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cardest · 4 years

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Halloween playlist

Halloween playlist By Cardest October is my favorite time of the year! Here is 300 songs or so I put together I think will make your Halloween rock! 001 The Misfits - Scream! 002 Alice Cooper - The Nightmare Returns 003 Acid Witch - I'm Back (Sorcery cover) 004 John Carpenter\Alan Howarth - Halloween Theme 005 King Diamond - Halloween 006 Ghost - Mummy Dust 007 Jerry Goldsmith The Omen OST - Ave Satani 008 Fantomas - Der Golem 009 Doyle - Cemeterysexxx 010 Mastodon - Halloween (Instrumental) 011 Cramps - Human Fly 012 Fright Night Soundtrack - Armies Of The Night 013 Shooting Guns - [Wolfcop Soundtrack - Wulver 014 Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party 015 Type O Negative - Halloween In Heaven 016 Phantasm OST - Funeral organ-dwarf in hearse 017 Grave Robber - Skeletons 018 John Carpenter - Theme from "The Fog" 019 45 Grave - Night Of The Demons 020 The Birthday Massacre - Horror Show 021 Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (theme) 022 The Misfits - Friday the 13th 023 Blood Ceremony - Coven Tree 024 Goblin - Profondo Rosso 025 October 31 - The House Where Evil Dwells 026 Michael Jackson - Thriller 027 Bobby 'Boris' Pickett & The Crypt Kickers - Monster Mash 028 Ministry - Every Day Is Halloween 029 Sleepy Hollow movie Theme 030 The Damned - Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 031 October 31 - The house where evil dwells 032 Rigor Mortis - poltergeist 033 Necrophagia - Reborn through Black Mass 034 Fantomas - Rosemary's Baby 035 Pseudo Echo - His Eyes (from the Friday the 13th V OST) 036 Misfits - Dig Up Her Bones 037 Sigh - Graveward 038 Christian Death - Church of no return 039 The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Over At The Frankenstein Place 040 With The Dead - Nephthys 041 David Bowie- Scary Monsters (And super creeps) 042 Early Man - Creature From The Black Lagoon 043 Hellbound Hellraiser 2 Theme 044 Rob Zombie - Dragula 045 Misfits - Night of the Living dead 046 Ramones - Pet Semetary 047 Roky Erickson - I walked with a zombie 048 Blue Oyster Cult - Don't (fear the reaper) 049 The Munsters TV show theme 050 Slayer - Necrophobic 051 Type O Negative - Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia) 052 The 69 Eyes - Lost Boys 053 The Vision Bleak - The Night Of The Living Dead 054 The Devil's Blood - I'll Be Your Ghost 055 Ghost B.C. - Ghuleh / Zombie Queen 056 Voltaire - Brains! 057 The Shrine - Tripping Corpse 058 Zig Zags - The Fog 059 Doyle - Land of the Dead 060 Danzig - On A Wicked Night 061 Fantomas - One Step Beyond 062 Siouxsie And The Banshees - Dear Prudence 063 The Misfits - Nightmare on Elm Street 064 Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London 065 The Cramps - Creature From The Black Leather Lagoon 066 King Diamond - Trick Or Treat 067 Arcturus - To Thou Who Dwellest in the Night 068 Deicide - Dead But Dreaming 069 Zombie Ghost Train - R.I.P 070 American Horror Story - Theme Song 071 Antonius Rex - Necromancer 072 THE WOLFGANGS - Cannibal Family 073 THE TWILIGHT ZONE THEME 074 Queens Of The Stone Age - Burn The Witch 075 The Hellfreaks - Boogieman 076 Ghoultown - Drink With The Living Dead 077 Fantomas - Experiment In Terror 078 Coil - Main Title (Unreleased Hellraiser Theme) 079 Autopsy - Skull Grinder 080 Beastmaker - Eyes Are Watching 081 S.O.D. - Freddy Krueger 082 Christopher Lennertz - And So It Begins Supernatural OST 083 Xandria -Vampire 084 Slayer - Ghosts Of War085 085 With The Dead - Living With The Dead 086 Devil Master - Listen, Sweet Demons... 087 G Tom Mac - Cry LIttle Sister 088 Celtic Frost - The Usurper 089 The Moving Sidewalks - Crimson Witch 090 Electric Wizard - Black Mass 091 Return Of The Living Dead Theme 092 Carcass - The Master Butcher's Apron 093 Cedell Davis - She's Got the Devil in Her 094 Zombi OST - Zombie Vs Shark 095 Rob Zombie - House of 1000 Corpses 096 Calabrese - Vampires Don't Exist 097 Dario Argento's LA TERZA MADRE - Main Theme by Claudio Simonetti 098 The Damned - Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 099 Danzig - Bodies 100 Slayer - Postmortem 101 Fantomas - The Omen (Ave Satani) 102 Cannibal Corpse - The Cryptic Stench 103 The Vampires of Dartmoore - Hallo, mister Hitchcock 104 45 Grave - Party Time 105 Coffins - Decapitated Crawl 106 The Misfits - Them 107 Talking Heads - Psycho Killer 108 Denial Of God - The Curse Of The Witch 109 Lucio Fulci's Zombie Theme 110 Anthrax - Bordello Of Blood (Tales From The Crypt) 111 Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera 112 The Exorcist Theme 113 Demented Are Go - Hotrod Vampires 114 The Creepshow - Zombies Ate Her Brain 115 Tenebre (Main Title) by Goblin 116 Voltaire - Zombie Prostitute 117 HorrorPops - [Bring It On! #09] Walk Like A Zombie 118 Death - Open Casket 119 Friday The 13th Original Theme Song 120 Wesley Willis - Vampire Bat 121 The Cult - The Witch 122 Dracula (1931) Theme Bela Lugosi 123 Slayer - Live Undead 124 Re-Animator Theme 125 Ray Parker Jnr - Ghostbusters 126 Megadeth - The Conjuring 127 Santana - Black Magic Woman 128 The Who - Boris The Spider 129 Entombed - Evilyn 130 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand 131 Twisted Sister - Burn In Hell 132 The Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein 133 Electric Wizard - Dunwich 134 Danzig - Skin Carver 135 King Diamond - Them 136 Salems Lot Theme 137 Dio - Dream Evil 138 Tenacious D - Beelzeboss 139 Dokken - dream warrior 140 The Doors - The Ghost Song 141 Saint Vitus - White Magic/Black Magic 142 The Vampires of Dartmoore - Crime and Horror 143 Fantomas - Spider Baby 144 Rockwell - Somebody's Watching Me 145 Samhain - Halloween II 146 Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla 147 The Five Blobs - The Blob 148 Rob Zombie - Superbeast 149 The Cramps - Big Black Witchcraft Rock 150 Phantasm Theme Song 151 The Addams Family TV theme song 152 Slayer - Black Magic 153 Necrophagia - Rue Morgue Disciple 154 Bastard Priest - Ghouls Of The Endless Night 155 Ennio Morricone - The Thing (theme) 156 The Vision Bleak - The Wood Hag 157 Soulfly - Cannibal Holocaust 158 Creepshow 2 - Original Theme Music 159 Dracula theme - Bram Stoker's Dracula theme 160 Monster Magnet - 19 Witches 161 Blood Ceremony - My Demon Brother 162 Janet Jackson - Black Cat 163 Cramps - I Was A Teenage Werewolf 164 Nosferatu - A Symphony of Horror 165 The Evil Dead - Pencil It In 166 White Zombie - Cosmic Monsters Inc. 167 Fred Schneider - Monster 168 Men At Work - Dr. Heckyll & Mr. Jive 169 Cathedral - Hopkins (The Witchfinder General) 170 Thomas Dolby - She Blinded Me With Science 171 A Nightmare on Elm Street - Theme Song 172 The Misfits - Halloween II 173 The Guess Who - Clap for the Wolfman 174 Inter Arma - Scarecrow 175 Royal Thunder - Sleeping Witch 176 Slayer - Spirit in Black 177 Yoga - Flying Witch 178 Down - Witchtripper 179 Witchcraft - Ghosts House 180 Serge Gainsbourg - Docteur Jekyll et monsieur Hyde 181 Danny Elfman - [Sleepy Hollow OST] Into The Woods (The Witch) 182 Deicide - Dead by Dawn 183 Elm Street - Elm St's Children 184 Acid Witch - Trick or Treat 185 Satyricon - Black Crow On A Tombstone 186 Possessed - The excorcist 187 Electric Wizard - Satanic Rites Of Dracula 188 Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting (The Vampire Song) 189 Predator Soundtrack - Main Title 190 Kryst The Conqueror - Doctor Phibes Rises Again 191 Ministry - Every Day is Halloween (remix) 192 Megadeth - Devils Island 193 The Misfits - From Hell They Came 194 Devil Master - Black Flame Candle 195 Soiuxee and the Banshees - Fear (Of The Unknown) 196 Cradle of Filth - Her Ghost in the Fog 197 Goblin - Witch (Suspiria Soundtrack) 198 Cliff Richard - Devil Woman 199 NIN - Dead Souls (From The Crow Soundtrack) 200 Alice Cooper - Teenage Frankenstein 201 Misfits - Cold in Hell 202 John Carpenter - Halloween 2019 Theme (Main Title) 203 The Damned - Grimly feindish 204 Slayer - At Dawn They Sleep 205 Atrium - Doctor Jekyll 206 Serge Gainsbourg - Docteur Jekyll et monsieur Hyde 207 Darkthrone - Graveyard Slut 208 Faith No More - Zombie Eaters 209 Candlemass - Demons Gate 210 Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead 211 Rigor Mortis - Vampire 212 Rob Zombie - In The Age Of The Consegrated Vampire We All Get High 213 BLOODY HAMMERS - Witch Of Endor 214 Ghost - Spirit 215 Autopsy - Tourniquets, Hacksaws And Graves 216 Alice Cooper - Keepin' Halloween Alive 217 Old Man's Child - Return Of The Night Creatures 218 Black Sabbath - Black Moon 219 The Misfits - Walk Among Us 220 Early Man - Frankenstein: I'm Dead Alive 221 Ghoul - Dungeon Bastards 222 Slayer - Spill The Blood 223 Carcass - Corporal Jigsore Quandary 224 Over Kill - playing with spiders/ skullcrusher 225 Frankie Stein And His Ghouls - Elbow Twist 226 Mercyful Fate - Black Masses 227 The Elm Street Group - Do The Freddy 228 Instant Funk - Witch Doctor 229 Cathedral - Tombs Of The Blind Dead 230 Celtic Frost - Necromantical Screams 231 Grave Digger - Witch Hunter 232 Basil Kirchin - Dr Phibes' Theme 233 Necrophagia - Coffins 234 The Misfits - Monster Mash 235 The Vision Bleak - Witching Hour 236 The Vision Bleak - A Witch Is Born 237 Megadeth - Last rites/loved to death 238 Overkill - Frankenstein 239 Dave Edmunds - The Creature from the Black Lagoon 240 Death - Zombie Ritual 241 John Fogerty - Eye Of The Zombie 242 Nunslaughter - Ouija 243 Main Title (Stephen King's IT) 244 Goblin - Zombi 245 White Zombie - I, zombie 246 XTC - Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead 247 Misfits - Green Hell 248 Autopsy - Embalmed 249 Slayer - Haunting The Chapel 250 The Devin Townsend Band - Vampira 251 The Frantics - Werewolf 252 Black Sabbath OST by Les Baxter - Main theme 253 Slasher Dave - Moldy coffins 254 Morricone Youth's Night of the Living Dead - Driveway to the cemetary 255 Bob McFadden - The Mummy 256 Screaming Jay Hawkins - I put a spell on you 257 Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams 258 Buddy Haydock & The Boppers - The Raven 259 Helloween - Halloween 260 The Ghastly Ones - Draculon (with intro) 261 Echo & the Bunnymen - People are strange 262 Exhumed - Slaughter maniac 263 Nightmare Before Christmas OST - This is Halloween 264 Cerrone - Supernature 265 The Specials - Ghost town 266 The Cramps - Surfin' dead 267 David Bowie's Labyrinth OST - Magic dance 268 Lalo Schifrin Abominable OST - maine title 269 The Castle Kings - You can get him Frankenstein 270 Ozzy Osbourne - Bark at the moon 271 The Grave Mistakes - Dig your own grave 272 Demons 2 OST - Videomix 273 Wolfmen of Mars - Mouth like Piranha 274 Entrails - The cemetary horrors 275 Obituary - Blood soaked 276 Cannibis Corpse - Mummified in bong water 277 Dawn of the Dead OST - theme song 278 Exodus - Piranha 279 Danny Elfmann's Nightbreed OST - end credits 280 Rigor Mortis - Wizard of gore 281 Ancient Order of the Droids - Torus 282 The Damned - Black is the night 283 Angry Birds Seasons Halloween - Haunted Hogs Theme 284 Dunwich Horror OST by Les Baxter - Black mass 285 Chopping Mall OST - movie theme 286 The Simpsons Tree House of Horror - Halloween Special theme 287 The B-52's - Devil in my car 288 Cannibal Corpse - Beyond the cemetary 289 Sturgil Simpson - The Dead Don't Die 290 Chained to the Dead - Beheaded by Berrymen 291 Sisters of Mercy - This corrosion 292 Exhumed - Defenders of the grave 293 The Cure - The forest 294 Book of Love - Witchcraft 295 Alice Cooper - Welcome to my Nightmare 296 TSOL - Wash away 297 Death - Born Dead 298 Scooby Dooby Do TV Show - theme song 299 Dead Vampires - The Day after Halloween 300 Danny Elfmann's Beetlejuice - main title 666 ACID WITCH - I Hate Halloween 999 Misfits - Halloween

