
dir. Christopher Nolan
A CEO-type becomes involved in a blackmailing scandal.from imdb.com





07/16/2010
War of Gods
dir. Tarsem Singh
Greek warrior Theseus battles against imprisoned titans.from imdb.com


09/01/2010
The American
dir. Anton Corbijn
An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.from imdb.com

 10/15/10
The Social Network
dir. David Fincher
A story about the founders of the social-networking website, Facebook.from imdb.com

 10/15/10
Black Swan
dir. Darren Aronofsky
A thriller that hones in on the relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and a rival.from imdb.com


12/17/10
Tron Legacy
dir. Joseph Kosinski
A virtual-world worker looks to take down the Master Control Program. from imdb.com

TBA

Tree of Life 
dir. Terrence Malick
The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence. from imdb.com



The Wild Cards:

01/08/10
Youth in Revolt
dir. Miguel Arteta
Like most teens, young Nick Twisp (Cera) is ruled by his libido. And from the recesses of a trailer park in Northern California, Twisp concocts a plan -- make that multiple schemes -- to lose his virginity to a local girl, the precocious Sheeni Saunders (Doubleday). from imdb.com





01/08/10
Daybreakers
dir. Michael & Peter Spierig
In the year 2017, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher (Hawke) works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. from imdb.com





02/12/10
A Prophet
dir. Jacques Audiard
A young Arab man (Rahim) serving time in a French prison transforms into a mafia kingpin. from imdb.com

02/26/10
CopOut
dir. Kevin Smith
A comedy about two cops (Willis and Jordan) whose adventures include locating a stolen baseball card, rescuing a woman, and dealing with gangsters and their laundered money. from imdb.com



02/26/10
The Crazies
dir. Breck Eisner
As a toxin begins to turn the residents of Ogden Marsh, Iowa into violent psychopaths, sheriff David Dutton (Olyphant) tries to make sense of the situation while he, his wife (Mitchell), and two other unaffected townspeople band together in a fight for survival. from imdb.com