Valentine’s Day: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day. This looks like it will be too cheesy, but I know I’m going to end up watching this. Release Date: February 2010 (US, UK)

Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief: I’m such a sucker for Greek mythology, so I might be looking forward to this movie more than it warrants. The movie is about Percy Jackson, Poseidon’s son who goes on a quest in present-day America to rescue his mother, return Zeus’ stolen lightning bolt and prevent a civil war from erupting among the gods. Release Date: February 2010 (US, UK)

The Book of Eli: There have already been a couple of shorter teaser trailers, but here’s the first full length one. Most of the stuff is just repeated from the previous ones, but it still looks major badass. Release Date: January 2010 (US, UK)

The Shrine: After a young American backpacker goes missing in Europe, a group of journalists link his disappearance to a remote Polish village called Alvaina. Upon further investigation, the journalists discover that Alvaina has a history of bizarre cult activity revolving around human sacrifice. Hellbent on revealing the truth, they travel to the small village to uncover the story first hand. Release Date: 2010 (US)

Harry Brown: A modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown (Michael Caine) is a retired Marine and a widower who lives alone on a depressed housing estate. His only company is his best friend Leonard (David Bradley). When Leonard is murdered by a gang of thugs, Harry feels compelled to act and is forced to dispense his own brand of justice. Release Date: November 2009 (UK)

A Nightmare on Elm Street: A re-imagining of the horror icon Freddy Krueger, a serial-killer who wields a glove with four blades embedded in the fingers and kills people inside their dreams, resulting in their real death in reality. Release Date: April 2010 (US)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon: Bella Swan is devastated by the abrupt departure of her vampire love, Edward Cullen, but her spirit is rekindled by her growing friendship with the irresistible Jacob Black. Suddenly she finds herself drawn into the world of the werewolves, ancestral enemies of the vampires, and finds her loyalties tested. Release Date: November 2009 (US, UK)

Brief Interviews With Hideous Men: Based on the book by David Foster Wallace, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a darkly funny and disturbing exploration of men and their complex relationships with women. Sara Quinn is interviewing men as part of her graduate studies. Her intellectual endeavor has emotional consequences as the men’s twisted and revealing stories are juxtaposed against the backdrop of her own experience. Release Date: 25 September 2009 (US), unknown (UK)

The Trotsky: Jacob Tierney’s hilarious The Trotsky follows Leon Bronstein (Jay Baruchel), a precocious Montreal teen who fervently believes himself to be the reincarnation of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. He’s determined to duplicate every aspect of Trotsky’s life, including being exiled, at least twice, and ultimately assassinated. His most pressing issues right now, though, are finding his Lenin and an older wife, preferably named Alexandra. Release Date: unknown

Messages Deleted: A quivering voice begs screenwriter, Joel Brandt, to pick up the phone on a message from his answering machine. Thinking its a prank, Joel deletes the message. The caller is found dead. Another caller leaves Joel a message; there is another murder… then another… then another. The killer has Joel’s attention, and Joel now has the attention of the police. Release Date: unknown

Dare: The good girl, the outsider and the bad boy…like you’ve never seen them before. Release Date: unknown

Solomon Kane: A 16th century Puritan, Solomon Kane is a somber-looking man who wanders the world with no apparent goal other than to vanquish evil in all its forms. The invention of Robert E. Howard, the legendary creator of Conan the Barbarian, the Solomon Kane short stories were published in the Depression-era pulp magazine Weird Tales. One part of me really likes the look of this, the other just has alarm bells screaming “Dungeons and Dragons, and Van Helsing”. It could turn out really cool, but it could also easily turn out to be something like those two movies. Release Date: unknown

A Christmas Carol: An animated retelling of Charles Dickens classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions. Jim Carrey stars as at least four different characters, next to of Gary Oldman, Robin Wright Penn, Colin Firth, Cary Elwes, and Bob Hoskins. This trailer has been for ages in the cinema (so you might have see it already, in front of Harry Potter for instance), but it only was released online this week. Release Date: 6 November 2009 (US, UK)

Takers: Revolves around a notorious group of criminals (Idris Elba, Paul Walker, T.I., Chris Brown, Hayden Christensen, Michael Ealy) who continue to baffle police by pulling off perfectly executed bank robberies. They are in and out like clockwork, leaving no evidence behind and laying low in between heists. But when they attempt to pull off one last job with more money at stake than ever before, the crew may find their plans interrupted by a hardened detective (Matt Dillon) who is hell-bent on solving the case. Release Date: February 2010 (US), March 2010 (UK)

