Release Date: 9th January The Talent: Bennett Miller (Director); Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo, Vanessa Redgrave The Story: Based on true events, Foxcatcher tells the story of multimillionaire John Du Pont's hiring of the Schultz brothers to help train US wrestling and swimming Olympians for the 1988 games - with terrible consequences. Why You Should Be Excited: Director Bennett Miller has already received the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival for Foxcatcher, and the film has also been nominated for three Golden Globes. Nominations at the Academy Awards seem like a foregone conclusion at this point, with Steve Carell tipped as a certainty to be in the running for Best Actor. While predominantly known as a comic actor, Carell has shown his dramatic chops before in the like of Little Miss Sunshine and The Way Way Back, although his performance as John Du Pont will surely take him to the next level. It's not just Carell's show, however. Channing Tatum looks set to continue his evolution into a leading man of real repute, while Mark Ruffalo has also been nominated for several awards for his portrayal of Dave Scultz, including a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor.
