23 days late for the tradition. I started this year watching Notting Hill rerun on TV but then saw Arrival on cinemas, nice film to start the year, right? (or nice film to start the year right--do you get this?). I removed some films from January that have been on release, but not that many because most are crap anyways (I only removed Live By Night). You know the drill: bold titles mean must-watches and unmarked means it's optional. I just copied and pasted and paraphrased that last sentence, because plagiarizing your own work is totally acceptable (and at least I owned it).
JANUARY
Split Anya Taylor-Joy, James McAvoy, M. Night Shyamalan (director)
FEBRUARY
The Lego Batman Movie Will Arnett, Ralph Fiennes, Chris McKay (director)
John Wick Chapter 2 Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Chad Stadhelski (director)
Get Out Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Jordan Peele (director)
Tulip Fever Alicia Vikander, Christoph Waltz, Justin Chadwick (director)
A Cure For Wellness Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Gore Verbinski (director)
MARCH
Logan Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, James Mangold (director)
T2: Trainspotting Ewan McGregor, Robert Carlyle, Danny Boyle (director)
Kong: Skull Island Brie Larson, Tom Hiddleston, Jordan Vogt-Roberts (director)
Beauty and the Beast Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Bill Condon (director)
Ghost in the Shell Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt, Rupert Sanders (director)
Free Fire Brie Larson, Armie Hammer, Ben Wheatley (director)
Power Rangers Bryan Cranston, Elizabeth Banks, Dean Israelite (director)
Table 19 Anna Kendrick, Tony Revolori, Jeffrey Blitz (director)
APRIL
The Fate of the Furious Vin Diesel, Charlize Theron, F. Gary Gray (director)
The Circle Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, James Ponsoldt (director)
Colossal Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Nacho Vigalondo (director)
Gifted Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, Marc Webb (director)
MAY
Alien: Covenant Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Ridley Scott (director)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, James Gunn (director)
Pirates of the Caribbean V Johnny Depp, Joachim Ronning & Espen Sandberg (directors)
Baywatch Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron, Seth Gordon (director)
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Charlie Hunnam, Jude Law, Guy Ritchie (director)
JUNE
Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Patty Jenkins (director)
The Mummy Tom Cruise, Sofia Boutella, Alex Kurtzman (director)
Transformers: The Last Knight Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Bay (director)
The Beguiled Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Sofia Coppola (director)
JULY
Dunkirk Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Christopher Nolan (director)
Spider-Man: Homecoming Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Watts (director)
The Dark Tower Idris Elba, Matthew McConaughey, Nikolaj Arcel (director)
War of the Planet of the Apes Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Matt Reeves (director)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Dane DeHaan, Luc Besson (director)
The Coldest City Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, David Leitch (director)
AUGUST
Baby Driver Ansel Elgort, Lily James, Edgar Wright (director)
All I See Is You Blake Lively, Jason Clarke, Marc Forster (director)
The Hitman's Bodyguard Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Patrick Hughes (director)
SEPTEMBER
American Made Tom Cruise, Domnhall Gleeson, Doug Liman (director)
Granite Mountain Taylor Kitsch, Miles Teller, Joseph Kosinski (director)
Flatliners Diego Luna, Ellen Page, Niels Arden Oplev (director)
OCTOBER
Blade Runner 2049 Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Denis Villeneuve (director)
Kingsman: The Golden Circle Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Matthew Vaughn (director)
God Particle Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, Julius Onah (director)
Logan Lucky Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Steven Soderbergh (director)
The Snowman Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Tomas Alfredson (director)
Insidious: Chapter 4 Not Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne or James Wan.
Geostorm Gerard Butler, Ed Harris, Dean Devlin (director)
NOVEMBER
Justice League Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Zack Snyder (director)
Thor: Ragnarok Chris Hemsworth, Cate Blanchett, Taika Waititi (director)
Murder on the Orient Express Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh (director)
Red Sparrow Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton, Francis Lawrence (director)
Coco Pixar original!
Darkest Hour Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn, Joe Wright (director)
DECEMBER
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Rian Johnson (director)
Downsizing Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Alexander Payne (director)
The Greatest Showman Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michael Gracey (director)
Jumanji Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jake Kasdan (director)
Pitch Perfect 3 Anna Kendrick, Hailee Steinfeld, Trish Sie (director)
UNDATED
Annihilation Natalie Portman, Oscar Isaac, Alex Garland (director)
Okja Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bong Joon-ho (director)
Wind River Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Taylor Sheridan (director)
Terminal Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Vaughn Stein (director)
Another packed year of movie going, 61 titles total and that doesn't include those Oscar baits at the end of the year. Last year I put duds in my top 10 anticipated films like Jason Bourne, X-Men Apocalypse and Assassin's Creed, which I haven't even watched. Based on RottenTomatoes, I put 7 films with rotten scores on my top 10 list, and enjoyed at least three of those rotten films. To my defense, no one could've predicted Passengers would snooze people off at the films or how disappointing the two DCEU films turned out. From the 66 films I listed, I saw 45 of them, while three of those were either bumped or never made (this distinct title goes to Gambit).
Before going to the top 10, honorable mentions goes to Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver and also another thriller from J.J. Abrams (God Particle). I'm intrigued with those but I need trailers. Joe Wright has a new film but he gotta earn our trust again after Pan. Also, Soderbergh's come out of retirement to no surprise, but comedies are tricky even for Soderbergh. As for MCU films, I need something new, Doctor Strange was good but that's it. We need something new. Here are this year's top 10, my version:
Before going to the top 10, honorable mentions goes to Kenneth Branagh's Murder on the Orient Express, Edgar Wright's Baby Driver and also another thriller from J.J. Abrams (God Particle). I'm intrigued with those but I need trailers. Joe Wright has a new film but he gotta earn our trust again after Pan. Also, Soderbergh's come out of retirement to no surprise, but comedies are tricky even for Soderbergh. As for MCU films, I need something new, Doctor Strange was good but that's it. We need something new. Here are this year's top 10, my version:
10. Ghost in the Shell - Initially not interested, but that trailer tho.
9. Kong: Skull Island - Badass cast, badass trailer, hoping for a badass film
8. Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Feeling that SW fatigue already but still excited
7. Logan - We all need a different kind of superhero pic, don't we?
6. Justice League - Hyped but proceeding with caution.
5. Kingsman: The Golden Circle - Loved the first one too much
4. Alien: Covenant - I'm one of few who loved Prometheus
3. Blade Runner 2049 - Villeneuve! Gosling! Deakins!
2. Wonder Woman - Please be good, please be good
1. Dunkirk - I'm one of them Nolan fanboys
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