Calling all superheroes: Take off your masks, hang up your capes and trust that no CGI cities will be razed over the next four months, because summer blockbusters are behind us and Oscar season has begun. (Fear not, crusaders — James Bond, Katniss Everdeen and a galaxy far, far away will hold down the multiplex while you hibernate.) It’s too early to tell which of this fall’s many enticing releases will translate to awards gold, so let’s put that aside for now to gab about which movies look the most promising. If it’s anything like the summer, we could be staring at a very lucrative few months, especially given what’s in store, which includes the sci-fi epic “The Martian,” a new Steve Jobs biopic, Tom…
Calling all superheroes: Take off your masks, hang up your capes and trust that no CGI cities will be razed over the next four months, because summer blockbusters are behind us and Oscar season has begun. (Fear not, crusaders — James Bond, Katniss Everdeen and a galaxy far, far away will hold down the multiplex while you hibernate.)
It’s too early to tell which of this fall’s many enticing releases will translate to awards gold, so let’s put that aside for now to gab about which movies look the most promising. If it’s anything like the summer, we could be staring at a very lucrative few months, especially given what’s in store, which includes the sci-fi epic “The Martian,” a new Steve Jobs biopic, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s latest, a Brad and Angie affair, Tina and Amy playing sisters, and Quentin Tarantino’s buzzy Western. Without further ado, here is The Huffington Post’s fall movie preview.
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The list doesn’t stop there. Here are other releases to look out for:
• Sept. 18: “Prisoners” director Denis Villeneuve proves he is a master at creating auras of suspense in the existential drug-cartel thriller “Sicario.” [Trailer]
• Sept. 25: The 1969 gay-rights protests come to life in “Stonewall,” which finds Roland Emmerich (“Independence Day,” “The Day After Tomorrow”) stepping away from big-budget spectacles for arguably the first time in his career. [Trailer]
• Sept. 25: The 2008 financial crisis forms the nucleus of the spellbinding drama “99 Homes,” which stars Andrew Garfield as a single father forced to work for a corrupt real-estate broker. [Trailer]
• Oct. 2: In “Legend,” Tom Hardy does double duty as both Kray twins, who were the 1960s’ most notorious English gangsters. [Trailer]
• Oct 2: Julianne Moore and Ellen Page star in the gay-rights drama “Freeheld.” [Trailer]
• Oct. 16: “Goosebumps” arrives on the big screen for the first time, with Jack Black portraying R.L. Stine. [Trailer]
• Oct. 30: The powerful 2005 documentary “Our Brand Is Crisis” gets the dramedy treatment, with Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton in the lead roles. [No trailer available]
• Nov. 13: Thirteen years after the original, “The Ring” gets another sequel in the form of “Rings.” [No trailer available]
• Nov. 27: We’ll follow Tom Hiddleston anywhere, especially to Hank Williams biopic “I Saw the Light.” [No trailer available]
• Dec. 4: The titular creature in the horror-comedy “Krampus” is German folklore’s evil antithesis of Santa Claus. Here, he goes up against Toni Collette, Adam Scott and Allison Tolman. [No trailer available]
• Dec. 4: Cannes audiences were polarized by “Youth,” the latest meditation from “Great Beauty” director Paolo Sorrentino, starring Michael Caine, Harvey Keitel and Jane Fonda. [Trailer]
• Dec. 25: The already controversial NFL drama “Concussion” stars Will Smith as the doctor who uncovered the dangers that professional sports have on players’ brains. [Trailer]
• Dec. 25: If you find yourself hungering for the type of blockbuster usually fit for summer, go see “Point Break.” It’s a remake of Kathryn Bigelow’s 1991 action thriller. [Trailer]
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