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49. Che: The Argentine/The Guerrilla (Director: Steven Soderbergh, ETA: Jan/Feb)
What is it? Two-part biopic of revolutionary-cum-poster boy Che Guevara, starring Benicio Del Toro
Why we’re excited: Because this isn’t Ocean’s Fourteen, and because the last time Soderbergh strayed into such weighty territory he gave us Traffic. And the buzz around Del Toro is big – he picked up best actor at last year’s Cannes for the role.
48. Slumdog Millionaire (Director: Danny Boyle, ETA: 9th Jan)
What is it? Indian-set drama about a street kid called Jamal and his run on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Sort of.
Why we’re excited: Because it’s not really about that at all, it’s a whirlpool of flashbacks and heartache and slums, building into a dazzling emotional whole. And it's a major Brit hope at the Oscars.
47. The Wrestler (Director: Darren Aronofsky, ETA: 16th Jan)
What is it? Bitter fictional biopic about a ruined pro wrestler played by Mickey Rourke.
Why we’re excited: Following on from his turn as broken lug Marv in Sin City, Rourke probes deeper into his own self-destructed career in an authentically seedy take on what happens when the spotlights go off. Charged and raw.
46. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Director: David Fincher, ETA: 6th Feb)
What is it? Adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short about a man born old, living his life in reverse.
Why we’re excited: Take your pick: Because we’d watch a Fincher remake of Carry On Columbus. Because Pitt is at his career peak. Because the last time the two paired up we got Fight Club. Because the story is a heartbreaking burrow into love, life, death and despair - and in the end, that’s all there is.
45. Notorious (Director: George Tillman, Jr. 13th February)
44. The International (Director: Tom Tykwer, ETA: 27th Feb)
What is it? Corporate thriller with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts investigating a multinational bank with ties to terrorism.
Why we’re excited: Because Owen is at his best in a suit with a girl, a gun and a moody stare. And because the mood is just right for an investigative thriller sticking it to the banker man.
43. Assassination Of A High School President (Director: Brett Simon, ETA: March)
42. Surveillance (Director: Jennifer Lynch, ETA: 6th March)
41. Watchmen (Director: Zack Snyder, ETA: 6th March?)
What is it? Hugely hyped adaptation of the finest graphic novel ever created.
Why we’re excited: The trailer is immense, the source material impeccable, and while Snyder’s 300 was shallow, it looked sexy as all hell and showed Snyder's flair for faithful adaptation. But will the Fox/Warners wrangle hold back the release?
40. Duplicity (Director: Tony Gilroy, ETA: 20th March)
What is it? Corporate espionage flick about rival spies – Clive Owen and Julia Roberts – who team up to manipulate their employers.
Why we’re excited: Because writer/director Gilroy showed he could do tight corporate thrillers with the incredible Michael Clayton, and because the last time Owen and Roberts were onscreen together (in Closer) the result was explosive.
39. Lesbian Vampire Killers (Director: Phil Claydon, ETA: 20th March)
38. Adventureland (Director: Greg Mottola, ETA: 27th March)
37. Genova (Director: Michael Winterbottom, ETA: 27th March)
36. Monsters Vs Aliens (Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon, ETA: 3rd April)
What is it? Dreamworks CG blockbuster about humans-turned-monsters battling to save Earth from invading aliens.
Why we’re excited: Because the story’s got that special Pixar-esque something that Dreamworks notmally struggles to tap. It’s instant-hit interesting but, as the trailers show, gleams with depth and imagination. Plus, Stephen Colbert plays the president of the USA, which is really cool stunt casting. Oh, and 3D, as we know, is the future.
35. Dragonball: Evolution (Director: James Wong, ETA: 10th April)
34. Crank 2: High Voltage (Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, ETA: 17th April)
What is it? Impossible sequel to totally relentless and brilliantly brainless chase flick.
Why we’re excited: Because Jason Statham is the daddy, and never more watchable than when he’s hitting men, publicly rutting with women or, in the case of Crank 2, electro-shocking his faulty replacement heart to keep it ticking. Exactly.
33. State Of Play (Director: Kevin MacDonald, ETA: 17th April)
What is it? Political thriller based on the BBC drama, with reporters and police digging into the mystery surrounding a politician’s mistress.
