I am just an old fart who plays minecraft, so I want to see all the little inside jokes. Fan of Jack Black so that is another reason. And I could use a good funny movie right about now.
I’ve just watched the three movies I was really looking forward to. The only film that has topped all 3 in how excited I am to watch is 28 years later, which I will be rebooking a seat for at the cinema as soon as I can. Not much is known about the film yet but I love to imagine they are gonna really lean into the folk horror vibe I got from the trailer. Here’s hoping.
The 3 i look forward to the most (2025 releases only)
"A Big Bold Beautiful Journey": Directed by Kogonada, who made some of my favorite movies (Columbus and After Yang), Colin Farrell and Phoebe Waller-Bridge? Sign me up
"Warfare": With Alex Garlands track record that's another no brainer to me
"Mickey 17": I'm a sucker for good science fiction. Directed by Bong Joon-ho with Robert Pattinson and Steven Yeun? Yep that does it.
Honorable mentions:
Avatar 3: For the visual spectacle and will certainly go watch it on the best screen possible.
"Tron: Ares": Not a huge fan of Jared Leto, but he also isn't a dealbreaker. He was in the new Bladerunner and that one turned out well anyways.
"Frankenstein" by Guillermo del Toro should come out this year and sounds interesting
"Death of a Unicorn": Purely based on the premise
"28 years later": Actually still haven't come around to watch 28 Weeks Later, but liked 28 days.
Also looking forward to watching "the Brutalist", but that was already released, just haven't come around to watching it yet. And ofc there are plenty of movies far out like the next Christopher Nolan movie, but that isn't coming this year.
edited in avatar, because I forgot we get one this year
I still haven't seen Nosferatu, I still want to sit down and re-watch a good version of the original first. Probably won't happen until it's all on home video.
I didn't know Star Trek: Section 31 was a MOVIE, I thought it was a streaming show... But I'll watch Michelle Yeoh do anything.
Becoming Led Zeppelin in IMAX should be fascinating.
Captain America: Brave New World - What can I say? I'm a giant comic book nerd.
One Night in Tokyo looks promising, but I get the feeling this is just "Lost in Translation" again.
The Gorge sounds fun, but only Apple TV+
Cleaner - ? Man, I haven't seen Clive Owen in AGES!
Old Guy - Looks like RED only with Christoph Waltz
That's pretty much it through February...
In the Lost Lands - Not interested, but the description sounds legitimately INSANE.
"A queen hires a sorceress for werewolf powers but pays a price. Warrior Sharra fights a dragon to find her lover, seduced by a lord who's the real gatekeeper. A barbarian girl falls for a deceitful witch's promises in a spacecraft."
WTF did I just read?
"Who's Involved:
Paul W.S. Anderson, Dave Bautista, Milla Jovovich, Amara Okereke, Arly Jover, Deirdre Mullins, Simon Lööf, Fraser James"
If you have never seen any version of Nosferatu, I recommend just watching the newest one. I watched the black and white one the day before going to the new one and found myself bored for most of the movie as it basically follows the original, which already isn’t that interesting of a story (IMO of course.
“A queen hires a sorceress for werewolf powers but pays a price. Warrior Sharra fights a dragon to find her lover, seduced by a lord who’s the real gatekeeper. A barbarian girl falls for a deceitful witch’s promises in a spacecraft.”
Although I can't match that description to the trailer, IMDb has something similar:
A queen, desperate to find happiness in love, takes a daring step: she sends the powerful and feared witch Gray Alys (Milla Jovovich) to the "Lost Lands" to give her the magical gift of turning into a werewolf. With the mysterious hunter Boyce (Dave Bautista), who supports her in the fight against dark creatures and merciless enemies, Gray Alys roams an eerie and dangerous world. And only she knows that every wish she grants has unimaginable consequences...
So it might be a garbled version of the plot or it gets a lot wilder and weirder.