Here are 13 other films I am excited to see in 2013:
About Time
Synopsis: A young man discovers that the men in his family are able to travel through time, and sets out to use his gift to win the heart of his dream girl.
Excitement Factor: Richard Curtis' (Notting Hill, Love Actually, Four Weddings & A Funeral) comeback to the rom-com genre
Bling Ring
Synopsis: A group of teenagers obsessed with fashion and fame burglarize the homes of celebrities in Los Angeles.
Excitement Factor: A youth movie by Sophia Coppola starring Emma Watson fresh from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Synopsis: A group of teenagers obsessed with fashion and fame burglarize the homes of celebrities in Los Angeles.
Excitement Factor: A youth movie by Sophia Coppola starring Emma Watson fresh from The Perks of Being a Wallflower
I'm So Excited
Synopsis: In the face of a life-threatening situation, a disparate and defenseless group of passengers on board a flight to Mexico City are provoked to deliver colorful confessionals that become the best way to escape from the idea of death.
Excitement Factor: Pedro Almodovar, period.
Synopsis: On Labor Day weekend, a divorced, depressed single mother encounters a large man bleeding profusely while shopping with her 13-year-old son. They give him a ride and later learn that the police are looking for an escaped convict.
Excitement Factor: Jason Reitman (Juno, Up In The Air, Young Adult) directing Kate Winslet's comeback
Synopsis: An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million dollar Publisher's Clearing House sweepstakes prize.
Excitement Factor: Alexander Payne's (The Descendants) return to directing road-trip movies after the award-winning Sideways
The Great Gatsby
Synopsis: Nick Carraway learns that old friend Jay Gatsby has built an empire of wealth and avarice, and has eyes only for his former flame Daisy Buchanan.
Excitement Factor: The reunion project of Romeo + Juliet's Baz Luhrmann & Leonardo di Caprio, plus it features songs of Jay-Z and Lady Gaga
The Heat
Synopsis: An FBI agent and a cop team up to bring down a drug lord.
Excitement Factor: Bridesmaids' director Paul Feig's new comedy and the fresh combo of Sandra Bullock & Bridesmaids' breakout star Melissa McCarthy
Synopsis: A self-diagnosed nymphomaniac recounts her erotic experiences to the man who saved her after a beating.
Excitement Factor: A porn film by Lars Von Trier
Synopsis: In the not-so-distant future, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every need, and to his surprise, a romantic relationship begins to develop with it.
Excitement Factor: Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation), my favorite music video director of all time, makes meta-movies again
Synopsis: The relationship between an American man and European woman falls apart.
Excitement Factor: Early viewers say this is the perfect companion piece to Terrence Malick's previous directorial effort The Tree of Life, my favorite film last year
Synopsis: A group of old friends reunite for an epic pub crawl at the dawn of the apocalypse.
Excitement Factor: Four words: Shaun of the Dead
Synopsis: The story of martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee.
Excitement Factor: Wong Kar-Wai. Tony Leung. Enough said.
Synopsis: A gaggle of comedic celebrities survive the apocalypse and struggle to survive in the wastelands.
Excitement Factor: Judd Apatov (Superbad, Pineapple Express) casts all his regular & reliable comedian friends - Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, James Franco, Jason Segel, Michael Cera & Jonah Hill among others - in one movie
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