From Paris With Love: Starring John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. From Paris With Love follows a young embassy worker and an American secret agent who cross paths while working on a high-risk mission in Paris. This is the second movie from director Pierre Morel, who previously did the badass Taken. Oh and it’s co-written by Luc Besson. Release Date: February 2010 (US)

Everybody’s Fine: A widower (Robert De Niro) who realizes his only connection to his family was through his wife sets off on a road trip to reunite with each of his grown children: Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell. Release Date: 4 December 2009 (US)

Confucius: The life story of the highly-influential Chinese thinker and philosopher, Confucius, who lived from 551 BC to 479 BC during the Zhou Dynasty in China. It hasn’t picked up yet by a US or Uk distributor, but it’s screening this month in China to mark the 60th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China and Confucius’ 2,560th birthday. Release Date: unknown

Up In The Air: From Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate downsizing expert whose cherished life on the road is threatened just as he is on the cusp of reaching ten million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams. Release Date: December 2009 (US), January 2010 (UK)

The Princess and The Frog: A teaser trailer came out a while ago, but this is our first full length look at Walt Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, an animated comedy set in the great city of New Orleans. From the creators of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin comes a modern twist on a classic tale, featuring a beautiful girl named Tiana (Anika Noni Rose), a frog prince who desperately wants to be human again, and a fateful kiss that leads them both on a hilarious adventure through the mystical bayous of Louisiana. Release Date: December 2009 (US), February 2010 (UK)

Trick ‘R Treat: Four interwoven tales are set on Halloween night: a high-school principal who moonlights as a vicious serial killer, a young virgin whose quest for that special someone takes a gruesome turn, a group of teens who carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences, and a cantankerous old man who battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon. I’ve been waiting for this film for ages! A trailer was released one and a half year ago, but since then it’s been in distributor hell. Now finally it will be released on DVD; a pity, cause it looks like a great movie. Release Date: October 2009 (US)

Leslie, My Name Is Evil: Perry (Gregory Smith), a sheltered chemical engineer, falls in love with Leslie (Kristen Hager), a former homecoming princess, when he becomes a jury member at her hippie death cult murder trial. A film that explores how the choices Perry and Leslie make reflect upon the moral choices our society has made. Release Date: unknown

Agora: A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria. Starring Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Oscar Isaac, Ashraf Barhom, Michael Lonsdale, Rupert Evans. I really like the look of this, but I’m a sucker for Egyptian/Greek/Roman history! Even then though, while I’m not yet completely convinced by the plot, the cinematography looks gorgeous. Release Date: unknown

Extract: Extract follows the personal and professional problems endured by the owner of a flower-extract plant, who’s dealing with workplace problems and a streak of bad luck, including his wife’s affair with a gigolo. Extract is written and directed by Mike Judge, the man behind “Beavis and Butt-Head”, “King of the Hill”, Office Space, and Idiocracy. Release Date: September 2009 (US)

The Men Who Stare At Goats: A reporter in Iraq (Ewan McGregor) might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady (George Clooney), a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army’s First Earth Battalion, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions. This looks like fun! I hadn’t heard anything about this before watching the trailer, but it just looks so quirky. Release Date: November 2009 (US), January 2010 (UK)

Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day: It continues writer and director Troy Duffy’s saga of fraternal twins, the MacManus brothers. The two have been in deep hiding in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former lives or modern technologies. When word comes that a priest has been killed by sinister forces in the tough underworld of Boston, they return to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those who must now suffer the consequences, with a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins) and a FBI operative (Julie Benz). Release Date: October 2009 (US)

Defendor: Reality intersects with delusion in the mind of Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as Defendor, and combs the streets at night in search of his arch-enemy, Captain Industry. Release Date: 12 September 2009 (Toronto Film Festival)

The Wolfman: Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Upon his return and after being reunited with his estranged father, Talbot is bitten and cursed by a werewolf. Ooh, this looks like fun! You know how much I love my vampire/werewolf/etc movies, so a definite TO-BE-WATCHED. Release Date: 10 February 2010 (UK, US)

Youth In Revolt: About Nick Twisp, who does everything he can to win the heart of (and lose his virginity to) his dream girl. Hmm, not sure about this. It looks a bit boring until the introduction of Francois Dillinger, but I don’t think even that looked worth watching. Release Date: 30 October 2009 (US)

