Watchlist 2024

It's that time of the year. I feel anxious if I haven't created this list. For the uninitiated, I have been making this list (mostly for myself—last year's post had 8 views lol who took their time to open a random movie blog) for a full 15 years now. Used to have this on Facebook then I moved it here and I haven't found a new place for this. Also this felt like a good habit to track movies I wanted to watch within the year.

Life update: none, really. But I started writing on Collider! If you see this, please do check out some of my articles. I've been wanting to start creating content on TikTok, so stay tuned next year for updates on this.

So it's the end of January and so far I have seen solid movies in cinemas. Saw Anyone But You (hot people, fun movie), Monster (speechless!), The Beekeeper (protect the hive!), and Anatomy of a Fall (no notes!). January isn't supposed to be this fun.

Without any further ado, here's the list! (*Bold = must watch for me)

JANUARY

The Beekeeper Jason Statham, Josh Hutcherson, David Ayer (director)

The Book of Clarence Lakeith Stanfield, James McAvoy, Jeymes Samuel (director)

FEBRUARY

Argylle Henry Cavill, Bryce Dallas Howard, Matthew Vaughn (director)

Madame Web Dakota Johnson, Sydney Sweeney, SJ Clarkson (director)

MARCH

Dune: Part Two Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Denis Villeneuve (director)

Immaculate Sydney Sweeney, Michael Mohan (director)

Kung Fu Panda 4 Jack Black, Mike Mitchell (director)

Love Lies Bleeding Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Rose Glass (director)

Godzilla x Kong Rebecca Hall, Dan Stevens, Adam Wingard (director)

APRIL

Civil War Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Alex Garland (director)

Rebel Moon Part 2 - The Scargiver Zack Snyder (director)

Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Guy Ritchie (director)

Monkey Man Dev Patel, Dev Patel (director)

MAY

Furiosa Anya Taylor-Joy, Chris Hemsworth, George Miller (director)

The Fall Guy Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, David Leitch (director)

JUNE

Ballerina Ana De Armas, Len Wiseman (director)

Inside Out 2 Amy Poehler, Kelsey Mann (director)

A Quiet Place: Day One Djimon Hounsou, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael Sarnoski (director)

Hit Man Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Richard Linklater (director)

The Bikeriders Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Jeff Nichols (director)

JULY

Deadpool 3 Hugh Jackman, Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy (director)

Twisters Daisy Edgar-Jones, Glen Powell, Lee Isaac Chung (director)

AUGUST

Alien: Romulus Cailee Spaeny, Isabela Merced, Fede Alvarez (director)

Kraven The Hunter Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Russell Crowe, JC Chandor (director)

SEPTEMBER

Wolfs George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Jon Watts (director)

Beetlejuice 2 Michael Keaton, Jenna Ortega, Tim Burton (director)

OCTOBER

Joker: Folie a Deux Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Todd Phillips (director)

NOVEMBER

Gladiator 2 Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, Ridley Scott (director)

DECEMBER

Nosferatu Bill Skarsgard, Lily Rose-Depp, Robert Eggers (director)

Karate Kid Ralph Macchio, Jackie Chan

Mufasa: The Lion King Barry Jenkins (director)

Hmm after seeing this list, there's not many big movies. There are even no MCU movies, Deadpool 3 somehow doesn't count. The other big movies are movies that I'd watch but I wouldn't go on first weekend, like Joker 2. My opinion might change after I see a trailer. There are also big franchises that opted to release their animated movies, like LOTR and Transformers. Might do big bucks, but I'm not trained to see animated movie spinoffs on the big screen. 

I guess here's my top 10 most anticipated films of 2024:

10. Mickey 17, if it gets released this year, would be top 5

9. The Fall Guy - trailer looks great

8. Deadpool 3 - curious!

7. Civil War - trailer looks great

6. Ballerina - Ana De Armas!

5. Rebel Moon - the Snyder Cut version

4. Alien: Romulus - intrigued!

3. Gladiator 2 - curious!

2. Furiosa

1. Dune Part Two

*The* List in 2023

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:

10. Renfield - CAGE!

9. The Killer - FINCHER! / Knock at the Cabin - SHYAMALAN!

8. Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes - lol i love Hunger Games