#halloween #Halloween playlist #hallows eve #metal halloween music #horror music

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jeremys-blogs · 4 years

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My 10 Comfort Films

Movies have been a big part of my life for as far back as I can remember. And like any movie-lover, there are some I'll be more inclined to watch than others. Not my absolute favourites or the ones I think of as "the best movies ever" necessarily, but ones I'll always come back to when I have a free afternoon to watch them. And those are the ones I want to list out here. Films that might not be the objective best of their respective fields and franchises, but ones that I just always enjoy watching whenever they're on my screen.

The Isle of Dogs (2018) - Now, I realise that the visual style championed by Wes Anderson (lots of symmetrical shots, characters looking directly into the camera, and so on) can be a bit of an acquired taste, but it definitely works for an animated outing like this one. A story of a bunch of dogs living and trying to survive on an island covered in trash doesn't admittedly sound like the most appealing of movies, but let it never be said that Wes can't make film look good. Voice talent like Brian Cranston and Bill Murray help provide a deadpan style of humour that, while certainly not to everyone's liking, had me hooked from moment one. And of course, as someone who grew up with stop-motion animation, it's always nice to see someone try to keep that style alive, and yes kudos also has to be given to Laika for that. Anderson has only done one other animated work, Fantastic Mr Fox, and between them this is definitely my favourite. I have no idea if he'll ever return to animation, but I have a good feeling it'll be great when he does, because as unpolished as this might sometimes appear, it's nevertheless a great watch.

