Here’s a list of upcoming and recently released movies that look interesting (or not worth watching). I’ll continue to update it as new films are announced.
Last Major Update: January 1, 2022
Planned | On | Title | Comments | |
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Jan 3, 2022 | The Jack in the Box: Awakening | A dying woman makes a deal with a demon in a sequel to a horror film I haven’t seen. | ||
Jan 7, 2022 | VOD | The Commando | Commando vs. bikers. | |
Jan 7, 2022 | The Kindred | Revenants terrorize a young woman. | ||
Jan 11, 2022 | VOD | Run & Gun | A criminal finds it’s hard to leave his past behind. | |
Jan 11, 2022 | VOD | The Legend of La Llorona | Mexican horror starring Danny “Machete” Trejo. | |
Jan 14, 2022 | Theaters | Belle (Ryû To Sobakasu No Hime) | Anime about a shy girl who becomes an online superstar in VR. | |
Jan 14, 2022 | Apple | The Tragedy of Macbeth | Denzel Washington is a Scottish lord in Shakespeare’s classic tale. | |
Jan 14, 2022 | The Free Fall | Thriller about a woman who attempts suicide. | ||
Jan 21, 2022 | Operation Fortune | Jason Statham goes up against Hugh “Cleaver” Grant in this Guy Ritchie thriller. | ||
Feb 1, 2002 | VOD | War Hunt | Horror with Nazis and Mickie Rourke | |
Feb 4, 2022 | Theaters | Moonfall | Science fiction film where the moon falls to earth. Massive bomb. | |
Feb 4, 2022 | The Long Night (AKA The Coven) | Horror about a satanic cult. | ||
Feb 8, 2022 | DVD | Apex | Bruce Willis is hunted for sport. | |
Feb 10, 2022 | Australia | Wyrmwood: Apocalypse | Sequel to the 2014 Aussie zambie film which I haven’t seen. Mad Max meets Dawn of the Dead. | |
Feb 11, 2022 | Theaters | Blacklight | Liam “Quigon” Neeson is a bad ass spy again. | |
Feb 17, 2022 | Netflix | Fistfull of Vengeance | Tony Jaa martial arts action film. Looks nuts. A sequel to the mediocre “Wu Assassin” series. | |
Feb 18, 2022 | Theaters | Uncharted | Prequel to the action video game starring Tom “Spidey” Holland and “Marky” Mark Whalberg. | |
Feb 18, 2022 | Theaters | The Cursed | Period piece horror. | |
Feb 18, 2022 | Netflix | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Yet another reboot. | |
Feb 22, 2022 | DVD | The King’s Man | A prequel to the Kingsmen films. The full trailer looks pretty awesome. Delayed from Sep 2020 due to CV. Very dull. | |
Feb 22, 2022 (Jan 7) | DVD (Theaters) | The 355 | Jessica Chastain in yet another girl power baby Chuck’s Broads ripoff. A massive bomb. | |
Feb 25, 2022 | Theaters | The Outfit | A tailor is used as an information exchange by the mob. | |
Feb 25, 2022 | Theaters | Studio 666 | The Foo Fighters record their new album in a haunted mansion. | |
Feb 25, 2022 | Big Gold Brick | Artsy comedy that looks trippy. | ||
Mar 2, 2022 | Disney+ | West Side Story | Steven Spielberg’s remake of the musical. | |
Mar 8, 2022 | A Writer’s Odyssey | Crazy looking oriental fantasy (dubbed). | ||
Mar 8, 2022 | TV | The Mad Hatter | Trippy looking horror. Had a limited run in US theaters in 2021. | |
Mar 8, 2022 (Jan 13) | Paramount+ (Theaters) | Scream (5) | Follow on to the original slasher with several original cast members returning. | |
Mar 10, 2022 | Netflix | The Adam Project | Ryan “Deadpool” Reynolds reteams with the producers of Free Guy in this time travel science fiction story. | |
Mar 15, 2022 | VOD | Spider-man No Way Home | Third entry in the MCU Spider-man reboot brings back the sinister 6 and previous incarnations of Spiderman. | |
Mar 15, 2022 | Project ‘Gemini’ | Terraformers on an alien planet encounter an alien life form. | ||
Mar 17, 2022 | Operation Fortune (Ruse de Guerre) | Jason Statham is a spy who must prevent a new weapon from being sold to the baddies. | ||
Mar 17, 2022 | Unwelcome | Modern day horror with goblins. Colm “O’Brien” Meanie has a part. | ||
