Pretty self-explanatory. Let’s go!
Marvel’s great experiment of bringing the sprawling continuity
driven mythology of superhero comics to the big screen has become the defying cinematic cultural touchstone
of the decade, and with its tenth anniversary fast approaching, everything up
to this point has been leading to this mammoth two-part epic. The only question
now is “will it all be worth it?”
Another entry into the Marvel canon, this one follows T’Challa
(Chadwick Boseman), AKA The Black Panther, the newly crowned king of an
ancient, technologically advanced African kingdom disguised as an impoverished third-world
nation, and the source of vibranium (the metal that Captain America’s shield is
made of). Right now, plot details are still under wraps, but since T’Challa’s
origin, much like Spider-Man’s, was already taken care of in Captain America: Civil War, this will
give us more room to jump right into the fun stuff.
Pacific Rim was
one of my favorite viewing experiences of the last decade merely for the fact
that it made me feel like a kid watching Power Rangers for the first time. A
lot of what made it work so well was Guillermo Del Toro’s unique touch, and
since he’s sadly absent from the project that feel will probably be missing,
but if nothing else we should at least get some more good ole giant robot vs.
giant monster action.
Ask a Wes Anderson fan which of his films are his best, and
each one will give you a different answer. Ask me and I’ll tell you the answer
is Fantastic Mr. Fox. Nevertheless,
Wes Anderson has yet to make a bad movie, and he’s one of the few out there keeping
stop-motion animation alive outside of Laika Studios. The voice cast boasts a few
Anderson regulars such as Bill Murray, Edward Norton, Jeff Goldblum and Tilda
Swinton, as well as a few newcomers like Bryan Cranston, Greta Gerwig and Ken
Watanabe.
Based on the first novel in Jeff VanderMeer’s Southern Reach
trilogy, this sci-fi thriller follows a group of researchers who are sent on a
suicide mission to explore a strange area where the laws of physics simply do
not apply. I haven’t read the books myself, but Alex Garland is one of the best
sci-fi screenwriters out there, and I adored his directorial debut, Ex-Machina, so I’m excited to see how he
follows that up.
Wreck-It Ralph was
Disney’s loving homage to video games, and the most under-appreciated
installment of the new Disney renaissance. This sequel takes place six years
later and sees Ralph and Vanillope finding a router in the arcade that
teleports them to the Internet. It’s going to be interesting to see how they
tackle this, especially given certain parts of the web have become rather
notorious in that time. IMDB also lists various voice actresses of Disney
Princesses past, but we don’t know if that will be significant at all, or it’ll
just be a one-off gag.
The X-Men movies have been doing some interesting things
with their spin-offs, in that they’ve been combining superheroes with other
genres that haven’t really been explored before in film. Deadpool was a straight-up comedy, Logan was basically a superhero take on the western, and now with The New Mutants, it looks like we’ll be getting
the first superhero horror movie. Supposedly this will be loosely based on the
Demon Bear story arc, so hopefully there will be more abstract horror instead
of just the locked-in-a-mental-hospital scenario the trailers are presenting. Deadpool and Logan were both phenomenal, so if they manage to knock this one
out, I’ll probably start looking forward to the spin-offs more than the actual
X-Men movies.
The first Deadpool was great, and it’s from the director of John Wick and Atomic Blonde. What could possibly go wrong?
Nostalgia seems to be the big thing that Hollywood has been
banking on lately, with the endless sea of sequels, prequels and remakes, even
as we keep pushing forward technologically and backwards societally. Based on
the hit novel by Ernest Cline, we’re presented with a future where everyone escapes
from the drudge of the real world by escaping to a virtual world called “The
Oasis”. When the creator of The Oasis dies and announces that there are clues
to unlocking his fortune in the game to anyone who can find them, the race is
on to find the keys. Basically it sounds like the plot of Spy Kids 3D: Game Over with a thousand times more pop culture
references, but with the direction of Steven Spielberg, this could at least be
more entertaining than that sounds. Let's just hope it's more than just an experiment to see how many pop culture references can be crammed into one movie.
A black comedy in which an upper-class teenage sociopath reconnects
with an old friend whose wealthy stepfather is threatening to cut her off his payroll, and the two conspire to murder him. Early reviews have compared it to
films like American Psycho and Heathers, which sounds like a match
made in heaven to me. Plus, this is the last film of the late Anton Yelchin, so
it’ll be interesting to see how his final performance pans out.
I’m surprised it’s taken this long for them to make a biopic
about Queen, and yet, here we are. To be honest, I am a bit concerned about how
it will turn out since director Bryan Singer was booted from the project
halfway through after numerous sexual allegations, but I’ve heard nothing but
good things about Rami Malek’s performance as Freddie Mercury, so we’ll just
have to see how that goes.
So here’s the elevator pitch: A boy with Down Syndrome
escapes his nursing home to pursue his dream of becoming a professional
wrestler. Eventually he meets a guy who agrees to be his coach, and together
they take a raft through redneck country and have several adventures along the
way. So think The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn if it were directed by Harmony Korine.
Black metal isn't exactly my favorite music genre, but it is one of the more fascinating ones, especially with its early history. This film recounts the story of one of the genre's seminal bands, Mayhem, a group of kids who set out to create the most extreme music on the planet, which ended in a series of church burnings across Norway, and the murder of its founding members. The really interesting thing about this is that it's directed by Jonas Akerlund, a music video director who's worked with the likes of U2, Madonna, The Rolling Stones, Beyonce and Lady Gaga, but was also the original drummer of Bathory, widely considered to be the first black metal band.
Details are a bit vague at this point, all we know is that
it’s a biopic about Neil Armstrong from Whiplash
and La La Land director Damien
Chazelle. Hopefully it doesn’t have any musical numbers.
Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to the Oscar winning smash hit Moonlight, this adaptation of the James Baldwin novel of the same name follows a woman whose fiancée was
wrongfully convicted of a crime attempts to prove his innocence while carrying
their child.
Other stuff that looks good: The Incredibles II, Hold the Dark, The Irishman, A Wrinkle In Time, Under The Silver Lake, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Other stuff that looks good: The Incredibles II, Hold the Dark, The Irishman, A Wrinkle In Time, Under The Silver Lake, Solo: A Star Wars Story
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