Why we’re excited: The cast – Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, a rejuvenated Ben Affleck – has the quality needed to condense and sustain the complexity of the superb original, and Tony Gilroy’s name is on the writing credits.
32. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Director: Gavin Hood, ETA: May)
What is it? First spin-off from the X-Men series exploring the background stories of its heroes.
Why we’re excited: Because the presence of Hugh Jackman, who can act as well as flex, reduces the chances this’ll be a limp cash-in to practically zero. Wolverine’s the most watchable X-Man anyway, so it's pretty much a two-hour highlight reel.
31. Star Trek (Director: J.J. Abrams, ETA: 8th May)
What is it? Reboot of the most influential sci-fi series of all time.
Why we’re excited: Along with Watchmen, the must-watch big budget film of 2009. Abrams is the perfect choice to breathe vitality, relevance and cool back into a franchise that’s coasted on nerdcore support for too long. The casting is inspired, the design impeccable, and the trailer makes us believe it can all work.
30. Synecdoche, New York (Director: Charlie Kaufman, ETA: 15th May)
29. Untitled Bruno Project (Director: Unknown, ETA: 29th May)
28. Drag Me To Hell (Director: Sam Raimi, ETA: 29th May)
27. Up (Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, ETA: 29th May)
What is it? Pixar’s annual raising of the animation bar, starring a septuagenarian who ties balloons to his house and flies it to South America.
Why we’re excited: It's Pixar being ambitious and brave enough to throw away the staple 'toon diet of robots and anthropomorphised animals to reach for something truly emotional and extraordinary.
26. Inglourious Basterds (Director: Quentin Tarantino, ETA: June)
What is it? Gritty WWII action flick about a group of Jewish-American commandos spreading fear behind enemy lines with a series of brutal killings.
Why we’re excited: The plot is inspired exploitation nonsense, the cast is gloriously eclectic (Rod Taylor and Mike Myers? Really?) and it’s a film Tarantino has been threatening to make for over ten years.
25. Terminator: Salvation (Director: McG, ETA: 5th June)
What is it? Post-apocalyptic struggle against the rise of The Machines.
Why we’re excited: It’s the Terminator sequel we’ve been craving for years - skipping the boring part where mankind is still alive trying to save the world, and simply getting on with the (hopefully exhilarating) death of everything. And as the man who saved the Bat, Christian Bale has somehow become the biggest action star on the planet – he simply doesn't appear in bad films.
24. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Director: Michael Bay, ETA: 26th June)
What is it? Sequel to the occasionally kick-ass live action robot blockbuster.
Why we’re excited: Because the backstory’s out of the way, which means Bay can get on with nailing the sort of incredible action sequences and fight scenes which were in disappointingly short supply in the first film.
23. They Came From Upstairs (Director: John Schultz, ETA: July)
22. Public Enemies (Director: Michael Mann, ETA: 3rd July)
What is it? Period crime drama about the fledgling FBI’s war on John Dillinger and other high-profile gangsters in the 1930s.
Why we’re excited: Because if you’re looking for a hard-edged crime piece about professional men getting down to business, Michael Mann is still the authority. And because if he can pull Bale versus Depp with anything like the tension and grace of Heat’s Pacino versus De Niro moment, it’ll be an instant classic.
21. 2012 (Director: Roland Emmerich, ETA: 10th July)
20. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (Director: David Yates, ETA: 17th July)
What is it? Harry’s penultimate year at Hogwarts, in which he explores the dark past of Lord Voldemort.
Why we’re excited: Because from humble beginnings, the Potter films have grown into sophisticated blockbusters, and because Yates was the force behind the best one yet (Order Of The Phoenix). We wouldn’t have believed it when a stuttering Daniel Radcliffe wandered onto cinema screens not knowing what to do with his hands all those years back, but we’ll miss Potter when its gone.
19. Land Of The Lost (Director: Brad Silberling, ETA: 17th July)
18. The Year One (Director: Harold Ramis, ETA: 24th July)
17. Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (Director: David R Ellis, ETA: August)
16. Mardi Gras (Director: Phil Dornfield, ETA: August)
15. The Taking Of Pelham 123 (Director: Tony Scott, ETA: 7th Aug)
What is it? Remake of seminal Seventies crime caper about a subway hijack and the ransoming of its passengers.
