The Reel Rejects - Our TOP 15 Most Anticipated Movies of 2026!

Episode Date: January 2, 2026

Most Anticipated Movies of 2026 Ranked! Greg Alba & Coy Jandreau count down and debate the most anticipated movies of 2026, breaking down blockbusters, franchise sequels, reboots, prestige films, and wild curveballs we can’t stop thinking about. Instead of ranking by our personal order alone, this episode covers the biggest upcoming films audiences are buzzing about, studio by studio and genre by genre — from massive superhero tentpoles to sci-fi epics, horror revivals, anime adaptations, and auteur-driven passion projects. We also close things out with a month-by-month 2026 release calendar breakdown so you know when to mark your calendar. Some Of The Movies Discussed Avengers: Doomsday, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Dune: Part Three, The Odyssey, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, The Hunger Games, Toy Story 5, Resident Evil, The Chronicles of Narnia, Project Hail Mary, Evil Dead: Burn, The Mummy, Street Fighter, Clayface, The Bride, Werewolf, The Adventures of Cliff Booth, Michael, Digger, Disclosure Day, Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die, The Social Reckoning Follow Coy Jandreau:  Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@coyjandreau?l... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coyjandreau/?hl=en Twitter:  https://twitter.com/CoyJandreau YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwYH2szDTuU9ImFZ9gBRH8w Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Support The Channel By Getting Some REEL REJECTS Apparel! https://www.rejectnationshop.com/ Follow Us On Socials:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/  Tik-Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@reelrejects?lang=en Twitter: https://x.com/reelrejects Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad:  Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... POWERED BY @GFUEL Visit https://gfuel.ly/3wD5Ygo and use code REJECTNATION for 20% off select tubs!! Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/praperhq/?hl=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow TheReelRejects On FACEBOOK, TWITTER, & INSTAGRAM:  FB:  https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER:  https://twitter.com/thegregalba Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I'm excited to do this. I know I think my number 15 is going to surprise you. Okay. My number one, I mean, you accidentally found out, but I think my number one is going to surprise you guys. It surprised me. I don't know your list. At all. There's some guesses I can make here. I think my 11's going to really surprise you.

My six, I think my top five, you can guess. I think you can guess my top five. You can guess the five, but six and 11 weird pulls. All right. All right. So let's break this down. We're going to do first our top 15. Koi will go

In order Yeah, one at a time 15, 15, 14, 14, that style And then we're going to go through the rest of the year From like January, December of other things In those months that we're also looking forward to So we're going to do the thing

That you actually want us to do And then we're going to do the thing That would drive us nuts for not doing Yeah, because I had like 23 I sent you And therefore if we do it monthly We can talk about those Yeah, exactly, exactly So this, let's just go into it

And then figure out how we talk about it as we talk about it. Love it. What's your number 15, Coyson? My number 15 is the fifth in a series that I love dearly, the fifth in a series of movies that has followed me. Every important chunk of my life since childhood post-toddlerhood toy story. Toy Story 5, I am very excited for. Those movies always hit me like a ton of bricks. I feel like so many people think they should have stopped at three. I disagree because three's ending was the end of a very important part of my life, but then four was able to address a different part of my life. And I'm really curious if five is able to also hit this I'm about to have kids in the next few years phase and also you know my

aversion to technology so I love the idea of them addressing that seemingly with tech being a villain so five seems like my cup of tea and Pixar more than not surprises me with how consistent they can be yeah I really like that trailer the one with the iPad I still remember it that's how much it stands out kids have to learn to channel their imagination more than ever we have to like adults too we do I've been looking at so many videos about how to like get your attention span back and i believe in the whole like neurological development of a child at an early age like start there before you diagnose some of the ADHD let's try to remove a little bit of technology and get them to like play with their toys again where that

causes you to activate your imagination i'm working on not holding my phone as often at home because i know if i can break the habit before i have kids i don't want them to think of me as like i don't want this to be this whenever they see me because then they're going to want that so i'm trying to break it. We're not even pregnant and I'm trying to break it because I want years of habit of not this. And I feel like Toy Story 5 speaks to that. Yeah, it does. Oh, I'm excited for that too. It's not on my list, but I'm excited for it. Sounds good, though. That sounds good. Sounds good, Mr. The kids. Sounds good. Hey, by the way, leave a like on this video. That would mean a lot. Happy New Year, by the way. God, there's so many things I forgot to say at the top. And let us know your

ranking, I assume, in the comments. Oh, yeah. Engagement. Come on, Greg. Yada, yada yada. Click, like, subscribe. All right. My number 15. Please. This is an honest answer. This might surprise people. Let me explain.

Michael. The Michael Jackson biopic movie. Is it because of the comments, Greg? No, no, no. I have not changed my thoughts or opinions at all. There's so many good movies next year. But the way, okay, yeah, let me explain something on my list. A lot of my movies, I don't know about most, but a good amount are based on

my obsession with talking about or thinking about them there's somewhere I'm like there's no way that's going to be one of my favorite movies of the year like I highly doubt I'm gonna love this movie

but am I fascinated by it am I do I really want to see what it turns out to be am I really looking forward to the Rotten Tomatoes consensus to the audience consensus am I looking forward to seeing if this movie in some way

manages to subvert expectations and being a cliche film and maybe having a little bit of balls to it Yes. I want to see it. I've talked about this so much. That video that we did were I was not one of the champions of, I'm like, this looks entertaining, but, you know, I got some things I'm a little bit scratching my head at, which did not bode well for some of those people. No. However, that does not diminish at all how much I'm looking forward to the release of this movie and seeing what the outcome is. Because I'm looking forward to being, I'm willing to watch a movie and be like, oh, shit, that surprised me. yeah and if i'm saying tom willing watch a movie and if i don't like it to crap on it so let's find out which way it's going to be you know and i have no win here right no no no if i if i crap on it you already thought you were not going to like and that's what happened you're surprised by

oh you just because you read the comments and people want to like you and oh you're right so either way for my own sake i wanted to see what it turns out to be all right yeah that's her number 14 i i love the boldness uh number 14 this one is very tricky because i could easily see this in the same vein of what you're talking about being higher on my favorites of the year, but the trailer was so alarming. I was like, I don't know where else to put this, but I'm dying to see it. Digger, Tom Cruise, and Interatu's

crazy comedy thing that we just got a trailer for. This had been untitled Tom Cruise film for so long in my most anticipated list. And I don't know if the trailer elevated or lowered my expectation. When I was thinking about it, I was like, I think I feel the same. I'm just confused with context. Yeah.

Like, I don't have more data. I just know it's a comedy, seemingly a musical. Got some slutty boots on. I don't know what that's going to mean. And the gorilla's needle drop. I mean, the gorilla's needle drop. Like,

that's why John and I've been talking about it. That's right. I'm really excited to see Tom Cruise do comedy again. I'm really excited to see what an Eratu comedy even looks like. I was not expecting anything of that from the trailer. But there's always a little scratch in the back of my head of like, I wanted him to get his Oscar. Like,

I thought this was going to be his big drama, his big. So I don't know if that puts it higher or lower. So 14 felt comfy as like, I'm intrigued. I need more. It could either be tropic. or I could be disappointing because it doesn't get his Oscar film.

What you said about the trailer, either elevator or making it more disinteresting, now this is a fault I gladly own is my own fault. Because I heard it was Alejandro, because I heard it was Tom Cruise, and I associate Alejandro with, you know, like the films like The Revenant, gravity, films that are action done in a different way,

you know, like suspenseful stakes and some type of cool new way to bring a cinematic lens to action. and drama at the same time. Sure. And I thought Tom Cruise, that's a great transition. He does nothing but action for some reason now. But I still remember the great dramatic actor

that Tom Cruise once, you know, was popular by it. That's what he was known. There's a long time he wasn't known as the action guy. Yeah, like a few good men era was huge. Years of just dramatic acting. So I was excited to see that blend. And I just assumed it would be something like that. So when I saw the trailer,

I have not come around to what that trailer pitched. The filmmaker brain in me is like, I want to be all filmsy, artsy and go, but look at the different and taking a bold swing and all these things that you were supposed to say when a trailer like this comes out. But admittedly, I'm like, oh, the thing I kind of pictured in my head sounded more cooler than what I'm seeing right now. So that's because of my own expectations, but I just got to be honest with my personal anticipation list.

And that's why it's not on there, even though I definitely look forward to seeing it. So so far, no commonalities. No crossover yet. All right. I forgot what my number 14 is. check the tapes let me pull it up here oh yeah okay number 14 for me it's kind of the trailer thing i think a lot of people are blown away by the trailer and i really like the trailer yet i didn't love it as much as i wanted to love the trailer however this seems like the kind of movie that

even if the trailer is not really making me fall in love with it i think i will will still love this movie when the actual film comes out. And that's Project Hail Mary. Oh, wow. That's low. Low, about 14 on, out of like 100 movies we looked at, I've been still in my top 15. It's higher on mine. Spoiler.

Okay. All right. We get to. But yeah, I mean, like Ryan Gosling. That's why I'm shocked. That's why I say, well, because your other alias was based around the goss. Those whole, all that, everyone involved is the reason I'm like, this has to, there's no way this can be, Drew Goddard.

There's no way this can be a bad movie. Apparently it's based on like an amazing book. The writer of the Martian. And I really love the, I really love everyone involved in it. I've only seen the first trailer and I've only seen it a couple times. But it didn't do anything to really like skyrocket me up on the list. Kind of what you were saying about Digger, it didn't make it go higher for me. And so that's the only reason why I put it at number 14, even though I'm really confident I'm going to walk away loving this movie.

Should I give my Hail Mary thoughts now or when I do it? Yeah, give you thoughts now. Okay, so then I'll just tell you when it gets to the list. My Hail Mary thoughts are I have never, ever, ever walked out of a Lord and Miller film not elated. Like, not even good. I've literally never been like, oh, I've been like, whoa, whether it's 21 Jump Street, whether it's Spider-Verse. Like, those guys are just such geniuses of blending tones. And I'm really excited for them to do a more dramatic comedy.

So I'm really curious what it looks like. Drew Goddard, he wrote some of my favorite stuff, whether it's Clover, whether it's getting Daredevil on Netflix. He's got a sinister sixth script. I would kill someone to read. The man is one of my favorite writers. Ryan Gosling, I feel like, has been so consistent, and there's always an asterisk next to his performances

for some reason for, like, the people that don't like him, there's always something. Like, I thought his performance in Barbie was, like, an all-timer, and then people are like, oh, he's so, the guff the man gets. What did they say? I thought people loved him. I thought he was a scene.

People were mad he got nominated for the Oscar. There were people that were complaining that he wasn't, like a man's man, which he literally was to a sardonic level in a female-led movie. There was so much, because of the type of role it was, surrounding it. Oh. And to me, that's what he's got in his last, like, five roles. That was brilliant. It was one of the best performance.

