On the Upcoming Oscar Season 08-09 Part 2

So back on track ....

I have posted earlier about some movies to look out for next season , and this is part two of that post.These are other 5 movies to look out for; that are potentailly award magnets for next season.

6.The Changeling

Clint Eastwood returns with a star vehicle movie starring Angelina Jolie,which is based on a true story about a woman whose child was abducted in the 1920s and the government corruption she met in her despair. The movie aparently is now called the Exchange instead. Whatever that is but to now it sounds like a spy drama instead.

The movie has recieved rave reviews in Cannes where it competed alongside other critically reviewed movies .Special Prize "Prix de 61st Festival de Cannes" was awarded to both Catherine Deneuve for her participation in Un Conte de Noel (A Christmas Tale) (by Arnaud Depleschin) AND Clint Eastwood for Changeling.

7. Frost/Nixon

Frost/Nixon is another dram athat might be sort of equivalent to the efforts of the makers of The Queen a couple years ago.It provides insights into the life of President Nixon(played by Frank Langella ) through dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost(Martin Sheen) and former president Richard Nixon. Ron Howard is directing and Peter Morgan who has written both the Last King of Scotland and The Queen joins as the movie scribe.

8. MILK

According to IMDB ,Milk is the story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.It stars Sean Penn as Harvey Milk, James Franco, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, Emile Hirsch and many other actors .It is directed by Gus Van Sant who brought to us the likes of Good Will Hunting and To Die For. Milk will make the festival rounds in the fall, and with luck, will have a wide release soon thereafter.This is a very highly anticipated movie that has been generating a lot of buzz, but will Hollywood succumb to the gay card or will it pull another BrokeBackMountain-esque rejection.

9. Blindness

Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago, Blindness tells the story of a doctor's wife who becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Fernando Mierelles directs Julianne Moore in this picture that has recieved mixed reviews in Cannes so far and was nominated for the Golden Palme.We have to wait and see.

10. Synecdoche, New York

In his first effort as a director, Charlie Kauffman writes and directs his script about a theater director (Phillip Seymor Hoffman) who struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.Supporting cast includes actresses such as Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton,Michelle Williams, Emily Watson and others.This remains the most mysterious sort of movie so far.We will have to wait and see