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The Informant!
September 18
Some would say Steven Soderbergh needs to slow down from his frantic filmmaking pace (since the late 1990s he’s knocked out at least one film a year), but we say if he wants to make a satirical flick about a corporate whistle-blower whose reliability is called into question, more power to him. Especially with Matt Damon taking the lead role.

The Road
October 16
The source material is a post-apocalyptic downer by punctuationally challenged author Cormac McCarthy. The film has been delayed a full year since the first announced release date. Rumors were floating that it was “troubled.” But most of the rumors were coming from people who hadn’t, you know, actually seen the film. Now some people who have seen it are saying that, yeah, it’s grim, but it’s good.

Where the Wild Things Are
October 16
Maurice Sendak’s celebrated children’s book gets an adaptation written by Dave Eggers and directed by Spike Jonze. Early trailers seemed way too scary and weird for kids, but then Jonze seems more likely to be targeting grown-ups who can’t quite let go of childhood and fetishize their beloved kiddie-lit favorites. It could be an awesome thing of beauty or a load of forced “magic,” but either way it’s going to be one of the fall’s most talked-about films.

The Men Who Stare at Goats
November 6
We love George Clooney. That’s not exactly a brave confession; everyone seems to love him. And we can’t wait to see him as a soldier who claims to be from a unit devoted to utilizing paranormal forces in warfare. A reporter tries to figure out if this is complete bullshit or just another weird corner of the military’s crazy pursuit of new ways to kill.

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