I think... It was the best performance of the movie. I think it's one of the best performances in the last, like, five years. But I feel like Gosling, no matter what he does, there's, like, a thing. I'm excited to see him do a role that feels like was made for him. And I feel like this is what he does well with comedy, what he does well with drama. He seems like a guy that could actually be an astronaut. and that handsome like some people can't do both and so you put goddard you put the the incredible uh team

behind the scenes and gosling and then you do something that feels like the martian which i love like this this is high for me yeah yeah and oh i did see lots of footage at comic con i did not see the trailer so i haven't seen the trailer i think that lowered your interest i've only experienced like 20 minutes of footage at comic con and then like an hour long panel so i think we're also we have different exposure to it i'm highly in the minority on that trailer. Okay. I know a lot of people. I think I did see it. It's only like a minute and half, red, shorter. It's a pretty short trailer. Yeah, I think I did see it. And I get the impression the movie's going to be a lot weirder than the movies letting on. Sure. Because

they have to sell this movie. And I think the weirder film that comes out of it is the movie that I'm going to be in love with. Okay. That's fair. Yeah. That's just my. Hey, respect. Somehow I'll get crap for not making it of a hundred movies or something. It's only number 14 right there. Um, so what's your number 13? My number 13 is ironically directly tied to Barbie, and it's because of Barbie that it's this high. I'm so excited to see what the follow-up to Barbie is from the incredible Greta Gerwig, Narnia. I'm not a big Narnia guy. I saw the first one.

I enjoyed it. I didn't really follow the franchise. I've never read the books. Greta Gerwig so impressed me with Barbie. Actually, for a lot of the same reasons that I love Lord and Miller, metamodernism is, I think, one of the hardest things to quantify. Like the sincere irony, ironic sincerity of metamodernism, what we're doing with a post, postmodern society and commentary through film is my favorite study in film. Barbie, I think, is the best example of that since, other than Lord and Miller, since maybe Fight Club. And I think that what Greta Gerwig could do with Narnia could be a more sincere take and assessment of religion.

And I'm really curious at what level of like YA it plays, what level of like dabbling into that commentary it does. Like she's such an incredible filmmaker. I'm more excited for Narnia than I would be under anyone else because the franchise doesn't interest me as much as her doing this franchise does. So it's up there for me just out of sheer blind curiosity of like why this after Barbie? Why a Netflix decision? Why do it now when you've got like everything at your disposal? You got a blank check right now. Narnia?

So I'm really curious. Well, and this is the rare occasion where they actually adapt the first book, which almost everyone skips in favor of Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. Did not know that. New territory, according to what I've read, yeah. So there's a book before the movie we've seen? Oh, yeah. I mean, there are seven or eight books, and they have been adapted very kind of all over the place. Okay.

I think some of that has to do with certain recurring characters that may not be in other books, but yeah, it's been adapted in a very off-road kind of way up till now. We're getting hobbited. I'm curious. Yeah. But you're 13. Or do you have any thoughts on Arnia? I don't really know the franchise. Same.

I know when I saw the first movie, that's the only one I've seen. I was next. I never hooked up with this girl, but I was next to a girl who, it was that thing. We were so young. She liked me. I liked her, but I didn't know how to, I was just fucking weird round girls back then. So I just was like making stupid jokes and not really paying attention to the movie. I don't know. When I say I don't know the movie, I really don't know the movies. I don't really

know the story. Yeah. So when I think about Greta Gerwig's sensibilities, what I've seen from like Lady Bird and Barbie and how social commentary heavy, she goes, it's hard for me to go. Narnia? Oh, that applied to Narni, exactly, which seems to be more of like a historical riff or even a bit of a religious riff. I don't really know what her sensibilities would do for that. So I'm excited to watch her branch out. Yeah. That's the main thing. because Barbie's a fantastical movie when you think about it. Totally. So, yeah, that's what I'm excited for.

My number 13, I was hoping would be higher on the list, but it's really not. I had to go, I had to go, oh, you know, I really did. And the reason why is because the first look of this did not make it go up for me. And we did a whole video on it. We did a whole podcast on it. It's Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow. Okay. I love the comic, and I feel like if I didn't read the comic, I wouldn't be as excited for this movie.

I feel like if I had only seen the trailer, it might have just been like, this looks like another installment of a comic book movie with probably a really good performance. And perhaps it's going to be fun, but does it look like an event film? No, it didn't do that for me. And because of the comic and what I know the story is capable of doing, and of course, Craig Gillespie getting his feet wet with the comic book world and Millie Alcock, that's her name, Millie Alcock, who I feel like is an incredible actress. That's why I think this could be a really fun time. But that's all really feels to me as like a fun time right now. And the reality is, is why I think particularly this gets so hung up on the visuals,

not really seeming to stand out on your first look, is because the comic is so known for its visual variety. Yeah. And it's, cosmic sensibility is all its weirdness and vividness and the different shades

of colors throughout. It's, it's ethereal. And this felt a little straightforward and basic. Because of that, I, maybe a second trailer

would change my opinion, but right now as it stands, I would have to put it as number 13. I feel like it'll be fun, but that's about it. Okay. This is on my list.

It's a little higher. We'll talk about it. But my thoughts on Supergirl, I've found that with time I enjoyed the trailer a little bit more but I also definitely am aware that I was quantifying why I liked it

versus the things I liked being enough to serve me so in the similar vein of what you're saying about the comic I kept finding myself going like oh that could be teasing that thing from the comic instead of oh I'm excited for this piece of the trailer

I was I was paralleling it to the book that I know it's adapting they've never done a one-to-one adaptation of a mainstream comic like this, it's usually, you know, Watchman was a, was a nerds dream for that to ever happen, and it was insane that it happened, but that was the last time I think there was

even a one-to-one at all. Supergirl is much more mainstream than Watchman. But if you look at, like, Civil War, that ain't Civil War. If you look at, like, Batman versus Superman, that's not the Frank Miller stuff. It's pieces of it. Woman of Tomorrow is something you can go

get eight issues of, and they're like, they're doing this. I've never had that with a trailer because by nature, we haven't gotten that. I am very aware that I'm excited for Woman of Tomorrow the trailer

and the anticipation because it's one of my favorite comics I can't separate what I'm filling in the dots of in that trailer there's maybe

three frames where she falls to her and the green sun is behind her and my brain went they did it that's not healthy that's not fair

to the trailer that's not even fair to how I see filmmaking but I love the comic so much I can't tell what's my hype

because of my love for the comic and what's the trailer getting me actually excited So it's higher for me, but I'm definitely aware that the trailer itself is almost a year out from the movie. It's seven months out from the movie. And I assume all of the things I love about the comic are going to be in later trailers because one, it's not a good sales pitch to make a really heady trailer with lots of dialogue and like insanity.

Two, you are trying to play off a movie that just came out and you're trying to parallel that audience. So it's going to feel more like that. But most of all, three, I don't think the effects are done for the things I think that are coming. but I'm very aware that I'm really quantifying my excitement which means I'm kind of in the opposite boat I'm afraid by the time I'm watching it I'm going to be like

there's a comic so I've never felt like this because they've never adapted a comic I love directly so I'm really curious how I feel it's higher for me but I totally understand where you're coming from I appreciate that appreciate you understanding appreciate you understanding what's your number 12

my number 12 is a trailer we just got this film was untitled for so long that I was like But title seems exciting. The Steven Spielberg UFO film that was just known as that for the longest time is now called Disclosure Day. It's the first time I've gotten an email from a studio and I was like, the fuck is just, and I've gotten excited by like, no, the title. Oh, there's a trailer. You saw the trailer?

Yeah. And it looks good? Yeah. Okay. All right. It looks good, but it's definitely like an early. It's like, it's a teaser that gives so little away that I'm really excited for. the trailer. Like, it truly

teases. And you've seen all the alien films from him, like Close Encounters? No. Okay, you haven't seen Closer. I haven't seen Clos Encouners or he's got another one. Not ET. I've seen E. I saw War the Worlds in theaters and didn't like it and I'm sure that's changed. I don't know, man. It's kind of divisive. Is it? It's a divisive. It's grown on people. Okay. Most people really

like the first half. I saw it in theaters. I remember thinking it was like my least favorite Tom Cruise movie at the time, but I was also a child. So I was like, where's action? It's got a big fan base for sure. But it's also, it's one of those things with a big fan base that's also divided. Right. What's the one?

Final. No, what's the one? Destination. Frontier. The BFG. What's the one that's like, final,

the aliens talking. There's like lots of lights. Indiana Jones. I think you're thinking of first encounters. Did he do that one? Close encounters. Yeah, was that him?

Yeah, I said that first. Yeah, he said that first. Neither of us has seen that, Koi. I've not seen it, nor did I remember you asking about it seconds ago. The three of us

should watch that classic film. But I have not seen, I've seen E.T. And otherwise, I only know Spielberg is obsessed with UFOs in real life. Yeah. Like his obsession with them as a person and then him being one of the great, like, modern filmmakers, I'm really intrigued because what Spielberg does to make things feel magical and to make that sense of like awe and wonder is incredible with like mundane things. So if he's passionate about UFOs and he's making a move,

I can't wait to see the Spielberg magic with something that he thinks about when he's not at work. Do you know what I mean? Like if I was somehow a good filmmaker, if I made a Spider-Man movie, I'd be stoked because it's like, that's my thing. He's that. He's Spielberg and he loves UFO. So I can't wait to see this sight unseen. I think the cast is solid. I think I was a little disappointed, not in Ready Player 1 overall, but in the fact that it didn't feel like Spielberg. Like the movie's fun, but I wanted to be like, what's the book I like by way of Spielberg? I think this is going to scratch that it. I'm not a UFO guy. I think aliens exist. I don't think we're hanging out with them yet. But if things have occurred, he's the guy I want to tell

me. So, like, Disclosure Day seems like my jam for someone that wants to believe. Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point. I haven't seen the trailer for it. Okay. Potentially avoiding it. I feel like I'm going to see it anyway. Might react to it. Sure. Don't know. Don't know. But yeah, Steven's Wilburne. Arguably, the greatest director of all time. I mean, making an alien movie when he's an alien junkie. That's pretty exciting. So what's your 12? My number 12. I know nothing it yet. I just know it's part of a franchise that has been pretty much a hit after hit, and I don't think you're that familiar with this franchise. Evil Dead Burn. I only know the Lou Poochie one. It's a Lou Poochooch. Which one is Lou Poochee. Lou Taylor Pucci is in the

2013. Freddie Opera. He's the guy who opens the book and reads it with the long hair and the glasses. Okay. He's a friend of mine in real life, so I just remember he left for a long time, came back when God it. Yeah. I only know it because a buddy made a movie and I went, this is scary. I never, so the, the way the trajectory goes of evil dead is that there was evil dead one, two, army of darkness, which was not well received when it first came out. And then to a lot of people now, it's like, uh, their favorite. It's a cult hit. And that really defined the Bruce Campbell personality that we all know. Yeah. And then afterwards, there was Evil Dead 2013. Then they did Ash versus Evil Dead, the series. Which ties into the

originals. Which ties into the original. Okay. And then they did Evil Dead Rise. Which is new. new doesn't tie to Lou or ash loose tie-ins okay but nothing that makes you

feel like you're missing anything it's if anything it's like maybe it's part of some multiverse

or some shit like that and then now this one I don't know what it's going to be that's the

thing is with evil dead is somehow they manage to do this things that we

it's hard to explain there's things called deadites which are they're not quite zombies

they're like demons demons that they're like demons that inhabit they change change your the way you look like they just corrupt and pervert you the reason why i was saying non-zomies because they literally change your physical appearance okay it's not like demons and other stuff

which is usually black sclera eyes you know like they really change it like they looks like they fuck up their skin and stuff and then they do a lot of like self-bottily harm and harm to others and it's they're usually very grotesque but intense and there's something kind of fun about all of them and yet they know how to like mix it up every single time There's yet to be one that I feel like hasn't done something different. Even the remake managed to do something different. And that was a remake. Cool.

