Hey! I checked my last year's post and I said that I needed a new hobby. I randomly mentioned knitting. Guess what? I do have a new hobby and it's a bit similar to knitting. I've started embroidery since December. So at least my subconscious is working!
The pandemic has changed my lifestyle I guess. Based on my Letterboxd, I only logged 213 movies in 2022—a stark difference from 341 in 2021. That number is even lower than pre-pandemic year in 2019 when I logged 230 movies. So I think these days I am picky when it comes to movies. If it's boring and pretentious I probably won't watch it. If it does not beg me to watch in cinemas, I won't bother going and I'll wait until it hits streaming. And coming back to my new hobby, these days I'd rather be embroidering stuff than binging a new dumb series on Netflix.
Anyway, it's hard to break a habit isn't it? Especially if it's about a stupid list that I've been making annually since—check notes—2009! Since this list is coming a bit late, I have to report that my moviegoing adventure kicked off with a bang this year. I watched only crazy, abundant movies (up until Ant-Man 3—superhero films are like social obligation these days), starting from M3GAN, Bollywood spectacle Pathaan, Babylon, the Titanic rerelease, to one of the best sci-fi films ever, The Wandering Earth II. I hope that streak continues.
Apologies for the long-ass intro but here comes the list:
JANUARY
M3GAN Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Gerard Johnstone (director)
Pathaan Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone, Siddharth Anand (director)
When You Finish Saving the World Julianne Moore, Finn Wolfhard, Jesse Eisenberg (director)
FEBRUARY
Titanic 25th Anniversary Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio, James Cameron (director)
Knock at the Cabin Jonathan Groff, Dave Bautista, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
The Wandering Earth II Wu Jing, Andy Lau, Frant Gwo (director)
At Midnight Monica Barbaro 😍
Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania Paul Rudd, Jonathan Majors, Peyton Reed (director)
MARCH
Creed III Michael B. Jordan, Jonathan Majors, Michael B. Jordan (director)
Scream VI Jenna Ortega, Melissa Barrera, Bettinelli-Olpin & Gillett (directors)
John Wick Chapter 4 Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Chad Stathelski (director)
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves Chris Pine, John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (directors)
Shazam: Fury of the Gods Zachary Levi, Rachel Zegler, David F. Sandberg (director)
APRIL
Renfield Nicholas Hoult, Nicolas Cage, Chris McKay (director)
Beau is Afraid Joaquin Phoenix, Ari Aster (director)
Ghosted Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Dexter Fleischer (director)
Evil Dead Rise idc looks good
The Pope's Exorcist Russell Crowe, Franco Nero, Julius Avery (director)
MAY
Fast X Vin Diesel, Jason Momoa, Louis Leterrier (director)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, James Gunn (director)
The Little Mermaid Halle Bailey, Rob Marshall (director)
JUNE
Indiana Jones & the Dial of Destiny Harrison Ford, James Mangold (director)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by very talented people
Asteroid City Margot Robbie, Tom Hanks, Wes Anderson (director)
The Flash Ezra Miller, Michael Keaton, Andy Muschetti (director)
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Steven Caple Jr. (director)
JULY
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part I Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie (director)
Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Christopher Nolan (director)
Barbie Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Greta Gerwig (director)
Insidious: Fear the Dark Patrick Wilson! (director)
AUGUST
Gran Turismo Orlando Bloom, David Harbour, Neill Blomkamp (director)
SEPTEMBER
A Haunting in Venice Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Yeoh, Kenneth Branagh (director)
The Equalizer 3 Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua (director)
OCTOBER
The Exorcist sequel! Leslie Odom Jr, Ellen Burstyn, David Gordon Green (director)
True Love John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Gareth Edwards (director)
Kraven the Hunter Aaron Taylor-Johnson, J.C. Chandor (director)
NOVEMBER
Dune: Part II Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Denis Villeneuve (director)
The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth, Francis Lawrence (director)
The Killer Michael Fassbender, David Fincher (director)
The Marvels Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, Nia DaCosta (director)
DECEMBER
Rebel Moon Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Zack Snyder (director)
Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom Jason Momoa, Patrick Wilson, James Wan (director)
Leave the World Behind Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Sam Esmail (director)
Wonka Timothee Chalamet, Paul King (director)
And here are my 10 most anticipated films:
