Today, Magnolia/Magnet sent their annual “Everything but the Kitchen Sink” screener set and really out did themselves this time in terms of quantity. Below are all the titles I received, fourteen in total. Also, since there were so many and they were mostly nondescript, I left out a number of the extra details I’ve been providing to date.
ALL GOOD THINGS
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, Frank Langella, Lily Rabe, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Esper, Diane Venora, Nick Offerman, Kristen Wiig
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Premise: A love story and murder mystery based on the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
N/A (1 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
N/A (0 critics; as of 11/26/10)
CASINO JACK AND THE UNITED STATES OF MONEY
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alex Gibney
Premise: A probing investigation into the lies, greed and corruption surrounding D.C. super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and his cronies.
Oscar Chances: None: The film was not on the short list of Documentary Feature contenders.
Rotten Tomatoes:
89% (56 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
68 out of 100 (22 critics; as of 11/26/10)
CLIENT 9: THE RISE AND FALL OF ELIOT SPITZER
Genre: Documentary
Director: Alex Gibney
Premise: An in-depth look at the rise and fall of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, including interviews with the scandalized, former politician.
Oscar Chances: Decent: Although the faltering education system is likely to trump political docs, this one has an excellent shot at a nomination.
Rotten Tomatoes:
88% (43 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
67 out of 100 (23 critics; as of 11/26/10)
COUNTDOWN TO ZERO
Genre: Documentary
Director: Lucy Walker
Premise: A documentary about the escalating nuclear arms race.
Oscar Chances: None: Not on the Documentary Feature short list.
Rotten Tomatoes:
77% (60 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
71 out of 100 (25 critics; as of 11/26/10)
DOWN TERRACE
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Robert Hill, Robin Hill, Julia Deakin, David Schaal, Tony Way, Kerry Peacock, Michael Smiley, Mark Kempner
Director: Ben Wheatley
Premise: A crime family looks to unmask the police informant in their midst who threatens to take down their business.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
83% (30 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
68 out of 100 (15 critics; as of 11/26/10)
THE ECLIPSE
Genre: Horror
Stars: Ciaran Hinds, Billy Roche, Eanna Hardwicke, Hannah Lynch, Aidan Quinn
Director: Conor McPherson
Premise: In a seaside Irish town, a widower sparks with a visiting horror novelist while he also begins to believe he is seeing ghosts.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
77% (73 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
67 out of 100 (21 critics; as of 11/26/10)
THE EXTRA MAN
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Katie Holmes, Paul Dano, Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Alicia Goranson, Patti D’Arbanville, Dan Hedaya, Celia Weston
Director: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Premise: A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York’s Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
41% (61 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
56 out of 100 (26 critics; as of 11/26/10)
FREAKONOMICS
Genre: Documentary
Director: Heidi Ewing, Alex Gibney, Seth Gordon, Rachel Grady, Eugene Jarecki, Morgan Spurlock
Premise: Some of the world’s most innovative documentary filmmakers will explore the hidden side of everything.
Oscar Chances: None: Not on the Documentary Feature short list.
Rotten Tomatoes:
62% (52 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
58 out of 100 (23 critics; as of 11/26/10)
I AM LOVE
Genre: Romance
Stars: Tilda Swinton, Flavio Parenti, Edoardo Gabbriellini, Alba Rohrwacher, Pippo Delbono
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Premise: A tragic love story set at the turn of the millennium in Milan. The film follows the fall of the haute bourgeoisie due to the forces of passion and unconditional love.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
82% (109critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
79 out of 100 (32 critics; as of 11/26/10)
I’M STILL HERE
Genre: Comedy
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix
Director: Casey Affleck
Premise: Documenting Joaquin Phoenix’s transition from the acting world to a career as an aspiring rapper.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
54% (114 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
48 out of 100 (33 critics; as of 11/26/10)
MONSTERS
Genre: Sci-Fi
Stars: Whitney Able, Kevon Kane, Scoot McNairy
Director: Gareth Edwards
Premise: Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
67% (96 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
63 out of 100 (25 critics; as of 11/26/10)
MOTHER
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Hye-ja Kim, Bin Won, Goo Jin, Je-Mun Yun, Mi-Sun Jun, Mun-hee Na
Director: Joon-Ho Bong
Premise: A mother desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their horrific murder.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
95% (105 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
79 out of 100 (30 critics; as of 11/26/10)
NIGHT CATCHES US
Genre: Romance
Stars: Kerry Washington, Anthony Mackie, Wendell Pierce, Jamie Hector, Tariq Trotter
Director: Tanya Hamilton
Premise: In 1976, complex political and emotional forces are set in motion when a young man returns to the race-torn Philadelphia neighborhood where he came of age during the Black Power movement.
Oscar Chances: None
Rotten Tomatoes:
88% (8 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
N/A (0 critics; as of 11/26/10)
ONDINE
Genre: Fantasy Romance
Stars: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachelda, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry, Marion O’Dwyer, Stephen Rea, Tony Curran
Director: Neil Jordan
Premise: The story of an Irish fisherman who discovers a woman in his fishing net who he believes to be a mermaid.
Oscar Chances: None: It might have been had it not already been forgotten.
Rotten Tomatoes:
70% (96 critics; as of 11/26/10)
Metacritic:
65 out of 100 (21 critics; as of 11/26/10)
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