Mar 18, 2022 | Netflix | Black Crab (AKA Svart Crabba) | Post apocalyptic war movie. | |
Mar 18, 2022 | Theaters | Umma | Sandra Oh is terrorized by the ghost of her mother. | |
Mar 25, 2022 | Theaters | Everything, Everywhere, All At Once | Trippy looking fantasy with Michelle Yeoh, | |
Apr 1, 2022 | Morbius | Jared Leto enters the Spider-Verse as the titular vampire. Will he redeem himself after his failure as Joker in Suicide Squad? Here’s hoping. Delayed due to CV from Jul 31, 2020. | ||
Apr 1, 2022 | VOD | The Contractor | Chris “Kirk” Pine is an ex-soldier recruited to do covert dirty work who goes rogue. | |
Apr 1, 2022 | Theaters | You Won’t Be Alone | Foreign language art film where a girl is kidnapped and turned into a witch. | |
Apr 6, 2022 (~May 30) | Theaters (HBOmax) | Fantastic Beasts 3: The Secrets of Dumbledore | Third film in the Harry Potter prequel series. Mads “Hannibal” Mikkelsen replaces Johnny “Jack” Depp as Grindlewald. | |
Apr 8, 2022 | Prime | All the Old Knives | Espionage thriller with Chris “Kirk” Pine and Lawrence “Morphius” Fishburn. | |
Apr 8, 2022 | Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | Sequel to the video game based film. Haven’t seen the first one yet. Jim “Grinch” Carrie returns as Robotnic and Tails and Knuckles are in. | ||
Apr 8, 2022 | Bullet Train | I am motherf&%$ing tired of these motherfu&%$ing assassins on this motherf&%$ing train. Brad Pitt stars. | ||
Apr 8, 2022 | VOD | You Are Not My Mother | A girls mother disappears, and on her return, she’s not quite right. | |
Apr 8, 2022 | VOD | Agent Game | Spy thriller with Mel “Max” Gibson and Jason “Lucias” Isaacs. | |
Apr 14, 2022 | After Yang | Colin “Lobster” Farrel’s robot child dies. | ||
Apr 15, 2022 | Netflix | Choose or Die | Horror about a reality warping video game. | |
Apr 19, 2022 (Mar 4) | HBOmax (Theaters) | The Batman | Robert “Edward” Pattinson stars in yet another Batman reboot with Colin “Lobster” Farrell as the Penguin. Will see in the theatre if I hear it’s good. Delayed due to CV from Oct 1, 2021. | |
Apt 19, 2022 | VOD | The Exorcism of God | A priest is possessed by the demon he exorcises. | |
Apr 22, 2022 | Theaters | The Northman | Alexander Skarsgard stars in this historical Viking drama. | |
Apr 26, 2022 | DVD | Expired | Hugo “Smith” Weaving in a science fiction set in the future. | |
Apr 29, 2022 | Apple | Shining Girls | Trippy looking supernatural murder mystery. | |
Apr 29, 2022 | Memory | Liam Neeson is once again a man with a particular set of skills. | ||
Apr 29, 2022 | VOD | Corrective Measures | Incarcerate cons develop super powers. Bruce “McClane” Willis and Michael “Yondu” Rooker star. | |
May 6, 2022 | Theaters | Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness | Doctor Strange (Benedict “Sherlock” Cumberbatch) returns, possibly joined by the Scarlet Witch. Will see this unless I hear it’s bad. | |
May 11, 2022 | Netflix | Operation Mincemeat | Colin “Darcy” Firth stars in this spy thriller set in world war II. | |
May 13, 2022 | Peacock | Firestarter | Remake of the Stephen King story. Yawn. | |
May 17, 2022 | VOD | ECCO | Bourne like assassin film that had a limited release in 2019. | |
May 20, 2022 | Legally Blonde 3 | Second one sucked, so no. Delayed due to CV from May 8, 2020. | ||
May 20, 2022 | Theaters | Downton Abbey: A New Era | Second movie carrying on the British series | |
May 20, 2022 | Men | Horror about a woman on vacation after the death of her ex-husband. | ||
May 27, 2022 | Theaters | Top Gun 2: Maverick | Tom Cruise returns. Will see this if I hear it’s good, otherwise likely stream it. Delayed due to CV from Jun 26, 2020. | |
May 27, 2022 | Limited Release | There Are No Saints | Revenge pic. Looks brutal. | |
