1- TREY PARKER, MATT STONE & KENDRICK LAMAR SLAVERY MOVIE: I heard about this a few years ago. The "South Park" guys were making a musical about slavery reparations. They last thing they made outside of "South Park" was "The Book of Mormon" on Broadway in 2011, so it's been a while. Kendrick Lamar stars as a slave re-enactor on a plantation that finds out his white girlfriend's family way back when owned his ancestors. Trey Parker is directing but, sadly, the "South Park" guys didn't write it. Vernon Chatman, who voices Towelie on "South Park" and has written for "South Park" and "The Chris Rock Show," wrote the script. I mean...this should be fucking bonkers.
2- PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON FILM: Anderson's last film, "Licorice Pizza," was one of his best. This new one he wrote & directed and stars Leonardo Dicaprio, Benicio Del Toro and Sean Penn. As usual, everything about it is a total secret. But he's one of the best directors working these days, so it should be great.
3- JURASSIC WORLD: REBIRTH: Gareth Edwards directed this, and he's a visionary director that always makes great looking, interesting films. He made "Star Wars: Rogue One," "The Creator," and "Godzilla." Scarlett Johansson and Mahershala Ali star in this. David Koepp, the original "Jurassic Park" screenwriter wrote the script. Even though I didn't care for the last one, I love this franchise and with a great director and writer working on this one, it should be a fantastic summer popcorn flick.
4- SUPERMAN: I'll admit that the trailer doesn't make this look very good. Was it shot with a fish eye lens or something? And James Gunn usually makes stuff with a lot of comedy...can a Superman movie be a comedy? I guess we'll find out. Superman is played by a nobody, but Nicholas Hoult is Lex Luthor and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" is Lois Lane. Gunn was put in charge of the new D.C. movie regime. I liked his "Guardians of the Galaxy" films better than his "Suicide Squad" one, but the "Peacemaker" TV show was entertaining as hell. It's really tough making a good Superman movie. Batman movies are simple to make. Spider-Man movies are simple to make. Superman is tricky. Can Gunn crack the code? Or will we get another silly comedy one like "Superman 3"?
5- FRANKENSTEIN: Guillermo Del Toro is making a Frankenstein movie. I love Del Toro...but, c'mon, is he out of ideas? I can't even remember the last movie he made. Was it that fish man movie that won all the Oscars (it wasn't...it was his pointless "Nightmare Alley" remake that was an ultra-bomb). He is a great gothic horror director, though, so this should look amazing at least. Christoph Walz and Mia Goth star in this.
6- EDDINGTON: This is Ari Aster's latest. He's the thinking man's horror director. I liked "Midsommar" but didn't care much for his others. He's kind of like David Lynch, though, in that even if he doesn't always make great films they're at least interesting enough to want to see what he's up to next. This one takes place in New Mexico during the pandemic when at night the small town turns evil or something. Joaquin Phoenix plays a sheriff and Emma Stone, Pedro Pascal, and Austin Butler also star.
7- 28 YEARS LATER: I still remember going to see "28 Days Later" in theaters and how awesome it was. Granted, director Danny Boyle hasn't made a good movie in years, though, and I'm still trying to forget he made a "Trainspotting" sequel. Why, oh, why did you do that? Writer Alex Garland is back, though, and he's still at the top of his game ("Civil War" was great). Cillian Murphy is also back. What...he's still battling zombies 28 years later? Ralph Fiennes and Jodie Comer also star. The trailer makes it look fantastic and brutal as hell.
8- MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE: THE FINAL RECKONING: What is this, like part 10 or something? The last one was super entertaining, though, and these are always fun. It was obvious in the last one that they just come up with action sequences before writing a script around them. Who cares, though? The usual actors are all back. Considering they've made so many of these, what action sequences are even left to do? I think the trailer had Tom Cruise riding a horse. Maybe he jumps onto a helicopter from a horse or something absurd.
9- PREDATOR: BADLANDS: This is a new Predator film from the director of the last one, "Prey," that was awesome but went straight to Hulu so barely anyone knows it exists. Elle Fanning stars. This is the 6th Predator. Does that include those bad Alien vs. Predator movies? Who won? The aliens or the predator? Or was it a draw like Kong vs. Godzilla? Dan Trachenberg directed this, and if it's anything as good as "Prey" was it'll be killer.
10- THE RUNNING MAN: The original Schwarzenegger film might be terrible if I watched it now, but I remember loving it when I watched it multiple times as a kid. The only reason I'm curious about this is because Edgar Wright directed this. While he hasn't made a great film in a while, his "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz," and "The World's End" trilogy is legendary. Glen Powell, the new 'it' Hollywood star, is in this, as is Josh Brolin, who IMDB says plays "ruthless producer." I probably should go read the Stephen King story. I always hear that the ending to that has a plane flying into a building like 9/11. I'm guessing this movie won't retain that original ending.
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