Capitalism: A Love Story: A comical look at the global financial crisis and the current troubles with the U.S. economy during the transition between the incoming Obama Administration and the outgoing Bush Administration. Release Date: 23 September 2009 (US)

War of The Worlds: Goliath: In 1900, the Earth was attacked by ruthless invaders from the planet Mars. The Martian’s 80 ft tall, heat-ray spewing, Tripod battle machines laid waste to the planet, but the invaders ultimately fell prey to Earth’s tiny bacteria. Fourteen years later, Man has rebuilt his shattered world, in large part by utilizing captured Martian technology. Equipped with giant, steam-powered Tripod battle machines, the international rapid reaction force, A.R.E.S., is Mankind’s first line of defense against the return of the rapacious Martian invaders. Release Date: On DVD February 2010

The Tournament: Every seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world’s deadliest assassins. The last man standing wins the $10 million cash prize and the title of Worlds No. 1 Assassin, which carries the legendary million dollar per bullet price tag. Release Date: unknown

Mother (Madeo): Directed by Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, this movies is about a mother who desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their horrific murder. Release Date: unknown

Armored: A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off. Release Date: 4 December 2009 (US), 5 February 2010 (UK)

After The Dark Knight, lots of people were wondering what Christopher Nolan next’s project would be. We slowly found out he’s working on Inception, with a fantastic cast. It’s got Leonardo di Caprio, Ellen Page, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cottilard, Cillian Murphy, Michael Caine and Ken Watanabe.

But what is it about? Well, until now (actually still even now) Nolan has been extremely tightlipped about this. This trailer is the first thing we see of it:

[Watch on MissGeeky]

Oooh, I like it. Not sure where it’s going, but I’m really curious to see it now. I’m pretty much a fan of Nolan: while I liked both Batman movies, I adored two of Nolan’s “other” movies: Memento and The Prestige. And Inception is looking to be something similar: a movie where you’ll be trying to figure out the entire time “what the hell is going on here”.

When this post goes live at 13:30, I’ll be sitting in the BFI IMAX watching 15 minutes of footage of Avatar. In 3D. I’m psyched. And a little nervous. I’ve heard so much about this movie, I can’t help but think I’ll be disappointed by whatever I see. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll be blown away. Maybe I won’t.

I saw this trailer yesterday, and I’m thinking maybe I shouldn’t have. Maybe I should have waited for the big screen. For the IMAX. For the 3D. Cause that’s what’s going to make this movie work, I think. It’s the movie that will convince us that 3D is the future for cinema. That these are movies you can’t watch on your computer screen or even your big ass plasma screen at home. No matter how big those screens are nowadays they won’t do this film justice. That’s what I expect at least. I think this will be a movie most remembered for its advancements in technology, not for its story or plot. And I’m curious to see if everything I’ve heard and been promised is true.

I’ll report back this evening on what I thought about the trailer and footage. For now, my opinion is: wait to see the trailer in the cinema. I just don’t think a small computer screen will do it justice. I’ll go ahead and post the trailer here anyway, cause I know most of you are dying to see it (no matter what I say). I do think it looks amazing; I just think the impact will be so much larger, if you see it on a huge screen in 3D for the first time. Anyhow here it is:

[Watch on MissGeeky]

Avatar – Release Date: 18 December 2009 (US, UK)

Law Abiding Citizen: An everyday guy (Gerard Butler) decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets his family’s killers free. His target: The district attorney (Jamie Foxx) who orchestrated the entire deal. Okay, wow! Hearing the description I just thought “another revenge movie”, won’t be much special. But this looks great! Release Date: October 2009 (US), November 2009 (UK)

When In Rome: Beth Harper (Kristen Bell) is a young, successful real estate agent… but she’s completely unlucky in love. However, when the New Yorker travels to Rome to see her newlywed sister, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of wannabe lovers. I’m curious to see both Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel as romantic leads, but I’m not convinced by this trailer. Release Date: January 2010 (US), April 2010 (UK)

Gentleman Broncos: Benjamin (Michael Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Jennifer Coolidge), is a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on a hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement). It’s directed by the same guy who did Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho Libre; I wasn’t much a fan of those movies, but I know some of you will find this hilarious. Release Date: Unknown