So with this one, I don't know anything about it. I just know that this franchise has been on a role for like decades. Yeah. And as a fan of this franchise, I don't even let it burn. Yeah. It's not on my list, but I'm intrigued by your intrigue. It's one of those things to put it on my list, even though I kind of don't want to know anything about it before I watch it. But you know you want to watch it.

That's the, that's the point of list. Yeah, definitely. It's also on my list. So I'm backing you out. Are we getting a speed John list after we do or when we get to the 10th? All the spots are just silent return to silent hill. Yeah.

All right. My number 11 is going to be out in January. There was a movie that would make my top 10, 28 years later, but I've already seen it. So know that in my top 10 would have been 20 years later at the own temple, but soon to be seen by mine own eyes in a couple weeks, good luck, have fun. Don't die.

Gore Vibinsky's back, bitch. is and he's got Sam Rockwell with him. He's back. What is this? Gore Benzky. A lot of buzz around this movie.

Dude, what is this movie? Sam Rockwell in an AI farce directed by Gorvibovinski. What's this called? Good luck.

Have fun. Don't die. All right. I love those kind of titles. I have no idea what it's about. I've seen one image and it's Sam Rockwell looking kooky and it did.

I know the premise. Oh, look at the that's the one image. Look at that. That's all I need, Greg. That's all I need. I'm so excited because that and Gore Vrbinski. Gore Vibinsky, by the way, I think the Pirates franchise should be in the conversation of the great trilogies.

I'm not saying number one. I'm saying in the top 10, all-time trilogies, I feel like those movies aren't beloved to the scale of their success and awesomeness. And then he did Rango, which is one of the greatest animated films of all time as DP by Roger Dickens and actually had all those actors acting. And then they made them insane, photo realistic CGI animals. It was just too real for people. That movie is drugs. Now, when you do a Rango and a Pirates, and then you make a flop horror film,

which I haven't seen, and that's not my jam, and you're in director's jail for a while, and then you come back, and you're making a commentary on AI outside the studio system, and you cast Sammy Rocks. John, what's it about? You're about to teach me.

All Zine know is that Sam Rockwell basically, like, appears at this diner, and he's apparently from the future, and he needs to enlist all these people to help him stop the friggin, you know, AI overlords, essentially. I like, there's 50

movies I want to see next year, and like I sent you 23. The fact that an image and a Vrbinski has this at 11, I'm so excited for this movie. He did a movie, a horror movie that I quite enjoyed that I thought was very overlooked called a cure for wellness. That's the one that got him in director jail. Yeah. Because it lost a lot

of money after all the pirates and Rango. And Rango didn't help either. It wasn't well received either, but I liked it. He also did the ring. which without that we wouldn't have gotten many great J horror remakes I feel like Blumhouse owes the ring

and so do J. Horror remakes like the ring did a lot for horror. The ring is the reason we got a bit of this one can do it and then they felt the grudge up and then it was like well this girl let's do it with a lot now. Let's do the eye let's do every one of them. Have you seen Rango? Yeah of course. Are you a fan?

I was super super high when I saw in the theaters. I don't remember at all. Okay, it's really special. I suck following animated movies especially if I'm stoned okay that's why I stopped smoking weed six days a week because one day you don't need to follow movies is your day for it yeah what's my 11 my number 11 I've seen this trailer so many times on my own not caught it once in the theaters except for one movie which I thought is kind of funny they played it before I saw in a second and I was watching this going

I can't tell if I hate this trailer or love it I had to go to my wife Olivia and be like hey so what do you think about this it's like I didn't want to place anything on her she watched the whole thing and she's like I don't know I can't tell if it's good or super pretentious

and I was like that's what I said it's Maggie Gyllenhauls the bride This is high on my list I love the Frankenstein other than the book I love the Frankenstein story and there's something about

I love everything but the source material Everything before Winston came The only part of my Frankenstein journey That felt like a goddamn chore Was the book And the only time I saw the trailer For the bride in the theaters Was before Camel de Toro's Frankenstein

And I get it Like, the concept of what if it's Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's monster, but they're Bonnie and Clyde. None of it, though, seems to capture the heart or spirit of what makes a Frankenstein's monster or Frankenstein's monster movie. They don't feel, they just feel like a couple. I don't get the sense of, like, the reanimated people and their existence in that. And they look fairly normal, especially the bride.

Like, the bride looks fairly normal in the bride of Frankenstein. And Christian Bale, yeah, he doesn't look the most attractive, but I don't feel like he's, there's monstrous looking fucking beat, you know, everything about it looks way more Bonnie and Clyde. Yeah. Than it does Frankenstein's monster. When I feel like the real hook is the Frankenstein's monster recreation and the Bonnie

and Clyde stuff, I feel like this could be like kind of gimmicky. Or this could be the shit. Like, this could be so fucking cool stylistically. Christian Bale is, one of the greatest actors of all time. And I think Jake Jalenal makes a cameo appearance in it. The production design does look really cool.

And it kind of looks like what Joker fully you do should have been in a lot of ways. It really does. So I like the Bonnie and Clyde original movie. And of course, I'm a big fan of the Frankenstein Monsters Tales. So a lot of this is exactly why I'm so conflicted on it because I'm like, this could either be annoying and loud and, oh, like, artsy in the way that feels like are trying too hard to be artsy and cool, like, look at me, or it actually is artsy and cool, and yeah, we should look at it.

So I just don't know. I really don't know. I love that R11 through 15, I've got this as fives, all five for five, no crossover whatsoever, but we have some like later, and the bride is one of my later. So I will say, I went to cinema con and the two things that stood out other than how to train your dragon, I got to see all of how to train your dragon wicked early. But the two bits of footage that stood out most were I saw three seconds, not three, minutes, not 30 seconds, three seconds of

Dynamic Duo, and I was like, that's going to be everything. And I saw the trailer for this and then Maggie Gyllenhaal came out and talked about it. And the footage that wrecked me the most other than Dynamic Duo was there were sections of the bride that weren't trailerized, that were just dialogue, but the action and kinetic way it was

directed was so crazy. And then Maggie Gyllenhaal came out, and the way she was describing the use of frames and how she would use different lenses and different frames to get into the psychology of each character. And the way she was navigating storytelling using frames. I was like, it felt like the Ryan Coogler video, but in person.

And then they showed some more footage. And from her describing it, I was like, I see exactly the vision that I never would have thought to do the Bride of Frankenstein in. And I've been jazzed ever since. You add sex pistols energy to that. You add this crazy true punk rock, like aggression to it. All of that's my jam. And it's the kind of thing that feels like I totally get the pretentious, because this sounds

pretentious. It feels like an art house kid got famous. and finally made their thing. Yeah, but that could be fucking great. It sounds like, oh, a thesis film from a Jillenhall, great, but also a thesis film from a Gillen. It's literally the same sentences, just a different tone.

Exactly. This could go either way. So the bride, I have these same concerns, but the cinema con, we got like 20 minutes of between the conversation of 15 and then the footage of 5, 20 minutes in that I left cinema con buzzing about the bride. So this has been up there for me, and I think it looks great. Also, the tagline, here comes the

motherfucking bride. And they split out the motherfucking with the ink blots of her face like those cheeky things my jam yeah yeah that's why that's what i mean i i like that i'm conflicted about whether or not this is going to be something great or bad for all the same reasons that it could be greater bad i don't think we'll know until the credits like i've seen this trailer countless times yeah on my own because i'm just trying to figure and so i've developed a weird obsession with it even though i'm not 100% confident yeah it's one of those films for me very that's how you know someone's taking a swing Yeah, when you're like, do I love?

And that's the other thing, that's a great point. That's the other thing that I love is that it's definitely, as much as it's, you know, clearly an inspiration from two very specific stories, it's definitely taken a swing. Yeah. And I like that they're doing it on a big budget. So yeah, you know, I'm sure it'll be fun. So that was your number 11? That was my number 11.

Yes. All right. My number 10 is, we talked about this on one of our live streams. The trailer came out, blew us both away, Hunger Games. Francis Lawrence is so good at making. me excited for being sad. Like, he's so good at getting me jazz to have trauma. There's so few filmmakers

that I don't like watching movies that wreck me. Like, it's not something I enjoy. Like, I don't put myself in that position often. It's why I used to think I didn't like horror movies. Even worse than horror is psychological trauma. Seeing kids get murdered and having an undercurrent of commentary on dystopian futures,

none of that is something I think I'd want. And every time Francis Lawrence put out of trailer, I'm like, I fucking love this franchise so much. It's like the exact right amount of bittersweet. it's always some of the best performances of the year I feel like because of the genre it doesn't get looked at in the awards conversation and because of the genre it doesn't

get included in genre conversation like young adult is very similar to comics and very similar to like book adaptation but since it's both it like doesn't come up like there's no cons you know what I mean so I feel like Hunger Games is like this huge movement that it's kind of like Avatar

comes out and then it's out of the themes like there aren't places to talk about it in our space so I'm always like Hunger Games was great and I never feel like I'm with anyone but it always does like a billion dollars so it's this weird thing where I get really excited for Hunger Games and never know what to put that energy

and then this new trailer I felt the exact same I didn't read the books I don't have that connection but every time there's any bit of footage I'm like that acting that directing that visual panache the production design I'm always so jazz so easy top 10 it's only my number 10 because next year is insane but Hunger Games looks insanely good we love the trailer

yeah and a year or And a long walk is one of the most impressive moves I've seen in 2025. The thing, though, with Hunger Games is that I don't feel like any of the ones after catching fire came close to matching how great catching fire was. It's still my favorite.

I thought Ballad of Snakes was the second best, though, personally. I like that one. I just don't feel like it's gotten anywhere close. Sure. Like, there's Hunger Games one, which I think is great. Hunger Games Catching Fire was like, holy shit. And then there's the other one.

that are like, I kind of like Mocking Jay Part. I don't remember Mocking Jay that well because I wasn't a big fan of it when I saw in the theaters. I kind of like Mocking J. Part 2. I believe I like Ballad of Songbirds and Stakes more than Mocking Jay. And a lot of this can come down, too, the fact that he's adapting a very specific material.

Sure. It's probably not. I can't imagine it's only because of Francis Lawrence's direction. There's no way. The books did pretty well. The books did pretty well. And a lot of the times I see the criticisms about those movies are the same criticisms that are lamented towards the books. So it's got to be that.

And that's the only reason why I'm like, I didn't put it on the list, even though I'm very much looking forward to this movie too. It looks cool. It looks cool. Looks really immediate. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Feels the most akin to the first one. Also, straightforward. We talked about swings of the bride. Yeah. It looks like it's some swings. Like, it looks visually like he's making choices.

Midsamar Hunger Games. Yeah. My number 10, know nothing about. I just really love this filmmaker a lot. And I feel like he never misses Robert Eggers' Werewolf. Nice. Is it on your list? It's my honorable mention.

You son of a bitch. I had five honorable mentions. I feel like you're someone who would just automatically put Robert. It literally five honorable mentions is hard. It's my number two honorable mention after 28 years later, which we've seen. Wow. You're dead to me. So actually, that makes it my number one honorable mention.

That helps. I'm so sorry. Yes, it does. Don't hate me. He is in this weird camp right now, that is so hard to do. It's where we thought our. Astor could possibly go to. It's not where Christopher Nolan is, which is like giant spectacle filmmaking that people are going to keep tuning out for or like a James Cameron. He's making

art house shit that is starting, that each film progressively connects with a bigger audience and creates a conversation. And that is so hard to do, especially in the artsy way he does it, which is let me try to capture what the hell they really sound like in this time period. And hopefully the audiences will just get on board with the way they talk, you know? Like the lighthouse, when I saw that, I had to really pay attention. And there are some lines I just don't understand when I saw that movie. And there are things about it where I just didn't get it, that I had to look it up and be like, really? It's about like homosexuality.

