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)