Jun 2, 2022 | Panama | Mel “Max” Gibson is a CIA operative in Panama. | ||
Jun 3, 2022 | Unhuman | Teen comedy with zambies. | ||
Jun 3, 2002 | White Elephant | Michael “Yondu” Rooker is a mob enforcer who turns against his boss, Bruce “Korben” Willis. | ||
Jun 3, 2022 | Crimes of the Future | Dystopian near future science fiction from David Kronenburg. | ||
Jun 6, 2022 | VOD | 9 Bullets | Lena “Circe” Heady and a small boy are on the run from assassins. | |
Jun 7, 2022 | DVD | Eraser: Reborn | A sequel to the Schwarzenegger film without Arnold. | |
Jun 10, 2022 | Jurassic World: Dominion | Third in the Jurassic World trilogy. Guess I should watch Fallen Kingdom. Delayed due to CV from Jun 11, 2021. | ||
Jun 17, 2022 | Lightyear | Buzz Lightyear origin story with Buzz voiced by Chris “Cap” Evans. | ||
Jun 17, 2022 | Netflix | Spiderhead | Inmates can reduce their sentences by volunteering to be experimented on by Chris “Thor” Hemsworth. | |
Jun 24, 2022 | Black Phone | A boy abducted by a serial killer is helped by the ghosts of his previous victims. | ||
Jun 24, 2022 | Elvis | Bio pic. | ||
Jun 29, 2022 | DVD | Cryo | Science fiction. | |
Jul 1, 2022 | Minions: The Rise of Gru | The original (Despicable Me) was OK; haven’t watched any of the sequels. Delayed due to CV from Jul 3, 2020. | ||
Jul 1, 2022 | Hot Seat | Mel “Max” Gibson must save an ex-hacker being forced to hack into a bank. | ||
Jul 8, 2022 | Thor Love and Thunder | The fourth Thor film, and the second by Taika Watiti. Thorina (Jane Foster Thor) has been teased. Christain Bale will play Gorr the God Butcher. Will see this if I hear it’s good. | ||
Jul 8, 2022 | Netflix | The Sea Beast | Animate film about sea monster hunters. | |
Jul 15, 2022 | VOD | She Will | Art horror film billed as “delivering otherworldly feminist vengeance”. Sigh. | |
Jul 20, 2022 | Alienoid | Korean time travel, science fiction, fantasy, martial arts film. Looks epic. | ||
Jul 22, 2022 | Netflix | The Gray Man | Ryan Gosling is a super spy and Chris “Cap” Evans wants to kill him. Directed by the Russo brothers (directors of Infinity War and Endgame). | |
Jul 29, 2022 | DC League of Superpets | Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson voices Superdog in this animated film. | ||
Aug 5, 2022 | Theaters | Bullet Train | Brad “Tyler” Pitt, Sandra “Miss Congeniality” Bullock and assassins on a train. | |
Aug 12, 2022 | Netflix | Day Shift | Jamie Foxx is a vampire hunter. | |
Aug 26, 2022 | The Bride | Dracula spinoff | ||
Aug 31, 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing | Tilda “the Ancient One” Swinton releases a genii (Idris “Luther” Elba) and craziness ensues. | ||
Sep 15, 2022 | Rubikon | Earth loses its atmosphere and the crew of a space station have developed the only hope of survival. | ||
Sep 30, 2022 | Vesper | Interesting looking science fiction film. | ||
Sep 2022 | Moonage Daydream | Bowie documentary bio pic | ||
Oct 21, 2022 | Black Adam | The Rock stars as one of DC’s Shazam villains. | ||
Nov 4, 2022 | Mission Impossible 8 | May stream this. | ||
Nov 11, 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever | More Marvel. With the death of Chadwick Bosman, this film will likely focus on the Black Panther’s sister. Villain is Prince Namor of Atlantis. I might stream it if I hear it’s good. | ||
Nov 23, 2022 | Strange World | Disney animated science fiction. Alien world looks cool, but characters look meh. | ||
Fall, 2022 | Netflix | The School for Good and Evil | Harry Potter clone. | |
Dec 16, 2022 | Avatar sequel | I loved the original, and definitely a theatre movie | ||
Dec 16, 2022 | Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Will wait to stream this unless I hear it’s great. | ||
