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Upcoming Must-See Movies in 2021

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It’s 2021. Finally. If you’re reading this, it means you’ve hopefully gotten through the wreckage of last year unscathed and are ready for a brighter future. And if you’re also a movie lover, this certainly includes a trip (or 20) back to the cinemas. Although a month into the new year, and our hope for a better tomorrow has faded a bit–especially with new COVID variants spreading. Yet there is reason to remain warily optimistic. Yes, including about theaters

For nearly a year now cinemas have remained largely dormant, and given the already shuffling 2021 film calendar, that will continue for the foreseeable future. However, studios (with one notable exception) remain mostly committed to getting new films to the theater this year, and the current 2021 film slate gives reasons to be hopeful.

Indeed, 2021 promises many of the most anticipated films from last year, plus new surprises. From the superhero variety like Black Widow to the art house with Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch, 2021 could be a much needed respite. So below is just a sampling of what to expect from the year to come…

Judas and the Black Messiah

February 12

It’s kind of hard to wrap one’s head around the annual “Oscar race” in a year when little trophies don’t seem so damn important, but Warner Bros. feels strongly enough about this movie that it’s getting it into theaters and on HBO Max right in the thick of the pandemic-delayed awards season. And judging by the marketing, it’s bringing heat with it.

Shaka King directs and co-writes the story of Fred Hampton (Daniel Kaluuya), who became the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and was murdered in cold blood by police in 1969. LaKeith Stanfield plays William O’Neal, a petty criminal who agreed to help the FBI take Hampton down. This promises to be incendiary, relevant material — and it’s almost here.

Minari

February 12

Lee Isaac Chung directs Steven Yeun–now fully shaking off his years as Glenn on The Walking Dead–in this semi-autobiographical film about a South Korean family struggling to settle down in rural America in the 1980s. Premiering nearly a year ago at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award, Minari had a quick one-week virtual release in December, with a number of critics placing it on their Top 10 lists for 2020.

Its story of immigration and assimilation currently has a perfect 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics lauding its heart, grace, and sensitivity. A few of ours also considered it among 2020’s best.

Nomadland

February 19

Utilizing both actors and real people, director Chloé Zhao (The Rider, Marvel’s upcoming Eternals) chronicles the lives of America’s “forgotten people” as they travel the West searching for work, companionship and community. A brilliant Frances McDormand stars as Fern, a woman in her mid-60s who lost her husband, her house, and her entire previous existence when her town literally vanished following the closure of its sole factory.

Zhao’s film quietly flows from despair to optimism and back to despair again, the hardscrabble lives of its itinerant cast (many of them actual nomads) foregrounded against often stunning–if lonely–vistas of the vast, empty American countryside.

I Care a Lot

February 19

A solid cast, led by Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Chris Messina, and Dianne Wiest, star in this satirical crime drama from director J. Blakeson (The Disappearance of Alice Creed). Pike plays Marla, a con artist whose scam is getting herself named legal guardian of her elderly marks and then draining their assets while sticking them in nursing homes. She’s ruthless and efficient at it, until she meets a woman (Wiest) whose ties to a crime boss (Dinklage) may prove too much of a challenge for the wily Marla. It was one of our favorites out of Toronto last year.

The Father

February 26

Anthony Hopkins gives a mesmerizing, and deeply tragic, performance as Anthony, an elderly British man whose descent into dementia is reflected by the film itself, which plays with time, setting, and continuity until both Anthony and the viewer can no longer tell what is real and what is not. Olivia Colman is equally moving as his daughter, who wants to get on with her own life even as she watches her father’s disintegrate in front of her.

We saw The Father last year at the AFI Fest and it ended up being a favorite of 2020; Hopkins is unforgettable in this bracing, heartbreaking work, which is stunningly adapted by first-time director Florian Zeller from his own award-winning play.

Chaos Walking

March 5

This constantly postponed sci-fi project has become one of those “we’ll believe it when we see it” films until it actually comes out. Shot nearly three and a half years ago by director Doug Liman, Chaos Walking has undergone extensive reshoots and was at one point reportedly deemed unreleasable.

Based on the book The Knife of Letting Go, it places Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Daisy Ridley (The Rise of Skywalker) on a distant planet where Ridley, the only woman, can hear the thoughts of all the men due to a mysterious force called the Noise.