Porco Rosso (1992) - I may have watched a good number of other anime films in my day, but few have ever managed to match the enjoyment given to me by the movies of Studio Ghibli, and especially not against those of Hayao Miyazaki himself. In fact, I'll even go on record now and say that he might be my all-time favourite filmmaker, since he's never made a movie I didn't like, which I've never been able to say about anyone else. Porco Rosso might not have the kind of deep characters and story of Princess Mononoke, and it might not be anywhere near the sheer visual brilliance of Spirited Away, but it nevertheless engages me deeply whenever I watch it. Of all Miyazaki's films, this might have the fewest fantastical elements to it, with the only real bit of other-worldliness being that the main character is under a curse that turns him into a pig, but never let that lead you to think this doesn't have Miyazaki's signature whimsy all over it. Porco is often an overlooked and under-appreciated movie when compared to Miyazaki's other films, but as far as I'm concerned it deserves to stand alongside even the best of them.

Hercules (1997) - The Disney Renaissance is often lauded for its critically and commercially successful films, and rightfully so. From classics like Little Mermaid to Aladdin, this ten-year stretch of Disney's history has a lot to be pleased about. So it might seem odd that my personal pick from this era is the film often regarded as one of its lesser entries. And I'll grant you, compared to revolutionary films like Little Mermaid, this might not seem particularly special. But it still has a lot to enjoy, especially by me. Yes, the mythology buff in me does indeed wince whenever I see some inaccuracy, but the sheer joy I feel at watching Hercules always negates that. And of course, who could forget one of the most enjoyable villains ever to grace a Disney production, courtesy of the great James Woods. But don't think the movie is carried by him alone, as plenty of the other cast, including Susan Egan and Danny DeVito in particular, do great and making this a fun ride. Between the animation, the voice work, the often-catchy musical numbers and the simple pleasure this film offers, Disney's Hercules proves that it is indeed a hero, and not a zero.

Toy Story 4 (2019) - Toy Story was a groundbreaking movie that kicked down the door for the success of all future computer-animated films. Toy Story 2 was a more-than-worthy addition to the ultra-exclusive club of sequels that were better than the original. Toy Story 3 was a poignant and heartfelt goodbye to a franchise and cast of characters that we had come to know and love over the years. Let's not mince words here, people. Being tasked with creating another sequel in a franchise that had been capped off almost a decade earlier in a way that led many to calling it one of the greatest trilogies of all time must have been an exceptionally daunting prospect. But let it never be said that Pixar can't rise to the challenge when one is presented to them, as Toy Story 4 is a hugely engaging and entertaining flick. Is it as good as those that came before? Well, it's certainly not pushing any boundaries like they did, with the exception of the clear advances in animation that have been made, but even wit that taken into account, it's just a nice film to watch. The farewell given to us here might not have brought a tear to my eye the way the third movie did, but I'd still be happy to have this be the final word on the Toy Story theatrical releases.

The Avengers (2012) - Like everyone, I had been watching and enjoying many of the MCU movies that had been coming up in the years leading up to this big crossover, and like those other people I too had been learning about the eventual team-up through all the various end-credits scenes Marvel had become so famous for. But whether the eventual film would be good was still up in the air. I certainly hoped it'd be entertaining, but I also didn't want to get too hopeful, just in case. Thankfully, Marvel met my expectations and smashed through them, delivering what is, quite possibly, my all-time favourite superhero film. The idea of comic book continuity and crossovers working in a live-action movie had been thought of as almost a laughable notion, but Marvel proved those naysayers wrong in the biggest way possible, showing that not only were these movies capable of being good when all these disparate characters got together, but that they thrived while doing so. Avengers was the first of these big team-ups, and in my eyes it has remained the gold standard. Other entries like Age of Ultron or Infinity War all had their value, but to me nothing will ever quite measure up to this first meeting of such iconic and wonderful characters.

Star Trek Beyond (2016) - I'll be upfront, I wasn't a big fan of the 2009 reboot of the Star Trek franchise, nor was I particularly fond of its 2013 sequel, Into Darkness. For me the movies were just trying too hard to be serious and heavy, and while I fully acknowledge that the Trek fandom has a lot of people who enjoy the more gritty directions the franchise has gone in, I cannot count myself among them. Beyond, by contrast, actually seems like it wants to just be a fun ride, which is something I appreciate a great deal. This is not, in any way, a deep or complicated movie. In fact, when you get right down to it, what we have here is just an episode of the original Trek show just blown up to feature length with some modern-day visuals and cast. But you know, that's okay by me, as the end result was hugely enjoyable. Pine and the rest of the cast, in terms of their acting, seem far more comfortable here than they were with the other films of the trilogy, and special mention has to go to Zachary Quinto as Spock, who was able to perfectly balance not only the character's famous stoicism, but also the moments of drama and humour the role called for. This is not the greatest Star Trek movie ever made, but it's one I enjoy more than anything else in the franchise.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) - A common trend with me as far as Star Wars trilogies are concerned is that the first movie in that grouping will always be the one I enjoy watching most, and it seems that pattern continued with the release of Disney's foray into the franchise. Force Awakens is often maligned as being too similar to the original 1977 film, and while I can certainly see those similarities, that isn't anywhere near enough of a reason for me to dislike it. New characters like Rey, Finn and BB-8 were instantly endearing to me and I always enjoyed seeing the three of them together and working off one another. Harrison Ford's return was welcome and he definitely gave it his all, though Carrie Fisher was no slouch either. There's nothing especially revolutionary about this movie, and really the only thing that gets it on this list is just pure likeability. But as far as I'm concerned, that's all a movie needs. Abrams has a noted talent when it comes to recreating the look of sci-fi movies of past decades, and that talent is on full display here, as the movie looks right at home with every other Star Wars story out there. Disney's other films in this trilogy might not have brought me as much joy, but I'll always have this one to pick me up again.

Shin Godzilla (2016) - Okay, given that this is a list of movies I like to just watch while chilling, Shin Godzilla probably seems like an odd pick. I've talked about it before and mentioned repeatedly how it's probably the most serious and unhappy Godzilla film to date. So why go for this instead of something more exciting like King of the Monsters? Well, it's hard to put into words, but there's just something about this movie that draws me to it. It's one I respect certainly, owing largely to its goal of recreating everything that made the original Gojira movie great but putting it in a modern setting, but besides that there's just a quality that I can't put my finger on. Maybe it's the fact that, despite my previously-mentioned dislike of movies trying to be serious, this is one of the rare examples of that seriousness actually fitting the kind of film I'm watching. It's a movie of Godzilla at his most dangerous, horrific and nightmarish, and whose great terror is thwarted only by the collective efforts of a group of political, scientific and military misfits, yet I'm on the edge of my seat unable to look away throughout the whole thing. No idea if that rumoured sequel will ever come to pass, but I can only hope it's as engrossing as this one was.

Legend (1985) - By far the oldest movie you'll find on this list, this gem of a story by famed director Ridley Scott is a fairy tale of a young woodland boy hoping to rescue his fair love from a wicked demon. Now that sounds about as generic a fantasy story as you can make, and in truth the movie is more interested in creating as unique visual portrayal of that classic setup than it is in revolutionizing or pushing it in any way. But what a visual spectacle it is. It's really hard to put into words just what it's like to watch this movie, and most of the time it feel like you're watching some feature-length dream sequence. That certainly makes it an oddity among other fantasy flicks of its era, but "classic fairy tale executed perfectly" is a pretty good reason to love it. Thankfully, it also has some great performances to help bring that whole thing to life, with the star-making turn of course being that of the great Tim Curry as the movie's central antagonist. If there's a list of great movie fantasy villains out there, Curry's character absolutely deserves to be on it, and chances are he'll be the thing you end up remembering most if you ever decide to watch this yourselves.

