By Cupid’s Pulse
With the end of summer comes a new batch of films. Entertainment reporter Sara Edwards tells us her picks to look for at theaters:
9/2: The Debt
The espionage thriller boasts a stellar cast. The story centers around retired Mossad secret agents Rachel and Stephan played by Helen Mirren and Tom Wilkenson. They discover they need to settle unfinished business started 30 years earlier while on a secret mission for Israel. They were sent to track down a Nazi war criminal, using Rachel as “the lure” to draw him into a trap. Jessica Chastain plays the young Mirren who struggles with her duty when romantic feelings surface. The film bounces back and forth between two time periods with John Madden, who directed “Shakespeare in Love”, at the helm, this promises to be a winner.
9/9: Contagion
Another terrific cast is assembled, this time for a thriller about a highly communicable virus that wipes out millions of people worldwide in just weeks. Amidst the international chaos, Matt Damon plays a Midwesterner whose wife, played by Gwyneth Paltrow, is one of the first to get the disease. Kate Winslet is a doctor for the Center for Disease Control and Marion Cotillard plays a World Health Official. Add Jude Law to the mix as a crusading blogger and Steven Soderbergh as director and you have a recipe for a heart pounding journey. WATCH THE TRAILER
9/16: I Don’t Know How She Does It!
Carrie fans will be thrilled that Sarah Jessica-Parker is back on the big screen in the romantic comedy about a working Mom who’s high wire act is dangerously starting to come crashing down. The premise isn’t original, but it will be fun to watch her navigate that slippery slope that all too many women cope with every day. WATCH THE TRAILER
9/23: Moneyball
Based on a true story, Brad Pitt plays Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane as he struggles to reinvent his cash poor and undervauled team in the early 2000s. But don’t call this just a baseball movie. Life lessons abound as Pitt and Jonah Hill, a clever young A’s exec, toss out the rule book and realize that thinking outside the box gives everyone a chance to start again. Word is that Pitt hits this dramedy out of the park! WATCH THE TRAILER
9/30: 50/50
I’ve loved Joseph Gordon-Levitt ever since he played the sweet and vulnerable guy in 500 Days of Summer. In 50/50 he plays a young man diagnosed with spinal cancer who bonds with his best pal played by Seth Rogen who helps him through the chemo and the tough diagnosis with heart and humor. In real life, Rogen’s best friend went through this harrowing scenario and he asked his pal, now in remission, to write the screenplay. Poignant and funny. WATCH THE TRAILER
10/7: The Ides of March
George Clooney stars in this. Need I say more? Ides is a political thriller that takes us inside the intense climate of a presidential campaign. Clooney plays Gov. Mike Morris, an inspiring Democratic candidate, who discovers that his young media strategist has a secret that could destroy his campaign. He’s forced to choose between morality and winning. Clooney co-wrote the script. I’d like to see the Sexiest Man Alive run for office one day! WATCH THE TRAILER
10/7: Footloose
Come on! Consider this a guilty pleasure, especially if you grew up with Kevin Bacon’s 1985 version. The new “Ren” is played by 27 year old newcomer Kenny Worlmald of MTV’s Dancelife. And former Dancing with the Stars favorite Julianne Hough is the preacher’s daughter who loves to shake things up on the dance floor. WATCH THE TRAILER
10/28: Like Crazy
This love story won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance film festival this year. It’s the tale of a long-distance relationship about college lovers who try to sustain that passion on opposite ends of the world. Felicity Jones and Anton Yelchin are the appealing couple who are determined to be together despite work, immigration laws, and their own insecurities. WATCH THE TRAILER
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