Why we’re excited: Because Scott is the safest pair of hands in the action blockbuster business, Denzel Washington only ever varies between ‘watchable’ and ‘astonishing’, and the story is a cast iron classic.
14. GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra (Director: Stephen Sommers, ETA: 14th Aug)
13. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (Director: Terry Gilliam, ETA: Sept)
What is it? A circus of imagination, fantasy and danger, featuring a magical looking glass that leads into other worlds.
Why we’re excited: After Heath Ledger’s blockbuster-bossing turn in The Dark Knight there’s not a movie fan alive who doesn’t want to see what he did next, and how Gilliam’s production accommodated his sad departure. Here’s hoping we get a back-to-form Gilliam classic to see the Best Supporting Actor winner off in style.
12. The Informant (Director: Steven Soderbergh, ETA: 18th Sept)
What is it? Insider-style whistleblower drama, with Matt Damon feeding info on price-fixing to the FBI.
Why we’re excited: Even though the machinations of agricultural monopolies might not sound too thrilling, there's some serious pedigree here: Soderbergh directs, Damon stars (with guesting body fat) and Kiwi Melanie Lynskey – the one from Heavenly Creatures who wasn’t Kate Winslet – gets a long-overdue crack at the big time.
11. Where The Wild Things Are (Director: Spike Jonze, ETA: 16th Oct)
What is it? Live-action rethink of the classic bedtime story.
Why we’re excited: Because the secrets of childhood and the grace of monsters are perfect for the delicate leftfield brain of Spike Jonze, and the stills which have emerged so far – grumpy king Max dancing with giant furries in a midnight forest – look faithful and fantastic. The delays are a worry, though...
10. Shutter Island (Director: Martin Scorsese, ETA: 23rd Oct)
What is it? Period crime drama about a US Marshal’s search for an escaped murderess.
Why we’re excited: Scorsese’s intitially bewildering pairing with DiCaprio improves with each outing, and Dennis Lehane – the author of the source novel – is all kinds of hot after the success of Gone Baby Gone.
9. The Box (Director: Richard Kelly, ETA: November)
What is it? Supernatural moral dilemma: a couple are given a box and told that pressing the button inside will make them rich, but also kill someone they don't know.
Why we’re excited: Because no-one can direct Donnie Darko and not have another great film in them. And because even if this is the stuff of recycled Twilight Zone episodes, it’s got Frank Langella in and he’s awesome.
8. Sherlock Holmes (Director: Guy Ritchie, ETA: November)
What is it? Reworking of the classic detective story, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.
Why we’re excited: Downey Jr has the right mix of elusive genius and fitful energy to nail Holmes dead on, while we're keen to see where Post-Madge Ritchie's head's at...
7. The Wolf Man (Director: Joe Johnston, ETA: 6th Nov)
6. The Lovely Bones (Director: Peter Jackson, ETA: December)
5. Avatar (Director: James Cameron, ETA: 18th Dec)
What is it? A vast, ambitious interplanetary war saga, filmed in 3D.
Why we’re excited: It’s the first project to stir James Cameron from his slumber since Titanic, and sees him return not only to sci-fi but also to cutting edge special effects. If it’s half as good as T2, it’ll be the best film, like, EVER.
4. Surrogates (Director: Jonathan Mostow, ETA: 26th December)
What is it? Future-set murder mystery, with Bruce Willis as a cop investigating the murders of robots.
Why we’re excited: The Phillip K. Dick-style graphic novel source paints a grim and engaging future where humans are house-bound and interact only through robot middle-men (the surrogates of the title). As Twelve Monkeys and The Sixth Sense show, Willis is at his best when he’s playing against his star image in twisted genre setups.
3. Jennifer’s Body (Director: Karyn Kusama, ETA: 2009)
2. TR2N (Director: Joseph Kosinski, ETA: 2011)
1. Chasing Ghosts: Beyond The Arcade (Director: Lincoln Ruchti, ETA: 2009)
Кратенько :)
49. Che: The Argentine/The Guerrilla (Director: Steven Soderbergh, ETA: Jan/Feb)
What is it? Two-part biopic of revolutionary-cum-poster boy Che Guevara, starring Benicio Del Toro
Why we’re excited: Because this isn’t Ocean’s Fourteen, and because the last time Soderbergh strayed into such weighty territory he gave us Traffic. And the buzz around Del Toro is big – he picked up best actor at last year’s Cannes for the role.
