You never know when an indie gem will pop up, but as star-driven fare goes, we’re buying the buzz on these 2010 movies.
The Runaways (March 19) — Kristen Stewart goes from vamp to amp playing hard-edged rocker Joan Jett in this biopic about the '70s teenage grrrl band.
I Love You, Phillip Morris (March 26) — Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor in a true-life crime caper/comedy/gay prison romance from
Bad Santa's twisted writing/directing duo? Guilty as charged!
The Back-up Plan (April 16) — Back in sweet-looking rom-com territory, J.Lo conceives twins through artificial insemination then gets her man (Aussie looker
Alex O'Loughlin). Swoon!
Inception (July 16) — We're still not sure what it's about, but with
The Dark Knight's Chris Nolan at the helm, we're ready to have our minds blown. With an impressive cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Cillian Murphy, Ellen Page and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Eat, Pray, Love (August 13) — Since
Glee has absolved his
Running with Scissors sins, we're ready to embrace Ryan Murphy's adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's (Julia Roberts) soul-searching, country-hopping memoir.
The Social Network (October 15) — David Fincher brings his bizarro genius to Aaron Sorkin’s script about the evolution of
Facebook from undergrad time-waster to worldwide game-changer starring Jesse Eisenberg, Justin Timberlake and Rashida Jones.
Burlesque (November 24) — A small-town girl finding her place in a big-city nightclub ain't new, but
Coyote Ugly didn't have Cher and Christina Aguilera — or neo-burlesque musical numbers!
Life as We Know It (December 17) — No stranger to pathos mixed with comedy, Greg Berlanti (
Brothers & Sisters) directs this tale of single adults raising their friends' orphaned daughter.
Howl (Date TBA, pictured at top) — Sundance will reveal whether this biopic about Allen Ginsberg’s obscenity trial is all that, but with
James Franco as the gay beat poet we’re ready for some transgressive verse.
