My movie-going prospects for the next three months.

Well, my movie-choosing process, when I'm paying full theater prices, breaks down roughly like this:

Interested in premise only: Will likely go see it.
Interested in cast only: Chances pretty low, but will serve as a tie-breaker between movies of comparable interest. Exceptions rare, but made when necessary.
Interested in premise and cast: Score!
Detested member of cast: Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, and Josh Hartnett, I'm lookin' at you. Will likely cancel out all other considerations.

That said, here's my quick chronological once-over of the movies that caught my eye in EW's "The Calendar" holiday movie preview, and the probability that I'll actually pay $9 for them (movie not mentioned? probability = 0):

I ::Heart:: Huckabees (hon. mention)
Premise: Could be clever, could be pretentious. I honestly don't know enough about the movie to know.
Cast: Jude Law. Because, well, I have eyes.
Probability: 80%. Jude in "only" a supporting role is balanced out by my curiosity about the plot.

Alfie
Premise: Movies based solely on romances...zzzz. Especially ones featuring playboys.
Cast: Jude Law. See above.
Probability: 80%, because 1.5 hours of spotlight on Jude may be too good a deal to resist.

The Incredibles
Premise: Trailers were way cool. And it's Pixar. (Small confession: I don't think Finding Nemo is all that. The art is beautiful; I'm meh on the rest.)
Cast: Dunno. Samuel L. Jackson probably can't go wrong though.
Probability: 95%

The Life Aquatic
Premise: No idea. But the shot of the set looks intriguingly absurd.
Cast: Can't go too wrong with Bill Murray probably.
Probability: 10%, smidgen of interest, not enough info.

The Aviator
Premise: Ehh, my interest in WWII-era warplanes notwithstanding. Bio pics never grab me, because 1) I can never properly sink into the drama, knowing that people lived this and 2) I can never properly sink into the bio, knowing that it's all been tweaked for purposes of drama. If I really wanted to see something about So-and-So's life, I'd go see a documentary. But the period setting promises fancy sets and costumes, at least.
Cast: Jude Law. Yes, I know it's a cameo. No, I can't see him as Errol Flynn, but still...Jude Law.
Probability: 40%

( This is getting long, so putting the rest under the cut. )

My movie-going prospects for the next three months.

Well, my movie-choosing process, when I'm paying full theater prices, breaks down roughly like this:

Interested in premise only: Will likely go see it.
Interested in cast only: Chances pretty low, but will serve as a tie-breaker between movies of comparable interest. Exceptions rare, but made when necessary.
Interested in premise and cast: Score!
Detested member of cast: Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Ben Affleck, and Josh Hartnett, I'm lookin' at you. Will likely cancel out all other considerations.

That said, here's my quick chronological once-over of the movies that caught my eye in EW's "The Calendar" holiday movie preview, and the probability that I'll actually pay $9 for them (movie not mentioned? probability = 0):

I ::Heart:: Huckabees (hon. mention)
Premise: Could be clever, could be pretentious. I honestly don't know enough about the movie to know.
Cast: Jude Law. Because, well, I have eyes.
Probability: 80%. Jude in "only" a supporting role is balanced out by my curiosity about the plot.

Alfie
Premise: Movies based solely on romances...zzzz. Especially ones featuring playboys.
Cast: Jude Law. See above.
Probability: 80%, because 1.5 hours of spotlight on Jude may be too good a deal to resist.

The Incredibles
Premise: Trailers were way cool. And it's Pixar. (Small confession: I don't think Finding Nemo is all that. The art is beautiful; I'm meh on the rest.)
Cast: Dunno. Samuel L. Jackson probably can't go wrong though.
Probability: 95%

The Life Aquatic
Premise: No idea. But the shot of the set looks intriguingly absurd.
Cast: Can't go too wrong with Bill Murray probably.
Probability: 10%, smidgen of interest, not enough info.

The Aviator
Premise: Ehh, my interest in WWII-era warplanes notwithstanding. Bio pics never grab me, because 1) I can never properly sink into the drama, knowing that people lived this and 2) I can never properly sink into the bio, knowing that it's all been tweaked for purposes of drama. If I really wanted to see something about So-and-So's life, I'd go see a documentary. But the period setting promises fancy sets and costumes, at least.
Cast: Jude Law. Yes, I know it's a cameo. No, I can't see him as Errol Flynn, but still...Jude Law.
Probability: 40%

( This is getting long, so putting the rest under the cut. )