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Saturday, October 8, 2011

Upcoming Movies: October 2011

[Note: I meant to post this last week but I was out of town with intermittent connectivity and a lot of stuff got in the way.  Looks like an interesting month!]
 
October 7
"Real Steel" (http://www.steelgetsreal.com/) - Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he's found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.
 
'The Ides of March" (http://idesofmarch-movie.com/) - An idealistic staffer for a newbie presidential candidate gets a crash course on dirty politics during his stint on the campaign trail.
 
October 14
"The Thing" (http://www.thethingmovie.net/) - At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between a graduate student and a scientist.
 
"Footloose" (http://www.footloosemovie.com/en_us/) - A city kid moves to a small town where rock 'n' roll and dancing have been banned, and his rebellious spirit shakes up the populace.
 
October 21
"The There Musketeers" (http://www.threemusketeers-movie.com/) - The hot-headed young D'Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.
 
"Margin Call" (http://margincallmovie.com/) - A thriller that revolves around the key people at a investment bank over a 24-hour period during the early stages of the financial crisis.
 
October 28
"Anonymous" (http://www.anonymous-movie.com/) - A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her.
 
"In Time" (http://www.intimemovie.com/) - In the future people stop aging at 25 and must work to buy themselves more time, but when a young man finds himself with more time than he can imagine he must run from the corrupt police force to save his life.