48. Slumdog Millionaire (Director: Danny Boyle, ETA: 9th Jan)
What is it? Indian-set drama about a street kid called Jamal and his run on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Sort of.
Why we’re excited: Because it’s not really about that at all, it’s a whirlpool of flashbacks and heartache and slums, building into a dazzling emotional whole. And it's a major Brit hope at the Oscars.
47. The Wrestler (Director: Darren Aronofsky, ETA: 16th Jan)
What is it? Bitter fictional biopic about a ruined pro wrestler played by Mickey Rourke.
Why we’re excited: Following on from his turn as broken lug Marv in Sin City, Rourke probes deeper into his own self-destructed career in an authentically seedy take on what happens when the spotlights go off. Charged and raw.
46. The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (Director: David Fincher, ETA: 6th Feb)
What is it? Adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short about a man born old, living his life in reverse.
Why we’re excited: Take your pick: Because we’d watch a Fincher remake of Carry On Columbus. Because Pitt is at his career peak. Because the last time the two paired up we got Fight Club. Because the story is a heartbreaking burrow into love, life, death and despair - and in the end, that’s all there is.
45. Notorious (Director: George Tillman, Jr. 13th February)
44. The International (Director: Tom Tykwer, ETA: 27th Feb)
What is it? Corporate thriller with Clive Owen and Naomi Watts investigating a multinational bank with ties to terrorism.
Why we’re excited: Because Owen is at his best in a suit with a girl, a gun and a moody stare. And because the mood is just right for an investigative thriller sticking it to the banker man.
43. Assassination Of A High School President (Director: Brett Simon, ETA: March)
42. Surveillance (Director: Jennifer Lynch, ETA: 6th March)
41. Watchmen (Director: Zack Snyder, ETA: 6th March?)
What is it? Hugely hyped adaptation of the finest graphic novel ever created.
Why we’re excited: The trailer is immense, the source material impeccable, and while Snyder’s 300 was shallow, it looked sexy as all hell and showed Snyder's flair for faithful adaptation. But will the Fox/Warners wrangle hold back the release?
40. Duplicity (Director: Tony Gilroy, ETA: 20th March)
What is it? Corporate espionage flick about rival spies – Clive Owen and Julia Roberts – who team up to manipulate their employers.
Why we’re excited: Because writer/director Gilroy showed he could do tight corporate thrillers with the incredible Michael Clayton, and because the last time Owen and Roberts were onscreen together (in Closer) the result was explosive.
39. Lesbian Vampire Killers (Director: Phil Claydon, ETA: 20th March)
38. Adventureland (Director: Greg Mottola, ETA: 27th March)
37. Genova (Director: Michael Winterbottom, ETA: 27th March)
36. Monsters Vs Aliens (Directors: Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon, ETA: 3rd April)
What is it? Dreamworks CG blockbuster about humans-turned-monsters battling to save Earth from invading aliens.
Why we’re excited: Because the story’s got that special Pixar-esque something that Dreamworks notmally struggles to tap. It’s instant-hit interesting but, as the trailers show, gleams with depth and imagination. Plus, Stephen Colbert plays the president of the USA, which is really cool stunt casting. Oh, and 3D, as we know, is the future.
35. Dragonball: Evolution (Director: James Wong, ETA: 10th April)
34. Crank 2: High Voltage (Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor, ETA: 17th April)
What is it? Impossible sequel to totally relentless and brilliantly brainless chase flick.
Why we’re excited: Because Jason Statham is the daddy, and never more watchable than when he’s hitting men, publicly rutting with women or, in the case of Crank 2, electro-shocking his faulty replacement heart to keep it ticking. Exactly.
33. State Of Play (Director: Kevin MacDonald, ETA: 17th April)
What is it? Political thriller based on the BBC drama, with reporters and police digging into the mystery surrounding a politician’s mistress.