There's a lot of things I didn't quite understand. And watching, but that was an experience, that was a film that was really talked about. and seeing what happened when Nosferatu like the Dracula story I'm not the biggest fan of the Dracula story I've seen so many versions of that even in the classic Universal Monsters

it's like the first one and I'm not a big fan of that the story for some reason there's just something about it that doesn't quite click with me and I thought he made the best version of that so that's why I didn't like particularly fall in love with the movie the way others did

but there's so many things that even after watching it I just kept thinking about it because of its mood, dialogue, atmosphere, everything people always fucking say about this movie. It's like the way he does it and he's got a variety to it.

So if he wants to keep doing this thing where he's going to keep adapting the classic literature but do the most authentic like he could probably do the Frankenstein, Mary, like Geremo the Taurus, people are like,

it's accurate. I'm like, no, it's very, there's a lot of things that are very accurate, but there's a lot of things that are drastically different than the book. And I could see him doing just the book

of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Holds on fire. There is more fire. Watch him literally just modelogue about a fire. Black and white fire. Yeah. So I just seeing Aaron Taylor Johnson.

Aaron Taylor Johnson is that. It's a do wonders for him as an actor too. I feel like he's someone who after kick ass he just got buff and he's been trying to become super famous. It's so funny when I think of his career. I'm like, I get all the choices you're making.

Why isn't it? Why aren't you the most famous dude? Why isn't it happening? Because his David Leach movie's great. I love him as a tangerine. And my favorite is 20 years later. He's insane in that. But if you look it on paper, it's like, I'm going to work with Danny Boyle.

I'm going to do a Brad Pitt David Leach film. I'm going to be a Spider-Man villain. Like, I get it. When's your day, bro? I want it for you. It's really strange. He's not in the Taylor Kitch category. No.

Because you get these actors every once in a while where Hollywood is really trying to make someone for a really fair. Yeah, Ty Gordon. those kind of guys, right? And he's not there. No. He's really talented. Because he's incredible and has been.

And we keep giving him chances. Yeah. To do those movies. He's great in Nospheratu. And I hope that this is the movie that does it for him to put him on that caliber. I just feel like this is going to be like an awesome film. He elevated Craven somehow. It's not good.

But like there were scenes where I was like, huh, that's acting. And like, that's crazy. I love the Warwolf Tale too. I think what he could do with that is going to be something really incredible. I'm excited. People always talk about the North. I haven't seen the Northman, but you'll always talk about the Northman. My second favorite.

The Witch has been in a conversation forever. So he is that director that we kind of need right now. I think you might. The Northman is second only to Nassiratu for me. And I think you're going to love it. It is an insane side of a van metal painting. Yeah. It's so badass.

Yeah. Yeah. I like train for three months with the soundtrack. Like it made me jacked me up. Yeah. Yeah. So, okay. That's a great.

That's your number 10. Yeah. All right. My number nine, The bride. Okay. That's our first time we've already discussed something. So I think we're going to go faster through now.

I'll go to him right of the mummy. Lee Cronin's the mummy. He's the one who did Evil Dead Rise. Oh. And so while we're going to be getting The Mummy 4, so most people think of the Mummy in Brendan Fraser's The Mummy, Stephen Soderbergs. When they made that movie, it was a remake that they wanted to make a little bit more Indiana Jones-esque, more swash buckling. Sure.

Like in the original Mummy, it's Boris Karloff, same guy I played Frankenstein, monster and you're mainly just following he plays Imhotep. Now the Imhotep we all know. It's a bad guy. Crazy powers and he's like morphing from a mummy slowly into a human over time. This guy just comes back. He's got his book of the dead and he's casting spells just doing like

bad shit to people. It's not the most exhilarating film, but the main character is the mummy. And I think that he can go back to doing something that feels very like there's no way this will be a film on the scale of Brendan Fraser's mummy.

and that's kind of why I like it. I think this could actually be a horror movie the way the mummy was intended. No one really views those Brendan Fraser movies. They have peril. They have spooky parts, but they're not horror movies. Those are action-adventure films.

This is going to be a horror movie, and if you can pull that off with the mummy, which I feel like is one of the harder characters to make a scary, because generally they just come back and they're bandaged up and they're slow. I feel like there's a way he can do it where I have no idea what the hell it will do

honestly. I hope it's a period of piece or it could be modern day. I have no idea but we're in need of a horror version of the mummy. And Lee Cronin did Invisible Man. No, no, no. We have this conversation. Oh, that was Lee Whalen. I think we had this exact conversation. Lee Wano

Lee Wano. He was a comic nerd and I was excited to us. Lee Cronin did the most recent evil dead rise. Yeah. And this exact conversation. This exact one. Yep, this did happen. I love that we're almost halfway and we've had that little overlap. Yeah, what's your eight?

My number eight, Clayface. Me too! Yay! Exactly halfway! All right, perfect. All right, let's both talk Clayface. My number eight is Clayface because of a lot of the reasons you just said for the mummy.

I love that we're getting a low budget horror in the genre space of comic book stuff. I think that is long overdue. I think this kind of reminds me the buildup to Logan, where it's like something different but using popular characters. Clayface is obviously not as big as Wolverine, but Batman is. So I'm really excited to see what we do. do with an in-canon DCU story with a Batman rogue without Batman. Like, that's exciting as hell.

And you add to that, like, the practical effects. You add to that the fact that the Clapperboard that just came out has the font from one of my favorite comics period, playface of One Bad Day. So there's this series called One Bad Day. And it's a commentary on how Batman's one bad day from being the Joker. It's from the Batman The Killing Joke. The idea of like just one push. They made a whole series of villain-centric stories from the,

villains point of view where Batman is kind of like in the background and it's one bad day so it's all these villains getting their own and their individual anthology issues it's like a 60 page book that doesn't have any continuity tied to it so it's its own thing. That Clayface That's one of my Batman movies is yes I'll tell you about it's

real good. It's real good because it is a Clayface story about him as an actor about him trying to find his way but it's a horror book that font is what they're using the clapboard so if they're adapting anything of that I'm gonna lose my mind and that book series, I feel like it could be a good. Mr. Freeze, I feel like it'd be a really good. There's everything that they could do to do what Sony didn't do. And if they start here with

Clayface, and this does well, it doesn't need to make a lot of money to make a lot of money. It could launch a great Batman's Rokes Gallery of doing stuff like they just with the Penguin. Like the Penguin showed, we didn't need Batman for that show to be awesome. So if you could do that with the DCU and run parallel to Matt Reeves universe, we get all the Batman rogues in some form. Like, this could be a great proof of concept for comic movies in general. And let's not forget, it's written by Mike Flanagan, who is a horror writer, storyteller, who knows how to do horror that is massively character-driven, somber, reflective. And it's cool because his shows take away more time because they're a show, and he uses the advantage of that medium. But his movies, he knows how to make them tighter and more entertaining.

And I know he's only writing and producing, he's not directing it, although it seems like it's one of those cases where people will be his own. associating the Mike Flanagan's name way more than the director. Because Watkins, the director, did see no evil or speak no evil this year. And it was a great, like, thriller and really taught. But Mike Flanagan's name is so big on this that it's like, we're going to be talking about Mike Flanagan's Clayface. And for him to reference the way Batman, the animated series did the adaptation. Yeah.

It's just so smart for him to say because. Because now we're like even more, because that's one of the best. That's what a lot of people got to know. That's how I learned who Clayface was, was from Batman, the animated series. and it was from that. I always assumed that was the story of Clayface

because of that show. Yeah. And I've been feeling like the thing with, I think we have to stop looking at things as the superhero genre. That's the problem

is we keep on the superhero genre. We have to look at as comic book movies. And if we do that, that opens up the door for so much more. You know, like... They adapt a lot of books.

And I think the reason we don't know book adaptation. It's like, because you say superhero that comes with the caveat is the odds are the hero's going to win and beat the bad guy

in the third act of the movie. So even if you do a lot of things different in those movies, a lot of people just start generalizing the superhero genre because third act, they beat the bad guy and they move on. How do you do that with Clayface? Clayface, it's not going to be the case. Like Joker, the first one with Joaquin Phoenix, that was a great case for kind of what I'm talking about.

But because it's Joker, and we've seen so many Joker renditions, I don't think the association happened with that. Clayface is a better proof of concept that we can do this with more characters that we don't have to do superhero movies, but we can do comic book movies still. And there's so many great comics that aren't cape books. Hang on a second. Sorry.

Okay, you're back. Take it. Just take it back a second. And there's so many great comics that aren't like cape books. And we see that in these adaptations. But if you can do a cape character in a not cape movie, that really does change how people perceive it all. I'm so excited.

So yeah, Clayface. Number eight. Sweet. What's for seven? My number seven is another cape thing. Avengers Dooms Day. oh wow it's there okay uh Avengers Doomsday is uh you know super anticipated big big event movie of next year we just started getting trailers for it we've seen the Steve Rogers as of filming this uh Steve Rogers trailer and it has me feeling some of that oh my god an Avengers movie's coming I like something about the score something about that energy something about that like oh my god um but I don't love I don't love the things we know so far so it's really really hard because

everything that makes me feel emotional is from the few seconds we've seen so it's very successful there but we know downy's doom we know that Steve Rogers comes back it we know that they're doing the thing that comics do which is sometimes when you make a bold story swing

you've got to go ten toes down and really stick with it as soon as you backtrack and you go and nobody really dies you lose credibility in the comic book medium I'm afraid that the Marvel studio video's side is going to start mirroring Marvel comics in the 90s. And that was a lot of like,

ah, heroes were born their return. Like, there was a lot of the bold swing didn't work so they bailed. And I'm really excited to have the potential for the Rousseau's to get me on board at these choices. I have said from day one, I don't think it's a good idea, but I can't wait to be proven wrong. That's been my number one statement. Can't wait to be proven wrong. Now that you've added Steve Rogers back, I'm even more like, we just, we're doing what

I'm worried about. And like the idea of, of the faces of this being Chris Evans and Downey Jr. After phase four and five took so many swings, the idea of making a sequel to end game instead of doing something with Dr. Doom that has anything to do with the Fantastic Four, which was a good movie just now. Like, we fought for a good Fantastic Four for three generations. Every 10 years, they make one of these. We finally got a good one. And now we're doing Doom without that mattering. Like, it's a lot of things that like, uh, but at the same time, we've gotten as of this moment, I've seen one minute of that movie, and it worked. That one minute, I was excited.

Even though I don't want Steve Rogers come back, even though I don't want Downey as Doom, I'm still like, man, there's an Avengers movie coming out. So it's at 7 because I know inevitably, as we get closer, I'm going to be losing my mind. And maybe this would be number one if it was November, but it's not. It's December. And all the data I have is like, a little worried. So 7.

I mean, I share all the same concerns with you. This movie is higher on my life. list because of the concerns your version anticipation is so different than mine you're like I hate this footage but I'm very excited I'm going off of what do I kind of obsessively think about and where do I feel on this scale of like must see right away okay like I don't really have the proper categorization for my list I a lot of it is also intuitive of I'm like yeah yeah I'm feeling it here because I have a lot of optimism and I and I also simultaneously share every single concern you have and i have to i just have to see when they said

robert downy junior as dr doom like that is could be the worst decision they ever made it seems so desperate but if they manage to make that work holy shit that is impressive i i just have to see what they pull off like that no matter what i don't feel like this is going to be The one thing I just don't want it to be is, like, Captain America, Brave New World, where you pussyfoot around and you don't take any swings. This seems like one, this seems like the weird mix of safest bet meek's biggest swing. Like, you know what I mean? Like, everyone's in it.

