OCTOBER FILMS WORTH SEEING

October 1st
The Social Network
The long awaited tale of the inception of the global behemoth Facebook. Started on the campus of Harvard University, and very soon on every school grounds, and now in over 500 million houses, Network lets us into the life of creator Mark Zuckerberg and his disciples as they slowly took over the world, one computer at a time. It's directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club, The Game), and written by Aaron Sorkin (A Few Good Men, Sports Night).



Check out more October releases after the break



Let Me In
Matt Reeves' (Cloverfield) new take on the incredible Swedish original Let the Right One In. Thankfully, the heart of the story seems to be in place, and the cast is superb: Chloe Moretz (Kick-Ass) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Road) star as Abby and Owen--an updated pairing of star-crossed lovers. Set in Los Alamos, New Mexico, Abby and her protector (Richard Jenkins, Six Feet Under) move from town to town as to escape the inevitable truth about her existence. Abby the vampire, befriends Owen the bullied youth, and together they find in each other what they've been looking for. Expect blood, and if it falls anywhere close to the Right One In's original storytelling, a beautiful tale.



October 8th
Stone
Robert DeNiro (Taxi Driver) and Edward Norton (The 25th Hour) reunite from The Score in John J. Curran's new thriller. DeNiro plays a cop who mistakingly (but who can blame him) gets involved with an inmate's wife (Milla Jovovich, The Fifth Element). The trailer looks great, and it's always nice to see DeNiro in a decently made film so he can stop cashing his cheques on shit (see: Righteous Kill) and rehashed comedies.



October 15th
Hereafter
The latest from Clint Eastwood. Matt Damon (School Ties) plays a psychic named George, Cécile de France is journalist Marie, and Frankie and George McLaren portray Marcus and Jason, two English boys; one of whom survive a car accident. The film, I believe, deals with death and the afterlife, with the three separate tales converging at the story's culmination. I get tingles when I see the tsunami burst through the shore. Horror films don't scare me, real life does. The fact that these weather disasters actually happen in our lives gives me the chills.