The Family Man (M15+) Comedy Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tea Leoni, Don Cheadle Director: Brett Ratner Released: 25 January 2001

The words Nicolas Cage and Romantic Comedy are enough to send terror into the hearts of most movie lovers.  Cage is at his best in dark, edgy roles and the thought of him playing a romantic lead is hard to get your mind around.  He stars as depressed banker who wakes up one day to what his life would have been had he married college sweetheart.  The premise has similarities to the rather successful Me, Myself, I and it will be interesting to see if this film strikes a similar chord with audiences.

Remember the Titans (PG) Drama Starring: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Ryan Hurst Director: Boaz Yakin Released: 25 January 2001

The poster for this film makes it look like an epic space adventure but that could not be further from the truth.  This is, in-fact, the story of the integration of three high-school football team's (2 black, 1 white) and how the newly merged team handle the racial pressure from their teammates and from the community in general.  This looks like a feel-good film that will warm the heart, but it may also fall into the trap of over-doing the sentiment.  The preview certainly suggests that it will.

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Shadow of the Vampire (MA15+) Drama Starring: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier Director: E. Elias Merhige Released: 25 January 2000

There is something about this film that makes it, for me anyway, the most anticipated film of the summer.  This is a small film, it will only be seen in limited release around Australia, that has the same sought of feel to it as the excellent Tim Burton film, Ed Wood. The film takes place on the set of the classic 1922 German horror film Nosferatu where the cast and crew begin to think that the actor playing the vampire is in fact a real-life vampire.  While the story is completely fictional, the fact that the movie takes place movie on the set of the real-life film, Nosferatu, adds a little bit of mystic to the film's appeal.  Unfortunately, many people may have to wait until it appears on video to see this film, me included, but it may just be worth the wait.

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