So as many of you know I'm going to be becoming a dad this fall and so I am going to be stepping back from this movie blog business for a while, perhaps indefinitely. I am so grateful to the people who read this and indulged me (and my typos, I do NOT proofread these). In recent years, I'd had a lot less time to be thoughtful about what I am posing. I always try to get in 10 a month and some are more productive than others. But I've mostly enjoyed doing it and I hope people have not minded reading it, or having it pop up repeatedly in their feeds.
Before I go I thought I'd do one more of my little lists -- this one will be the ten movies (in no particular order) I am most looking forward to seeing as we finish out this calendar year and the movies (slowly) start to come back to normal again.
House of Gucci - The trailer looks campy as hell, and I'm not sure I am sold on Jared Leto playing an Italian, but Lady Gaga looks incredible in this stacked cast biopic (Adam Driver and Al Pacino are in it too!) about a real life story I know little about. Director Ridley Scott can be very hit or miss, but a period movie set in world of fashion feels like it's very much in his wheelhouse.
Ghostbusters: Afterlife - I love the nostalgic vibes this movie's trailers have evoked and it's a genuine thrill to the see the Ecto-1 back in action, as well as what looks like (aside from some dicey CGI mini marshmallow men) more practical effects than the 2014 reboot. My one question mark is whether this film is a comedy like the originals, since there isn't a single laugh line any of the footage I've seen so far.
The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson movies are pretty much always an event for me and I'm excited for his return to live action moviemaking. This one looks to be perhaps his most ambitious yet, juggling multiple storylines and both color and black & white cinematography. Familiar Anderson faces like Bill Murray and Frances McDormand are joined by intriguing newcomers like Jeffrey Wright and Bencio Del Toro. I am very curious about how this one is going to turn out.
Soggy Bottom - Very little is known about this upcoming film from P.T. Anderson. It's set in the '70s, stars Bradley Cooper and the son of the late frequent Anderson collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman, and is reportedly about an aspiring child actor. But Anderson has never struck out for me and just may be the most inventive, iconoclastic filmmaker working today. Phantom Thread was such an advance for his craftsmanship that I'm excited to see if he can top it.
Last Night In Soho - I'm not as obsessive an Edgar Wright disciple as some people (for instance, I think Scott Pilgrim is just ok). Still, this horror-thriller about switching identities and realities (?) starring Anya Taylor Joy, looks stylish, unpredictable and wholly original. Here's another filmmaker who is interested in shaking things up and honing his own signature style and I am here for it.
Halloween Kills - I loved the Danny McBride scripted first reboot and while I'm a little skeptical that he and director David Gordon Green can strike lightning twice, I am intrigued by the fact that the original's director John Carpenter has already christened this movie perhaps the greatest slasher film of all time. Certainly happy to see Jamie Lee Curtis back in action and for the mythology around these movies to continue to grow.
The Tragedy of MacBeth - Joel Coen is working for the first time solo here without his brother Ethan and he is curiously adapting one of Shakespeare's most iconic plays. I am thrilled to see that he is teaming up with Denzel Washington, who's been slumming it in a lot of B-movies recently. And he is going to be acting opposite another powerhouse in Joel's wife Frances McDormand. Early buzz for this project is great, and if nothing else is promises to be a visual tour de force.
Candyman - The original is probably one of the best, most enduring horror films of the '90s and this new version seems like it my just top it. It looks incredible, has a great cast of up and comers and appears to be a fresh take on the monster movie's mythos. I love that Jordan Peele tapped a protege to breathe new life into this franchise. I just hope the movie lives up to it's killer trailer.
Dune - For decades Hollywood has struggled to bring this classic sci-fi tale to the big screen (David Lynch's 1984 version is a fascinating dud) and with Denis Villenueve, they may have found the perfect filmmaker to do it. He's assembled perhaps the year's most impressive cast, come up with what looks like a peerless array of special effects and it appears he also gets the themes of the book down too. It'd be a travesty to watch this one streaming at home.
No Time to Die - The movie I can't wait to see more than any other -- Daniel Craig's James Bond is finally come back for one more go-round (Spectre was a solid, but not spectacular enough finale for his run) and if this trailer's are any indication, this looks to be as compelling and mind blowing as Casino Royale and Skyfall were. I am frustrated by all the delays, but I am also convinced that this one will be worth the wait.
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