Garland is a smart, unconventional filmmaker with different ideas about how genre movies should work, both visually and thematically it will be interesting to see how that ethos translates to elevated horror. The early trailers look incredibly creepy, with Garland bringing the same sort of off-putting aesthetic that we saw in “Annihilation.” The incredibly talented Jessie Buckley is starring, with Rory Kinnear playing … a lot of other people? It’s unclear, but his presence(s) is/are definitely a contributing factor to the aforementioned creepiness. And when you’ve got Alex Garland writing and directing a folk horror movie? Seems safe to bet on this one hitting the mark. You don’t see a lot of misfires from A24 these days. Look for this one to be a bit of a bellwether with regard to how older audiences feel about returning to the cinema.
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Oh, and apparently there’s going to be a movie shot at good ol’ Downton Abbey, with Hugh Dancy onboard playing the film’s director. This one revolves around a villa in France that has been willed to the delightfully sharp-tongued Dowager Countess we’ll apparently be moving back and forth between France and England for this one. The usual crew is back for another understated and ever-so-proper adventure.
And I say this as someone who never watched the show, yet quite enjoyed the previous film.
Real talk: I think it is phenomenal that the “Downton Abbey” experience keeps on rolling.
This will be a day-and-date release on Paramount+ as well. If nothing else, the involvement of Jason Blum and Blumhouse on the production side of things is promising – those folks know from horror, so expect a fairly reverent treatment. Zac Efron is here as Charlie’s dad, which is weird if only because since when is Zac Efron playing dads, but whatever. It remains to be seen if young Ryan Keira Armstrong can match the iconic performance by Barrymore. This new film – directed by Keith Thomas from a script by Scott Teems – has a mighty uphill climb the 1984 original starring Drew Barrymore as Charlie McGee is widely beloved. I can’t wait.Ī remake of a horror classic, adapted from the novel of the same name by Bangor’s own Stephen King. Happily, with director Sam Raimi at the helm, we can expect not just a killer superhero movie, but one that is likely tinged with some of the horror and humor elements that have been key parts of the director’s repertoire. Strange tasked with repairing the damage done by the dimension-warping events of “Spider-Man: No Way Home,” this promises to be a pretty densely plotted film. As the latest entry in the cinematic universe’s Phase Four, this film is going to be asked to a do a lot of heavy lifting with regard to keeping the MCU’s overarching narrative on the rails. However, while many of those films match the studio movies in scope, ambition and cost, I’ll be focusing on theatrical releases here (though when there is a day-and-date streaming release as well, I will be sure to note it).ĭoctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (May 6)Īs mentioned above, the MCU kicks off the summer movie season with this eagerly-anticipated sequel. Now, it should be noted that there are plenty of eagerly anticipated offerings coming to us by way of the various streaming services as well. So here we are – 22 movies for the summer of 2022. Just one more way in which Kevin Feige and company have essentially taken command of the industry writ large. What this means is that summer movie previews have become very much an early May phenomenon – one which I am wholeheartedly embracing.Īs for why this specific week, it’s simple – there’s an MCU movie hitting that first weekend, and honestly, Marvel’s late spring/early summer entry has become the de facto start of blockbuster season. This means that we have a lot more May movies to talk about (but we will get to a handful of August offerings as well). We’ve been seeing more traditional “summer” movies get their release in May (and there are a bunch of those this year) and fewer in the mid-to-late August release dates. However, there’s no disputing that the theatrical release calendar has shifted significantly in recent years. Now, you might well be thinking “A summer movie preview? But it’s only the beginning of May!” And that’s totally understandable because, well … it’s only the beginning of May.
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