Fall/Winter preview - NOVEMBER

October has come and gone so time to see what November will be bringing to a theater near you and what's on my radar to go see.

'Thor:  The Dark World'
Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.  I thought the first 'Thor' was okay.  This one looks better, and it looks a bit darker than the rather light hearted original movie.

'The Hunger Games:  Catching Fire'
This is probably my most anticipated movie for this month.  This sequel finds Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark becoming targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.  This also leads to the 75th Hunger Games, which rather than choosing from the general population to "participate", previous winners of the Hunger Games are chosen.  I loved the first movie, and this one also looks very good.



ALSO COMING IN NOVEMBER

• The adaptation of 'Ender's Game', featuring Harrison Ford, Ben Kingsley, Hailee Steinfeld (the 'True Grit' remake) and Asa Butterfield ('Hugo')
• The animated 'Free Birds', about time-traveling turkeys who want to stop the first Thanksgiving and make sure Turkeys are not on the menu, featuring the voices of Owen Wilson, Woody Harrelson and Amy Poehler
• 'Last Vegas', about a group of friends getting together for a bachelor party for the last of them to get married.  Features Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro and Kevin Kline.
• 'Delivery Man', with Vince Vaughn discovering that due to a mix-up he is the biological father of 532 children.
• Disney's latest animated movie 'Frozen', about Princess Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) who must team up with mountain man Kristoff (voice of Jonathan Groff from 'Glee'), his reindeer sidekick Sven, and a snowman named Olaf (voice of Josh Gad) in order to save their kingdom from an eternal winter.
• 'About Time', with Domhnall Gleason (He was Bill Weasley in 'Harry Potter 7' Parts 1 & 2, also was in the 'True Grit' remake) and Rachel McAdams in a time traveling romantic comedy from the director of 'Love Actually' and 'Pirate Radio'. 
• 'Nebraska', the latest from director Alexander Payne ('The Descendants', 'Sideways').  'Nebraska follows a father and son (Bruce Dern and Will Forte) as they trek across the country to claim prize money that may or may not actually exist.