ALRIGHT! It's a new year, thus we've got some new movies coming out. Let's cut through the bullshit and get right into my list.
First up is 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. To everybody's relief 28 Years Later was awesome despite some pretty obvious sequel baiting. But none the less the movie was great and I'm expecting a lot things from this one. Even if it's directed by the chick who brought us that terrible Candyman movie and the even more terrible The Marvels. But thankfully she's not writing so there's still hope.
That's right I'm looking forward to a Netflix movie yet again. But why The Rip? Well every since I watched Copshop a couple years back, I've grown to like a lot of Joe Carnahan's work. When looking more of Carnahan's films he's done a lot of good stuff. Smokin' Aces is fun as hell and The Grey is a very underrated survival flick. So I hope Carnahan brings up us another fun movie to enjoy.
Next up is Send Help, why? Because it's Sam Raimi back to directing horror! That's really the prime reason why I'm excited for this one. Because Sam Raimi hasn't directed a horror movie since Drag Me to Hell and that was back in 2009. So that's my reason and I expect a lot of greatness from Raimi that doesn't come from a comic book movie.
Our next movie is Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die. The reason why I'm excited for this is because Gore Verbinski made my childhood awesome with the first three Pirates of the Caribbean movies and I find his animated movie Rango doesn't get enough credit. So from a nostalgic standpoint I'm really excited to see what Verbinski has for us this time.
It's been awhile since we got a Scream movie and thankfully 2026 will bring us a new one with Scream 7. Now I'm fully aware the newer Scream films aren't flawless masterpieces but they have been a lot of fun. And after watching the trailer from two months ago, I'm very curious about this one because not only is Sidney returning but we're also gonna get a little family dynamic with her and her daughter. Isn't that nice of Ghostface? He's not playing favorites he's going after the whole family. 😆
The next one in my little list is Project Hail Mary. I'm looking forward to seeing this because Phil Lord and Christopher Miller will be directing. Which is something the duo hasn't done since 22 Jump Street, and that was all the way back in 2014. So hopefully these guys bring magic from being directors much like how they've brought magic to their movies when their writing or producing.
We can also look forward to Ready or Not 2: Here I Come. The first movie was a really fun horror-comedy and I'm hoping the sequel will be the same. But I am worried that like most sequels with elements of comedy or are just comedy movies they might reuse some jokes, but from what I've seen so far that doesn't seem to be the case.
Next is The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. Back in 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie surprised us with how good it was. So I think (or hope) the filmmakers will yet again surprise with another good movie. Although I am in a slight agreement with people when they say they should've done other movies based on previous Mario games before just jumping straight to Galaxy. I guess maybe the filmmakers thought let's based stories on Mario games today's kids have more knowledge of?
Then later on during this year we're gonna get Mortal Kombat II, a movie we were suppose to get last year in October before it was decided to push it to May. While the first isn't a masterpiece I still had a lot of fun with it, especially since this time around the movie's are allowed to go rated R with the violence. Despite that I'm still a skeptical because the trailer just didn't do it for me, but hopefully that's just a case of marketing not being the best.
Next up is one I'm really excited for and that's Scary Movie 6. I was there for the very first movie Scary Movie all the way back in 2000. As a kid I didn't get all the jokes but as I grew older and watched the movies that were being spoofed I love it. And better yet the Wayans Brothers are writing it and Marlon Wayans has said it will offend people. So hopefully that's him and his brothers being honest and not being snake oiled salesmen.
I'm also looking forward to Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. A movie that's a offending what I guess are a bunch of Greek mythology fanboys that rival those of DC, Marvel, and Star Wars fanboys 🤷♂️? But in all seriousness, I'm looking forward to this one because Christopher Nolan has yet to let me down. Now I do agree the casting isn't people I would've picked but hopefully we can all over look that.
The next on the list is Evil Dead Burn! I gotta say back in 2013 I was originally hesitant to give that movie a chance because there wasn't gonna be anymore Bruce Campbell's Ash, but after watching that movie and years afterwards seeing Evil Dead Rise, I've been liking the newer films. There just as fun as Sam Raimi's original movies. So fingers cross this newer movie continues the winning streak.