Raya and the Last Dragon

March 5

Longtime Walt Disney Animation Studios head of story, Paul Briggs (Frozen), will make his directorial debut on this original Disney animated fantasy, which draws upon Eastern traditions to tell the tale of a young warrior who goes searching for the world’s last dragon in the mysterious land of Kumandra. Cassie Steele will voice Raya while Awkwafina (The Farewell) will portray Sisu the dragon.

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Coming 2 America

March 5

The notion of whether nostalgia-based properties are still viable has cropped up repeatedly in the last few years. However, streaming, which is where Coming 2 America finds itself headed post-COVID, makes golden oldies much safer. This sequel—based on a 32-year-old comedy that was one of Eddie Murphy’s most financially successful hits—sees Murphy back as Prince Akeem, of course, along with Arsenio Hall returning as his loyal friend Semmi.

The plot revolves around Akeem’s discovery, just as he is about to be crowned king, that he has a long-lost son living in the States (we’re not sure how that happened, but let’s just go with it). That, of course, necessitates another visit to our shores—that is, if Akeem and Semmi presumably don’t get stopped at the border. The film reunites Murphy with Dolemite is My Name director Craig Brewer, so perhaps they can make some cutting-edge social comedy out of this?

Godzilla vs. Kong

March 26

Here we are, at last at the big punch up between Godzilla and King Kong. They both wear a crown, but in the film that Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have been building toward since 2014, only one can walk away with the title of the king of all the monsters.

Admittedly, not everyone loved the last American Godzilla movie, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but we sure did. Still, Godzilla vs. Kong should be a different animal with Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest) taking over directorial duties. It also has a stacked cast with some familiar faces (Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, and Ziyi Zhang) and plenty of new ones (Alexander Skarsgård, Eiza González, Danai Gurira, Lance Reddick, and more).

It’ll probably be better than the original, right? And hey with its HBO Max rollout, questions of a poor box office run sure are conveniently mooted!

Mortal Kombat

April 16

Not to be deterred by the relative failure of Sony’s Monster Hunter in theaters at the tail end of 2020, Warner Bros. is giving this venerable video game franchise another shot at live-action cinematic glory after two previous tries in the 1990s. Director Simon McQuoid makes his feature debut while the script comes from Dave Callaham (Wonder Woman 1984, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) and the cast includes a number of actors you’ve seen in other films but can’t quite place.

The plot? Who knows! But we’re guessing it will feature gods, demons, and warriors battling for control of the 18 realms in various fighting tournaments. What else do you want?

Black Widow

May 7

Some would charitably say it arrives a decade late, but Black Widow is finally getting her own movie. This is fairly remarkable considering she became street pizza in Avengers: Endgame, but this movie fits snugly between the events of Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War. It also promises to be the most pared down Marvel Studios movie since 2014’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and that’s a good thing.

In the film, Scarlett Johansson’s Natasha Romanoff is on the run after burning her bridges with the U.S. government and UN. This brings her back to the spy games she thought she’d escaped from her youth, and back in the orbit of her “sister” Yelena (Florence Pugh). Old wounds are ripped open, old Soviet foes, including David Harbour as the Red Guardian and Rachel Weisz as Nat and Yelena’s girlhood instructor, are revealed, and many a fight sequence with minimal CGI will be executed.

How’s that for a real start to Phase 4? Of course that’s still assuming this comes out before The Eternals after it was delayed, again, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Those Who Wish Me Dead

May 14

Taylor Sheridan is among the best writers in moviemaking right now. Having all but cornered the niche around modern Westerns, he’s responsible for the scripts for Hell or High Water, both Sicarios, and Wind River, the latter of which he also directed. He’s back in the director’s chair again for Those Who Wish Me Dead, which has been described as a “female-driven neo-Western” set in the Montana wilderness. It is there a teenager witnesses a murder, and he finds himself on the run from twin assassins, and in need of protection from a likely paranoid survivalist. The film stars Angelina Jolie, Jon Bernthal, Nicholas Hoult, Tyler Perry, Aidan Gillen, Jake Weber, and Finn Little.

Spiral

May 21

Chris Rock has co-written the story for a new take on the Saw franchise. Never thought we’d write those words! The fact that it also stars Rock, as well as Samuel L. Jackson, is likewise head-turning. It looks like they’re going for legitimate horror with Darren Lynn Bousman attached to direct after helming three of the Saw sequels, and its grisly pre-COVID trailer from last year.