2022 | Netflix | Extraction 2 | Chris “Thor” Hemsworth returns as a badass soldier. | |
2022 | Monstrous | Christina “Wednesday” Ricci is terrorized by a monster. Limited US release on May 13. | ||
2022 | Blowback | Randy “The Natural” Couture stars in this revenge pic. Might blow. Limited US release on June 17. | ||
2022 | Netflix | Knives Out 2 | Daniel Craig returns for another case. | |
2022 | VOD | Orbital | A mega-structure is built around the Earth with dire consequences. | |
Jan 13, 2023 | Kraven the Hunter | Another Spiderman villain movie. | ||
Mar 13, 2023 | Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | Jason “Drogo” Momoa returns. | ||
Mar 24, 2023 | John Wick Chapter 4 | Keanu “Neo” Reeves returns as badass John Wick. | ||
May 3, 2023 | Dungeons and Dragons | Chris “Kirk” Pine and Hugh “Cleaver” Grant star. Hope this is better than the last POS D&D film. | ||
May 5, 2023 | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | The guardians return | ||
May 24, 2023 | John Wick Chapter 4 | Keanu “Neo” Reeves returns | ||
Jun 2, 2023 | Across the Spider-Verse | Animated Miles Morales Spiderman. Will probably wait for this to come to video. | ||
Jun 23, 2023 | The Flash | DC superhero film based on the Flashpoint story arc. | ||
Jun 30, 2023 | Indiana Jones 5 | Harrison Ford returns, directed by James Mangold. Indie gets a new side kick: Phoebe “L3-37” Waller-Bridge, who was horrible in Soylo: A Star Wars Story. | ||
Jul 14, 2023 | Mission: Impossible: Dead Reckoning | Tom “Mavrick” Cruise and Simon “Scotty” Pegg return. | ||
Jul 28, 2023 | The Marvels (Captain Marvel 2) | More Marvel. This time, Brie Larson will be joined by big hands Ms. Marvel. Will only see this if I hear it’s great. | ||
Aug 28, 2023 | Ant-man and the Wasp: Quantumania | Paul Rudd and Evangelina Lily go up against Kang the Conqueror, played by Jonathan Majors, who sucked in Loki. | ||
Oct 20, 2023 | Dune: Part Two | Sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. | ||
Nov 17, 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes | Prequel to the YA dystopian science fiction trilogy. | ||
Dec 23, 2023 | Wonka | Prequel? to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | ||
Dec 2023 | Disney+ | Star Wars: Rogue Squadron | Live action (presumably) Star Wars film from Wonder Woman directory Patty Jenkins. | |
Jan 12, 2024 | El Muerto | Yet another Spiderman villain movie. | ||
Mar 29, 2024 | Beyond the Spider-Verse | Miles Moralis Spider-man returns for a third animated film | ||
Jul 19, 2024 | Fantastic Four | An MCU reboot of this super hero story. | ||
Dec 2025 | Disney+ | Star Wars: Untitled | Taika Waititi’s Star Wars film. | |
Dec 2027 | Disney+ | Star Wars: Untitled | Kevin Fiege produces, Michael Waldren (Loki, Dr. Strange 2) writes. | |
Memoria | Trippy looking art film with Tilda Swinton. Released at film festivals in 2021. | |||
Apache Junction | R rated western. Had a limited run in US theaters in 2021. | |||
The Spacewalker | Russian historical dramatization of the first spacewalk. | |||
The Fantastic Voyage | Presumably a remake of the Isaac Asimov novel. | |||
Parallax | Science fiction where a woman wakes in a life she doesn’t recognize. Had a limited theatrical release July 10, 2020. | |||
The Girl Who Got Away | A serial killer is released from jail and comes after her surviving victim. Had a US only release Aug 20, 2021. | |||
Huxley | Post apocalyptic science fiction on an alien planet. Looks nuts. | |||
Rendezvous with Rama | Denis Villeneuve (Dune, Blade Runner 2048) takes on the Arthur C Clarke (2001) novel. | |||
Land of Dreams | Art fantasy about a dream census taker released to film festivals in 2021. | |||
Netflix | Rebel Moon | Zack Snyder science fiction epic originally pitched as a Star Wars film. |