They're swinging. Like, they're nostalgia baiting and going backwards, which is the safest thing you can do, bring back all these fucking people at the same time, the choices and how they're going about it. We're going to ignore a lot of phase four. We're going to highlight people from the past. We're going to make Iron Man, Dr. Doom, all these things. X men are in it All the X men are in it

It's a cast is gonna be Way too packed with people That you can't fit in a three hour movie Like this sounds chaotic And I have to see what that looks like I'm just too intrigued Not intrigued in the way like I am confident

This is gonna be a great film I'm just so intrigued by whatever the hell This This may be you know I think my list has about 20% more expectations Of at the end of the year my favorites Yeah Like I think the difference

I'm detected because like throughout this like I'm very anticipating the experience of Avengers and I'm excited for a year of press. I'm excited for like we're going to get to play in the Avengers doomsday sandbox for the next year. That's exciting. But I'm very aware of all my reluctance outweighing my anticipation, even with all that in mind. I'm excited to cover every morsel on my channel and year.

I'm excited to think about every detail. I'm excited to look at every poster and I get a year of that. But I'm also aware that I'm going to go in there like, I look at. love Dr. Doom so much, how can this work? And that's bullying way down. And I'm like, I love those three arcs. And that's undermined to me. How can they fix it and show that that doesn't completely negate my emotional impact? So like all of that goes into my weight as much as the anticipation goes into my weight. I just think it's going to be amazing or terrible. And I have to see which one it is. 12 months, you know, a year from right now. We're going to be obsessively thinking and

talking about it. All year. This is the year of. I'm just so looking forward to the boxing match of anticipation with this movie. you know like oh shit man this is a bad call where they fucking do it to holy crap i'm excited because they just did this now like that's what it's been to this all time this whole time it's like holy crap james marshes did it oh my god fuck yes oh mark why are they doing this so you know it's what the whole thing has been yeah even the trailer release yeah exactly everything and that's why i'm so thrilled about it yeah and like it's a year we get to have this for a year and there's like a legit 40 movies i'm excited for next year

seven is it sounds low but like that's really high for how much I'm worried. Yeah. Like, it's crazy that I'm still this excited when I'm, like, as a comic fan, like, what are you doing? All right. My number seven, I don't know if it's on your list. I imagine it would be. I love the last one a lot.

I saw it three times in the theaters. And I just barely, there's not many movies. I go back to rewatching the theaters. It's number seven. So, yes, because of what you said, do I think this is my number seven is going to be better than a lot of my one through five abs of fucking loolid? But it's number seven because it's like Yeah, of course I'm going to watch it

That's like the vibe I have Yeah, of course, of course I'm looking forward to it You know, I'm gonna watch it I've accepted it's gonna be a good movie It's like, whatever It's Dune Part 3 Oh, I would not have From the way you described it

I was like, there's no way it's dude It is Dune Okay, I think Dune's gonna be great Yeah, Dune's gonna be incredible Okay Doom part three is gonna be incredible Like Dune Part 1 was so incredible Doom part 2 was even better to me

Yeah And Doom part 3 from what book readers tell me is not as strong and I don't really care. I think Denis Villeneu, he managed to do things that were different from the book for what I'm told that managed to really work for the movie and I think he'd be conscientious

of these things. I don't feel like he'd want to do it unless he had confidence he could pull it off and he just seems to kind of refine his skills every time he does it. We're having Robert Patton's into this man. It's going to be an incredible film and it's one of those things where I'm just like not I haven't really thought about it

because I'm already so assured of it. You're like, I'm going to see it. Yeah, I'm like, there's nothing really think about. Like, I'll buy tickets when they're out and I'll go watch it. And I'm sure it's going to be good. Like, I like a movie that has me more like,

oh, what's going to happen in this movie? What's this movie going to turn out to be like? Hence, I'm curious where your doomsday lands. I'm not obsessively thinking about it, you know? But it's like I know I'm so confident in it that I had to put it at least in the middle. I have due. here. It's higher. I imagine it is. I'll discuss my tune take. I think Dune 2 is the feeling I

always wanted to get from Star Wars. When I left Dune 2, I feel like that was for me what people got out of Empire. And I love Empire, but I've never felt like Empire wasn't a film before my time. Like, I saw Empire as a kid and I wasn't like an adult watching Empire. So by the time I watched as an adult, I was like, it's been as good. But I never got that theatrical. I'm an adult watching Empire experience ever with sci-fi until Dune 2. So Dune 2 was like, elevating the whole genre for me. I think about Dune 2 all the time. I yell Lassan Al-Gayib a lot,

which is probably very annoying to my fiance. The movie like... Lissan Al-Gayib! Thank you. John understands. So it affected me, like, as a person, and Dune 3, I think, is going to do what I wanted Wicked for Good to do.

Sure. Which is, hey, the first act's great. Second act's going to be really hard to adapt. Let's just make it suck. What if we just do that? Let's not... Let's not try to do better than... Guys, we know it's rough to adapt.

Let's just adapt and call it a deck. We know it's not as good. Put it out. And I feel like the marketing behind Wicked Part 2 did that. And they were like, yeah, we're just going to release it because we know no one's going to... So sorry, Wicked Indians, Wicked Onians. But I think Dune 3 might elevate what the book was.

I don't think Deney would sign on because he added Dune 3. Like, he was doing part 1 and 2. He signed on to 3. I don't think he'd be like, I'm a really fuck up my relationship with Dunei. Dune fans. Well, the way he adapted it is, we did a watchman commentary and the parts where there's some holes in it, even though Jack Deer O'Haley is incredible in it.

Yeah. It was the takeaway, especially as he gets towards the end of, it seems like you're supposed to, like, view Rorschach is a cool guy. And they make choices to make him cooler. He's antisocial smells, eats nothing but beans, and he's kind of a dick, and he doesn't know how to... He's a little homophobic and racist, and he murders dogs. There's a reason why the Watchman series knew that what they, it wasn't like, oh, Watchman's gone woke.

It's like, no, this is what happens when Rorschach delivers his journal. Yeah. To a certain outlet and how a certain group would run away with it as we see how certain things go. And Deney talked a lot about how, oh, my God, what is Timothy Shalami's character's name in it? Samarai. Paul Atreides. Paule-Tradis, fucking egg. Maudib.

So Paul, so Paulette's a Paule-Treaties. The pronunciation of Wadieb was so good. So with Paul Atreides, he understood that he wasn't really this glorified hero the way a lot of people have interpreted it to be. And we are in a day and age that seems to be dissecting religion and fanaticism more confidently on screen than ever before. and liken into two real-world politics. So for him to do that on such a big scale and kind of do something that challenges the readers and still satisfy, I imagine he'll do something great here.

That's another thing is I'm really excited to see what he does with the insane things I've heard just lightly mentioned while commenting on the greater story. I'm so excited for Dune. And for Timothy Shalameh to be doing interviews going on the best fucking guy that ever existed in this world. If there's an actor, I'm better. Yeah.

I'm just the coolest dude ever. I did Marty Supreme. I'm on the sphere. I stayed in character for eight years while doing this interview with you. No one could top me. While I was doing Dune stuff, I was playing ping pong behind my back. Yeah, I'm very excited for Dune 3, and I'm really excited to see that cast grow. Because, like, Patinson and that world intrigues me, so anyone knew.

Yeah, Dune's up there for me. I said, I thought my six would surprise you. We were at number six. What is it? Supergirl. Okay. So it's above Avengers Dumes Day, but my experience is like these next five are. for D.C.

That's lower than I thought you'd think I'd put it. You work for D.C. Yeah. But that's... That's why it's higher than Avengers Doomsday guys.

And maybe those other reasons I listed. Maybe. No, it's because D.C. I have selected listed. Well, I should have put it number one then. DC if you're watching.

Then people would really know for sure. They're going to write it no matter what. They're going to fight. It's not even the top five. It's too much. I know,

but it's close enough. Oh, I see. I see. Number six, Supergirl, already discussed. Your number, oh, wait. Yeah, let's just leave her there. We've already talked about it.

We've moved on. Number five. My number five of the year would be. Wait, then I should do my six. Oh, you haven't done your six. Yeah. Please, your six. I believe this is getting a limited theatrical release,

and that's why it's my number six. I think I was about to say this movie at number five, but it didn't get a release, so I didn't say it. Is it? I'm putting the adventures of Cliff Booth. That's what I was going to move by number five. I didn't include it because I didn't have a release date.

Yeah, yeah. I think it's, I'm pretty sure it's a limit. limited theatrical release. Okay. That's so funny. This would have been my five and I was about to talk about it. Go ahead. Yeah. Of course. I mean, Brad Pitt's Oscar winning role. He's coming back and

this just seems like the most fascinating marriage of casting crew ever done before. Because the Cliff Booth thing doesn't naturally lend itself to a sequel. What the fuck would that be? It doesn't end in a way that's like, yeah, I want the adventures of Cliff Booth. And Tarrant, it just seems like weird

backstory that Tarantino creates and now he made into a story and I'm like that doesn't always amount to good storytelling and David Fincher who's known to be quite meticulous and want things done his way I'm looking forward to seeing how he adapts a Tarantino screenplay

what Tarantino's relationship is going to be with that how much Tarantino's going to be like what you do to my story you know that's not what I wrote because you know he's going to be like an asshole and speak out of it if he doesn't like it I want my name of this And why did you say you're like prisoners

Pol Dano? Fuck Pol Dano. And, and, uh, you did mention, uh, Hunger Games and, uh, the Battle Royale writers really should be too. And what, uh, what does the Brad Pitt is worked with Fincher like countless times. That's the director he works arguably the best with. So everything about this, I don't really need to know what the adventure is going to be. It also seems like not the usual film David Fincher would do as well. so yeah everything about this just seems like way too intriguing to it's I'm really like this isn't this is one this is the odd one because I feel like it's going to be just a great movie I so I didn't include this because it didn't ever released it I assume it's next year but I didn't know enough it's for sure every outlet was seen 2026 okay so this would have been my number five but it's not it's not on my list at all but I would do want to say I think Fincher works so good with Pitt and I think that Fincher hasn't done something that's this commercial in a while like his movies aren't inherently commercial but

Mank and the killer were inherently anti-commercial. Like, when you think Fincher, you don't think a movie about the making of Citizen Kane. And that wasn't the things I like about Fincher. It's my least favorite Fincher film. As much as I love Fincher, I can't like everything. And Mank wasn't for me. And then the killer, I really enjoy, but I don't find myself thinking about it or re-watching it. And so of Fincher's latest work, I go to Gone Girl.