Hopefully this will be better than most of the franchise that came before, and given the heavily David Fincher-influenced tone of the first trailer, we’re willing to cross our fingers and play this game.

Free Guy

May 21

What would you do if you discovered that you were just a background character in an open world video game—and that the game was soon about to go offline? That’s the premise of this existential sci-fi comedy from director Shawn Levy, best known for the Night at the Museum series and as an executive producer and director on Stranger Things. Ryan Reynolds stars as Guy, a bank teller who discovers that his life is not what he thought it was, and in fact isn’t even real—or is it? We’ve seen a preview of footage, so we’d suggest you think Truman Show, if Truman was trapped in Grand Theft Auto.

May 28

Just when you thought this never-say-die franchise had shown us everything it could possibly dream up, it ups the stakes one more time: the ninth entry in the Fast and Furious saga (excluding 2019’s Hobbs and Shaw) will reportedly take Dom Toretto (Vin Diesel) and his cohorts into space as they battle Dom’s long-lost brother Jakob (John Cena, making a long-overdue debut in this series). Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Chris “Ludacris” Bridges, Jordana Brewster, Helen Mirren, and Charlize Theron all also return, as does director Justin Lin, who took a two-film break from his signature series. Expect to see the required physics-defying stunts, logic-defying action and even more talk about “family” than usual.

Cruella

May 28

Since Disney has already made an animated 101 Dalmatians in 1961 and a live-action remake in 1996, it is apparently time to tell the story again Maleficent-style. Hence we now focus on the viewpoint of iconic villainess Cruella de Vil, played this time by Emma Stone. She’s joined in the movie by Emma Thompson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Mark Strong, with direction handled by Craig Gillespie (sort of a step down from 2017’s I, Tonya, if you ask us).

The story has been updated to the 1970s, but Cruella–now a fashion designer–still covets the fur of dogs for her creations. This is a Mouse House joint, so don’t expect it to get too dark, and don’t be completely surprised if it ends up as a premium on Disney+ in lieu of its already delayed theatrical release.

Infinite

May 28

This sci-fi yarn from director Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer) stars Mark Wahlberg as a man experiencing what he thinks are hallucinations, but which turn out to be memories from past lives. He soon learns that there is a secret society of people just like him, except that they have total recall of their past identities and have acted to change the course of history throughout the centuries.

Based on the novel The Reincarnationist Papers by D. Eric Maikranz, this was originally a post-Marvel vehicle for Chris Evans. He dropped out, and the combination of Fuqua and Wahlberg hints at something more action-oriented than the rather cerebral premise suggests. The film also stars Sophie Cookson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Dylan O’Brien.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

June 4

James Wan is already directing a new horror film this year so he’s stepping away from the directorial duties on the third film based on the paranormal investigations of Ed and Lorraine Warren (Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga). That task has fallen to Michael Chaves (The Curse of La Llorona), so expect plenty of the same Wan Universe touches: heavy atmosphere, superb use of sound, and shocking, eerie visuals.

Details are scarce, but the plot—like the other two Conjuring films—is taken from the true-life case of a man who went on trial for murder and said as his defense that he was possessed by a demon when he committed his crimes. That’s all we know for now, except that, intriguingly, Mitchell Hoog and Megan Ashley Brown have been cast as younger versions of the Warrens.

In the Heights

June 18

Lin-Manuel Miranda’s first Broadway hit musical gets the big screen treatment (by way of HBO Max) from director Jon M. Chu (Crazy Rich Asians). Set in Washington Heights over the course of a three-day heat wave, the plot and ensemble cast carry echoes of both Rent and Do the Right Thing. While a success on the stage—if not quite the cultural phenomenon that Miranda’s next show, Hamilton—it remains to be seen whether In the Heights can strike a chord with streaming audiences.

Luca

June 18

Continuing its current run of all-new, non-sequel original films started in 2020 with Onward and Soul, Pixar will unveil Luca this summer. Directed by Enrico Casarosa–making his feature debut after 18 years with the animation powerhouse–the film tells the story of a friendship between a human being and a sea monster (disguised as another human child) on the Italian Riviera. That’s about all we have on it for now, except that the cast includes Drake Bell and John Ratzenberger.