Demolition Man (1993) - I'm admittedly not a big watcher of the big, muscly action flicks that dominated the 80s and 90s, but this one actually caught my interest a few years back. A film that, while certainly showing off some pretty intense fight scenes, also had a lot of smart things to say. Ideas that you didn't normally see in beefcake action titles, like the importance of the balance between personal freedom and the collective good. A society where murder has been eradicated, but at the cost of many of the things we know and love today. It might not be the best at that particular discussion, but it's certainly something to note given that I don't normally consider this particular genre to be the place to think about it. But of course the big draw is the two leads, Stallone and Snipes, and yeah they are definitely having fun in their roles. Stallone is a far better actor than most people give him credit for, and this is definitely a role I enjoyed watching him in, especially since they actually allow him to be occasionally funny. Any action movie that remembers that you need to tell a joke every once in a while has my respect, and it's just one more thing about this fine move to like.

So yeah, those are my regular comfort movies. Some odd choices maybe, but hey, I like what I like 🥰

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geek-gem · 5 years

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Me being honest about the Sonic movie

*seeing the teaser poster with the design despite all that hype and watching the developing of this movie and kept a optimistic view on it*

Me:......we're never going to get that kick ass Sonic movie with Sonic fighting Metal Sonic and Shadow to music like Disturbed's, "Ten Thousand Fists" in a movie and sequels that would older folks and more audiences think hey Sonic is awesome....we're never gonna get that for a long time are we?

Myself I guess being realistic but also harsh:.....GeekGem you autistic fuck. What kind of actual basically, "Edgy" shit did you want? This is a blue hedgehog not Batman V Superman or Godzilla King Of The Monsters.

Me: Honestly I never wanted the movie to be shit. Really we don't know but I understand and shouldn't mind everyone being so negative. It's just that design bothers me and I hope to God when we see a trailer and those Brazil reactions being true just....it's bothersome as a big fan. We need a trailer to see the full design I mean it's just a look but so bothersome.....besides Sonic Adventure 2 exists that's dark.

Myself as harsh and realistic again: Sonic Adventure 2 to people is a mess where it's story needs to get fixed but still.

Me: Which is why a movie adaptation is perfect to fix those issues.

Myself harsh and realistic again: You lost your shit in a way when James Marsden was casted.

Me: Yet over time I grew on him and didn't mind choices. Seriously 2019 is gonna be a weird trip for Sonic fans in a way.

Tags done and you know what I remember and in a way I still weirdly want Arin Hanson and Danny Sexbang to cameo mainly in a sequel where Danny likes Sonic but Arin doesn't it's just a random idea and before this poster was released. Edit Sonic is 9th in trending also just popped in my head like I said couldn't Legendary get the rights I'm being weird and stupid today or something.

#sonic the hedgehog #sonic movie

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weekendwarriorblog · 3 years

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THE WEEKEND WARRIOR 4/2/21: GODZILLA VS. KONG, THE UNHOLY, OXFORD FILM FESTIVAL

I’m really not sure how I feel about doing the Weekend Warrior at quite the level I was doing last year. Even though the box office is slowly coming back, it’s still very frustrating to write about, and honestly, the Disney announcement last week about all the movies being delayed or dumped to Disney+ kinda brought me down. It just tells me that many studios are giving up on theatrical just as people have gotten so used to watching stuff at home, they don’t care about going out and being in rooms with other people, especially strangers. I guess I can understand that, but all the negativity that pervaded the narrative in 2020 is finally doing its damage as theaters reopen and some may have trouble even filling 25% capacity for some movies.

Then again, I’ve just come back from a weekend at the Oxford Film Festival, which became one of the first American film festivals to go in-person, although it is doing a bit of a hybrid in-person with virtual, so locals and a few out-of-of-towners (mainly me) were able to see all of this year’s great programming at one of the outdoor (and then indoor due to weather) venues. I was on the feature doc jury and got to see 11 terrific documentaries, some of which hopefully will get distribution and get out there, but why wait? While most of the movies are geoblocked to the United States (and some to Mississippi), there’s so much great programming to check out over the next month, and you can do so via OxFilm’s virtual cinema, which includes many great features and shorts. As far as the juries, I can highly recommend the Jury Prize winners, In a DIfferent Key, a fantastic film about autism directed by Caren Zucker & John Donvan, and the runner-up, Patrick O’Connor’s Look Away, Look Away, an amazing bi-partisan look at the fight to keep the Confederate-created flag of MIssissippi or change it, depending on your side of the fight. It’s a doc that really needs to be seen in other parts of the country. (Unfortunately, those are both geoblocked to Mississippi, as is Chelsea Christie’s Bleeding Audio, which tells the tragic story of the rise and fall of San Francisco’s The Matches and won for Music Documentary.) There are movies available everywhere in the United States though, and you can check out the full line-up of movies here.

Anyway, OxFilm gives me hope that there’s a future for theatrical moviegoing and as far as the box office, that hope comes in the form of the first holiday weekend since NYC and L.A. reopened as the Good Friday day off for most schools and Easter Monday that continues the vacation for others might persuade people to check out what’s happening in theaters, and fortunately, it’s a movie that’s so easy to market based on the fact that it has two of the biggest movie monsters facing off for the first time since 1963.

That’s right -- opening on Wednesday is the anticipated GODZILLA VS. KING KONG, starring… well, does it really matter who it stars other than Zilla and Kong? Probably not. The fourth movie in the Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Monsterverse takes the star of 2017’s Kong: Skull Island ($168 million at domestic box office) and pits him against the title character of 2014’s Godzilla ($200 million) and 2019’s Godzilla, King of the Monsters ($110.5 million). MInd you, I just include those domestic grosses for reference, because even if we take into account that scary dip from Godzilla and its direct sequel, it won’t really matter when you take into consideration a little thing called…. COVID! We’ve already seen movies gross more than $50 million since everything shutdown

I already reviewed this over at Below the Line, so I don’t have much more to say in that regard. It’s good if you like giant monster fights but isn’t much beyond its amazing monster battles, which is why I won’t even mention the actors that appear in it or any of the characters.

Godzilla vs. Kong is probably going to be the widest release since COVID hit with 2,600 theaters on Wednesday and then expanded to 3,000 on Friday when Regal reopens many (but not all) of its theaters. While I expect it to do fine on Weds and Thursday, making probably $4 or 5 million, it should really explode on Good Friday, which should allow it to make somewhere between $18 and 20 million over the three-day holiday weekend, so let’s say $25 to 26 million before Monday.

Also opening theatrically, this one on Friday is the Screen Gems horror movie THE UNHOLY from Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures, the directorial debut by Evan Spiliotopoulos (writer of Disney’s mega-blockbuster Beauty and the Beast live action movie and the Rock’s Hercules ), who adapted the story from James Herbert’s novel “Shrine.” The movie stars Jeffrey Dean Morgan as disgrace journalist Gerry Fenn who is trying to get stories for a supernatural tabloid when he comes upon a deaf teenager named Alice (Cricket Brown) seemingly praying at an oak tree in a rural community in Massachusetts. When she seemingly gets her hearing back and is able to talk, word quickly spreads that she’s able to communicate with a benevolent Virgin Mary-like spirit that gives her the powers to heal. Since this is a horror movie, you can probably guess that things quickly get ugly and scary. THe movie also stars the wonderful Katie Aselton as a local doctor, who doesn’t do very many doctor-y things.