2026 is also gonna grace us with Spider-Man: Brand New Day. I know shocking right? We have a new Tom Holland Spider-Man film and it DOESN'T have the word "home" in it. Now I'm curious to this not only as a Spider-Man fan but for the story. Cause after Spider-Man: No Way Home I've been wondering where this verison of Spidey's gonna go from there.
Next is Flowervale Street. I don't know anything about the plot, although going by that picture I guess dinosaurs are gonna be involved? But I digress, the reason I'm hoping to see this is because of the director, David Robert Michell. His film It Follows was great so I'm looking forward to what he's cooking up this time around.
Then after or hopefully after seeing Flowervale Street I can see and review Ridley Scott's The Dog Stars. Why? Because even though I'm fully aware Ridley Scott hasn't reached that high point of great films like Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, or Black Hawk Down, I still enjoy seeing Ridley work his directing magic. But who knows, maybe this'll be the film that reaches that high of those other movies I mentioned.
Next is a movie I saw people on X fight to get release into theaters, so they better show up and watch it so they better show up and watch it unlike what they did for The Day The Earth Blew Up. I am of course talking about Coyote vs. Acme. Like I said I read the hashtags and saw people fight to get this released so hopefully it was all worth it.
Then there's How to Rob a Bank which will be directed by one of my newer favorites David Leitch. Which is why I want to see this one because of David Leitch. I think that's been doing a phenomenal job as an action direct with the likes of Bullet Train & The Fall Guy, so action wise I'm expecting big things from him.
To kick off the fall season we'll be getting a sequel to the 2010 smash hit The Social Network titled The Social Reckoning. Only this time around Aaron Sorkin will be taking on both writing and directing and I'm very interested to see what he'll bring to the table.
Then later during that same fall season we'll be getting M. Night Shyamalan's newest film, Remain. While M. Night Shyamalan still hasn't reached that huge mainstream success like he did with The Sixth Sense and the highly underrated Unbreakable, I still maintain the opinion he's doing far better filmmaking wise from The Visit to now then what he was doing with films like The Happening and that disasterous Last Airbender movie. So hopefully he gives us another good movie.
My next anticipated movie is The Cat in the Hat. One reason being is as a kid that was my all-time favorite Dr. Seuss and I feel like Seuss' work is much more suited for animation then live-action, although that Jim Carrey Grinch film is pretty awesome. So I'm hoping this movie will capture that wonderful feeling I had reading the book. Besides it can't be any worse then the live-action even though I view that as a so bad it's good flick.
This is another one I'm really excited to see and that's Violent Night 2. I loved the first movie, it kicked a lot of ass and I'm hoping the sequel will be just as fun. Sorry if the reasoning wasn't much longer, but what else can I say. It's a simple movie and I'm a simple man.
Yeah I bet none of you are surprised by this one but yes, Avengers: Doomsday is my next one. Not only do I like that the Russo Brothers are back in the directing chair, but I've also liked what I've seen from (and as of writing this) the two teaser trailers. My boy Steve Rogers aka Captain America seems to be living a peaceful and better yet Thor is gonna be treated like a serious character and not whoever that guy was from Thor: Love and Thunder. Yeah I know Thor 4 is gonna be four years old before we know it, but that was just inexcusable. But what I want you take away from this is I'm excited to see Avengers: Doomsday.
Next up is Dune: Part Three, simply because Denis Villeneuve has been killing it with this film series. Part one was great and I go invested into the world from beginning to end and Part two had a fantastic ending. So I'm looking forward to what happens next in this big cinematic saga.
The last film is Werwulf. The reason being is Robert Eggers hasn't missed. All of his films have been amazing. The Witch is great, The Lighthouse is great, I loved The Northman, and his remake Nosferatu was awesome. So I gotta feeling that Eggers is gonna deliver yet another fantastic movie.
So that's all for now. Come back on Saturday, Jan 10th, my review of the newest horror Primate. And if for some reason I can't give you a review of that, probably because my theater won't have showing, then come back on Monday, Jan 12th, for a brand edition of It is True? Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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