7. Barbie - Margot!

6. Fast X - yo what a title amazing

5. Indiana Jones & The Dial of Destiny - looks so good

4. Oppenheimer - I'm a Nolan bro

3. Rebel Moon - I'm a Snyder believer

2. Dune Part Two - Excited!

1. Mission: Impossible Dead Reckoning I - yeaaaaaaaah

The Same Ol' List for 2022

 I really would like to find another hobby. Maybe I should start knitting. Thanks to work, I am now listening to audiobooks more and as a result also reading more books! I'm glad that I can honestly say that my hobby is reading. But for now, this is all about my most time-consuming hobby which is movies. According to my Letterboxd, I spent over 4,600 hours of my 2021 watching movies. That number is higher if you count me watching TV shows. Speaking of shows, my first 2022 favorite is Single's Inferno, but that's for another time.

For this post, it's the usual 2022 watchlist. Worth noting every year that I've been doing this since 2009. I didn't even see one of the movies I listed on my top 10 last year because of the Delta wave lockdown. Might be looking at an Omicron wave lockdown soon (as of this writing). Also worth noting that I've reached a certain maturity where I do not need to see every major movie, thanks to Covid. Three years ago I'd be like 'opening day or die' but now it's more like, 'dying isn't that bad tbh'. That made the list has much fewer movies. 

Spoiler alert: I'd rather watch a generic Liam Neeson actioner than another Ryan Reynolds Netflix movie, which is why it's not listed. Most of the superhero movies are also not on my top 10 anticipated list because DC has no direction and I might have reached saturation with Marvel thanks to their mediocre Disney+ shows. I'd still watch them, but not in a hurry.

JANUARY

Scream Neve Campbell, Melissa Barrera, Matt Betinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett (director)

The Tender Bar Tye Sheridan, Ben Affleck, George Clooney (director)

The 355 Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Simon Kinberg (director)

FEBRUARY

Moonfall Patrick Wilson, Halle Berry, Roland Emmerich (director)

Death on the Nile Gal Gadot, Kenneth Branagh (director)

Marry Me Jennifer Lopez, Owen Wilson, Kat Coiro (director)

The Outfit Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Graham Moore (director)

Blacklight The annual Liam Neeson action flick

MARCH

The Batman Robert Pattinson, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Reeves (director)

Everything Everywhere All At Once Michelle Yeoh, Daniels (director)

Turning Red A Pixar movie dumped on D+, Domee Shi (director)

The Lost City Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Aaron & Adam Nee (director)

Operation Fortune Jason Statham, Josh Hartnett, Guy Ritchie (director)

Downton Abbey 2 My favorite rich people and their butlers

APRIL

Ambulance Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, THE BAYHEM (director)

Fantastic Beasts III Eddie Redmayne, Mads Mikkelsen, David Yates (director)

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Nicolas Cage!!

The Northman Alexander Skarsgard, Anya Taylor Joy, Robert Eggers (director)

Memory Liam Neeson, Monica Belluci, Martin Campbell (director)

MAY

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Sam Raimi (director)

Top Gun: Maverick  Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Joseph Kosinski (director)

JUNE

Jurassic World Dominion Chris Pratt, Colin Trevorrow (director)

Lightyear Chris Evans, Angus MacLane (director)

Elvis Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Baz Luhrmann (director)

The Black Phone Ethan Hawke, Scott Derrickson (director)

JULY

Nope Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Jordan Peele (director)

Thor: Love & Thunder Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Taika Waititi (director)

Bullet Train Brad Pitt, Joey King, David Leitch (director)

Where the Crawdads Sing Daisy Edgar Jones, Olivia Newman (director)

Black Adam Dwayne Johnson, Pierce Brosnan, Jaume Collet-Serra (director)

AUGUST

None, I need to see trailers to determine if I want to see the movies.

SEPTEMBER

Mission Impossible 7 Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie (director)

Don't Worry Darling Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde (director)

OCTOBER

Spider-Man: Across the Spider Verse I by very talented people

NOVEMBER

Creed III Michael B. Jordan (director)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Ryan Coogler (director)

The Fabelmans Steven Spielberg (director)

David O'Russell film Margot Robbie, Christian Bale

The Flash Ezra Miller, Andy Muschietti (director)

DECEMBER

Avatar 2 Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, James Cameron (director)

Babylon Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Damien Chazelle (director)

Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom Jason Momoa, James Wan (director)

My top 10 anticipated films of the year:

10. Moonfall - looks dumb but my jam

9. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - Cage as Cage

8. The Northman - trailer is crazy

7. The Fabelmans - never underestimate Spielberg

6. Babylon - Chazelle & amazing cast

5. Nope - yes

4. Ambulance - the trailer made me rewatch all Transformers tbh

3. Avatar 2 - very intrigued

2. The Batman - looks so good!

1. Mission Impossible 7 - excited for whatever stunt they do this time

Weird Year, Same Routine, Very Late - 2021

 I only remember going to this blog when it's the first month of the year. As I like to remind myself, I've been doing this list since 2009. Used to be on Facebook, I think it has been here since 2011. I haven't found another platform to do this that is safe for me hahaha.

Basically this is a watchlist for the year. I included films that are interesting to me and label which ones are must-sees. But because of the pandemic, last year's list was thrown out of the window. It's FIVE months late but with this year's release dates are constantly being shuffled, I have finally found the time to do this. Looks like studios have firmly set their movies' release dates. There are some big movies that are currently still undated because they are slated for Netflix and other streaming services.

Let's do this:

JANUARY

One Night in Miami Leslie Odom Jr, Aldis Hodge, Regina King (director)

Nomadland Frances McDormand, David Straithairn, Chloe Zhao (director)

The Dig Carey Mulligan, Ralph Fiennes, Simon Stone (director)

The Little Things Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, John Lee Hancock (director)

Locked Down Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anne Hathaway, Doug Liman (director)

The Marksman Liam Neeson, Robert Lorenz (director)

FEBRUARY

Judas & The Black Messiah Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Shaka King (director)

Minari Steven Yeun, Alan Kim, Lee Isaac Cheung (director)

Malcolm & Marie Zendaya, John David Washington, Sam Levinson (director)

Space Sweepers Kim Tae-Ri, Song Jong Ki, Sung he jo (director)

MARCH

Zack Snyder's Justice League Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Zack Snyder (director)

Raya & The Last Dragon Kelly Marie Tran, Gemma Chan

Nobody Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Ilya Naishuller (director)

Godzilla vs Kong Alexander Skarsgard, Rebecca Hall, Adam Wingard (director)

APRIL

Without Remorse Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Stefano Sollima (director)

Mortal Kombat Lewis Tan, Joe Taslim, Simon McQuoid (director)

The Mitchells vs The Machines Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Mike Rianda (director)

Stowaway Anna Kendrick, Toni Colette, Joe Penna (director)

MAY

Army of the Dead Dave Bautista, Zack Snyder (director)

A Quiet Place Part II Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski (director)

Those Who Wish Me Dead Angelina Jolie, Taylor Sheridan (director)

Wrath of Man Jason Statham, Holt McCallany, Guy Ritchie (director)

The Woman in the Window Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Joe Wright (director)

Cruella Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Craig Gillespie (director)

JUNE

F9 Vin Diesel, John Cena, Justin Lin (director)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Michael Chaves (director)

In The Heights Anthony Ramos, Jon Chu (director)

Luca Pixar!

JULY

Black Widow Scarlett Johansson, Florence Pugh, Cate Shortland (director)

Escape Room 2 lol dont care who's in it. I'm watching.

Old Gael Garcia Bernal, Vicky Krieps, M. Night Shyamalan (director)

Jungle Cruise Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jaume Collet Serra (director)

The Tomorrow War Chris Pratt, Adam McKay (director)

Snake Eyes Ursula Corbero, Samara Weaving, oh the lead is Henry Golding

AUGUST

The Suicide Squad Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman, James Gunn (director)

Reminiscence Hugh Jackman, Rebecca Ferguson, Lisa Joy (director)

Don't Breathe 2 Stephen Lang, Rodo Sayaguez (director)

Free Guy Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy (director)

SEPTEMBER

Shang Chi & The Legend of Ten Rings Simu Liu, Destin Daniel Cretton (director)

Malignant Annabelle Wallis, James Wan (director)

Dear Evan Hansen Ben Platt, Julianne Moore, Stephen Chbosky (director)

Infinite Mark Wahlberg, Antoine Fuqua (director)

Venom: Let There Be Carnage Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis (director)

OCTOBER

No Time to Die Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Cary Fukunaga (director)

Dune Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, Denis Villeneuve (director)

Last Night in Soho Anya Taylor Joy, Edgar Wright (director)

The Last Duel Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Ridley Scott (director)

