Now that it's September, I thought I'd preview some of the biggest book -
inspired fall movies, from blockbusters, to foreign films, to indie flicks that you may have to wait and catch on Netflix, depending on where you live.
Not exact matches
Like the
movie, Mad Max is the perfect summer time romp and should surely wet your appetite before the true Road Warrior
inspired game releases later this
fall, Fallout 4.
But the moment
inspired a novel in which the women
fall in love, and has now become the gently dazzling
movie «Carol.»
Brand himself does a great job tackling the material he's been given, but the smart, talky comedy he was probably hired for
falls completely flat in a
movie with no regard for pacing, and a narrative too soulless to
inspire much laughter.
Demme's
inspired work here
falls midway between what Louis Malle did in My Dinner with André (1981), discovering a distinctive
movie form for an original script cowritten by Shawn and Gregory, and what the French director accomplished with the pair's Vanya on 42nd Street.
A deeply contemplative film from a remarkably mature emerging director, Forest
Movie challenges moviegoers to take a moment to pause and align their selves, whether this is through following the film's nearly imperceptible aesthetic changes, through self - introspection —
inspired or out of boredom — through
falling asleep, or through any other means.
Now here is a
movie about a woman who is beautiful, sunny, good and pure, and
inspires a remarkable array of creeps to
fall in love with her.
It's directed by David Dobkins, best known for his directorial duties on Wedding Crashers and Shanghai Knights, which doesn't
inspire much confidence), but overall, despite the cheesy overly - inspirational music and a bit of eye - roll inducing dialogue («sometimes you have to forgive in order to be forgiven»), this looks like a solid, if not a little too Oscar - baity, early
fall movie.
With nice performances by Scheider and Margolin, Last Embrace proves to be a classy but derivative thriller that piques the interest with an interesting mystery, but ultimately
falls a bit short of the heights of the
movies that
inspired its style.
It's the
movie inspiring everyone to call their mom this
fall; why not take your mom with you and have that heart - to - heart you've been putting off all these years?
«The tree was
inspired by the
movie Miracle on 34th Street» explains Yani Indrajaya, one of the tree decorators, «We did a play on the title of the
movie and were trying to recreate a street light with snow
falling.»
Like the
movie, Mad Max is the perfect summer time romp and should surely wet your appetite before the true Road Warrior
inspired game releases later this
fall, Fallout 4.
The main protagonist will also face many traps
inspired by the ones used during the Vietnam War and shown in Rambo
movies (
falling spikes, camouflaged holes etc.).
A nice pair of handknit socks, complete with Netflix series -
inspired designs... that also know when you
fall asleep so your
movie or show will pause automatically.