Pixar’s recent track record has included masterpieces like Inside Out, solid sequels like Toy Story 4, and shakier propositions like The Incredibles 2, but we don’t have any indication yet of what to expect from Luca.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

June 25

Can anyone honestly say that 2018’s Venom was a “good” movie? A batshit insane movie, yes, and perhaps even an entertaining one in its own nutty way, but good or not, it made nearly a billion bucks at the box office so here we are.

Tom Hardy will return to peel more scenery down with his teeth as both Eddie Brock and his fanged, towering alien symbiote while Woody Harrelson will fulfill his destiny and play Cletus Kasady, aka Carnage, the perfected hybrid of psychopathic serial killer and red pile of vicious alien goo. Let the carnage begin!

Top Gun: Maverick

July 2

It’s been 34 years since Tom Cruise first soared through the skies as hotshot pilot Pete “Maverick” Mitchell, and he’ll take to the air once more in a sequel that also features Val Kilmer, Jennifer Connelly, Miles Teller, Jon Hamm, and more. The flying and action sequences from director Joseph Kosinski (who worked with Cruise on Oblivion) will undoubtedly be first-rate, but the studio (Paramount) has to be nervous after seeing one nostalgia-based franchise after another (Blade Runner, Charlie’s Angels, Terminator, The Shining) crash and burn recently.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

July 10

With Shang-Chi, Marvel Studios hopes to do for Asian culture what the company did with the groundbreaking Black Panther nearly three years ago: create another superhero epic with a non-white lead and a mythology steeped in a non-Western culture. Simu Liu stars in the title role as the “master of kung fu,” who must do battle with the nefarious Ten Rings organization and its leader, the Mandarin (the “real” one, not the imposter from Iron Man 3, played here by the legendary Tony Leung). Director Destin Daniel Cretton (Just Mercy) will open up a whole new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe with this story and character, whose origins stretch back to 1973.

The Forever Purge

July 9

One day nearly eight years ago, you went to see a low-budget dystopian sci-fi/horror flick called The Purge, and the next thing you know, it’s 2021 and you’re getting ready to see the fifth and allegedly final entry in the series (which has also spawned a TV show). Written by creator James DeMonaco and directed by Everardo Gout, the film will once again focus on the title event, an annual 12-hour national bacchanal in which all crime, even murder, is legal. How this ends the story, and where and when it falls into the context of the rest of the films, remains a secret for now. Filming was completed back in February 2020, with the film’s release delayed from last summer by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Space Jam: A New Legacy

July 16

There are two types of folks when it comes to the original Space Jam of 1996: those who were between the ages of three and 11 when it came out, and everyone else. In one camp it is an unsightly relic of ‘90s cross-promotional cheese; in the other, it’s a sports movie classic. Luckily for kids today, NBA star LeBron James was 11 for most of ’96, and he’s bringing back the hoops and the Looney Tunes in Space Jam: A New Legacy.

The film will be among the many Warner Bros. pics premieres on HBO Max and in theaters this year, and it will see King James share above-the-title credits with Bugs Bunny. All is as it should be.

The Tomorrow War

July 23

An original IP attempting to be a summer blockbuster? As we live and breathe. The Tomorrow War marks director Chris McKay’s first foray into live-action after helming The Lego Batman Movie. The film stars Chris Pratt as a soldier from the past who’s been “drafted by scientists” to the present in order to fight off an alien invasion overwhelming our future’s military. One might ask why said scientists didn’t use their fancy-schmancy time traveling shenanigans to warn about the impending aliens, but here we are.

Jungle Cruise

July 30

Disney dips into its theme park rides again as a source for a movie, hoping that the Pirates of the Caribbean lightning will strike once more. This time it’s the famous Adventureland riverboat ride, which is free enough of a real narrative that one has to wonder why some five screenwriters (at least) worked on the movie’s script.

Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows) directs stars Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt down this particular river, as they battle wild animals and a competing expedition in their search for a tree with miraculous healing powers. The comic chemistry between Johnson and Blunt is key here, especially if they really can mimic Bogie and Hepburn in the similarly plotted The African Queen. If they can sell that, Disney might just have a new water-based franchise to replace their sinking Pirates ship.