The Fourth Kind: In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. This encounter has been the most difficult to document…until now. Okay, this just looks booooring. Release Date: November 2009 (US)

Untitled: A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this satire on the state of contemporary art. Further complicating the affair is the composer’s brother. A little bit on the quirky side, but it still looks funny. Release Date: October 2009 (US)

The Ghost: Very short teaser trailer, but I think it looks interesting. Directed by Roman Polanski, it’s about a ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan). He uncovers secrets that put his own life in jeopardy. Release Date: 2010 (US, UK)

Legion: Having lost faith in the human race, a legion of angels descend to Earth to bring about the Apocalypse. Humanity’s only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a diner and the Archangel Michael himself. It stars Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, and Doug Jones. I think this looks awesome! It seems a bit similar in story to The Prophecy, but the visual effects here just look crazy. Release Date: January 2010 (US), March 2010 (UK)

Dorian Gray: A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty eternally, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all. This trailer came out a couple of weeks ago, but somehow I managed to miss it. I like the dark look they’re going for, but I’m hoping it’s not too costume drama-ry. Release Date: September 2009 (UK)

Astro Boy: When a scientist’s son dies, he secretly creates a powerful robot to replace him, but the robot uses its powers to become a famous superhero and faces his biggest challenge when an alien threatens Earth. So far we’ve only seen teasers, but now we finally get a full length theatrical trailer. It looks funnier than I imagined it to be. Release Date: October 2009 (US), January 2010 (UK)

New York, I Love You: In the city that never sleeps, love is always on the mind. Those passions come to life in New York, I Love You – a collaboration of storytelling from some of today’s most imaginative filmmakers and featuring an all-star cast. And what a cast! Release Date: October 2009 (US)

It’s Complicated: Oh wow, a movie inspired by a Facebook status. Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a restaurant/bakery and has an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake. But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. Hmm, Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. I want to like this movie, because of Baldwin and Martin, but I just can’t stand Streep in romantic comedies (she was the main thing I didn’t like in Mamma Mia). Release Date: December 2009 (US), January 2010 (UK)

Me And Orson Welles: Set in 1937 New York, the story centers on a high school student (Efron) who happens upon the yet-to-open Mercury Theatre and is noticed by its mercurial founder, Orson Welles. The man lands a part in “Julius Caesar,” the production that catapulted Welles to the top, and spends the next week learning about life and love. Looks a bit cutesy, although I might end up seeing it. Release Date: unknown

The Open Road: A tale of a young man looking to reconnect with his long-lost father — a famous baseball legend — and bring him back to the bedside of his ailing mother. Together they embark on a road trip that none of them will ever forget. It’s got Jeff Bridges in it, so that’s got me kind of interested. But the other main character is played by Justin Timberlake; I don’t know, I just can’t stand him most of the time. Release Date: August 2009 (US)

The Boys Are Back: Inspired by a true story, The Boys Are Back is a deeply moving, wryly confessional tale of fatherhood, that intimately evokes both the fragility and wonders of family life. It follows a witty, wisecracking, action-oriented sportswriter (Clive Owen) who, in the wake of his wife’s tragic death, finds himself in a sudden, stultifying state of single parenthood. Release Date: September 2009 (US)

This just looks awesome! When Heath Ledger died, I was dreading what would happen to this movie. Ledger had only shot a couple of scenes, and they had to abandon the entire project or they had to reshoot all the scenes with him in it. Or so I thought. Instead Terry Gilliam chose another route: Ledger’s character enters three magical “worlds” and instead of recasting Ledger, in each of the different worlds this character is played by another actor. Johnny Depp. Colin Farrell. And Jude Law.

Here’s the description:

In the present day, immortal 1,000-year-old Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) leads a traveling theatre troupe—including a sleight of hand expert, Anton (Andrew Garfield), and a dwarf, Percy (Verne Troyer)— that offers audience members a chance to go beyond reality through a magical mirror in his possession. Parnassus had been able to guide the imagination of others through a deal with the Devil (Tom Waits), who now comes to collect on the arrangement, targeting the doctor’s daughter (Lily Cole). The troupe, which is joined by a mysterious outsider named Tony (portrayed by Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, and Colin Farrell) embark through parallel worlds to rescue the girl.

And of course the trailer:

Wow. The four actors surprisingly look pretty similar, and even though I was expecting it, it took me a while to realize who I was looking at. This looks pretty amazing, don’t you think?

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Release Date: 16 October 2009 (UK)