Before we get to my review -- and I’ll blame the review embargo on it for this week’s column being so late -- let’s talk about the movie’s box office potential, because religious horror-thrillers have quite a significant draw over a certain audience going straight back to the ‘70s with movies like The Exorcist and The Omen (the latter one of my all-time favorites) and The Unholy does dip into the toe of both of those. It’s been a long since there’s been one of those which might make this a draw for audiences into theaters, especially over Easter weekend -- that may be meant as irony -- but there’s also a little movie called Godzilla vs. Kong, which is just way more of a draw even with it being on HBO Max, but also because it’s likely to get better reviews. I’m not sure how many theaters Sony is getting this into, but I expect it’s somewhere around 2,000 or so, and that might be enough for the movie to make around $4 to 5 million this weekend, but probably VERY frontloaded to Friday.

Now let’s get to that review…

The Unholy begins with a flashback scene to “February 31, 1845” with a scene right out of the Salem Witch Trials of a woman being mutilated and strung up to a tree. This plays a very important role in a story that involves a fairly ludicrous premise that mostly involves Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s character finding something called a Kern Baby, essentially a porcelain doll wrapped in chains that he decides to smash in order to create a fake supernatural story about how smashing the doll causes crops to fail. In fact, smashing it releases the spirit of the woman we saw in that opening scene possessing a deaf teen girl named Alice who starts to heal everyone in her rural community, while also releasing the evil that had that woman’s spirit bound into the doll in the first place.

There isn’t that much more to say about the plot to a stupid horror premise so full of religious hokum as more characters get involved with trying to figure out if Alice is actually healing people or not. This includes the benevolent local priest Father Hagan, played by William Sadler, and a Bishop (really) played by Cary Elwes, who is using such a bizarre accent, kind of like a cross between the Bronx and a heavy Irish brogue, that it’s impossible to take his character very seriously.

Just knowing what studio garbage Spiliotopoulos has written did not make me very hopeful for his directorial debut, which is just all over the place in terms of tone and pacing, dragging at times and then throwing the type of cheap jump scares and schlocky CG horror creatures at the viewer with very little of it actually being very scary. " (The creature version of "Mary" just looks silly.) Besides being highly derivative, ripping off almost every religious horror movie, both bad and good, some aspects of the movie are so laughably bad that it’s hard to take much of it seriously. Worst of all, it ends with just a really horrible climax that reverses any good will the movie might have created with the casual young horror fans that usually like this thing. Honestly, I wouldn’t be shocked if it’s another one of those unrare “F” CinemaScores we see whenever a studio horror film doesn’t bother matching up to the quality of something like The Witch or Hereditary. Horror fans definitely want more than the usual these days, and The Unholy just seems like a lazy waste of time.

A movie that I’ve been looking forward to seeing and just haven't had time to watch is Emma Seligman’s SHIVA BABY (Utopia) that stars Rachel Sennott as 20-something Danielle who runs into her sugar daddy (Danny Deferrari) at a shiva with his wife (Dianna Agron) and their baby, as well as her parents (Fred Melamed and Pollyw Draper) and Molly Gordon as Danielle’s ex-girlfriend. It’s actually playing at the newly reopened Quad Cinema, so who knows? Actually I did watch Shiva Baby and was kind of disappointed. It seemed very twee and precious, and Sennott's character seems like the type of spoiled Millennial white girl that I hate in indie movies like this. I also just didn't find it particularly funny. Oh, well.

Streaming Friday on Netflix is Ricky Staub’s CONCRETE COWBOY, starring Idris Elba, Caleb McLaughlin and Lorraine Toussiant with McLaughlin being a teenager who moves in with his estranged father (Elba) in North Philadelphia where he learns about his passion for urban horseback riding.

Opening in New York (at the Angelika and Village East) on Friday and in L.A.and other cities on April 9 is the Oscar-nominated International Feature THE MAN WHO SOLD HIS SKIN (Samuel Goldwyn Films), written and directed by Kaouther Ben Hania, and starring Yahya Mahyni, Dea Liane, Koen De Bouw and Monica Bellucci. Tunisia’s submission is the story of Sam Ali, a Syrian who leaves his country for Lebanon to escape the war with hopes of travelling to Europe to be with the love of his life. To fulfill that dream, he allows his back to be tattooed by a contemporary artist that actually brings more trouble to the poor young man.

Hulu will debut the doc WeWork: or The Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn (Hulu), which I still haven’t gotten around to watching but seems like an interesting subject for a doc.

A little closer to home at the still-closed Metrograph, they’re playing Claire Dennis’ 2004 film L’Intrus through April 8, and on Friday will open Sky Hopinka’s experimental debut maɬni – towards the ocean, towards the shore (Grasshopper Films) which follows Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier as they wander around the Pacific Northwest, mostly speaking in the Chinuk Wawa language. The latter is free to digital members ($5/month, $50 a year!) and $12 for non-members… pretty easy decision there, huh? Ms. Dennis’ film is also available to members.

Not only that, but New York’s Film Forum is also reopening this Friday with the double feature of Almodovar’s remastered Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and his new short The Human Voice, starring Tilda Swinton; the fantastic doc The Truffle Hunters; as well as his Fellini’s masterful Oscar winner La Strada (Janus Films, 1954), starring Anthony Queen and the wonderful Giulietta Masina! (That’s what I’ll be seeing this Sunday!) On top of that, Film Forum will continue its fantastic Virtual Cinema programming, which will launch Eric Roehmer’s A Tale of Winter (1992) this Friday with Roehmer’s A Tale of Summer (1996) joining the Virtual Cinema starting Friday April 9.

Got exciting news that Film at Lincoln Center will be reopening on April 16, but this week, they’ll be launching the latest edition of Neighboring Scenes, its annual series of Latin American films done in conjunction with Cinema Tropical. It’s 10 films that you can watch with an all-access pass for the low price of $80, and it usually has some good movies in the program.

A couple others out this week, including Funny Face and Every Breath You Take (Vertical), which I don’t even have time to look up what they’re about. Sorry!

That’s it for this week. Next week, Neil Burger’s sci-fi coming-of-age thriller, VOYAGERS, will hit theaters.

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Hyperallergic: Monkey Around with a Simian Cinema Series

Still from Mighty Peking Man

With 2017 bringing the two latest entries in long-running film franchises featuring clashes between humans and apes, Anthology Film Archives’ upcoming exploration of this ongoing fascination, Simian Vérité, is perfectly timed.

“The series is predicated on something of a joke,” Anthology guest programmer Steve Macfarlane explained via email. “The tension between primate and human can be taken in so many different directions that the hook is mostly just an excuse to watch movies about monkeys.”

Macfarlane explores some of those directions with 11 examples taken from the rich tradition of man/monkey movies. You can see Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling as a diplomat’s wife who becomes enamored with a chimp in Max Mon Amor or watch an ape become infatuated with a human in the Dino de Laurentiis–produced 1976 version of King Kong. Other entries take more oddball inspiration from that 1933 classic, including King Kong Escapes, a 1967 Japanese remake incorporating pop-art design, and Bye Bye Monkey, in which Gérard Depardieu and Marcello Mastroianni rescue a chimp found near the giant ape’s decomposing corpse. In what is likely the strangest film in a series full of strange films, zombie maestro George Romero’s Monkey Shines: An Experiment in Terror contains the sight — rare in real life but repeated in this flick — of a quadriplegic man slow-dancing to Peggy Lee with his helper capuchin monkey.

