Hey, what a surprise, a ton of movies are coming out this holiday season and are certain to flood the theatres in a full spectrum of quality. ‘Tis not my uneducated and unbiased place to tell you which ones to see or not to see, you will decide for yourself. But certainly I could point to some of the more offensive ones to those of us that consider ourselves at least mildly cultured, educated, and respectable. If you are anxiously awaiting either Transylmania or Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakuel please stop reading at this time. This is not to say that these films are representative of the cornucopia of features available to us. The month includes what look to be fairly promising films like Brothers and Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air. Clint Eastwood’s new Matt Damon/ Morgan Freeman film Invictus comes out on the 11th. And of course blockbuster filmmakers James Cameron and Peter Jackson release their visions, Avatar and The Lovely Bones, respectively.
The two films for which I reserve the most anticipation both find themselves conveniently ushering in Christmas. The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus has already been discussed here. The same day also marks the arrival of Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch, Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) Sherlock Holmes interpretation. From the look of the trailer it seems to resort to the heavy style found in the directors early films. It also comes more star-studded than any of his films even if it sits on the edge of ridiculous.
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