The Green Knight

July 30

David Lowery, the singular director behind A Ghost Story and The Old Man & the Gun, helmed a fantasy adaptation of the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And his take on the material was apparently strong enough to entice A24 to produce it. Not much else is yet known about the film other than its cast, which includes Dev Patel, Alicia Vikander, Ralph Ineson, and Kate Dickie–and that it’s another casualty of COVID, with its 2020 release date being delayed last year. So this is one we’re definitely going to keep an eye on.

The Suicide Squad

August 6

Arguably the most high-profile of the WB films being transitioned to HBO Max, The Suicide Squad is James Gunn’s soft-reboot of the previous one-film franchise. It’s kind of funny WB went in that direction when the first movie generated more than $740 million, but when the reviews and word of mouth were that toxic… well, you get the guy who did Guardians of the Galaxy to fix things.

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Elements from the original movie are still here, most notably Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn and Viola Davis’ Amanda Waller, but the film promises to be weirder, meaner, and also sillier. The first points are proven by its expected R-rating, and the latter is underscored by its giant talking Great White Shark. Okay, we’ll bite.

Deep Water

August 13

Seedy erotic thrillers and neo noirs bathed in shadows and sex are largely considered a thing of the past—specifically 1980s and ‘90s Hollywood cinema. Maybe that’s why Deep Water hooked Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal) to direct. The throwback is based on a 1957 novel by the legendary Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley), and it pits a disenchanted married couple against each other, with the bored pair playing mind games that leave friends and acquaintances dead. That the couple in question is played by Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, who’ve since become a real life item, will probably get plenty of attention close to release.

Respect

August 13

Respect is the long-awaited biopic of the legendary Aretha Franklin, with the Queen of Soul herself involved in its development for years until her death in August 2018. Authorized biopics always make one wonder how accurate the film will be, but then again, Aretha had nothing to be ashamed of. Hers was a life well-lived, her voice almost beyond human comprehension, and the only thing now is to see whether star Jennifer Hudson (Franklin’s personal choice) and director Liesl Tommy (making her feature debut) can do the Queen justice.

The King’s Man

August 20

This might be a weird thing to say: but has World War I ever seemed so stylish? It is with Matthew Vaughn at the helm.

An origin story of sorts for the organization that gave us Colin Firth and the umbrella, The King’s Man is a father and son yarn where Ralph Fiennes’ Duke of Oxford is reluctant about his son Conrad (Harris Dickinson) joining the war effort. But they’ll both be up to it as the Duke launches an intelligence gathering agency independent from any government. It also includes Gemma Arterton, Matthew Goode, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson as charter members.

Oh, and did we mention they fight Rasputin?

Candyman

August 27

In some ways it’s surprising that it’s taken this long—28 years, notwithstanding a couple of sequels—to seriously revisit the original Candyman. Director Bernard Rose’s original adaptation of the Clive Baker story, “The Forbidden,” is still relevant and effective today. Back then, the film touched on urban legends, poverty, and segregation: themes that are still ripe for exploration through a genre touchstone today.

After her breathtaking feature directorial debut, Little Woods, Nia DaCosta helmed this bloody reboot while working from a screenplay co-written by Jordan Peele (Get Out). That’s a powerful combination, even before news came down DaCosta was helming Captain Marvel 2. And with an actor on-the-cusp of mega-stardom, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, picking up Tony Todd’s gnarly hook, this is one to watch out for.

The Beatles: Get Back

August 27

Peter Jackson seems to enjoy making films about what inspired him in his youth: The Lord of the Rings, King Kong, his grandfather’s World War I service informing They Shall Not Grow Old. So perhaps it was inevitable he’d make a film about the greatest youth icon of his generation, the Beatles. In truth, The Beatles: Get Back is a challenge to a previous documentary named Let It Be, and the general pop culture image it painted.

That 1970 doc by Michael Lindsay-Hogg zeroed in on the band’s final released album, Let It Be (although it was recorded before Abbey Road). Now, using previously unseen footage, Jackson seeks to challenge the narrative that the album was created entirely from a place of animosity among the bandmates, or that the Beatles had long lost their camaraderie by the end of road. Embracing the original title of the album, “Get Back,” Jackson wants to get back to where he thinks the band’s image once belonged.

