Trailer: An Education

I found Carey Mulligan quite annoying as Catherine in the ITV version of Northanger Abbey, but I think she might be quite good in this new film from Lone Scherfig and Nick Hornby. The storyline of an ordinary school girl becoming romantically involved with a rich older man (played by Peter Sarsgaard) is quite interesting here, as it differs from the typical cliché of a sleazy older man dating a slutty teenage girl. The film had a very positive response when shown at Sundance earlier this year, and I’m pleased that for once there is a British film I’m looking forward to seeing, because that’s quite a rare occurence.

Trailer: Whip It!

Drew Barrymore has never directed a film before, but she’s starting on a very high note by casting the wonderful Ellen Page as her heroine. Ellen plays a teenage girl who has been brought up as a pageant queen but longs for something more, and gets her chance when she joins a roller-skating team. Drew starred in Never Been Kissed, one of the best teen films around when I was the perfect age for them, and I hope that Whip It! will have the same effect on girls who are that age now.

Trailer: Paper Heart

I mentioned in my previous post that I love films which are made by and about the same person, particularly when that person is charming and talented, like Scott Prendergast or Miranda July. Charlyne Yi is another example, and I can’t wait to see her film, Paper Heart, which blurs the line between fiction and reality as a fictionalised account of her real relationship with ace young actor Michael Cera. I loved Michael in Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and from what I’ve seen of Charlyne, I think I’ll love her too. They’re such an adorable couple. I haven’t watched a trailer as many times as this since The Science of Sleep, and that turned out to be an all-time favourite of mine, so I have a very good feeling about Paper Heart and hope it will get a UK release not too long after it’s out in America in August.

Trailers: Teen Musical Special

My favourite types of films are teen films and musicals, so as you can imagine, I always get quite excited when a new teen musical is coming out. Thanks to the success of High School Musical, they’re much more common these days. Recently, we’ve had Spectacular!, The American Mall, and Were the World Mine, and Bandslam and Fame will both be released over the next few months. I can’t wait to see them!

Fame

Bandslam

Trailer: Paris

Paris finally came out in the UK, albeit only at one London cinema, a few weeks ago, and I’m hoping to go and see it this week. The cause of my excitement is that it reunites Cédric Klapisch with Romain Duris. My favourite French director and actor last worked together on L’auberge Espagnol, which (quelle surprise!) is my favourite French film… well, joint with Paris je t’aime and The Science of Sleep, anyway. It looks like a brilliant film and I am extremely excited about going to see it, even if I’ll probably have to go on my own and spend at least £10 to do it – it will be worth it not to have to wait however many months it is til the DVD release.

Trailer: The Ten

Adam Brody and Paul Rudd in one film? I’m there!

Trailer: Broken English

This looks like a really nice film, but it’s not helping with my extreme desire to meet a beautiful French boy to fall in love with. “I hope you find a penis!” made me LOL quite literally, but really there is no lovelier sound than a French man speaking English.

Trailer: Rocket Science

This looks good! A sweet American indie film about a geeky teenager who gets into the school debating team. Sounds a lot like Thumbsucker but I liked that film so I’m sure I’ll like this one too.

Trailers: British Film Special

There are very few British films that I would count among my favourites, and I don’t know if any of these will be joining them, but I do think they’ll be worth seeing:

Atonement

I’ve not read the book but I’ve heard great things about it and that this film is a good adaptation, although quite unsurprisingly the focus has been increased on Keira Knightley’s character. I love James McAvoy but I hated Romola Garai in Daniel Deronda, so we’ll have to see if she can win me over.

Hallam Foe

Now this actually looks like the kind of film I’d normally see – something like Art School Confidential or Thumbsucker, but it’s British. I haven’t seen Jamie Bell in anything since Billy Elliott, so it’ll be interesting to see how he is as an adult actor.

Trailer: Evening

This film is written by the author of The Hours and A Home At The End Of The World, both brilliant books and films. This seems similar to The Hours and shares some of its stars, plus Hugh Dancy, although I’m not convinced by his American accent.