Still from Primate

While Simian Vérité’s hodgepodge of cinematic primates spans genres, three movies provide the best cross-section of the series’ many representations of apes. The offerings can be divided into portrayals that are fictional (a live orangutan going on a road trip with Clint Eastwood in 1978’s Every Which Way But Loose), factual (documentarian Frederick Wiseman’s account of scientific testing on live apes in 1974’s Primate), and farcical (a man in a suit in the 1977 Hong Kong King Kong ripoff Mighty Peking Man).

In the fictional realm, Every Which Way But Loose starts from a fairly outlandish premise: Eastwood’s truck-driving protagonist travels across the American southwest seeking his runaway lady love — an aspiring country singer — with the help of his friend Orville (Geoffrey Lewis) and his pet orangutan Clyde. They are hunted by disgruntled police and a vengeful biker gang but manage to best their adversaries via slapstick contrivances. For this kind of wackiness to resonate with the audience, the comic timing and execution need to be pitch perfect, But director James Fargo has a faulty instinct to overemphasize the least funny aspects of his film’s comedy. This proves especially compromising in the portrayal of Clyde. Manis, the orangutan who plays Clyde, is a great performer, seamlessly interacting with his co-stars. The director, though, tends to take Manis’s gift for mimicry and showcase it in static shots of the animal behaving like a person, a trope that most often presents itself in the form of the ape raising a middle finger at an enemy. Even before an age where “orangutan doing human things” could return about 4,109 clips on YouTube, these shots lack the originality and wit that could have made them compelling. Considering the degree to which Fargo restricts Manis’s natural charisma with stilted, self-conscious shots, his decision to use a live animal in the first place is baffling.

Still from Every Which Way

Unlike Every Which Way, Wiseman’s Primate uses real apes to its advantage. In much of his work, Wiseman is content to simply allow images, naturally occurring sounds, and conversation to speak for themselves. He typically avoids the exposition-spouting talking heads of most documentaries; all dialogue comes in the form of conversation. In fact, Primate’s audience watches more than 55 minutes of animal experiments as well as conversations between researchers before a goateed, bespectacled scientist lets the camera know that he and his colleagues seek to “elucidate human and great ape evolution.” Here Wiseman embraces the talking heads that he normally eschews because humans in this instance are not the main characters. Since apes — the film’s true protagonists — cannot speak, knowing the scientists’ goals and motivations does not compromise the objective distance that Wiseman strives to maintain.

The gorillas, chimpanzees, and orangutans provide the type of spontaneity that typically attracts Wiseman’s camera. Unlike Manis in Every Which Way, the animals are thoroughly resistant to stiff blocking and staging, moving as they please and drowning out all other sounds with their shrieks of captivity. Their expressive faces and familial gestures toward each other remain at the center of shots as often as possible. While scenes of mechanical masturbation and one dissection are not for the faint of heart, seeing Primate on the big screen is essential for any ape fan, as the large canvas at Anthology puts these animals’ humanity on vivid display.

Still from Mighty Peking Man

Ho Meng-hua’s Mighty Peking Man finds another way to shine a spotlight on apes’ humanity. This riff on King Kong — re-released in the United States in 1999 by Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Pictures — begins with the reassuring trumpet fanfare and logo shield of Shaw Brothers Studio, the producers of so many classic kung fu films. However, the remake has more in common with the output of Japan’s Godzilla factory Toho Studios, using a human in a suit instead of a live animal to portray its titular monster Utam. This choice creates a comfortable balance between the wooden staging of Every Which Way and the unpredictability of Primate. With “suitmation” (as fans have affectionately named it), Ho has the opportunity to plan and rehearse his shots without sacrificing fluidity of movement, painting the creature as essentially human.

Besides the ape suit, special effects nerds have plenty more to enjoy. Back projection makes human beings appear miniscule in comparison to the images of a giant raging ape displayed on a screen in the background. Model vehicles ground the action in reality, especially in a plane crash sequence where fire mangles actual physical material. On a grander scale, the ape is often represented by a large replica of his hand that grasps the protagonist explorer (Danny Lee) and provides affection to Samantha (Evelyne Kraft), his childlike human companion and Fay Wray analogue. Like most of the selections in Simian Vérité, Mighty Peking Man favors practical effects over CGI — a preference Macfarlane shares. “Avoiding CGI was not an entirely conscious choice, except insofar as I’m trying to avoid it for the rest of my life as a movie lover,” he joked.

Still from Primate

While the works in Simian Vérité provide an extensive cross-section of ape portrayals on film, Macfarlane lamented, “If there were a great ape film without human characters, that would have been ideal [for the series] too, but we’re not there yet.”

Perhaps this dream represents the future of simian cinema. While the dreaded CGI could readily accomplish this feat, a recent example of live animals in film might provide a better blueprint. Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó’s 2014 canine revenge story White God is a misanthropic slog, but its choreography of a dog army is a breathtaking accomplishment. Imagine an ambitious animal trainer turning similar attention toward apes at feature length. This approach could yield the type of once-in-a-lifetime spectacle that only the cinematic experience can deliver, reigniting the wonder and awe that audiences feel every time they see their genetic ancestors on the big screen. Until then, the fictional, factual, and farcical portrayals on display at Anthology will more than suffice.

Simian Vérité runs at Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Avenue, East Village) from June 16 through 27. Spectacle (124 South 3rd Street, Brooklyn) hosts Missing Links, a companion series programmed by Macfarlane, until June 30.

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Oh yeah? WATCH THIS?

Godzilla:

Okay, sure. uh, you do you.

#godzilla: king of the monsters #godzilla king of the monsters #Godzilla #King Ghidorah #Gojira #godzillaedit #kaiju #GIF #my gifs #gkotmedit #flashing gif #Danny watches Godzilla King of the Monsters #hide and queue

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Raw (2016) - Wonder Woman (2017) - Episode 218 - Horror News Radio

Special guest Caitlin Turner joins the Grue-Crew to tackle the French horror film Raw which caused quite a stir at a recent horror film festival. At TIFF last year, audience members were made ill watching this film. Imagine how excited The Black Saint is to see this film. Find out how it fares with his review. For the WHYBW segment, the Grue-Crew turn their attention to the latest DCEU entry Wonder Woman. Does the box office champion bode well for the future of the DC cinematic heroes? Dave dives into the Horror News of the Week with Adam Wingard helming the upcoming Godzilla vs King Kong film, The Mist getting a new bug-filled trailer, and the Dark Universe is set to unleash Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera, and the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Closing out the show Thomas and Santos participate in a battle of wits with this week's Stump the Saint!

As always, the HNR Grue-Crew would love to hear from you, the listeners, the fans. You can always reach out via email at feedback(AT)horrornewsradio(DOT)com or find us on Twitter: Doc Rotten | Dave Dreher | The Black Saint | Thomas Mariani. Also, like us on Facebook and join the Horror News Radio Facebook Group.

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INTRO [00:00:39]

HORROR NEWS OF THE WEEK [00:04:27]

Adam Wingard to officiate the battle of GODZILLA vs KING KONG

Dracula, Phantom and Hunchback Reboots Planned for Dark Universe

The Mist gets a full trailer

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FEATURE REVIEW [00:27:53]

Raw (2017)

Director: Julia Ducournau

Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella

ANNOUNCEMENTS [00:49:36]

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Convention and Film Festival Appearances

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Nightmares Horror Film Festival (Columbus, OH, October 19-22)

Santos will once again be involved with the New York City Horror Film Festival (NYC October, 26-29)

WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN WATCHING [00:52:45]

Wonder Woman (2017)

Director: Patty Jenkins w/ s. Allan Heinberg

Cast: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Neilsen, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Said Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Elena Anaya (Dr. Poison)

STUMP THE SAINT [01:40:49]

May Winner: Adrian Cardenas

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Thanks to Tear Out the Heart and Victory Records for use of the song Undead Anthem for the intro and outro of the HNR podcast

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Most Anticipated Movies of 2017

Pretty late, but I still wanted to get this out. It's a top 15 this year, because there are too many good movies coming out this year. Plus some honorable mentions.

