June 2012 looks pretty promising at the movies. June 15 is the opening for the always quirky Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, which premiered in Cannes.
We’ll also get Elena, a Russian contemporary noir about a rich guy who marries his nurse and then tells her that he is leaving his fortune to someone else. Plotting ensues.
That weekend, I’m also looking forward to the opening of the Kristin Scott-Thomas thriller The Woman in the Fifth, the screen version of Broadway’s Rock of Ages and an indie dramedy with Emily Blunt, Your Sister’s Sister.
The next weekend, June 22, brings the opening of Woody Allen’s latest, To Rome With Love. We’ll also get to see two blockbusters – Brave, Pixar’s much anticipated fable of a Scottish princess and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the movie from Seth Grahame-Smith’s bestselling novel
Finally, Take This Waltz with Michelle Williams and Seth Rogen opens on June 29. 33-year-old Canadian actress Sarah Polley wrote and directed; Polley’s debut feature was Away From Her, my pick for best movie of 2006. I’ve seen Take This Waltz and it’s a very special movie.
You can read descriptions and watch the trailers on my Movies I’m Looking Forward To page. Here’s the trailer for The Woman in the Fifth.