The summer just started and what a great time to check out what is coming to the theaters. Since there is no way to count on the weather; we can count on adventures at the cinema. These are the movies I am looking forward to these coming three months:
1. Mud
Two teenagers encounter Matthew McConaughey’s Mud and form an unlikely friendship. Mud is someone with a ‘colorful’ past and his new-found friends are diving headfirst into an adventure. Written and directed by Jeff Nichols. The Cannes Film Festival screened this movie and it got great reviews. I have not read any of those reviews for the main reason I want to form my own opinion and go into the movie theater as blank as possible. Opens in The Netherlands on August 15.
This HBO movie comes to the big screen. Directed by Steven Soderbergh . It is based on the book Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace, written by Liberace’s lover, Scott Thorson. When HBO broadcasted this, my Twitter Timeline gushed about who good it was; now it is one of the movies I’d like to see this summer. The trailer looks really good and has an excellent cast to boot: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe and Scott Bakula. Opens in The Netherlands on August 8.
3. jOBS
I just finished listening to the book and I am curious what this is going to look like. The stills and trailer I’ve seen have impressed me of how much Ashton Kutcher resembles mr. Jobs and his mannerisms. Apparently this is not the only film about Steve Jobs that is coming out. Aaron Sorking (Oscar-winning scriptwriter of The Social Network) writing the script of the ‘other’ Jobs movie. The Guardian published an article about this in November of ’12. Which is quite remarkable since Jobs asked Sorkin for his help writing his Stanford commencement (2005), and never did… Help. Opens in The Netherlands on September 5.
4. Kapringen
The integrity and no-nonsense of Jagten really impressed me last year and now Denmark gives us Kapringen. Scandanavian tv and cinema have been booming the last couple of years and this one is the next in line expected to leave an impression. This movie is about the crew of a Danish cargo ship, hijacked by Somali pirates (there is a Tom Hanks movie coming out in November about the same subject: Captain Phillips). Written and directed by Tobias Lindholm (who also wrote Jagten). Opens in The Netherlands on July 4.
5. World War Z
I am not sure if this is going to be an ‘Alex kind of movie’. I am not a big fan of zombies: books, movies or music (is there zombie music?). I did like the trailer and the book this movie is based on, is supposed to be really good. Brad Pitt stars in it and he does choose his parts and projects with care. I’ve read the Vanity Fair article about the what a nightmare it was to get this movie into the theaters. So if all goes well I’ll be seeing my first zombie movie this summer (not counting I Am Legend)… And sometimes I just have to broaden my horizon and step out of my comfort zone. Opens in The Netherlands on July 4.
What are the movies you are looking forward to these coming months?
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