OCTOBER 7
The Ides of March
Sony Pictures
In this political drama, an up-and-coming campaign press secretary (Ryan Gosling) finds himself in the middle of a scandal that threatens his candidate’s (George Clooney) shot at the presidency. This movie takes place during the last days of a heavily contested Ohio presidential primary. Although the story is fictional, the setting might feel familiar in the current political climate.
OCTOBER 14
Footloose
Paramount Studios
Footloose is a remake of the 1984 classic starring Kevin Bacon about a kid who takes on a whole town. After a tragic accident, the little town of Bomont decides to ban loud music and dancing—something that seems completely ridiculous to Ren MacCormack (Kenny Wormald), a Boston transplant. By challenging the rules, MacCormack helps the town to move past its grief. Meanwhile, he falls in love with Reverend Shaw Moore’s (Dennis Quaid) troubled daughter, Ariel (Julianne Hough).
The Big Year
20th Century Fox
This comedy starring Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, and Jack Black follows three fanatical bird watchers as they compete to see the largest variety of birds. El Niño has sent an extraordinary number of rare species of birds to the United States, and they are each convinced that they will be the ones to spot the most. Throughout the contest, however, they find that there are more important things in life than winning.
OCTOBER 21
The Three Musketeers
Summit Entertainment
The classic story of the quick-to-anger D’Artagnan joining forces with three renegade Musketeers will be familiar in this movie, but it will be filled with new faces. Logan Lerman joins as D’Artagnan, and the rest of Dumas’s classic characters are played by Matthew MacFadyen, Luke Evans, and Ray Stevenson. They’ll still have to stop the evil Richlieu (Christopher Waltz) and take on Orlando Bloom’s Buckingham and Milla Jovovich’s Milady. As many updated action movies are, The Three Musketeers will be in 3-D.
OCTOBER 28
The Rum Diary
FilmDistrict
Based on Hunter S. Thompson’s debut novel, The Rum Diary tells the story of Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) and his desire to escape from what he sees as the oppressive noise and society of America. He travels to Puerto Rico to write for a local newspaper, but finds that he spends most of his time adapting to the alcohol and women on the island. Kemp meets another American, Sanderson (Aaron Eckhart), who is trying to use the island for his own capitalist gain, and Kemp also meets Sanderson’s fiancée, the beautiful Chenault (Amber Heard), and falls madly in love. Eventually, Sanderson recruits Kemp to write a favorable article about his latest scheme, leaving Kemp to decide whether to use his words for good or evil and forcing him to examine his own motives.
In Time
20th Century Fox
This thriller, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried, follows the story of Will Salas, who is falsely accused of murder. He lives in a society where time is money—literally. The wealthy have been enabled to live forever and the poor—like Will—are forced to beg, borrow, and steal minutes to make it through the day.