The Lego Batman Movie

Release Date: February 10

Okay, so The Lego Movie was fun, and I love Batman. Should be fun some fun with this movie.

Kong: Skull Island

Release Date: March 10

Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, and John Goodman in a King Kong movie? Done. Being the first Kong movie since Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake means it has to stand out to people. Especially because this is supposed to be the second part of the Monsterverse from Legendary. The first being Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla.

Power Rangers

Release Date: March 24

This is all sorts of childhood memories. Nostalgia will bring in lots of 90s kids. The remaining of the concept is really interesting to me.

The Mummy

Release Date: June 9

Tom Cruise continues to be an action star. Now he’s taking on monsters. I love the first two Brendan Fraser movies, they are fun and creepy at the same time. This is set in modern day, and likely won’t have the funny side. But we’ll see.

Cars 3

Release Date: June 16

The Cars series is not really the most loved series from Pixar. But I still love Pixar, and I enjoy all of their movies. So I will be there opening weekend.

Paddington 2

Release Date: November 10

The first one was wonderful. Seriously, go watch it. Paddington is a classic and loved character, and his adventures are both fun and charming.

Murder on the Orient Express

Release Date: November 22

A remake of the classic. A good old mystery. And then the cast of Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Leslie Odom Jr., Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh, Michelle Pfeiffer, Daisy Ridley, Josh Gad, Penelope Cruz, Michael Pena, and Willem Dafoe.

Jumanji

Release Date: December 22

So the original is one of my childhood movies. A remake would be something I would be very wary of. But this is sort of a sequel, so they won’t be retelling the same story. Which seems more acceptable.

15. Logan

Release Date: March 3

Directed by James Mangold

Produced by Simon Kinberg, Hutch Parker, and Lauren Schuler Donner

Starring Hugh Jackman as Logan/Wolverine, Patrick Stewart as Charles Xavier/Professor X, Boyd Holbrook as Donald Pierce, Richard E. Grant as Zander Rice, Stephen Merchant as Caliban, and Dafne Keen as Laura

Hugh Jackman will be making his ninth appearance as Wolverine. It’s been 17 years since his first. This alone is amazing. And he will be finished playing the character now too. I am a little unsure of the plot. I get that it’s the “Old Man Logan” storyline and that mutants are gone, and everything seems to be destroyed. It’s only that, didn’t that happen in Days of Future Past, and then was fixed? I’m curious how that will play out after quite the timeline reset. But having Hugh Jackman play the character a final time will be special for sure.

14. Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

Release Date: July 21

Directed by Luc Besson

Produced by Luc Besson and Virginie Silla

Starring Dane DeHaan as Valerian, Cara Delevingne as Laureline, Clive Owen as Arun Filitte, Kris Wu as Captain Neza, Ethan Hawke as Jolly, and John Goodman in an unannounced role

Sci fi is really back! And fans are spoiled getting more and more of these kinds of movies. This looks like a classic sci fi adventure, should a fun movie to check out.

13. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Release Date: May 26

Directed by Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg

Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer

Starring Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, Geoffrey Rush as Captain Hector Barbossa, Kevin McNally as Joshamee Gibbs, Orlando Bloom as Will Turner, Brenton Thwaites as Henry, Javier Bardem as Captain Salazar, Stephen Graham as Scrum, Martin Klebba as Marty, Angus Barnett as Mullroy, and Giles New as Murtogg

These movies are fun, and it’s been a while since the last one. Geoffrey Rush is wonderful as Barbossa. Kevin McNally is a favorite as Mr. Gibbs. Will Turner is back! And we also have the return of Marty, Mullroy, and Murtogg. If you don’t know those characters, just look them up. You will probably smile to know they are in the series again.

12. Coco

Release Date: November 22

Directed by Lee Unkrich

Produced by Darla K. Anderson

Starring Anthony Gonzalez as Miguel, Gael Garcia Bernal as Hector, Benjamin Bratt as Ernesto de la Cruz, Renee Victor as Abuelita

It’s Pixar. It’s the director of Toy Story 3. It’s their first story about Mexican culture. It will be wonderful.

11. Cloverfield 3

Release Date: October 27

Directed by Julius Onah

Produced by JJ Abrams and Lindsey Weber

Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, David Oyelowo, Daniel Bruhl, Elizabeth Debicki, John Ortiz, Zhang Ziyi, and Chris O’Dowd

It is so tough leaving this in number 11. But that’s the kind of year of movies we have. This movie currently is titled God Particle. However that could change. The title of the first movie wasn’t used in marketing, and the second film’s title was changed two months before it released. So let’s just call it what it is for now. After Bad Robot announced that they had secretly made a Cloverfield sequel and it would be out in two months, I was pumped, and it lived up to the hype. 10 Cloverfield Lane would have been enough, but then they said we would get more of the series. And that sounds great to me.

10. The Fate of the Furious

Release Date: April 14

Directed by F. Gary Gray

Produced by Neal H. Moritz and Vin Diesel

Starring Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, Michelle Rodriguez as Letty Ortiz, Dwayne Johnson as Luke Hobbs, Tyrese Gibson as Roman Pierce, Chris Bridges as Tej Parker, Jasom Statham as Deckard Shaw, Elsa Pataky as Elena Neves, Kurt Russell as Frank Petty, Nathalie Emmanuel as Ramsey, Tego Calderon as Tego Leo, Don Omar as Rico Santos, Helen Mirren in an unannounced role, Scott Eastwood in an unannounced role, and Charlize Theron as Cipher

I love these movies. Are they ridiculous? Sure. Is there no way a series about cars should have made it so long? No way at all. But these films are about family and loyalty, and that’s what brings us back. We want to see what these characters are doing now, and we connect with them. We cried at the end of Furious 7 after all. So whatever they have for us next, bring it on.

9. Dunkirk

Release Date: July 21

Directed by Christopher Nolan

Produced by Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan

Starring Cillian Murphy, Kenneth Branagh, Mark Rylance, James D’Arcy, Tom Hardy, and Harry Styles in unannounced roles

I love Chris Nolan movies. Though The Dark Knight Rises and Interstellar were not my favorites, they were still really good. And now, Nolan brings what looks like an incredible drama. His first war movie at that. With Nolan alum Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy, and Kenneth Branagh and Mark Rylance added to the cast, this might be one of his finest to date.

8. Thor: Ragnarok

Release Date: November 3

Directed by Taika Waititi

Produced by Kevin Feige

Starring Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Tom Hiddleston as Loki. Anthony Hopkins as Odin, Idris Elba as Heimdall, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner/Hulk, Jeff Goldblum as Grandmaster, Cate Blanchette as Hela, Tessa Thompson as Valkyrie, Karl Urban as Skurge, Sam Neill in an unannounced role, Benedict Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange/Doctor Strange, and Jamie Alexander as Lady Sif

Thor and Hulk together. That is enough. But let’s throw in a returning cast of Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Alexander, Hopkins, and a bigger role for Idris Elba. Karl Urban makes anything better. Jeff Goldblum and Sam Neill are reunited. Mark Ruffalo is wonderful as Bruce Banner. And Cate Blanchette. Wow.

