httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd_aN0LAgMo
Ah, the classic Hollywood odd couple on a road trip trope. Robert Downey Jr. as the straight guy, the beardy guy from The Hangover as the annoying foil. To mix it up they’ve even thrown in a dog. How delightful.
Release Date (Ireland): November 12
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iXHDFqI7qk
Last time I saw a film involving gondolas in Venice, it was Moonraker. While Depp does wear a white evening jacket, I don’t think he’s going to be harassed by a steel-toothed henchman. Paul Bettany without a facial tattoo will have to do.
Release Date (Ireland): January 2011
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XvJwTYnKww
Do you think maybe Clint Eastwood is feeling death’s cold breath on his neck and hoping there is something after death?
Release Date (Ireland): 2011 (no date yet)
Impeccable timing and a stroke of marketing genius.
Brings the 80s banking icon back to a world full of Gordon Gekkos.
Release Date (Ireland): October 8
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1wy_E7h2Wg
Comedic buddy-cop movies seem to be back in vogue, with this following on from Kevin Smith’s Cop Out.
Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell are the mismatched misfits with The Rock, Samuel L Jackson and Steve Coogan helping to bring the lolz.
Early IMDB review: “Will Ferrell is Funny Again!”
Release Date (Ireland): 17th of September
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxEKnf3Krk
Ben Affleck in what looks to be a mash-up between Heat and The Departed.
But instead of a sweary Mark Wahlberg or a sneering Al Pacino.
We get a grunged-up Ben and Mad Men‘s John Hamm giving it the full ‘Clooney’.
Release Date (Ireland): September 24.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2AS9DjwR-o
Yet another comic book-based movie, this time with a man in chaps rather than tights. Josh Brolin is the titular cowboy/bounty hunter Hex, with Megan Fox playing a hooker with (you won’t believe this) a heart of gold.
They’re up against John Malkovich as a Confederate General who wants to re-start the American Civil War. It went back for more than a few re-shoots to ‘expand’ on Fox’s character. That’s never a good thing.
Release Date (Ireland): This Friday, September 3.
One of those movies that has the idea man (in this case M. Night Shyamalan) listed before the director or screenwriter. Which always makes me suspicious.
Five people get trapped in a lift and one could be the devil. Because, you know, Hell is other people.
Release Date (Ireland): September 17th
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywmoXZwkA0
Look at Gorgeous George, all brooding and deep as a good film assassin should be. He’s even got little assassin-ette to keep him company. Expect long silences over coffee as George pins her with a stare and, if she’s lucky, a smirk. There’ll be talk of honour and escape and he’ll end up dead in a field.
Release Date (Ireland): 26 November 2010
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJtot_f-snU
The trailer, which makes Megamind look like a paint-by-numbers take on Superman, only tells part of the story. Our hero triumphs over his do-gooder nemesis, but then realises he’s nothing without his foil (a bit like us and The Irish Times). Here’s hoping it isn’t too smug and self satisfied.
Bonus points to Will Ferrell for turning up to the Megamind panel at Comic Con in full costume:
Release date (Ireland): December 3.
