Happy New Year! Hoping you had a great break over the festive season. I’m still a lady of leisure you’d be pleased and enraged to know. I’ve had a ridiculous amount of time to watch new TV shows, mourn the loss of the tenth Dr, get amazingly obsessed and hooked with Friday Night Lights, (Texas Forever, ya’ll) and also start pencilling in cinema outings for upcoming films of 2010. I’m not going to include all the obvious (Iron Man 2, Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows, Alice in Wonderland) but some of the movies you may not know about, and deserve a bit more attention.

Trailer Party! ~ Click on the movie title to view the trailer

In no particular order..

Leap Year Matthew Goode. You might all know him as of Watchmen, or possibly Matchpoint, but I have loved him ever since Chasing Liberty possibly, my favourite chick flick. At least in the top 5. One you have not heard of, but need to watch! Anyway, I digress. Matthew Goode is a bit rugged in this, alongside American goofy gal Amy Adams who travels to Ireland in the hopes of proposing to her boyfriend on the one day that she apparently can – on a Leap Year’s February 29th. Wackiness ensues, and the swooning.

Frozen If you love horror, mixed with a little hopelessness (think Open Water) well, you’ll be a fan of Frozen. 3 skiiers trapped on a ski lift. At night. Oh, and on a Sunday when the resort will only reopenon Friday..

Valentine’s Day 2010′s answer to Love, Actually? With an amazing ensemble cast, this is not going to be intellectually challenging, but its going to be a LOT of eye candy.

Inception I have no clue what this movie is about. A shaky glass of water!? Is it Jurassic Park? I have no clue. But it has a brilliant cast, directed by Christopher Nolan, and thus it has to be at least decent. Perhaps this is one where I’ll just go in to the cinema and be incredibly surprised. It works! (cough*District 9*cough)

Letters to Juliet *swoon* Love letters, Europe, and Gael Garcia Bernal? Oh. Man. I have to admit I was already sold on the plot before I saw the trailer, but once I saw Amanda Seyfried and Christopher Egan together, I was dancing in my lounge room to Taylor Swift as well. I can’t WAIT!

The Crazies I often try to avoid the Crazies at the train station after 9pm, but this is a whole new level. One of those movie lessons on, don’t stay in those towns you’re meant to pass through for any amount of time. Oh, and don’t drink the water.

Talhotblond I wasn’t sure if I could entirely include this documentary but it looks absolutely compelling. Talhotblond is the user name of a flirty girl you don’t really want to meet online. The ultimate (and true) cautionary tale of dating online.

Cop Out I’ve missed Bruce Willis doing comedy, and I think he’d have an interesting banter/chemistry with Tracy Morgan for sure. Great trailer!

Shutter Island Oooh, an eerie Alcatraz-esque mental asylum, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Mark Ruffalo, based on a book written by Dennis Lehane (who wrote the amazing Mystic River as well as Gone, Baby Gone) and directed by Scorcese. Really looking forward to this!

The Book of Eli This looks like a cross between Mad Max, I Am Legend and maybe a bit of The Professional. I have to see anything with Denzel, and where Gary Oldman is the villain. Seriously, he’s a brilliant villain!

Dear John Another Nicholas Sparks novel, another sure-to-make-Kimberley-cry tearjerker. With Channing Tatum! As well as Amanda Seyfried who surprisingly has been quite busy post Mamma-Mia. More love letters (I sense a pattern with Amanda, she may get typecast if she’s not careful) as Channing’s character is sent off to Iraq, across a 7 year period with altogether brief visits along the way.

Get out your calendars, diaries, start making plans! I know 2010 is going to be a great movie-going year! As well as an amazing place to seek solace from the Melbourne heatwave..

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