Movies that I am excited to see:
1. A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Shia LeBouf/Robert Downey, Jr. plays a Bronx-raised man.
2. Aurora Borealis. The return of Joshua Jackson...everyone expected him to be the first DC alum to be nominated for an Oscar, not Michelle Williams.
3. Man of the Year. Robin Williams plays a Jon Stewart character who runs for president on a whim and wins.
4. The Pursuit of Happyness. Oh my gosh: Will Smith as a down and out single dad trying to raise the cutest little boy in the world who has a mini-afro? I'm actually going to need to bring a box of kleenex with me:)
5. Marie Antoinette. Sophia Coppola has such an amazing life: her dad is Francis Ford Coppola, she's Marc Jacob's muse (free couture), she's made two award-winning films, and she's dating a member of Phoenix (a French band).
6. Ratatouille. Pixar and gourmet-cheese-eating French rats? Obvious magic.
Will it improve US-French relations, though, when the characters we're supposed to empathize with are the rats? I have a feeling that there will be a stereotypical French villain, probably with a curly mustache and cloying beret.