Obviously, I'm a huge, huge fan. Fight Club is my favorite movie. But, like, his commercialized grit is where I think that sweet spot lands. and I think him adapting something as commercial as Tarantino as bold as a spino of Tarantino with Brad Pitt I'm really curious what that looks like

for him so on top of everything you said I'm really excited for a commercial adjacent Fincher to come back because this guy got his cut his teeth making music videos like he knows the line between Art House and selling it and I think that's why we never got a gone I mean a girl

with dragon tattoo two it didn't make enough money for the cost of Fincher and I think there was opportunity for him to be bolder and then he went on his in his narrower way. I think this is his comeback because I think after this he's doing what's that show that people love on Netflix

with the dying and the game Squid Game? Yeah, he's been Squid Game after this. So like that's another big commercial venture. So like I'm really excited to see him go that direction again. With the dying and the game. Battle Royale Alright. Get it after that. Terrance you don't want to work with him. But yeah. Well also

David Fincher We were talking about this with James Cameron About the kind of writer he's evolved into And I was saying It's probably because he's grown up He's gotten older, he's had different life experience He has all these kids now So the guy who wrote Terminator 2

It's not the same guy who wrote Avatar There's someone more sentimental There's someone more nostalgic And that shows in the writing Same thing with Quentin Tarantino When it came to Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Same thing with David Fincher When it comes to make

Sure, yeah, you wanted to make the movie That he... Yeah, so watching a more reflective older person and embrace that instead of, let me do another serial killer movie. Right, right. This, like, squid game seems more like, yeah, let me do what I'm known

for. Maybe look at Mindhunter season three. I'll make squid games. I haven't seen the killer, but to my understanding, the killer was that thing where they pitch it like that typical David Fincher, but it wasn't that, yeah. It's very meditative. Exactly. That's what I'm talking about. Meditative, reflective. That person is that, and I feel like that works

well for what the once upon a time in Hollywood world was. I feel like the killer is almost only funny if you know how Fincher is as a person. Like it's really funny if you know Fincher. And I was like, who is this movie for the 70 people that work with Fincher? It's like it's the director making a commentary on his OCD and minutia as a killer, which is extra funny because Fincher makes movies about killers. So it's like an inside joke and an inside joke, which I found very funny.

But I'm like, unless I wasn't obsessed with this director, I don't think I'd get half the jokes. Like I don't know who it's for. Yeah. Like if I wasn't obsessed with David Fincher, the man who makes some of my favorite movies, I would be bored out of it as my mind. And I think that's the experience the movie had. For sure.

All right. Number five, speaking of David Fincher and minutia and OCD, my number five is the social reckoning. The social reckoning is the sequel to the social network. I consider one of the great horror movies of the 21st century. I think it is one of the most prophetic films. I think it is a movie that looks to the future in a way that was terrifyingly present. And we're living in a lot of its cautionary tales.

But the movie told it at the time of film. and it alluded to the horrors, we're living in them. So I'm really excited to see The Reckoning. Like it's literally a movie about how social media has systemically destroyed society. And that's with a hard period at the end. Like our society as we knew it when that movie was made is gone. And we are much worse as a species. And I'm really excited to see Aaron Sorkin coming back into that world and doing a commentary in real time.

Like I love the West Wing. I love the way he just attempting. tax things politically. I love that he isn't shy about being condescending. I think he's smart enough to be condescending. And I really am excited to see that from a tech bro lens. So I couldn't be more excited for the social reckoning. And I think the dude that's playing Zuckerberg now, I don't know his work, but everyone, like he gets award nominations all the time. So I'm really excited to see someone else play Zuckerberg in a post him on trial for destroying society world. Like, we saw an incredible Eisenberg.

I think that's one of his best performances play Zuckerberg as a concept. We saw him play him as a potentiality. He wasn't yet a supervillain. Now we get Jeremy Slater, I think, is his name? It's Jeremy Strong from Succession. Jeremy Strong from Succession, playing him actualized. Like, ironically, because it's Eisenberg, as Lex Luthor.

Like, now he is Lex Luthor. I really want to see someone with some teeth actually make a commentary on what we're living in now. Yeah. One slight concern. is the pairing of Fincher and Sorkin

was interesting to me because Fincher is so dark Sorkin gets really romanticized with his writing and he's directing this one if I'm not mistaken I haven't seen Mali's game which I heard is great

I wasn't a huge fan of that Lucy movie the one when Nicole came in is Lucy and Javier Bardam is Ricardo Oh the one that got all the awards love and I was like this is the one you find Sorkin out

I wasn't a big fan of that one. Have you seen the trial of Chicago 7? Yeah, I like that one. I like that one. But you see like that kind of movie, which the way it ends and everything is like, it's the romanticism, which I don't mind. I don't think he can ranticize the false society. But that's what I'm wondering is like, is he going to do some shit like that? Or is he going to be very on the nose with his like, fuck this side of the political aisle?

But I think we're getting a few good men, West Wing. Okay. Like that, I don't think you can do like when he made the Nicole Kidman movie, that was the stuff he loved watching. So I feel like that was him romanticizing, like, a bygone era. There's nothing romantic about social media and what it's done. I don't want to end on a hope for a humanity note. I don't think we have it. I don't think there's a note to hit.

That piano's not so big. All right, what's my number five? My number five. Yeah. Yeah. Do I think this would be better than Doomsday? Yes. But it's not higher on my list because of how.

confident I am. It'll be better than Tuesday. Spider-Man, a brand new day. Everybody we've seen, it's Spider-Man, I feel like this is going to be the best one, honestly. You know, as a standalone, I know it's up for debate when it comes to, like, no way home. I'm talking about the Tom Holland films, specifically. I'm not going to compare it to Andrew Garfield or the Ethiopian ones, but I think as the Tom Holland ones, this will be the best Tom Holland one. He seems actively involved as a producer, as a creative on this. Daniel, this and credit, I think, way better when it comes to action and it showed in set photos it shows into that like holy shit we're going to get something truly spectacular all puns intended is there a slight

concern of will they go a little too big on infusion of other characters maybe but that's marble then you know that's marvel does so in terms of the tom holland ones i have a feeling this might be the best one of the mom and we've talked about it so much So I don't really want to talk too much on it. So I'll let you ramble about it. This is much higher. Not much higher. We're almost done.

But this is higher on my list. But we'll get there. Spider-Man brand new day, I think, is going to give us the Spider-Man movie. A lot of people have always wanted. I think that when we got the Tobin-Maguire movies, that was what a lot of people, we didn't have a lot of options. And a lot of people have reverence for those movies because of the uniqueness of the time. I like them a lot.

But they're not my favorite Spider-Man films because I disagree with the personification of Peter Parker, especially. And then Andrew Garfield. got messed up by the studio and all the things that were happening then and then poor tom holland was like i have to be an avenger and like every time they tried to make him not they just put him back in like he was always going to be a team player was always in the mc u i feel like this is going to be the opportunity for him to be deeply in the mc u but in a very different way this is punisher and hulk separate this is not playing in the greater team element so as much as there are a ton of characters

i feel like it's going to be the most spider-man movie he's had yeah in a weird way like i think the cacophony is actually going to make it more about him i think there's going to be so much noise, we hone in on him. Yeah, they'll probably lean in on the anxiety of being. Of having 10 villains. Like when there's so much going on, and then when punisher's a reluctant ally, that enhances Spider-Man. So I think, honestly, between the director doing such great action choreography as Shang-Chi

and his great directing in general, I think Tom Holland being so hands-on and the fact that you cast an acrobat to play Spider-Man, and it looks like we're getting that to be used in a different way, the poses and all those details, the, Destin Daniel Cretton's son's first word was Spider-Man. Like, that to me is how much this man has talked about Spider-Man around his house prepping for this film. Wasn't his wife sleeping with a man named Spider-Man? I think that was male man, Spider-Man. Yeah, there's something wrong.

But yeah, I think this is going to be, it's my most anticipated superhero film of the year. And I think it's going to be what we've always wanted to see. Like, everyone's wanted to like the best Spider-Man movie. And Spider-Verse gave us a lot. But live action, this is up there. Yeah, I mean, what you're saying about all those things, I agree with. It's like we've just seen Marvel do it. wrong or not like to

I don't want to say wrong but not the best it could be when it comes to including other characters you know but to your point that's sort of what we've kind of been missing which is kind of what I feel like the Batman's building out which is like yes there's the universe but within each character is another universe

each one when you read like a Thor run or you read a Spider-Man run there's the Spider-Man world in the spot like the amazing your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man does a great job on capturing that of this is the Spider-Man world and none of the Spider-Man movies of the Tom Holland era have just felt like this is the Spider-Man world

they've always felt like Spider-Man existing within the MCU and this one I feel like could be the Spider-Man world with the amount of villains they're doing so they could pull it off right Punisher was introduced in the Spider-Man comics 129 so there's a lot of reasons why I think they could do this in a great way and yeah we've just got to wait and find out

and I feel like it'll be the best one that's your number five Mr. Four. Hell Mary we've already talked about it My number four is Hail Mary, so we already talked about it. All right. My number four is from a director who I think has been killing it. I think this will be a great movie.

I don't feel like it'll be one of the best movies of the year, but I think it'll be a really good movie. And I feel like it's an adaptation we have desperately needed, especially in a day and age where the gaming community is getting solid adaptations, and I feel like that's the next wave. A lot of people thought it might be anime after comic movies. I think it's gaming stuff. that's the next wave.

We've seen him a Minecraft movie Five Nights at Freddy's Last of Us, Sonic. This could be the film this franchise finally gets Resident Evil by Zach Krieger. Oh, high up.

He did fucking barbarian. He did weapons, which I know was maybe a little too overhyped for you before you saw it. At the end of day, he made an original horror movie. And I did like it,

but everybody was like, it's Christ's return. It was an original horror movie with a weird structure. Yeah. And it made a shit ton of money and appealed to a massive audience. and created its own world

where they wanted to see the prequel and have all these theories and, you know, let's try to figure out what it's cool. So I love that he was able to do that and he really wants to do the Resident Evil movie, which is going to exist in the world similar to Fallout, another great adaptation, how Fallout exists

in the continuity of the games, but it's not a direct adaptation of the games, the smartest way to do it that have been so many cheesy, not great Resident Evil movies, they already tried another remake, just didn't go down well. and the ironic part is the Resident Evil games are so cinematic that it's weird when they can't pull it off and I think Zach Krieger's the guy to do it and I think this can lead into something truly like

if they're able to really lock down how to do a cinematic adaptation of something they keep trying for a reason yeah then I think all right now we're fucking good because like okay these weren't working all these adaptations we kept trying to do but this one works then that means we could actually get better adaptations of the ones that have failed before, too. I agree. And I think that video games are, like, right there as the next wave. I think anime and that are obviously everybody's looking at, but I definitely

agree video games are being taken more seriously. And I keep talking about, like, we're the suits now. Millennials are old enough to make art in a studio way, and I think he definitely grew up, loving it for the reasons we as a generation did, and that's really exciting. Not on my list, but I'm really excited for it. I love zombie stories and shit, yeah. I'm going

to amend my list. It's return to Silent Hill and Resident Evil now. There's a theme here for John. What's your number three? My number three is Dune 3. What's number three, Greg? It's funny is... You've listed so many of mine.

I'm just playing... The movies that I have said, I'm like, yeah, I feel like in terms of what will be great. I listed that way. I think Dune will probably be in the top three. And I listed with that in mind, so I've talked about most of my stuff. Number three is Dune three.

Number four is Hale Mary. Well, get ready for another one, Coy. It's my number three is The Odyssey. We'll talk about that soon. Oh, that's your number. Oh, wait, I don't remember. The Odyssey. I mean, what more can you really say, man?

