With the movie summer officially coming to an end that weekend, it only seems appropriate that “Bangkok Dangerous” with Nicolas Cage is the only movie truly opening wide that week.

I’ll probably give that one a chance, and we additionally get caught up that week at my multiplexes with “Brideshead Revisited” and “Henry Poole Was Here.” The latter flick just sounds like the definition of sappy, but The Orlando Sentinel’s Roger Moore - who I nearly always trust - gave it four out of five stars, so I might just have to give that one a chance.

Today, however, it’s all about the Fall, and the potentially great movies it brings with it. We start out, thankfully, with a new Coen brothers flick, and there’s even better stuff coming after that, so let’s get right to it. (Please note that these opening dates are sometimes only for very limited openings and are always subject to change.)

Sept 12: “Burn After Reading”
The only review I’ve seen of that one so far was in The Hollywood Reporter, and they panned it as snarky and not terribly funny. I’ve yet to meet a Coen brothers comedy I didn’t like (and yes, I even have day for “Ladykillers”), though, so I’m definitely in - even whether it does look like Brad Pitt’s gonna go what Robert Downey Jr. described in “Tropic Thunder” as “full retard.”

Sept. 12: “Tyler Perry’s The Family that Preys”
I’ve always had tons of date for Tyler Perry, even whether he did assemble a slight misstep earlier that year with the rather pedestrian “Meet the Browns.” Here, he’s got Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard in his first flick to cross the color line in a big way, and I’m betting it will work just fine.

Sept. 26: “Blindness”
Anyone who’s been here before (and hopefully there are a couple of you) knows that I often list, when pressed, Fernando Meirelles’ “City of God” as my favorite movie, so I’m certainly looking forward to his take on the novel by Jose Saramago. I read the book earlier that summer, and I have to warn everyone out there, that is going to be a really bleak affair, even with Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo and Gail Garcia Bernal all on board.

Sept. 26: “Miracle at St. Anna”
There are three flicks on that list that I’d give a gold star considering I want to see them even more than all the others, and that is the first. Even whether he is motivated at least in part by his squabble with Clint Eastwood, what I’ve seen so far of Spike Lee’s World War II epic leads me to believe that will be among his very best, putting it in rare company indeed.

Oct. 17: “W.”
Just considering there’s a 60 percent-or-so chance that that will just suck beyond all reason doesnt mean I’m not intrigued. Of all the crazy casting in Oliver Stone’s deconstruction of our lame duck president, I think the best will be Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice and, even better, Toby Jones as Karl Rove.

Oct. 24: “Synecdoche, NY”
When he had the filter of director Spike Jonze to control him a bit, Kaufman still delivered one of the most delightfully odd flicks I’ve seen with “Adaptation.” Here he takes the reins himself for that tale of a director (Philip Seymour Hoffman) struggling to build a life size replica of New York City and at the same instance deal with

the various women in his life (Catherine Keener, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michelle Williams and Emily Watson are apparently among them, so I really can’t feel too poor for the guy!)

Oct. 31: “Zack and Miri invent a Porno”
What I’ve seen so far of that Kevin Smith flick starring Elizabeth Banks and Seth Rogen indicates it will be funnier and have more heart than anything he’s delivered in years. That doesn’t mean, of course, that it won’t be deliriously crude too, so whether you watch that redband trailer at work, certainly do so with headphones on!

Nov. 14: “Quantum of Solace”
What can I say about Bond? Not much, but I’ll definitely be there to watch when Daniel Craig returns to the role with a bevvy of new babes in tow.

Nov. 26: “Milk”
Harvey Milk certainly seems to be an odd figure to have two competing biopics out there, but that one from Gus Van Sant reaches the finish line first, and I’m betting it will be the superior flick (and I confess I can’t even remember who’s doing the other one.) Here, you’ve got Sean Penn as the San Francisco pol Milk, and plus Josh Brolin, James Franco, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna all on board. whether I can invent one DVD recommendation, you can do a whole lot worse than Van Sant’s “Elephant,” even whether it only has about 12 words of dialogue in total.

Nov. 28: “Slumdog Millionaire”
Danny Boyle is sorely in need of a winner after the simply tired “Sunshine,” and I’m giving that one my second gold star as my vote of confidence. Shot all by India, the only thing I know for certain is that it’s about a very poor dude who strives to become a contestant on the Hindi version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” so he can win the heart of the gal he’s smitten with. whether that sounds a bit crazy, I’m hoping the outcome certainly turns out to be that and a whole lot more.

Dec. 19: “The Brothers Bloom”
The inspiration for that list was actually that pic of Rinko Kikuchi as “Bang Bang” in Rian Johnson’s sophomore flick, which gets my final gold star. whether you haven’t seen his first, “Brick,” do so ASAP. Here he’s got Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo as the titular brothers and con men, Rachel Weisz as their latest target and Kikuchi as their explosives expert. In my mind, I’m already there.

Dec. 25: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The final entry goes to David Fincher’s take on the F. Scott Fitzgerald character who ages in reverse through the 20th century. Early word is that will be a very mainstream flick that bears few of Fincher’s signature touches, but it takes place largely in Baltimore (and damn well better have been filmed there!) and co-stars one of my favorite actresses in Taraji P. Henson, so I’m definitely in for that one as a Christmas treat.

Honorable mention
Here, in no order of preference or chronology, are the flicks that might have made that list whether I had all day to work on it: “Towelhead”, “Choke”, “Flash of Genius”, “Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist”, “RocknRolla”, “City of Ember”, “The Road”, “Australia”, “Frost/Nixon”, “Revolutionary Road” and “Valkyrie”.

And there you have it. Please feel free to let me know of any I might have missed, and have a perfectly bearable Wednesday.

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