Resident Evil

September 3

Let’s try that again. As one of the most popular video game franchises of all-time, the original handful of Resident Evil games appeared ready made for adaptation. Visibly inspired by cult classic zombie movies from George Romero, Resident Evil once even had Romero attached. Instead we got the deafeningly dull Paul W.S. Anderson franchise starring Milla Jovovich. And those decade-spanning monstrosities lacked something any self-respecting zombie film needs: brains.

Now Resident Evil is back in a reboot helmed by writer-director Johannes Roberts. And he’s off to a promising start by apparently focusing on the plots of the first several video games in the series. The cast includes Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield, Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield, Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy, and Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker. So far so good. Fingers crossed.

A Quiet Place Part II

September 17

The sequel to one of 2018’s biggest surprises, A Quiet Place Part II comes with major expectations. And few may hold it to a higher standard than writer-director John Krasinski. Despite (spoiler) the death of his character in the first film, Krasinski returns behind the camera for the sequel after saying he wouldn’t. The story he came up with apparently was too good to pass up.

The film again stars Emily Blunt as the often silenced mother of a vulnerable family, which includes son Marcus (Noah Jupe) and deaf daughter Regan (Millicent Simmonds). However, now that they know how to kill the eagle-eared alien monsters who’ve taken over their planet, the cast has grown to include Cillian Murphy and Djimon Hounsou. While the film has been delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak, trust us that it’ll be worth the wait. Is it finally time for… resistance?

Death on the Nile

September 17

Murder on the Orient Express (2017) became a surprise hit for director and star Kenneth Branagh. Who knew that audiences would still be interested in an 83-year-old mystery novel about an eccentric Belgian detective with one hell of a mustache? Luckily, Agatha Christie featured Poirot in some 32 other novels, of which Death on the Nile is one of the most famous, so here we are.

Branagh once again directs and stars as Poirot, this time investigating a murder aboard a steamer sailing down Egypt’s famous river. The cast includes Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer, Letitia Wright, Tom Bateman, Ali Fazal, Annette Bening, Rose Leslie, and Russell Brand. Expect more lavish locales, scandalous revelations, the firing of a pistol or two, and, yes, more shots of that stunning Poirot facial hair.

The Many Saints of Newark

September 24

The idea of a prequel to anything always fills us with trepidation, and re-opening a nearly perfect property like The Sopranos makes the prospect even less appetizing. But Sopranos creator David Chase has apparently wanted to explore the back history of his iconic crime family for some time, and there certainly seems to be a rich tapestry of characters and events that have only been hinted at in the series.

Directed by series veteran Alan Taylor (Thor: The Dark World), The Many Saints of Newark stars Alessandro Nivola as Dickie Moltisanti (Christopher’s father), along with Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Corey Stoll, Ray Liotta, and others. But the most fascinating casting is that of Michael Gandolfini—James’ son—as the younger version of the character with which his late dad made pop culture history. For that alone, we’ll be there on opening night… even if that just means HBO Max!

Dune

October 1

Could third time be the charm for Frank Herbert’s complex novel of the far future, long acknowledged as one of the greatest—if most difficult to read—milestones in all of science fiction? David Lynch’s 1984 version was, to be charitable, an honorable mess, while the 2000 Sci-Fi Channel miniseries was decent and faithful, but limited in scope. Now director Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049, Arrival) is pulling out all the stops—even breaking the story into two movies to give the proper space.

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On the surface, the plot is simple: as galactic powers vie for control of the only planet that produces a substance capable of allowing interstellar flight, a young messiah emerges to lead that planet’s people to freedom. But this tale is dense with multiple layers of politics, metaphysics, mysticism, and hard science.

Villeneuve has assembled a jaw-dropping cast, including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Zendaya, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem, and if he pulls this off, just hand him every sci-fi novel ever written. Particularly, if relations between the director and WB remain strained…

No Time to Die

October 8

Nothing lasts forever, and the Daniel Craig era of James Bond is coming to an end… hopefully in 2021. In fact, delays notwithstanding, it’s a bit of a surprise Craig is getting an official swan song with this movie after the star said he’d rather “slash his wrists” before doing another one. Well, we’re glad he didn’t, just as we’re hopeful for his final installment in the tuxedo.

