November In Film

November marks the start of the winter season and there is a pretty exciting slate of new releases throughout the month. Here is my thoughts on all of the major November releases.

Films I Want to See
7.Wreck-It Ralph (11/2)-This looks to be a fun tribute to old-school video games. The concept is unique and it looks to be another solid animated entry from Disney.

6.Red Dawn (11/21)-It looks absolutely ridiculous (That's to be expected though, It's about a group of American high school freedom fighters fighting a foreign invasion on American soil and the original is considered to be a B-movie classic) but at the same time it looks like it could be a entertaining B-movie and the cast including Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, and Jeffery Dean Morgan is pretty damn good.

5.Killing Them Softly(11/30)-The trailers give off an interesting film-noir vibe and anything with Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini, and Richard Jenkins is worth checking out. I am not a fan of writer/director Andrew Dominik's previous work, but maybe this will prove me wrong.

4.Silver Linings Playbook (11/21)-The early reception/Oscar buzz has been through the roof, the cast is excellent, and David O.Russell is a very talented director. This sounds like a surefire winner to me.

3.Skyfall (11/9)-James Bond films have always been inconsistent as hell, but the early reception has been overwhelmingly postive and the trailer is great. Javier Bardem on board as the villain and the rusty James Bond fighting a fellow MI6 agent is a very intriguing plot that amps up my excitement for this film substantially.

2.The Man with the Iron Fists(11/2)-Normally I wouldn't be this excited for a kung-fu movie, but the RZA's passion for old-school martial arts films gives this the potential to the best chessy, B-kung movie to come along in a long time.

1.Flight (11/2)-Denzel Washington is one of the finest working actors in Hollywood in my opinion and you can tell from the trailer alone that he turns in another excellent performance here. The story appears to be engaging and deep and the supporting cast including Don Cheadle, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood, and Melissa Leo is also loaded with talent.

Film I have zero interest in seeing:
Lincoln (11/9)-I'm sure Daniel-Day Lewis will be amazing as Abraham Lincoln, It's just that film looks to be monumentally boring.

Twlight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (11/16)-At least it's the final Twilight movie.

Life of Pi (11/21)-Ang Lee is just way too artsy of a director for my taste and this movie looks to be overwhelmingly artsy even for Ang Lee.

Rise of the Guardians (11/21)-Pretty dull looking kids movie, though I think I would've loved the concept of a movie with Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny, and The Tooth Fairy when I was a kid.