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Film > Features > The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie PreviewTalk, Talk, Talk: September 2008[9 September 2008] By Bill GibronShort Ends & Leader Editor Talk, Talk, Talk: The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview
 Nights in RodantheGeorge C. WolfeRichard Gere, Diane Lane, Viola Davis, Jame Franco, Scott Glenn, Christopher Meloni(Warner Brothers; US theatrical: 26 Sep 2008 (General release); UK theatrical: 10 Oct 2008 (General release); 2008)Nights in Rodanthe Ever since they co-starred in 2002’s Unfaithful, Hollywood has been looking for a way to bring Richard Gere and Diane Lane back together. This translation of Nicholas Sparks’ 2002 bestseller, which follows adaptations of The Notebook, Message in a Bottle, and A Walk to Remember to the big screen, suggests that they might have found the proper reunion vehicle. While director George C. Wolfe has extensive TV and theatrical credits, his cinema experience is far more limited. This could be the filmmaker’s commercial coming out. It could also be the end of any future Gere/Lane combo talk.  ChokeClark GreggSam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly Macdonald, Brad William Henke, Jonah Bobo(Fox Searchlight; US theatrical: 26 Sep 2008 (Limited release); UK theatrical: 21 Nov 2008 (General release); 2008)Official SiteChoke It may not be Fight Club (and frankly, what can be), but Chuck Palahniuk’s novel about a sex addicted swindler who uses the title malady to pry money out of unfortunate restaurant marks could be this year’s underground smash. A resounding success at Sundance, where the Hollywood Reporter declared it “an extreme post-modern fairytale”, this has cult favorite stamped all over it. Sam Rockwell and Anjelica Huston give knockout performances, and the entire tone is part social commentary, part twisted fantastical farce. Sounds like the perfect combination for a cynical, Generation Hex audience.  The Lucky OnesNeil BurgerRachel McAdams, Tim Robbins, Michael Peña(Lionsgate; US theatrical: 26 Sep 2008; 2008)The Lucky Ones Last fall, it seemed like every other movie dealt with the growing influence of the Iraq War. Sadly, many of those efforts made the soldiers the subject of villainy and unsympathetic stratagems. Now on the heals of this past spring’s Stop-Loss comes this wounded warrior saga, the story of three returning vets discovering that life doesn’t stop because they served their country. They end up on a road trip to rediscover themselves.
 Talk, Talk, Talk: The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Since deciding to employ his underdeveloped muse muscles over five years ago, Bill has been a significant staff member and writer for three of the Web’s most influential websites: DVD Talk, DVD Verdict and, of course, PopMatters. He also has expanded his own web presence with Bill Gibron.com a place where he further explores creative options. It is here where you can learn of his love of Swindon’s own XTC, skim a few chapters of his terrifying tome in the making, The Big Book of Evil, and hear samples from the cassette albums he created in his college music studio, The Scream Room. Related Articles
The Audacity of Certain Black BallersBy Mark Reynolds17.Jul.09 The distance we’ve come from Jackie Robinson hawking Chock Full o’Nuts coffee in the ‘50s, and black A-list jocks hawking virtually anything under the sun today, is astounding. 
Chok(ing) Onscreen and In PrintBy Jennifer Makowsky31.Mar.09 Whether served up on the page or on the screen, this is an intimate assessment of a twisted mother/son relationship with plenty of sardonic humor and scathing satire.
ChokeBy Stuart Henderson23.Mar.09 Palahniuk loves our disillusionment, or hates it enough to understand just exactly how it operates, and in what darkened corners of our cities and towns it is made manifest.  ‘Miracle at St. Anna,’ ‘Frozen River’ two of 2008’s best
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There are some fantastic looking movies in that list.
I have watched the Burn After Reading trailer countless times…
Can’t wait for Righteous Kill, it’s gonna be great to see DeNiro and Pacino starring together again.
I never have been a big fan of Meg Ryan, and that The Women film looks so bad. I will probably still go and see it, sometimes I just can’t resist a chick flick.
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