So many films, so little weekend (with post script)

It's not often there is nothing on that I want to see at the cinema - I've already clocked in 26 films this year. But then there are occasions like this weekend when there are just too many films being released that I really want to see and not enough viewing hours (or finances to see them all).

So which to choose from this bunch?

Robin Hood

Well Robin Hood for me, is like a vampire to a goth. I'm always curious to see what they do with such a well worn tale. Will there ever be a Sheriff of Nottingham as good as Alan Rickman? Will there ever be such a lack of attempt at an English accent as Kevin Costners? Will Robin Hood ever be as gorgeous as the Michael Praed/Jason Connery telly combo of my teen years? Indeed will Robin Hood be lapsed gentry or from the mean streets of Nottingham? Will Marian kick-ass or be a damsel? You get my drift.

And it's got Russell Crowe whom I have a reluctant admiration for, Cate Blanchett and the lovely, lovely Matthew MacFadyen who I'm really curious to see play baddie Sheriff of Nottingham as he is usually the good guy. (PS tick yep, did this one. Views here)

Vincere

This Italian film has been all over the trailers at the Curzon and looks really interesting. It's about Mussolini's secret lover with whom he had a child and then rejected and I know nothing of the era.

And it feels like Italian film making is warming up to something outstanding this year after one or two disappointments last year. So it has the potential to be very good. (Seen and reviewed here)

Lebanon

Again I've seen the trailer at the Curzon which has whet my appetite. It's an Israeli war film told through the eyes of the occupants of a tank used in the conflict. Never seen an Israeli film before and IMDB has few details which just makes me curiouser. It won loads of award in Venice last year but then Avatar won loads of awards at the Oscars.

Could be a very interesting approach to the war film genre. (Seen and reviewed here)

American: The Bill Hicks story

I tend to shy away from documentaries as genre as it doesn't really feel like going to the cinema in the same way a drama film does. But I've seen the trailer so many times it feels like it is sending out subliminal messages as I'm now quite curious about comedian Bill Hicks's life.

Everything I know about Mr Hicks I've learnt from the trailer. He seems like an interesting a funny chap. And if I go to see this documentary it means I have an excuse not to see another one for well, at least three years.