Jennifer Lawrence Covers the Poster for 'Joy'

In what will undoubtedly be the better of her two movies coming out this fall (after Hunger Games, which is finally, mercifully over), Jennifer Lawrence is finally the unabashed lead of a David O. Russell movie, although this poster gives you no more sense of what it's about. He's also reuniting much of his steady crew of actors here, with Bradley Cooper (of course) and Robert DeNiro billed alongside his star. Who knows though, it may be time for him to have a miss, since nobody stays on a hot streak forever.

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara Shine in the First Teaser for 'Carol'

Todd Haynes's Carol, which premiered at the Cannes film festival to stellar reviews, is expected to be one of the heavy-hitters this fall season, and with the Weinstein Co. behind it, you can at least expect it to get as big a push as possible. Rooney Mara won the Best Actress prize at Cannes for her performance here, in which she and Cate Blanchett share screentime equally as the lead. Based on a Patricia Highsmith novel from the 1950's about a lesbian romance, and from Haynes, who directed Velvet Goldmine, Far From Heaven and I'm Not There (also with Blanchett), I think this is definitely one of the ones to watch out for.

D23 Reveals New 'Star Wars' and 'Jungle Book' Posters

The Star Wars one is pretty bad, to tell you the truth (an obvious riff on the old 70's posters, but everyone's face looks weird), but The Jungle Book one isn't terrible. Although I really am wary of the idea of an entirely CGI animal cast with a human Mowgli, and the animals are singing the old Disney tunes on top of it. That sounds kind of freaky to me, actually.

New 'Star Wars' Pics Show Off Droids and Storm Troopers

On a day of Disney news out of the annual D23 expo, here are some new stills from The Force Awakens, which didn't have a panel today, because J.J. Abrams (smartly) doesn't want to oversaturate the market with too much Star Wars stuff before the movie has a chance to actually open. But here's another appetite-wetter anyway, as we get some looks at the two new leads in action and hey, C3PO and R2-D2 are back! As we always knew they would be. A picture of Luke Skywalker in full old man, Obi-Wan-esque Jedi garb was also leaked today, but immediately pulled down by Disney (if you look semi-hard enough you can still see it- it kinda gave me Gandalf vibes, but what did you think?).

Hailee Steinfeld and Brit Marling Fight Off Civil War Soldiers in 'The Keeping Room'

This looks kind of interesting. A period thriller being billed as a "feminist western," this holdover from last year's TIFF is being released on September 25th and is about three women fighting off the intrusion of Union Army deserters into their home. I'm always here for feminist westerns, which is a practically non-existent genre, since the role of women in so many of them was to bunker down behind the man.

New Trailer for Jason Statham-free 'Transporter' Movie

So, I don't really know why you would make a Transporter movie without Jason Statham, since I'm pretty sure he's the only reason anyone was a fan of those movies in the first place (I mean, are there fans of this property by itself? Didn't it only exist because of Statham?), but for reasons unbeknownst to us, Ed Skrein takes over for The Transporter Refueled, which will arrive in theaters in September and be promptly forgotten about in a day, mark my words.

Bradley Cooper is a Struggling Chef in 'Burnt'

The new Weinstein film this year is from director John Wells, and stars Bradley Cooper as a guy trying to become a great chef and run his own kitchen, etc. I had heard this was supposed to be a comedy, but this trailer sure advertizes it as a drama, doesn't it? It doesn't look too bad, but a movie that's had three title changes (it was originally Chef, then Adam Jones) and settled on Burnt might be something of a bad sign. But you never know. It's coming out October 23rd.

Bryan Cranston Battles the Blacklist in 'Trumbo'

It must almost be Oscar season. We're starting to get trailers for the fall movies every day now, and that means a deluge of biopics about important people, right? In this one Bryan Cranston stars as the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who wrote dozens of Hollywood movies in the 1950's that he was never given credit for until decades later. It looks a bit like an HBO movie to me, but the story is interesting, since there haven't really been too many films that explored the wild scandal of the Hollywood blacklist in the '50's. The House Un-American Activities Committee's dogged pursuit against Hollywood remains somewhat underknown history to a lot of people.

First Trailer for 'The Hateful Eight' Shows Off a Great Cast

After plenty of poster and picture leaks, we finally get the first trailer for Quentin Tarantino's new western, The Hateful Eight. What can I say, other than that it looks like a Tarantino movie? Actually, I get the feeling this is going to be one of his talkier ones, with most of it set in the one cabin room and lots of dialogue, if this teaser is anything to go by. I hope Jennifer Jason Leigh's part isn't silent though, as looks like might be the case. Hateful Eight is coming out on Christmas Day, so set your calendars.