Hello 2009

Happy New Year to everyone. On Dark Horizons there is a nice list of notable films that will be released in 2009. It's just part one of the list and here are some of the movies on it that I will be looking forward to:

Adventureland, the new comedy from Superbad director Greg Mottola. The film is set in the summer of 1987 when a recent college graduate (Jesse Eisenberg) takes a job at his local amusment park. Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Stewart, and Martin Starr are also featured in the film.

Avatar, James Cameron's sci-fi epic starring Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana. Worthington plays an ex-marine who is thrust unwillingly into an effort to settle and exploit an exotic planet rich in bio-diversity, who eventually crosses over to lead the indigenous race in a battle for survival. Although we will have to wait all the way til December to see the movie, it looks as though it's going to be great. Cameron will finally be back in the directors chair, and from what I've seen from footage of Terminator: Salvation, Worthington has got the goods.

The Boat That Rocked, which will be released in the later half of '09 stars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Kenneth Branagh. I hadn't heard much about this movie, but the premise sounds interesting. In 1966, radio stations broadcast rock and pop music to up to 25 million people in the UK from ships anchored in the North Sea, outside of any national jurisdiction. The comedy tells of one such group of DJs at the forefront of the UK pirate radio movement.

Away We Go, is a film that has alot of potential. Directed by Oscar winner Sam Mendes, and starring the talented John Krasinski (The Office), and Maya Rudolph (SNL) as an expectant couple as they travel the U.S. in search of a place to put down roots and raise a family. The premise doesn't sound all that exciting, but hopefully the combination of an excellent director (Mendes), and a well rounded cast (Krasinski, Rudolph, Toni Collette, Jeff Daniels, Allison Janney and Catherine O'Hara) will make for a quality movie.