It's Christopher Nolan doing the fantastical world of Homer Simpson's classic poem. It's going to be done in a way that is supposedly grounded. and how do you do he he's the best at doing stuff where it's either science fiction or fantasy and he uses the words what's the most realistic way we can do this but also maintain what it is at its core also make it highly entertaining he's the guy he's the guy to do it and everything we've seen so far from its sets it's the first movie that's going to be shot entirely every second with iMac's cameras designed brand new cameras and brand new cameras and new techniques to use the cameras so that way

they could do handheld. Yeah. With their IMAX cameras, that's fucking awesome. Yeah. Ludwig Grensen doing the score for this movie. I just can't imagine this movie. I would be shocked if this movie's not good. Like, everything sold out a year in advance on opening night, man, because of it's Christopher Nolan. I think

he is my favorite director working today. And yeah, to me, it's like I don't elaborate too much because some of these I've talked so much about that I just I'm I don't have the energy to talk more like I've talked about Odyssey for like like at least an hour on this channel already so yeah

I will talk about this now but it's later on my list the Odyssey I'm very excited because the cast is so many heavy hitters working with I think and to interrupt sorry we haven't even seen most of them yet in the trailer is that crazy is that fucking crazy I haven't watched the trailer oh you don't know but that's like I I this is my we'll see what number it is coming this is one of my most anticipated of the year. I've avoided the iMacs footage. I've avoided the trailer. I've only

seen a few photos because it sold out a year in advance. It already had like it doesn't need anything for me to be excited like the fact that I'm like I'll see it like I'm so excited for this side unseen the cast working with Nolan there are some people that I would never like like John Bernthal I love everything he does and now he's working with no I cannot wait to see what that's like like the fact that we've got this cast adapting the first story. like what an insane thing Homer's epic poem being translated by one of the great epic filmmakers

this isn't just like movie of the year this is a generational moment we don't often get to live through like Spartacus we do now and it's so different for Nolan yeah he's done a one period piece film which is the prestige but not something like this very different this is epic scale

but like it's all the best things of Nolan all kind of combined into one except the whole he tends to like to work with like the bond spy element you know but we were watching I know Oppenheimer's up, period, piece, and Dunkirk is too. But you know what I mean? Like something that's so far fucking back in the past. We watched 2001 of Space Odyssey.

And I remember thinking, like, this must have been crazy to live through. Yeah. This feels like that. This feels like one of those things where it's like, I was there. I saw it opening night. Like, we'll tell our grandkids about seeing the Odyssey. And this might be the first time Tom Holland, I'm not saying he hasn't done other films where he was great in it. I'm saying this might be the first time people will be able to experience Tom Holland

on this big of a film and be able to see him past being Spider-Man. Yeah. Because he's great in the impossible, but that's a tiny little... Yeah, and he's done other movies. I really liked him in the Robert Pattinson movie. I was going to say, what's it called?

Devil, something. One devil after another. The devil is in my throat. The devil all the time. The devil all the time. I thought he was great in that movie too, and he's going to be playing The Sun, and who was a big part of the story.

He's going to do a great job. I imagine he'll do a great job. It's a good times reunion with Pattinson and Safek. Yeah, that's right. I'm so excited for this. Everything about this, yes. It's going to be an amazing time. It's like, no doubt about it. I'd be shocked. His worst movie in my opinion, his least strong movie in my opinion, is Tenet. It even that, I'm like, oh, but you got to see their IMAX. Yeah, it's incredible. Even if you don't like it, you'll love some of those scenes regardless. Well, and if you happen to see it more than once, it is Tenet, I was wondering if I would appreciate it anymore. And I do appreciate it more each time I've seen it. It's like every other Nolan movie that way.

Yeah. Yeah. So that's your number three. What's your two? Spider-Man Brand New Day. Oh, sweet. Coy. My number two is Avengers Tuesday.

My number one. The Odyssey. We literally did my top five like out of order. So yeah, four, Hail Mary, three, do three, two, Spider-Man, Brand New Day. One, the Odyssey. What's your number one, Greg? My number one. Oh.

if you guys watch the last podcast you'll know undoubtedly there is no trailer I have not stopped watching I'm talking like once I start that day I gotta watch it like five more times for some reason

I am obsessed with this and anyone who's like doing thumbnails like oh my God what the like guys so think about what movie we we haven't mentioned. Think about the caliber of filmmakers

of this list. We've talked about Nolan. We've talked about Denny. This is Greg's number one in one of the greatest years in cinema history. Oh, my God. And I'll let me also say

the way I said about the bride, how this also looks like it has the potential to be incredibly annoying. Or finally, the adaptation of the thing I grew up playing endlessly as a child. Street Fighter.

Holy shit, man When I saw that trailer You were just saying We are in that age Where fans are making movies There is nothing on this list Not a single movie from yours or mine That accurately reflect that statement

They went balls to the wall Like Let's try to actually do the game Let's see what we can do let's not try to go for what do we do to make this realistic and accessible for mainstream audiences

let's beat up a vehicle at the end of this trailer let's give guile French fry hair the first shot of guile is a close up on his hair it's not even his face and then they get

like some awesome fucking moves in there where people are like flying in the air does a spinning eel kick and they kicks him while he's in the end like holy shit They're really doing this. We didn't even see the hot dukins. That's the confidence of this trailer.

You know you'll get a hot duken. There is no list on the internet other than Greg's that has street fighter over the Odyssey, and I'm so happy for Greg. It is going to be so entertaining or terribly annoying. It's one of the two. And like, do I think this will be one of the best movies of the year? No. I really don't.

I am absolutely. obsessed with this trip i cannot anytime i start i'm like i just then i slow it down and i'm like i gotta see this frame again they're bringing it to life i love how differently we made our lists our lists were so like we didn't have any conversation about like what are the characteristics and how no no street fighters number one for gregg i just wanted to do it based off like what do i weirdly think about the most yeah you know and uh and then where do i put my it's a it's a wide different variety of stuff and i'm like they don't undoubtedly there's no trailer this year i've seen more than street fire i love that for you

And when I was hearing the casting announcements, didn't give a shit. I had no interest in this movie. I was like, no, there's nothing about this movie that sounds just. I don't care who you're casting in it. Then I saw that- Shout out Orville Peck, though. Like, no, they have a great- David DeSmolchin.

David De Smolchin is biased. They have a great cast of people, but it's like, I don't really care. When I heard the Rack-a-Racker Brother, I still call him that. When I heard the Rack-Rack-Rack-Rothers were not doing it anymore, it's like, well, then I'm not interested in it. Until now. Until now, where I'm like, wow, they're fucking doing this. I also love that it's your number one because I watched the trailer and I felt so much guilt for how much I loved it. Like I watched it.

I was like, dude. And I like had no one to share it with. Cut to Greg just. Why? Like the people don't like it. I'm like, what do you want from it? It's fucking street fire. What a list.

People gather from around the country to fight each other in weird ass levels. See a lot of these movies pussy out on that. That's true. This is bold. Like they don't do the levels. Yeah. And I'm like they're giving them stupid stages to fight on. It looks insane.

Yes, it is bold, like the bride. Could just be a great trailer, or it could be really, really annoying. We'll find out. What a list. That was an insane array. We got to, like, when I say speed through months. Let's just say the, like, each one. And then if we haven't talked about it, that was like, I'm going to mention.

All right, January. What do you got in January? I got, I got to pull it up. I got to pull it up. It was on a different list. Okay, January. I got 28 years later, the bone tumble, which would have made my list to this patient. We haven't already seen it.

And it's fantastic. Can't we talk about it more. I'm really excited for dead man. wire as well. And then we get on TV Wonder Man and Shrinking. We get Return to Silent Hill for John. And then on the 30th closing us out, good luck, have fun. Don't die.

One of my most anticipated. And send help new from Sam Ramey, Rachel McAdams, and the great Logan, no, not Logan, Dylan O'Brien, doing really spooky work. So that's a pretty stack January. Send help is one of my honorable mentions for sure.

And Iron Lung, which is Markiplier's movie. Oh. Which also has Troy Baker in it. I'm just excited for the age of YouTubers making films. That's an exciting time and it looks like

it's a big swing from a concept trailer he made a couple of years ago. I don't know much about it. I'm kind of just making the nub. I don't even know if that's true what I just said. Clip it.

Supports a video game movie theory, I think. Yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah. And okay, it's like a little time if I'm not trying to do this. I was asking Koya's if this movie's on his list.

What is this? I was so shocked. John, do not, if you know what it is, don't say what it is. Don't say what it is. Don't say what it is. Do you know what the movie The Rip is?

The Rip? No, I've not heard of that. Craig made up a movie and shamed me for not knowing. I'm going to pull IMDB. Is this the reptile this week? Is this a fake Jason Statham joint? I'm going to pull up IMDB. It comes out on Netflix in January and the fact that...

Oh, I have heard of this. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Is this a specifically coy movie? I remember hearing about this, yeah. How can this not be specifically a coy movie? And the fact that he doesn't have it on his list and can't even... recall what I'm what it is right now is absolutely mind blowing who's in it it's from director Joe Carnahan I adore my A team man yeah and it stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon there's a

Joe Carnahan movie with the Boston boys yes I'm like how do you not know about this movie I don't even is it an artist equity feeling it's got to be if it's Matt and Ben What is happening? I don't know. Sasha Kai is in it. Steven Yunz in it. It's all Boston people. She's from Boston, too.

Tiana Taylor's in it. She's not from Boston, but she seems great. But yeah, I should be in it. It's fucking Joe Carnahan, Matt Damon, and Ben Affleck. And this guy didn't know. How do you not know what the rip is? I got to call the gorillos. They know Carnahan well and I got to let, like, I got to go.

If there's a premiere, I got to be. It's Boston's own. Kai, A, Damon, Affleck. What's it about? I wanted you to react to it with me. Let's react to it. to it. No, I'm down. It's a group of Miami cops discover

a stash of millions. Why would they cast everyone from Boston and put him in Miami? I don't know. Why do they get New Yorkers De Niro and Pacino to fight each other in Los Angeles? Sometimes people make weird choices. You don't cast three by accident. Matt David had been up like in Kaye. He's not like, oh, let's go to Miami. What the hell?

All right, sorry. I interrupted. This could we don't need to know more. Miami cops, me and Greg are going to react to it. Miami Cops. If it's a Miami Vice Rip with Boston, I'll be stoked, though. What else in February. We only got three. Wuthering Heights. Real sexy trailer. You know, the Jacob Allorty

not a movie star. He's an actor, and he's got apps. Crime 101. Don't know if it's going to be good, but sure does have Chris Pratt doing some Post Guardian's choices. And maybe, it's an honorable mention of pretty low down, Scream 7. It's like my number 25 most anticipated, but Scream 7's on there. And to add to that list,

I would say this is Glenn Powell's new movie, a market quality in 824 film. I love the trailer for this. It's called How to Make a killing. When is that out? February. To make a killing. Yeah, you guys should watch a trailer for that. It is an odd looking film, and

I know, Glenn Powell's still on that career trajectory where he's still trying to earn his respect as an actor, and I hope this is the movie that finally just cements that shit, because it seems like a lot of people did not watch Hitman. Yeah, I was going to say Hitman should have done it. Like, you watch Hitman, and you're like, oh, there you go. There's a scene with a phone in a kitchen

that should have done it. That seems insane. Brilliant. Brilliant. Seen. Link later, killing it. All right, March. We got the bride, which made the list. We got Hail Mary, which made the list. We've got Whitney Springs. I forget what that is, but I wrote it down because I made this list in September. We've got the dog stars. I don't remember what that is.

I know I wrote it that too. I'm like, what's the dog stars again? We both clearly wanted to know about the dog stars. It's the biopic of Keanu Reeves's band Dog Star. But it's about them. Oh, this is Ridley-Lordie and Josh Brolin, and it takes place in the post-apocalyptic world where a virus wipes out humanity. Ha!