Why we’re excited: The cast – Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, a rejuvenated Ben Affleck – has the quality needed to condense and sustain the complexity of the superb original, and Tony Gilroy’s name is on the writing credits.
32. X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Director: Gavin Hood, ETA: May)
What is it? First spin-off from the X-Men series exploring the background stories of its heroes.
Why we’re excited: Because the presence of Hugh Jackman, who can act as well as flex, reduces the chances this’ll be a limp cash-in to practically zero. Wolverine’s the most watchable X-Man anyway, so it's pretty much a two-hour highlight reel.
31. Star Trek (Director: J.J. Abrams, ETA: 8th May)
What is it? Reboot of the most influential sci-fi series of all time.
Why we’re excited: Along with Watchmen, the must-watch big budget film of 2009. Abrams is the perfect choice to breathe vitality, relevance and cool back into a franchise that’s coasted on nerdcore support for too long. The casting is inspired, the design impeccable, and the trailer makes us believe it can all work.
30. Synecdoche, New York (Director: Charlie Kaufman, ETA: 15th May)
29. Untitled Bruno Project (Director: Unknown, ETA: 29th May)
28. Drag Me To Hell (Director: Sam Raimi, ETA: 29th May)
27. Up (Directors: Pete Docter, Bob Peterson, ETA: 29th May)
What is it? Pixar’s annual raising of the animation bar, starring a septuagenarian who ties balloons to his house and flies it to South America.
Why we’re excited: It's Pixar being ambitious and brave enough to throw away the staple 'toon diet of robots and anthropomorphised animals to reach for something truly emotional and extraordinary.
26. Inglourious Basterds (Director: Quentin Tarantino, ETA: June)
What is it? Gritty WWII action flick about a group of Jewish-American commandos spreading fear behind enemy lines with a series of brutal killings.
Why we’re excited: The plot is inspired exploitation nonsense, the cast is gloriously eclectic (Rod Taylor and Mike Myers? Really?) and it’s a film Tarantino has been threatening to make for over ten years.
25. Terminator: Salvation (Director: McG, ETA: 5th June)
What is it? Post-apocalyptic struggle against the rise of The Machines.
Why we’re excited: It’s the Terminator sequel we’ve been craving for years - skipping the boring part where mankind is still alive trying to save the world, and simply getting on with the (hopefully exhilarating) death of everything. And as the man who saved the Bat, Christian Bale has somehow become the biggest action star on the planet – he simply doesn't appear in bad films.
24. Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen (Director: Michael Bay, ETA: 26th June)
What is it? Sequel to the occasionally kick-ass live action robot blockbuster.
Why we’re excited: Because the backstory’s out of the way, which means Bay can get on with nailing the sort of incredible action sequences and fight scenes which were in disappointingly short supply in the first film.
23. They Came From Upstairs (Director: John Schultz, ETA: July)
22. Public Enemies (Director: Michael Mann, ETA: 3rd July)
What is it? Period crime drama about the fledgling FBI’s war on John Dillinger and other high-profile gangsters in the 1930s.
Why we’re excited: Because if you’re looking for a hard-edged crime piece about professional men getting down to business, Michael Mann is still the authority. And because if he can pull Bale versus Depp with anything like the tension and grace of Heat’s Pacino versus De Niro moment, it’ll be an instant classic.
21. 2012 (Director: Roland Emmerich, ETA: 10th July)
20. Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (Director: David Yates, ETA: 17th July)
What is it? Harry’s penultimate year at Hogwarts, in which he explores the dark past of Lord Voldemort.
Why we’re excited: Because from humble beginnings, the Potter films have grown into sophisticated blockbusters, and because Yates was the force behind the best one yet (Order Of The Phoenix). We wouldn’t have believed it when a stuttering Daniel Radcliffe wandered onto cinema screens not knowing what to do with his hands all those years back, but we’ll miss Potter when its gone.
19. Land Of The Lost (Director: Brad Silberling, ETA: 17th July)
18. The Year One (Director: Harold Ramis, ETA: 24th July)
17. Final Destination: Death Trip 3D (Director: David R Ellis, ETA: August)
16. Mardi Gras (Director: Phil Dornfield, ETA: August)
15. The Taking Of Pelham 123 (Director: Tony Scott, ETA: 7th Aug)
What is it? Remake of seminal Seventies crime caper about a subway hijack and the ransoming of its passengers.
