November Movies!

But first, a few for Halloween: The Grudge 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, and Saw III. I saw Saw 1 and it was excellent. Not as gory as you would think...more a psychological thriller. Oh, and Night of the Living Dead...in 3D!!

NOVEMBER

Deja Vu, directed by Tony Scott. A sci-fi thriller about an ATF agent played by Denzel Washington, who uses the sensation of deja vu to help lead him to clues. It was the first film shot in New Orleans after Katrina. Also starring Val Kilmer and Jim Caviezel.

The Fountain, written and directed by Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, another one you should see), and starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz, Ellen Burstyn. According to EW, it's "a trippy meditation on love and death."

Candy, with Heath Ledger. A love triangle between a free-spirited poet, an art student and heroin.

Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny. For Jack Black fans - searching for a guitar pick that has rock-god-giving powers.

The Return, with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Sam Shepard (sigh). Eerie thriller.

Fur, with Nicole Kidman (love her), Robert Downey, Jr. (love him). It is a fictional account of three months in the life of photographer Diane Arbus.

For Your Consideration, by that crazy gang who were responsible for Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind. This time it's about an indie, Home For Purin, that unexplainedly starts picking up Oscar buzz. Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey. Can't wait!

The Santa Claus 3: The Escape Claus finds our hero (Tim Allen) fighting Jack Frost (Martin Short). Loved the first two...good family shows that are fun for the parents, too.

The Hoax is based on a true story about a con man who convinces publishers that he has obtained exclusive access to the reclusive Howard Hughes for an autobiography. Richard Gere, Marcia Gay Harden. Gere is quoted in EW, "It's this weird mix of serious drama and real humor, and it has a kind of Beatles-esque quality to it."

In Stranger Than Fiction, Will Ferrell tries his hand at dramady. His character hears a voice and realizes that a woman is narrating his life. Also with Maggie Gyllenhall, Dustin Hoffman, and Emma Thompson (one of the greats). This is one I'm really looking forward to.

Ali G fans will like Borat, which also stars Pamela Anderson. Sacha Baron Cohen brings his Kazakhstani TV personality, Borat, to the big screen.

and in DECEMBER...

Dreamgirls, a film adaptation of the 1981 Broadway musical, which is loosley based on the Supremes career . Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, Eddie Murphy.

The Good German, directed Steven Soderbergh. George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire. Black and white. According to EW, set in devastated post-WWII Berlin, "the murder mystery traces an American journalist (Clooney) assigned to cover the Potsdam conference between Hurchill, Stalin, and Truman.

Rocky Balboa. Um...'nuff said.

The Good Shepherd, with Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, and Robert DiNiro, who also directs. A Cold War spy tale.

Okay, last but not least, a remake of the 1974 slasher flick, Black Christmas, opens on Christmas day. I saw this movie, with Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea, in a drive-in in New Hampsire that was basically a field surrounded by woods. It was SOOOOOO scary. At the time, it was called Silent Night, Evil Night. If it's at all as scary as the first one, it should be a great one to go to with your best friend or S.O. and clutch each other and scream to!