What commentary? And Guy Pearce is in it. yes that's the one out of all those names guy pierce that's going to send people over to the christopher nolan's guy pierce yes uh all right so yeah dogs i don't remember what Whitney springs is so that's march march is pretty solid for ready ready or not two as well that looks good i saw trailers today i wish i didn't see a trailer uh because i i love the first one but i'll say for someone who did not believe in the concept of doing a ready or not two surprisingly came up with an idea that i'm like oh okay i could say i could do a ready or not too actually yeah i went and saw a Whitney springs is your

Kendrick, Trey Parker, Matt Stone. That's right. If there's anyone that's going to get me to like Trey Parker and Matt Stone, it's Kendrick Lamar. And that might be the most unlikely duo I've ever seen assembled. Yeah, I'm very excited for that. April. April, we got Super Mario Bros. Two, if we were looking at box office, that'd have been higher,

but we're looking at it anticipated. I'm excited to see it, but obviously, the drama, also out that week. Forget what that is. What the fuck? I wrote out some movies too. I'm like, I have the drama. I don't remember what the fuck that is. I should have put parentheses who's in it. Primate, people, primate. It's Robert. It's Robert.

Isn't that a January movie? It is. I'm sorry to make my list. Robert Pattinson and Zendaya, a drama. Oh, yes. Okay, so that's out in April. It's a drama. And then the next week, we've got the boys' season

finale, our final season kicking off. We got the mummy as well, which is on Greg's list. And Michael, also on Greg's list, closing out April. Oh, yeah. And we also got normal, which looks like it's in the same universe

as nobody. Oh, interesting. Like an action, like day-to-day guy movie? Yeah, it stars. It stars Bob Hodd and Kurt. It's weird He's called normal Yeah

He's got a type He's got a thing May May We got Devil We're Wors brought it too I'm actually pretty excited It would have made

A 25 list Animal Friends Someone knows what that is Isn't that Ben Affleck movie And Matt Damon And Yes that's right Ben Affleck directed it

Matt Damon Starring it Yeah that's exciting Jennifer Garner's in it Yeah He's like Assembly In his old squad

Yeah Did you know Ben Affleck's son's First Words were Spider Man Really He should have directed That movie I think he could have done

a great job Animal Friends Animal Friends. Not Animal Farm? No, Animal Farm is the Andy Circus movie. Yes, based on the book. Animal Friends, I think, is the Affleck movie. Is it Animals or Animal Friends?

I'm not seeing an Animal Friends in this list of 20. No, no. Animals is the Ben Affleck movie. Oh, maybe I wrote it down wrong. What's Animal Friends? Maybe I made up a movie. No, no, no, you didn't make up a movie. I have Animal Friends, too. What did we both do?

It's a, oh, it's the Ryan Reynolds movie. Wait, what the fuck is this movie? Two animals become unlikely friends, and it's rated R. And it's got a bunch of people. It's Jason Mamoa, Vince Vaugh, Eric Andre. It's got a crazy release date. There's a lot of animal stuff coming out next year. It's opening in May, so it's got to be big.

Yeah, I have animals. Which is the Ben Affleck one. Yeah, that's in May, and Animal Friends is in June. Messy. Okay. Or I don't know. That doesn't fucking matter. There's another animal.

Oh, Mandalorian and Grogu. That's coming up. It's coming up. I'm going off. I'm chronological. I wish I was more excited for that. So May 1 is those two movies. May 8th, Mortal Kombat 2, which I'm very excited for.

May 16th, Poetic License, May 22nd, Mandeloran and Grogu. There's also Obsession, which is James Wan's new movie. Oh. One of my favorite directors as well, when it's in horror specifically. And we keep fucking trying to narrow down what that is. I wish I was more excited for Matt. It's the first Star Wars movie, but it just feels like they're putting a condensed season four in the theaters. So that's why I'm not as excited.

The trailer was pretty flat. No. It worked for Moana, too. But I'll say, man, you know, I'll say, though, when I go on Rise of the Resistance at Star Wars, have you been on Rise of the Resistance, John? I've been on the one where you're in the Millennium Falcon. Oh, fuck that one. No.

It's very hard. It's not easy to get hang up. I skip Millennium Falcon every time. Rise of the Resistance. Every time I go on that, I'm like, I do love Star Wars. Yeah. It's so immersive. You feel like you're in a Star Wars.

Yeah, it's amazing. Poetic license is Maude Apatatow. Hoffman's kid and Appetow's wife It's a Leslie man Yeah Leslie man It's like a dromedy

From Ariester in May Oh my god I know you love them Addington Jimber watched it Wasn't on your list I did I got a lot out of it It was insane

Isn't it crazy I watched it in a theater And there was only two other people And I was like And I was like Afraid of the two people It's such a paranoia inducing film And it's so funny

Every time I laughed I felt so guilty It's funny But a lot of people Don't find it funny But all the laughs are so guilt Yeah, I'm like, I think it's a, it's a funny movie, but in like a way that you might not find it funny at all. It's like really aggressive at everyone.

Yeah, that's what I mean, it's not sorry. It's a left versus right film, but both are wrong, which is true. I love, yeah, I had a great time. Yeah. It takes place in a bubble and it's about living in a bubble. Yeah, that's the internet. But this bubble is a small town and our bubble is the internet. So I got to be like, he.

Yeah, I loved it so much. It was like a message board. Yeah. And I still think about it at this day. I had a great time of it. All right. All right. So that was May.

June, Masters of the Universe and Power Ballad kicking us off. Masters of the Universe, Travis Knight is doing that who did one of the best live action transformers, yeah. Yes, and Power Ballad,

I forget what that is. I think it's something animated. Check the tapes, John. Scary Movie 6 comes out in June. That almost made the cut. Scary movie 6. Comes out on my birthday. Oh, I'm excited.

Yeah, and Power Ballad is an uplifting music-driven story about a wedding singer or rock star and the song that comes between them directed by John Carney. Sing Street guy? Yeah, Sing Street guy. That's why it's on there.

Paul Rudd's in it A bunch of other people That trailer is so good Isn't that the Jonas one? Yeah, there's a Jonas in it Let's go Jonas Scary Movie 6 Power Battle of Monster Universe

And then UFO Spielberg movie And then Toy Story 5 And Supergirl June is stacked July July Minions 3 They won't stop making them

And we talked about Every other one that's in July Moana Oh yeah The Odyssey That'll make a lot of money Cutoff I don't remember what that is

Spiderman brand new day What's cutoff Cutoff movie it's a comedy you got some big anticipation this year I gotta say dude there's so many movies this year this is produced

yeah it's the next Jonah Hill film since mid-90s and I thought Joe mid-90s was great stars Bet Miller a bet Middler Bet Midler Camilla Cabello Kristen Whig

Nathan Lane I'm very excited for some from some Jonah Hill and then obviously Spider-Man brand new day August one night only flowervale street mutiny coyote versus acme and probably lanterns i want to get i want to get him in

the studio this time will forte oh that'd be cool yeah you guys had a good chat i love that guy yeah i think we should you're gonna like yeah deserves press after what it's been doing time he does press now he keeps talking about this movie that's exciting we'll get him in here august september uh this one was actually uh number 18 if we had done 20 how to rob a bank should be on more people's lists i have it on my list. I have it here, but what is that again? David Leach, and the cast is crazy. Yeah, that's what I remember seeing a big cast for this movie, but I don't remember

anyone who's in it. Nick Holt's in it. It's why he was Bleach Blonde for the premiere, and David Leach is doing it, and it's like one of his passion projects. Other than the great Nick Holt, it also has, well, this cast is not in any sort of order. I don't know who Maria Michaels is. Oh, this is an old movie

called Haraabank. There's another one. I remember the story sounded awesome. Nicholas Holt, Michael Gandalfini, Christian Slater, Jensi, Riley, Pete Davidson, Zoe Kravitz, a bunch of other character actors and such. And Practical Magic 2. Practical Magic 2.

Then also in September after How to Robber Bank, the next week is Clayface, and then Resident Evil and Practical Magic 2. October, we've got Digger, Tom Cruise, we've got Street Fighter, starring, and featuring Greg Alba. We've also got The Social Reckoning all in October.

And no horror movies in October. Not a single one. The social reckoning. Maybe the Sean the Sheep movie will be a horror movie. It's funny how many hard movies you mentioned but in October. I think he'd do in that, John. I blame John because he loves horror.

November, Cat in the Hat, coming out. Hext. Hunger Games, Narnia. And this one was my number 17. Falker-in-law. Falker-in-law really got, almost made the cut.

I am morbidly curious. I love those movies. I do not like that last one. one. The Little Focker? No, I never saw it. I do not like that last one. I love the first two. I hate the third one was like, oh, you guys are just, it's cheap now. And the first time it was only for money now. Oh, but like an Adam Sandler goes to Hawaii movie. Yeah, that kind of vibe. Like, let's just do the cheapest jokes you could possibly think of. And a lot of callbacks

because we've got no new jokes apparently about these guys. But the first two were great. Ariana's in this. That's exciting. Does she play a Falker? Or yeah, one of the, maybe the wife or, I don't Ari Falker. Daughter? I don't know. December. Violent Night 2. Avengers Doom's Day.

Dune 3. Where Wolf Jumanji 3. It's going to be a big December. Money. Money. Well, that's it, guys. What is your most anticipated movie of the year?

It was like an hour and a half that fucking took. It was two. It was almost two. We started 5 p.m. our time at 6. It's 6.43. It's about two hours. Hour 43, man. Damn.

I mean, we did. 15 movies each, and then, you know, you said a lot of mine before me, so I just kind of numbered them. And then Street Fighter. And Street Fighter, man. It's all good to Street Fighter. Dude, next year's insane. I would say comfortably there's 50 to 60 movies I'm super excited for. And about 100 movies, I think that I'll see.

Like, next year's, like, a lot. And there's probably 20 movies that are going to be, like, all-time remembers. I chewed on these, like, they were peanut shells. Greg has a lot of work to do, guys. He is at a bar right now. Shalping toothpicks. But yeah, Coy,

thanks for doing this with me. Happy New Year. John thinks for setting it up and holding down the edit on this one. No problem. Let's keep that one glitch in there. We're like,

wait, hold on a second. Let's not do it. Export as is. This is called a day, baby. Most of it's fine, you know. All right. John, hold on,

hold on, John. Other than those two movies, I want to know, I want to know like a John 5. Oh, John. Sorry, Greg. I cut your outro.

You're going to try to do a John 5? He's already listed, too. Return to Silent Hill Residence. Return to Silent Hill, Resident Evil. We will go with Evil Dead. Burn. We will go with freaking some other movies as well.

How's about Animal Farm? Why not? It's a crazy list. That was a crazy list from John. Street Fighter for sure. Let's see. Okay, so, okay. So Return to Silent Hill, Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Werewolf.

And Oh, golly. Spider-Man. I'm excited to be wowed by some... I want to love a Spider-Man movie again, and I feel like it could happen. Not a single October release. I would love to Spider-Man in a second.

But, hey, just Sean the Sheep. All right, there's a new Sean the Sheep. I'll put that in for October. I needed to hear Johns because I didn't know yet. All right, that was a whole list. Greg, sorry for cutting off your outro. It's fine. Bye.

Wait, wait. Okay, cut it. Wait, can we cut these and then just do thumbnail stuff? Thank you. Thank you.