The Illusionist… At first I thought this was a movie knock-off of Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell [by Suzanna Schwartz], but it’s actually based on a short story. Reports say that the movie doesn’t play well as a mystery, but it has reasonably intriguing plot and character development, not to mention magic, so I’m piqued.
Wicker Man…A remake of the 1973 classic, but this time starring Barforama Nicolas Cage and changing the sex of the grand high pagan wawbab to a woman. This movie, about heathen fertility sacrifices persisting into modern times, has been on my must-see list for about a year. I think I’ll watch the remake, throw popcorn at the screen, then go back to the original.
La Science des Reves…A French film [super-chouette!] about a naive guy whose dreams spill into his waking life and how this affects his attempted romance with a neighbor girl. I enjoy movies that explore dream imagery, and the cinematography shown in the preview got me hooked.
Stranger Than Fiction…Character discovers he’s about to be killed off by author and tries to stop it. This oughta be an interesting comedy with Emma Thompson, Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Dustin Hoffmann!!
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Will Ferrell and Dustin Hoffman in the same movie? Oh, this ought to be good!
nicolas cage is a jimmy stewart’s evil clone!
i want to see the illusionist!
I’m very excited about The Illusionist. Sounds like good times to me.
I think I’ll pass on the remade Wicker Man. The original will do for me. (I’m not really all that big on remakes a lot of the time.)
However, the last two sound intriguing, and I haven’t heard a thing about them. Now I get to go round asking the people I know and have them say “What, you didn’t KNOW about that?” Sigh.
(I had a really fascinatingly weird dream last night that I am struggling to recall. If I can get it fully enough I should send it to you somewhere – I think you would have gotten a kick out of this one. It was a sort of “Choose your own perspective” dream where I saw the same story played from several characters’ POVs.)
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When I saw that Nicholas Cage was taking the lead role, I thought – don’t touch with a barge-pole. I think the result will probably be bland. I don’t think anything could replace the shock of the original.