If you've got my kind of taste though, you already have a good idea what ten you want to see more than the rest. You can check out my list (based September-November and mostly based around movies with a wide release) when you CLICK READ MORE.
1. Machete (Sept. 3rd)
Hollywood is wasting no time in getting me boned up for the season as next week, Machete is released. Co-directed by Robert Rodriguez, the movie is based off the faux trailer that was played before his and Quentin Tarantino's Grindhouse double feature released a few years ago. Now, it's getting the real full-length treatment and for some reason, Robert De Niro has gotten involved (a De Niro movie in the 21st century that's ACTUALLY worth watching? Weeeeird). Rodriguez is best when doing his hyper violent adult fare, and I think this will have the gore and the ridiculousness that I've been looking for in a movie for awhile. Extra points if Trejo kills Seagal in the movie...I hate that man.
2. Easy A (Sept. 17th)
Easy A has an interesting premise, a great cast, and could be one of the few good teen movies to come out in the past few years. Emma Stone plays the main character, who helps her gay friend pretend to lose his virginity so he doesn't face ridicule at their school. Soon enough word gets out on both ends: she is labeled a slut by her peers, and other similar guys (either gay or just plain losers) go to her to help them with their own problems. This is also based off The Scarlet Letter, hence the A.
I absolutely love that premise, and if they don't botch it, it could make for an interesting watch with some good themes strewn about. Emma Stone is gorgeous and is a good actress (and gorgeous), so I have faith in her to carry the movie. Throw in Amanda Bynes (yes, she's alive) and Stanley Tucci (!!!) in for fun, and you've got a good cast with a cool premise. The only hindrance is that the movie seems to rely on Stone narrating the story in her webcam which could get annoying, and it could go overboard on the "sarcastic teen" thing that made me loathe Juno. I got faith though. Much faith.
3. Devil (Sept. 17th)
M. Night Shamaylan may have dug his name through the mud over the summer (and pretty much everything after Signs), but he's playing to his strengths with this one; instead of writing and directing Devil, he just came up with the idea and is letting newer filmmakers take the ball and run with it. His ideas are usually more interesting than the execution, so not only can I jive with that, I can...well, jive is a good word let's stick with that. Devil has a group of people stuck in elevator, and one of them is apparently a demon. The trailer (which you can see HERE) is a little cheesy, but color me intrigued. Apparently, this is the first in a series of M. Night idea movies called "The Night Chronicles"; I'll say this much: criticism has done nothing to deflate the man's ego.
4. Let Me In (Oct. 1st)
Let Me In is a remake of the 2007 Swedish film Let the Right One In, which many film purists find pointless. However, I get it; most Americans don't like subtitles. It's the simple truth. From all accounts though, this looks like a very faithful adaptation/remake (I've never seen the original, and won't in order to keep my viewing of this pure). It also features two of the best child actors working, Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) and Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass), and a director (Matt Reeves) that I 100% trust, due to the excellence that was Cloverfield. Moretz (my computer can't do the dots) plays the vampire girl who lives next door to the bullied youngster (McPhee) and the two become friends even in the face of dealing with the vampire/human dynamic. With vampires so popular, this will pique a lot of mainstream interest (unless the vampire craze dies in the next month), and hopefully it will propel this movie to a success. The trailer made it look excellent and Reeves and company cherry picked the two best child actors in America to fulfill these roles. All signs point to yay, let's hope it's not just good marketing.
5. The Social Network (Oct. 1st)
When the first teaser for The Social Network came out, I wasn't very enthused; in fact, I was confused as to why a movie like this even needed a teaser since it's not exactly a movie going for visuals. However, once the real trailer came out, I got a little excited; the movie looks like it could be excellent, even if the subject matter may end up boring the younger audience who may go in because of the actors and the Facebook connection. The Social Network is based off the real-life story of Facebook's founding, with Jesse Eisenberg playing its co-creator Mark Zuckerberg. From what I've seen, it looks like it'll be damn good, and with David Fincher directing (awesome) and Aaron Sorkin writing the screenplay (EVEN MORE AWESOME), it's got a good team behind it. Can it make the Facebook story interesting and worthy of a watch? I'm hoping so.
6. Nowhere Boy (Oct. 8th)
Another Kick-Ass alum will be branching out this fall, as Aaron Johnson stars in the John Lennon bio-pic Nowhere Boy. I wasn't really interested in this until I saw the trailer, but it actually looks damn good. Johnson is a damn good actor (and even better at impregnating and marrying directors), and the story itself is interesting. Lennon was a pretty complex cat, and since this all takes place before The Beatles form, none of the Yoko stuff will be here. Thankfully. I'm surprised this is getting a wide release, but that's why the Fall is so awesome.
7. Jackass 3-D (Oct. 15)
As much as I always try to deny it, I love the Jackass crew and their insane desire to hurt themselves in excruciating ways. The first two movies were fun, and with the added bonus of a 3-D gimmick to play around with, they should be upping the ante. However, I hope this is their last movie; they are getting old and eventually someone will die. As much as Steve-O annoys me, I don't wish that on any of them.
8. Saw 3-D (Oct. 29th)
It was fun while it lasted, but after beating the dead horse repeatedly, the Saw franchise is finally coming to an end...and in THREE DIMENSIONS. Even though 4 and 5 were kind of painful to sit through, the sixth was actually pretty good and brought the series back to watchability. Hell, even if you gave up on these movies after the 2nd one (and I don't blame you), they are finally tying up all the loose ends so come onnnnn. This is the last Halloween where you can watch a Saw movie; from now on, it'll be Paranormal Activity taking over the low budget yearly horror franchise and that...that is not nearly going to be as much fun.
9. Skyline (Nov. 12th)
Let's get the bad right out of the way: Skyline is being made by the same people who were behind Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. That makes me a little nervous. But watch that trailer; it's just a teaser so no plot is revealed or anything, but the visual of alien ships sucking up giant masses of people? Count me right the hell in! I just hope it ends up being good and not, erm, Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem.
10. Faster (Nov. 24th)
After a spill in family films in order to diversify himself, Dwayne Johnson is headed back into action territory with Faster. In the movie, he's going to play Driver, a prisoner who gets released and goes to get revenge on the man that's wronged him. The teaser again doesn't give much away, but it looks pretty cool for an action movie and the narration over the teaser along with Dwayne's "sermon's over" ending line was just badass. Here's hoping this will lead to more opportunities to take the action hero crown that I believe is rightfully his (well, he can share it with Jason Statham).