Alright! New year, new movies, and new anticipation lists. Let's do this!
First up is Wolf Man. I want to see this because of one man, Leigh Whannell. I swear when he's directing you're gonna get something great. He absolutely killed it with the remake of The Invisible Man, and I think he's gonna kill it again with this one.
Next is Dog Man. Now I didn't read any of the Dog Man books, I'll make sure to do that later but, having seen the trailer and getting a few good laughs out of it, I'm gonna give it a chance.
I don't typically get excited for a movie because of a studio, but because 87North Productions is the one behind Love Hurts I just can't help but be excited. When it comes to making action flicks this studio hasn't disappointed me or anybody else. Everybody loves the John Wick films, I liked Nobody, Bullet Train was awesome, Violent Night is one of my newer Christmas movies to watch during the season, and The Fall Guy was pretty good too. So fingers crossed we get another entertaining movie.
Not counting Spider-Man: No Way Home, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Deadpool & Wolverine, lately the MCU has either just been decent or terrible. Hopefully Captain America: Brave New World is one of the better ones. The trailers have been really good and they've sparked my interest. So once again, fingers crossed.
Next we have The Gorge. Much like Wolf Man the reason for wanting to see this is because of who's behind the camera, in this instance it's Scott Derrickson. He did great with his last film [The Black Phone] so I'm very excited to see what him and his cast and crew have in store for this one.
Here's a movie I'm looking forward to because it felt like it took forever to find a distributor even though Warner Bros. themselves could've been the distributor, but I digress. Anyhow, I'm looking for to The Day The Earth Blew Up. It seems like it could be funny, it couldn't possibly be worse than Space Jam: A New Legacy.
Then there's The Electric State. I think the Russo Bros. have done a great job both with the MCU and outside the MCU. Then I saw the trailer and got even more hyped. It looks like it could get pretty crazy and I'm all for it.
The next movie is titled A Working Man (formerly called Levon's Trade). This one is packed with talent. We've got Sylvester Stallone writing, we've got David Ayer directing (by the way #ReleaseTheAyerCut), and we've got Jason Statham starring! With just those three names alone how could I not be excited?!
Moving onto The Accountant 2. I like the first movie, I think it's underrated, and it feels so good to know we're finally getting sequel after so many years of waiting.
Next is Karate Kid: Legends. I'm a fan of Karate Kid, so much so that I'm watching the old movies, then later on reviewing them, and catching up on Cobra Kai, so let's hope we got a good one.
Onto The Life of Chuck. The director for this is Mike Flanagan. He's done great work within the horror genre with movies such as Hush, Ouija: Origin of Evil, Gerald's Game, and Doctor Sleep. So I'm very interested in how he'll be going out of his comfort zone with this sci-fi drama.
Then there's Ballerina. It may not have John Wick in it but I'll be interesting to explore more of the world that John Wick lives in.
Our next movie is 28 Years Later. The first two movies [28 Days Later & 28 Weeks Later] are just phenomenal, and we've been waiting for the third movie for almost eighteen years. Holy f@#k did I feel old writing that, anyways, and lastly that trailer...wow. I don't know who made that but he or she better have gotten one hell of a paycheck.
I don't know what is about racing movies but as of late then seem to be a winning formula for Hollywood. First Ford v Ferrari and then surprisingly Gran Turismo. So because of those fun flicks I'm hoping F1 will be another great time at the theater.
Now for another horror movie, that one being M3GAN 2.0. Simply put, I thought M3GAN was a fun horror flick, especially if you saw the unrated cut, so naturally I'd be excited for the sequel.
Next on the list is Jurassic World Rebirth. I want to see this because yes I love the Jurassic Park franchise, but mainly this is curiosity. Because after Dominion where else are you going to go with the story?
Yeah I bet this one totally caught you by surprise (I am of course using sarcasm). Yes I'm planning to see Superman (2025). Now I'm highly skeptical about James Gunn's DCU, I'll explain in July when we're closer to the movie being out in theaters. But, I'm a fan of this character and that trailer did give me just a tiny itty bitty piece of hope. However I'm still gonna skeptical.
Next one is The Naked Gun (2025). Now I'm primarily going to see because I suspect that Liam Neeson has done comedy before, but after the Taken movies I'm so use to seeing Neeson being a serious guy that seeing him in a full blown comedy might just be an experience.
First it was Dog Man, now we have another animated movie with The Bad Guys 2. I enjoyed the first movie, thought it was pretty fun, and I'm hoping the sequel will be that same enjoyable vibe.
There's also gonna be a sequel to Nobody. Much like The Bad Guys, I found enjoyment out of the first and became of that I'm planning to see the sequel.
Apparently Scott Derrickson thought he didn't have enough work to do, because not only is he giving us The Gorge but he's also giving us The Black Phone 2. The first Black Phone was very well done, I thought it was one of the better horror movies to come out of 2022. So hopefully the sequel can recapture that magic.
Now to move forward to Mortal Kombat 2. The first one was very much flawed but I felt like there was potential. So hopefully the filmmakers heard the constructive criticisms and deliver something good. And hopefully they gave Cole Young a personality.
Next up is Predator: Badlands. Other than Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, I haven't been fully disappointed with this franchise. Yes, some installments are better than others but for me nothing has gotten me truly mad other than the previously mentioned AvP: Requiem. So I'm looking forward to this, especially since this time around we're going to wasteland with this one's story.
2025 will also bring us a remake of The Running Man but were not gonna have just any director for this, we'll have Edgar Wright. Wright has made some great films such as Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, to more recently Last Night in Soho. So I think Edgar is gonna bring it.
The last one is Avatar: Fire and Ash. I thought the first two were very well done, so I'm looking forward to where James Cameron takes the story this time around, obviously a fire tribe but you get what I mean. And better yet, we didn't have to wait over a thirteen years for this 😆.
Alright so that was my list. Hopefully I can review at least half of these, but that's all for now. Come back on Monday, Jan 6th, for my review of Civil War...the Marvel comic book series not the movie that came out last year. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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