NOVEMBER

Eternals Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Chloe Zhao (director)

Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, Joseph Kosinski (director)

House of Gucci Adam Driver, Lady Gaga, Ridley Scott (director)

Resident Evil Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Johannes Roberts (director)

King Richard Will Smith, Jon Bernthal, Reinaldo Marcus Green (director)

DECEMBER

Spider-Man: No Way Home Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jon Watts (director)

The King's Man Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Matthew Vaughn (director)

The Matrix 4 Keanu Reeves, Carrie Anne-Moss, Lana Wachowski (director)

West Side Story Ansel Elgort, Steven Spielberg (director)

Downton Abbey II Michelle Dockery, Maggie Smith, Simon Curtis (director)

And as usual, here are the top 10 movies that I'll be watching for 2021. Most of them are from 2020 though.

10. Army of the Dead - Snyder!!!

9. Old - Shyamalan!!

8. Top Gun Maverick - Cruise in cinemasss

7. Last Night in Soho - Edgar Wright! Anya Taylor Joy!

6. Black Widow

5. Eternals - great cast + Chloe Zhao!

4. F9 - Fam bam!

3. Dune - let's gooo

2. No Time to Die - we were a few months away from this last year!

1. Zack Snyder's Justice League - watched this, amazing!

The Annual Calendar Continues! 2020!

The blog is basically non-existent by now. It's dead. I've killed it (unintentionally). As per Ben Solo's wishes, I may be letting the past die. But as Ben Solo said in The Rise of Skywalker, that's bullshit and people dig nostalgia. Nevertheless, 2020 is the year I don't make resolutions about this blog. I've said I wanted to continue after Infinity War. Well, even Endgame had passed. Anyway, I have a good reason (or not), I'm on Letterboxd nowadays. So please--i cannot stress this enough--make an account there so I know what you're watching and what you think about it. I really don't care about your life in 15 seconds of Instagram story. I really don't. But I care about what you watch and what you think about it.

I have been doing this particular post since 2009. Yep even before the last decade. So naturally, something pushed me to do this. It's for no one. Only me (say that in the nuclear scientist's voice from The Dark Knight Rises--look a reference made only for me). I have been doing things for me last year and I like it. Deep down my resolution for 2020 is "don't give shit 2020." I have a feeling that won't fly with society, so I'm only publicizing it here. Where it's dead and no one's reading. I sincerely hope no one's reading. But if you do, please make a Letterboxd account. Don't make an Instagram account. Without further ado, let's get on with the list. (Personally, I think this list is getting harder to make with the streaming services dropping movies just a month before)

JANUARY

1917 George McKay, Colin Firth, Sam Mendes (director)

The Gentlemen Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Guy Ritchie (director)

Underwater Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, William Eubank (director)

The Rhythm Section Blake Lively, Jude Law, Reed Morano (director)

The Last Thing He Wanted Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe, Dee Rees (director)

Falling Viggo Mortensen! (director)

Bad Boys For Life Will Smith,  Martin Lawrence, not Michael Bay (director)

FEBRUARY

Birds of Prey Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Cathy Yan (director)

Fantasy Island Michael Pena, Maggie Q, Jeff Wadlow (director)

Guns Akimbo Daniel Radcliffe, Samara Weaving, Jason Lei Howden (director)

Downhill Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfuss, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (directors)

Emma Anya Taylor-Joy, Autumn de Wilde (director)

The Photograph Issa Rae, Lakeith Stanfield, Stella Meghie (director)

MARCH

A Quiet Place Part II Emily Blunt, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski (director)

Mulan Liu Yifei, Donnie Yen, Niki Caro (director)

Onward Chris Pratt, Tom Holland, Dan Scanlon (director)

The Way Back Ben Affleck, Gavin O'Connor (director)

Resistance Jesse Eisenberg, Ed Harris, Jonathan Jakubowicz (director)

First Cow A24!

Saint Maud A24!