Director Cary Joji Fukunaga is a newcomer to the franchise, but that might be a good thing after how tired Spectre felt, and Fukunaga has done sterling work in the past on True Detective and Maniac. He also looks to bring the curtain down on the whole Craig oeuvre by picking up on the last movie’s lingering threads, such as 007 driving off into the sunset with Léa Seydoux’s Madeleine Swann, while introducing new ones that include Rami Malek as Bond villain Safin and Ana de Armas as new Bond girl Paloma. Yay for the Knives Out reunion!

Halloween Kills

October 15

2018’s outstanding reboot of the long-running horror franchise—which saw David Gordon Green (Stronger) direct Jamie Lee Curtis in a reprise of her most famous role—was a tremendous hit. So in classic Halloween fashion, two more sequels were put into production (the second, Halloween Ends, will be out in 2022… hopefully).

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Curtis is back as Laurie Strode, along with Judy Greer as her daughter, Andi Matichak as her granddaughter, and Nick Castle sharing Michael Myers duties with James Jude Courtney. Kyle Richards and Charles Cyphers, meanwhile, will reprise their roles as Lindsey Wallace and former sheriff Leigh Brackett from the original 1978 Halloween (Anthony Michael Hall will play the adult version of Tommy Doyle). The plot remains a mystery, but we’re pretty sure it will involve yet another confrontation between Laurie and a rampaging Myers.

The Last Duel

October 15

What was once among the most anticipated films of 2020, The Last Duel is the historical epic prestige project marked by reunions: Ridley Scott returns to his passion for period drama and violence; Matt Damon and Ben Affleck work together for the first time in ages as both actors and writers; and the film also unites each with themes that were just as potent in the medieval world as today: One knight (Damon) in King Charles VI’s court accuses another who’s his best friend (Adam Driver) of raping his wife (Jodie Comer). Oh, and Affleck plays the King of France.

With obviously harrowing—and uncomfortable—themes that resonate today, The Last Duel is based on an actual trial by combat from the 14th century, and is a film Affleck and Damon co-wrote with Nicole Holofcener (Can You Ever Forgive Me?). It’s strong material, and could prove to be one of the year’s most riveting or misjudged films. Until then, it has our full attention.

Last Night in Soho

October 22

Fresh off the success of 2017’s Baby Driver (his biggest commercial hit to date), iconoclastic British director Edgar Wright returns with what is described as a psychological and possibly time-bending horror thriller set in London. Whether this features Wright’s trademark self-aware humor remains to be seen, but since the film is said to be inspired by dread-inducing genre classics like Repulsion and Don’t Look Now, he might be going for a different effect this time.

The cast, of course, is outstanding: upstarts Anya Taylor-Joy (Queen’s Gambit) and Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit) will face off with Matt Smith (Doctor Who), and British legends Diana Rigg and Terence Stamp. And the truth is we’re never going to miss one of Wright’s movies. Taylor-Joy talked to us here about finding her 1960s lounge singer voice for the film.

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

October 22

While the idea of a Hasbro Movie Universe seems to be kind of idling at the moment, corners of that hypothetical cinematic empire remain active. One such brand is G.I. Joe, which will launch its first spin-off in this origin story of one of the team’s most popular characters. Much of his early background remains mysterious, so there’s room to create a fairly original story while incorporating lore and characters already established in the G.I. Joe mythos.

Neither of the previous G.I. Joe features (The Rise of Cobra and Retaliation) have been much good, so we can probably expect the same level of quality from this one. Director Robert Schwentke (the last two Divergent movies) doesn’t inspire much excitement either. On the other hand, Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) will star in the title role, and having Iko Uwais (The Raid) and Samara Weaving (Ready or Not) on board isn’t too bad either.

Antlers

October 29

Dramatic director Scott Cooper (Crazy Heart, Hostiles) is doing a horror movie. As we live and breathe. And he’s doing it with a huge boost of confidence from Guillermo del Toro, who has opted to produce the movie. Antlers is the tale of two adult brothers, one a teacher and the other a sheriff, getting wrapped up in a supernatural quagmire that involves a young student and a “dangerous secret.” And with a cast that includes Jesse Plemons, Keri Russell, and Graham Greene, we are very intrigued… even if we must wait once again due to a coronavirus delay.

Eternals

November 5

Based on a Marvel Comics series by the legendary Jack Kirby, the now long-forthcoming Eternals centers around an ancient race of powerful beings who must protect the Earth against their destructive counterparts (and genetic cousins), the Deviants. Director Chloe Zhao (fresh off the awards season buzzy Nomadland) takes her first swing at epic studio filmmaking, working with a cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Gemma Chan, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, Richard Madden, Brian Tyree Henry, and more.