7. Wonder Woman

Release Date: June 2

Directed by Patty Jenkins

Produced by Charles Roven, Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Richard Suckle

Starring Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Chris Pine as Steve Trevor, Connie Nielsen as Hippolyta, Robin Wright as General Antiope, Lucy Davis as Etta Candy, Danny Huston in an unannounced role, and David Thewlis in an unannounced role

FINALLY. It should never have taken so long to make a live action Wonder Woman movie. But the warrior princess is finally getting her turn. The three most famous DC characters are her, and Batman and Superman. The other two have had so many movies. About time she can do the same. Gal Gadot proved the negative talk wrong with her performance in Batman v Superman, and the character felt like she should. She stars here with a supporting cast of Chris Pine, Robin Wright, and David Thewlis, for starters. The tone looks so good. They properly set the film in War World I, with a bit of the Captain America: The First Avenger feel.

6. Beauty and the Beast

Release Date: March 17

Directed by Bill Condon

Produced David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman

Starring Emma Watson as Belle, Dan Stevens as The Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Josh Gad as LeFou, Kevin Kline as Maurice, Emma Thompson as Mrs. Potts, Ian McKellen as Cogsworth, Ewan McGregor as Lumiere, and Stanley Tucci as Cadenza

This might be the best cast in any movie ever. This movie looks incredible. One of the great Disney animated films is becoming a live action film, complete with its fantastic music and songs. Emma Watson looks like Belle, Josh Gad is the only choice for LeFou, and Luke Evans as Gaston might be the most excited I am for a villain since Kylo Ren. McGregor, McKellen, Thompson, and Tucci as the voices of the castle’s inhabitants adds more excitement. We will get to experience the tale as old as time in a new way, seeing what is like the classic film and what is unique to this one. I’ll be there in March singing along. Okay, maybe humming so I don't bother people around me.

5. Spider-Man: Homecoming

Release Date: July 7

Directed by Jon Watts

Produced by Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal

Starring Tom Holland as Peter Parker/Spider-Man, Marisa Tomei as Aunt May Parker, Michael Keaton as Adrian Toomes/Vulture, Zendaya Coleman as Michelle, Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds, Laura Harrier as Liz Allan, Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Tony Revolori as Flash Thompson, Bokeem Woodbine as Herman Schultz/Shocker, Jon Favreau as Happy Hogan, and Donald Glover in an unannounced role

Spidey! It seems crazy that I have a Spider-Man film at this spot and not higher. But that’s the kind of movie slate we have here! Now I love Spider-Man 1 and 2 by Sam Raimi. Both are classics. And I enjoyed the Andrew Garfield movies, it’s a shame he didn’t get to finish out the trilogy. But to have your friendly neighborhood webslinger in the Marvel Cinematic Universe makes it all okay. Tom Holland was fantastic in his debut. Where the character fit into Civil War was perfect, and was just enough to show how talented Holland will be in the role. Now he has his own movie, which will feature two classic Spider-Man baddies that have never been in a live action movie. And Michael Keaton makes his return to comic book movies! Tony Stark is there of course, but he shouldn’t be in it too much, and honestly it wouldn’t be a surprise if his trailer scenes are all we see of him. But this looks to be a fun movie with some groundwork for future films. If you don’t want to know about the name of one character, stop reading here. But Peter’s friend in the movie is called Ned Leeds, who in the comics, becomes Hobgoblin. So perhaps we are trading Harry Osborn for Ned Leeds, and Peter will still have his friend who goes bad. It would be awesome either way! So let’s find out where this new story goes!

4. Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2

Release Date: May 5

Directed by James Gunn

Produced by Kevin Feige

Starring Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star Lord, Zoe Saldana as Gamora, Dave Bautista as Drax, Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Vin Diesel as Groot, Michael Rooker as Yondu, Karen Gillan as Nebula, Sean Gunn as Kraglin, Kurt Russell as Ego, Pom Klementieff as Mantis, Chris Sullivan as Taserface, and Glenn Close as Nova Prime

The misfit heroes are back. The first film was one that few fans were familiar going in. It looked awesome just the same. And then we saw and loved it. James Gunn is writing and directing once more. The action looks bigger. Somehow the humor is even better. The new planets look awesome. And we haven’t seen it all yet! So excited to see Rocket again, my favorite character in the first one. And Baby Groot. Nuff said.

3. War for the Planet of the Apes

Release Date: July 14

Directed by Matt Reeves

Produced by Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, Rick Jaffa, and Amanda Silver

Starring Andy Serkis as Caesar, Steve Zahn as Bad Ape, Judy Greer as Cornelia, Karin Konoval as Maurice, Woody Harrelson as the Colonel, Gabriel Chavarria as Preacher, Amiah Miller as Nova, and Chad Rook as Boyle

When I first saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, I was just interested in it. I had seen the Tim Burton remake from 2001, and it is my least favorite movie of his. But this movie blew me away. The way the apes rebelled, the way Caesar was explored, it was amazing. And also really cool. Just to be clear. Then came Dawn of the Planet of the Apes three years later. And that movie was one of those sequels that did everything right, and expanded upon everything. It was my favorite movie of 2014. Such an amazing film. One of the biggest reasons is that it focused on the Apes as characters, and didn’t let the human characters steal the show. I’m looking at you, Transformers. So the next film in the saga can only make me more excited. Director Matt Reeves is back from the second film, as is the wonderful motion capture actor Andy Serkis. He has many great live action performances, but he has done so much for the motion capture art and others that have done it. Apes on Horses Part 3. Let’s go.

2. Justice League

Release Date: November 17

Directed by Zack Snyder

Produced by Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Geoff Johns, and Jon Berg

Starring Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Superman, Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, Ezra Miller as Barry Allen/The Flash, Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry/Aquaman, Ray Fisher as Victor Stone/Cyborg, Amber Heard as Mera, Ciaran Hinds as Steppenwolf, Willem Dafoe as Nuidis Vulko, Diane Lane as Martha Kent, Jeremy Irons as Alfred Pennyworth, Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, and J.K. Simmons as Commissioner Jim Gordon

The common reaction to the new DC movies is pretty negative. But I'm a lifelong DC fan, and I enjoy the new movies. Let me stress that the extended editions are the proper ones. The theatrical cuts cut out story and character development. But these characters feel like they do in the comics. There are characters who are in a movie for the first time. There is so much to build story wise. We are getting some amazing performances. Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Viola Davis, and Margot Robbie especially. This is exciting. And I will never forget where I was when a friend and I freaked out on a film set at the first picture of the Justice League as live action characters. At the trailer that was so good. I’ve wanted this movie since I was 12. And it will be less dark, it will explore why Batman briefly started killing criminals, and it will be the first film to have the Flash, Cyborg, and Aquaman as main characters. DC fans finally have their favorites on screen!

1. Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Release Date: December 15

Directed by Rian Johnson

Produced by Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman

Starring Daisy Ridley as Rey, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Carrie Fisher as General Leia Organa, John Boyega as Finn, Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron, Lupita Nyong’o as Maz Kanata, Domnhall Gleeson as General Hux, Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma, Andy Serkis as Supreme Leader Snoke, Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca, Benicio del Toro in an unannounced role, and Laura Dern in an unannounced role

What else could it be? Star Wars is back, and fans are happy. The Force Awakens was everything it should have been. Such a special movie. And now there is more to tell in the galaxy far far away. What will Luke say to Rey? Will Finn be okay? Is Kylo Ren gonna be even stronger? Is Snoke someone we already know? And who are Rey’s mom and dad? Besides every question that has been asked, there is this. IT’S STAR WARS. Episode VII was a dream come true. Episode VIII will just keep it going.

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