Saving Mr. Banks
Release Date: December 13, 2013
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Release Date: December 13, 2013
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When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history.
Looks like cookie-cutter Oscar bait, but truth be told, I wouldn't mind Hanks receiving another nomination or win, if the performance lives up to expectations.
Out Of The Furnace
Release Date: November 27, 2013
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Release Date: November 27, 2013
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From the critically-acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart comes a gripping and gritty dramatic thriller about fate, circumstance, and justice. Russell (Bale) and his younger brother Rodney (Affleck) live in the economically-depressed Rust Belt, and have always dreamed of escaping and finding better lives. But when a cruel twist of fate lands Russell in prison, his brother is lured into one of the most violent and ruthless crime rings in the Northeast - a mistake that will almost cost him everything. Once released, Russell must choose between his own freedom, or risk it all to seek justice for his brother.
Happy to see Christian Bale step away from Bruce Wayne/Batman. And unless I'm missing something, with the exception of The Fighter, this is Bale's first non-Dark Knight film in a while. The Fighter happened in there along the way, but for the life of me I can't remember the release year.
The UK trailer for The Frozen Ground and just in case you missed it, the trailer for Jobs:
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