Why we’re excited: Because Scott is the safest pair of hands in the action blockbuster business, Denzel Washington only ever varies between ‘watchable’ and ‘astonishing’, and the story is a cast iron classic.
14. GI Joe: Rise Of Cobra (Director: Stephen Sommers, ETA: 14th Aug)
13. The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus (Director: Terry Gilliam, ETA: Sept)
What is it? A circus of imagination, fantasy and danger, featuring a magical looking glass that leads into other worlds.
Why we’re excited: After Heath Ledger’s blockbuster-bossing turn in The Dark Knight there’s not a movie fan alive who doesn’t want to see what he did next, and how Gilliam’s production accommodated his sad departure. Here’s hoping we get a back-to-form Gilliam classic to see the Best Supporting Actor winner off in style.
12. The Informant (Director: Steven Soderbergh, ETA: 18th Sept)
What is it? Insider-style whistleblower drama, with Matt Damon feeding info on price-fixing to the FBI.
Why we’re excited: Even though the machinations of agricultural monopolies might not sound too thrilling, there's some serious pedigree here: Soderbergh directs, Damon stars (with guesting body fat) and Kiwi Melanie Lynskey – the one from Heavenly Creatures who wasn’t Kate Winslet – gets a long-overdue crack at the big time.
11. Where The Wild Things Are (Director: Spike Jonze, ETA: 16th Oct)
What is it? Live-action rethink of the classic bedtime story.
Why we’re excited: Because the secrets of childhood and the grace of monsters are perfect for the delicate leftfield brain of Spike Jonze, and the stills which have emerged so far – grumpy king Max dancing with giant furries in a midnight forest – look faithful and fantastic. The delays are a worry, though...
10. Shutter Island (Director: Martin Scorsese, ETA: 23rd Oct)
What is it? Period crime drama about a US Marshal’s search for an escaped murderess.
Why we’re excited: Scorsese’s intitially bewildering pairing with DiCaprio improves with each outing, and Dennis Lehane – the author of the source novel – is all kinds of hot after the success of Gone Baby Gone.
9. The Box (Director: Richard Kelly, ETA: November)
What is it? Supernatural moral dilemma: a couple are given a box and told that pressing the button inside will make them rich, but also kill someone they don't know.
Why we’re excited: Because no-one can direct Donnie Darko and not have another great film in them. And because even if this is the stuff of recycled Twilight Zone episodes, it’s got Frank Langella in and he’s awesome.
8. Sherlock Holmes (Director: Guy Ritchie, ETA: November)
What is it? Reworking of the classic detective story, starring Robert Downey Jr and Jude Law.
Why we’re excited: Downey Jr has the right mix of elusive genius and fitful energy to nail Holmes dead on, while we're keen to see where Post-Madge Ritchie's head's at...
7. The Wolf Man (Director: Joe Johnston, ETA: 6th Nov)
6. The Lovely Bones (Director: Peter Jackson, ETA: December)
5. Avatar (Director: James Cameron, ETA: 18th Dec)
What is it? A vast, ambitious interplanetary war saga, filmed in 3D.
Why we’re excited: It’s the first project to stir James Cameron from his slumber since Titanic, and sees him return not only to sci-fi but also to cutting edge special effects. If it’s half as good as T2, it’ll be the best film, like, EVER.
4. Surrogates (Director: Jonathan Mostow, ETA: 26th December)
What is it? Future-set murder mystery, with Bruce Willis as a cop investigating the murders of robots.
Why we’re excited: The Phillip K. Dick-style graphic novel source paints a grim and engaging future where humans are house-bound and interact only through robot middle-men (the surrogates of the title). As Twelve Monkeys and The Sixth Sense show, Willis is at his best when he’s playing against his star image in twisted genre setups.
3. Jennifer’s Body (Director: Karyn Kusama, ETA: 2009)
2. TR2N (Director: Joseph Kosinski, ETA: 2011)
1. Chasing Ghosts: Beyond The Arcade (Director: Lincoln Ruchti, ETA: 2009)
