#8
Fading Gigolo
dir.John Turturro
I honestly don’t expect anyone else to be excited for this film, but the mere fact it has Woody Allen in it, Fading Gigolo is a film I simply don’t want to miss. The fact the film features the two aging actors as they head into the gigolo business is more than enough to put my interest over the top.
Fioravante, at his friend Murray’s suggestion, enters into the world’s oldest profession, and ends up finding something he didn’t know he was looking for. Starring John Turturro, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Liev Schreiber, Sharon Stone and Sofia Vergara.
#7
Dom Hemingway
dir.Richard Shepard
The reason I’m looking forward to this one is all in that thing. I also love Jude Law in roles that get him away from drama and more on the comedic side of things.
Dom Hemingway is a larger-than-life safecracker with a loose fuse who is funny, profane, and dangerous. After 12 years in prison, looking to collect what he’s owed for keeping his mouth shut for protecting his rich mobster boss, he finds himself drawn back to the perils and pleasures of his criminal lifestyle — while trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter. Starring Jude Law, Richard E. Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke, Kerry Condon, Jumayn Hunter, Madalina Ghenea and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett.
#6
Dallas Buyers Club
dir.Jean-Marc Vallée
I really can’t wait to see what Matthew McConaughey does with this role. I’ve heard chatter that Jared Leto tends to steal the film away from him, but if Leto is set up to play the more outlandish of the two or perhaps a little over the top, somewhat comedic, character that only makes sense.
McConaughey has been on a roll as of late and if he nails this and earns himself an Oscar nomination I can only imagine what the buzz and enthusiasm for his performance in Christopher Nolan‘s Interstellar will be like.
In this fact-based drama, Matthew McConaughey portrays real-life Texas electrician Ron Woodroof, an ordinary man who found himself in a life-or-death battle with the medical establishment and pharmaceutical companies. In 1985, Ron was blindsided with an HIV diagnosis and given 30 days to live. With medications still restricted in the US and the country still divided over how to combat the virus, Ron procured non-toxic alternative treatments from all over the world through both legal and illegal means. To avoid government sanctions against selling non-approved medicines and supplements, Ron established a “buyers club†for fellow HIV-positive people, giving them access to his supplies. Also stars Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.