APRIL

No Time To Die Daniel Craig, Rami Malek, Cary Fukunaga (director)

The New Mutants Anya Taylor-Joy, Maisie Williams, Josh Boone (director)

Antlers Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Scott Cooper (director)

Promising Young Woman Carey Mulligan, Alison Brie, Emerald Fennell (director)

Antebellum Janelle Monae, Jena Malone, Gerard Bush & Christopher Renz (directors)

MAY

Fast & Furious 9 Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Justin Lin (director)

Black Widow Scarlett Johansson, FLORENCE PUGH, Cate Shortland (director)

The Woman in the Window Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Joe Wright (director)

Personal History of David Copperfield Dev Patel, Armando Ianucci (director)

SpongeBob Movie 3 Spongebob Squarepants, Patrick Star, Tim Hill (director)

Greyhound Tom Hanks, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Aaron Schneider (director)

Covers Dakota Johnson!, Nisha Ganatra (director)

JUNE

Wonder Woman 1984 Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Patty Jenkins (director)

Top Gun: Maverick Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Joseph Kosinski (director)

In the Heights Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Jon M. Chu (director)

Soul Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Pete Docter (director)

JULY

Tenet John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Christopher Nolan (director)

Jungle Cruise Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Jaume Collet-Serra (director)

Free Guy Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Shawn Levy (director)

AUGUST

Malignant Annabelle Wallis, Jake Abel, James Wan (director)

Infinite Mark Wahlberg, Antoine Fuqua (director)

The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Hughes (director)

SEPTEMBER

Last Night in Soho Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy, Edgar Wright (director)

The Trial of the Chicago 7 Aaron Sorkin (director)

The King's Man Ralph Fiennes, Harris Dickinson, Matthew Vaughn (director)

The Conjuring 3 Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Michael Chaves (director)

Without Remorse Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Bell, Stefano Sollima (director)

Monster Hunter Tony Jaa, Milla Jovovich, Paul WS Anderson (director)

OCTOBER

Death on the Nile Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Kenneth Branagh (director)

BIOS Tom Hanks, Miguel Sapochnik (director)

Those Who Wish Me Dead Angelina Jolie, Tyler Perry, Taylor Sheridan (director)

Respect Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Liesl Tommy (director)

Snake Eyes omg Ursula Corbero & Samara Weaving are in this

Venom 2 Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis (director)

NOVEMBER

The French Dispatch Timothee Chalamet, Lea Seydoux, Wes Anderson (director)

Escape Room 2 Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Adam Robitel (director)

The Eternals Angelina Jolie, Richard Madden, Chloe Zhao (director)

Godzilla vs Kong Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Adam Wingard (director)

Deep Water Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Adrian Lyne (director)

DECEMBER

Dune Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Denis Villeneuve (director)

West Side Story Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Steven Spielberg (director)

Army of the Dead Dave Bautista, Chris D'Elia, Zack Snyder (director)

News of the World Tom Hanks, Paul Greengrass (director)

The Last Duel Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Ridley Scott (director)

Mank Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, David Fincher (director)

The Tomorrow War Chris Pratt, JK Simmons, Chris McKay (director)

In the spirit of "don't give shit 2020" here are some movies I couldn't care less as of now:
- Dolittle: talking animals are so 2000.
- Bloodshot: looks bad but I'll probably watch for Eiza Gonzalez. You win, Diesel!
- Scoob: Why don't we do a serious sequel with the live-action cast?
- Ghostbusters: this IP should die
- Morbius: hahah that leaked image looked ugly. I probably just need a trailer. *update* just saw the trailer. Still a no.

In the spirit of "don't give shit 2020" part II, here are some dumb movies I probably will enjoy, and I won't be listening to your judgment:
- Escape Room 2: the first one was a great surprise. I hope they go crazy like Happy Death Day 2
- Monster Hunter: Paul WS Anderson's dumb movie is exactly the kind of dumb fun I expect.
(Fast & Furious 9 is not included here because it's a goddamn masterwork in action cinema)

And lastly, here are my Top 10 anticipated films of this year. Just missed out the list are Snyder's Army of the Dead, Wes Anderson's French Dispatch, Black Widow, and films from Spielberg, Paul Greengrass, Ridley Scott, Taylor Sheridan.

10. Birds of Prey - Margot's Harley Quinn!

9. Fast & Furious 9 - Ride or die 

8. In the Heights - This is the closest I'll be to watching Hamilton

7. The Trial of Chicago 7 - Sorkin!

6. Last Night in Soho - Edgar Wright!

5. Top Gun: Maverick - Cruise x McQuarrie!

4. Wonder Woman 1984 - Yas DCEU

3. No Time To Die - YAS

2. Dune - Villeneuve and the crazy cast

1. Tenet - NOLAN

See you in the Oscars annual post (which didn't happen last year)