A 2009 Oscar Outlook

[MmzHrrdb]

I thought it would be good to pass on some information to the criticker community on what movies to look forward to the rest of this year.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - December 25th (USA), January 23rd 2009 (Spain), Jan 28th '09 (Belgium), Jan 29th '09 (Argentina, Germany, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland)

Plot Summary - Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. (imdb)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/

Revolutionary Road - December 26th (USA), Jan 15th '09 (Germany), Jan 16th (Norway), Jan 21st (Belgium, Egypt, France), Jan 22nd (Australia, Netherlands), Jan 23rd (Denmark, Finland), Jan 29th (Argentina, Russia), Jan 30th (Sweden, UK)

Plot Summary - A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.(imdb)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959337/

Australia - Nov 13th (Australia), Nov 14th (USA), Dec 17th (Belgium), Dec 18th (Netherlands), Dec 25th (Brazil, Denmark, Germany, Portugal, Sweden), Dec 26th (Austria, Finland, Norway, Spain), Jan 1st (Argentina, Russia)

Plot Summary - Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin, Australia, by Japanese forces firsthand.(imdb)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455824/

The Reader - Dec 12th (USA, Canada), Jan 15th (Germany), Feb 26th (Netherlands)

Plot Summary - In postwar Germany, a young man’s decades-long obsession with an older woman runs headlong into a war crimes trial, where he learns an awful truth.(imdb)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0976051/

Changeling - Oct 31st (USA), Nov 12th (Belgium, France), Nov 28th (UK), Dec 4th (Netherlands), Dec 12th (Sweden), Dec 19th (Spain), Jan 16th (Denmark), Jan 22nd (Argentina), Jan 30th (Norway), March 12th (Germany)

Plot Summary - A mother's prayer for her kidnapped son to return home is answered, though it doesn't take long for her to suspect the boy who comes back is not hers. (imdb)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0824747/

Milk - Dec 5th (USA), Jan 29th (Australia), Feb 6th (Spain)

Plot Summary - 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.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1013753/

These are the films that I'm predicting will sweep up the upcoming 2009 Oscars.
As for the 2009 Best Picture Winner, I think it will be The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. It has a more than interesting plot line, it stars many talented actors, and features a talented director in David Fincher.

[Scottathon]

The new Coen Brothers movie comes out pretty soon too. I'm looking quite forward to that one.

[MmzHrrdb]

Yeah. Burn After Reading; that should be a good one.

[Bojangles]

The Road?