October in FIlm

This October sees a surprisingly few number of horror releases and more of a focus on adult-oriented dramas. Here are my thoughts on all of October's major films.

Films I Want to See:
6.Runner Runner (10/4)-Looks vaguely reminiscent of 21, which I was a big fan of. More importantly, the cast including Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake and Anthony Mackie is loaded with talent.

5.Captain Phillips (10/11)-It looks intense and should provide an interesting account of the Somlian pirate incident in 2009 plus Tom Hanks appears to be back on-track after a few recent missteps.

4.Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa (10/25)-Johnny Knoxville is back with a slight-different brand of stunts in a semi-scripted film about a grandfather taking his grandson cross country to meet his parents with "real" reactions to the various pranks Knoxville and co. pull along the way. Real or not, with the Jackass stamp on it, this should be hilarious. 

3.Escape Plan (10/18)-Ahnold+Sly try to break out of a prison that was specifically built to not be broken out of, sounds like action movie gold to me.
 
2.The Counselor (10/25)-The trailers don't show much at all, but that isn't deterring my excitement in the slightest for author Cormac McCarthy's first original film screenplay. The anticipation factor is only heightened by the fact that McCarthy got Ridley Scott to direct it and assembled a cast of elite actors including Michael Fassbender, Penelope Cruz, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem.

1.Machete Kills (10/11)-The first one was great and this one looks even more absurd. The casting of Charlie Sheen as the president and Lady Gaga as an assassin with a master of disguise is a stroke of genius.

Films I'm unsure on:
Carrie (10/18)-The cast is excellent and the trailer shows promise, but I'm skeptical about it simply because it's a horror film. Even a remake of a film with such a deep and interesting storyline could go wrong in the unpredictable world of horror movies.

The Fifth Estate (10/18)-The trailer doesn't really do much for me, but the story of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks definitely has the potential to be interesting.

Films I have zero interest in:
Gravity (10/4)-Despite all the excellent reviews rolling in, I have zero interest in seeing. I think it looks completely uneventful, horrible and most importantly, I  hate the work of director Alfonso Cuaron.