Bastians Weekly Recommendations

#1 Inception

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe

Release Date: Summer

Christopher Nolan is not only one of my favourite directors, but one of the most succesful directors right now. Inception is his next project after “The Dark Knight” and “The Prestige”. The main reason it is my number one, however, is the fact that nobody has a clue about what this movie will be about. Not even the new trailer gives any information. Nolan only says about his film that it is about “a crime set in the architecture of human mind”. WTF?!

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#2 The Expendables

Director: Sylvester Stallone

Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke

Release Date: September / October

This will be the return of the 80′s action flicks. Sylvester Stallone has a unique cast of new and old action heroes. Furthermore Stallone proved with Rocky VI and John Rambo that he still got it. So I expect only the best.

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#3 Predators

Director: Namród Antal

Cast: Danny Trejo, Adrian Brody

Release Date: July

The movie will be prduced by Robert Rodriguez wich already is a good sign. Even better is the news that this movie will habe nothing to do with the Sequel “Predator 2″ or the very bad “Aliens versus Predator” movies. It will orientate itself more on the original movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger, which is a classic.

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#4 The Rum Diary

Director: Bruce Robinson

Cast: Johnny Depp, Amber Heard

Release Date: ?

This is the secend film adaption of a book of Hunter S. Thompson, the creator of the “Gonzo Journalism”. Already in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (directed by Terry Gilliam), Depp, who was a close friend of the Thompson, played the protagonist. So I’m curious what this movie will be like. The book is definitely a recommendation.

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#5 Iron Man 2

Director: Jon Favreau

Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johannson, Mickey Rourke

Release Date: May

Iron Man was one of the best comic adaptions so far (which mainly was the credit of great Robert Downey Jr. who recently saved “Sherlock Holmes” from being a total flop). Normally I’m always sceptic when it comes to sequels. However after watching the trailer and getting Mickey Rourke as the villain I think this one could be quite good.

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#6 Bad Lieutenant – Port of Call New Orleans

Director: Werner Herzog

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer

Release Date: February

This movie is said to be Cage’s best performance in years. And German director-eccentirc Werner Herzog rarley disappoints with his films. So I’m quite confident that this will be an interesting movie. “Shoot him again. – What for? – His soul is still dancing…”

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#7 Alice in Wonderland

Director: Tim Burton

Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp

Release Date: March

6th movie of the team Tim Burton and Johnny Depp (Sleepy Hollow, Edward Scissorhands). The trailer promises the movie to be very imaginary and fantastic.

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#8 Undisputed 3 – Redemption

Director: Isaac Florentine

Cast: Scott Adkins

Release Date: ?

The movie focuses on the villain of Undisputed 2, Boyka (Scott Adkins). Undisputed 2, imo,  is one of the greatest martial arts films ever and the trailer of the sequel promises to keep the quality.

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#9 Kick-Ass

Director: Matthew Vaughn

Cast: Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong

Release Date: April

I don’t know much about the movie but the trailer really looks like fun.

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And good news for all the Ralf Möller fans. He’s back! Playing a sadistic pervert in an erotic-thriller. Seems to be just the right role for “character” specialist Ralf Möller