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In many ways, Eternals represents another huge creative risk for Marvel Studios: It’s a big, cosmic ensemble film introducing an ensemble that the vast majority of the public has never heard of. But then, it’s sort of in the same position as Guardians of the Galaxy from way back in 2014, and we all know what happened there.

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

November 11

With the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot criticized (fairly) for its lack of imagination and castigated (unfairly as hell) for its all-female ghost-hunting crew, director Jason Reitman–finally cashing in on the family name by returning to the brand his dad Ivan directed to glory in 1984–has crafted a direct sequel to the original films.

Set 30 years later, Afterlife follows a family who move to a small town only to discover that they have a long-secret connection to the OG Ghostbusters. Carrie Coon (The Leftovers), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger Things) and Paul Rudd (Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania) star alongside charter cast members Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Annie Potts, and, yes, Bill Murray.

King Richard

November 19

Will Smith’s King Richard promises to be a different kind of biographical film coming down the pipe. Rather than being told from the vantage of professional tennis playing stars Venus and Serena Williams, King Richard centers on their father and coach, Richard Williams. It’s an interesting choice to focus on the male father instead of the game-changing Black daughters, but we’ll see if there’s a strong creative reason for the approach soon enough. The film is directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men, Joe Bell).

Mission: Impossible 7

November 19

Once upon a time, the appeal of the Mission: Impossible movies was to see different directors offer their own take on Tom Cruise running through death-defying stunts. But then Christopher McQuarrie had to come along and make the best one in franchise history (twice). First there was Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and then Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Now McQuarrie and company have set up their own separate quartet of films with recurring original characters like new franchise MVP Ilsa Faust (Rebecca Ferguson) across four films.

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Thus enters M:I7, the third McQuarrie joint in the series and first half of a pair of incoming sequels filmed together. The first-half of this two-parter sees the whole crew back together, including Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, Ilsa, Benji (Simon Pegg), Luther (Ving Rhames), and CIA Director Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett). They’re also being joined by Hayley Atwell and Pom Klementieff, but really we’re all just eager to see what kind of insane stunts they can do to top the HALO jump in the last one.

Nightmare Alley

December 3

Director Guillermo del Toro is finally back with a film which was originally intended for release in 2020. But like so many others, Nightmare Alley saw its production frozen due to the coronavirus. Del Toro’s first film since winning the Best Picture Oscar for The Shape of Water, Nightmare adapts William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name. With a script by Kim Morgan and del Toro, it tracks a mid-20th century carny played by Bradley Cooper who is also a silver-tongued grifter. But his con meets its match (and is then outclassed) by his chance encounter with a psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett). They’ll make a hell of a team.

West Side Story

December 10

Steven Spielberg has just two remakes on his directorial resume: Always (1989) and War of the Worlds (2005). While the former is mostly forgotten and the latter was an adaptation of a story that has been filmed many times, his upcoming reimagining of West Side Story will undoubtedly be directly compared to Robert Wise’s iconic 1961 screen version of this classic musical.

A few numbers in previous films aside, Spielberg has never directed a full-blown musical before, let alone one associated with such powerhouse songs and dance numbers. His version, with a script by Tony Kushner, is said to stay closer to the original Broadway show than the 1961 film—but with its themes of love struggling to cross divides created by hate and bigotry, don’t be surprised if it’s just as hard-hitting in 2021. Certainly would’ve devastated last year….

Spider-Man 3

December 17

Sony has finally gotten to a “Spider-Man 3” again in their oft-rebooted franchise crown jewel (technically though this film is still untitled). That proved to be a stumbling block the first time it occurred with Tobey Maguire in the red and blues, but the company seems undaunted since Tom Holland’s third outing is expected to bring Maguire back—him and just about everyone else too.

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Spider-Man 3 Adds Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange

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With a multiverse plot ripped straight from the arguably best Spidey movie ever, 2018’s Into the Spider-Verse, Holland’s third outing is bringing back Maguire, Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man, Alfred Molina as Doc Ock, Jamie Foxx as Electro (eh), and probably more. It’s a Spidey crossover extravaganza that’s only missing a Spider-Ham. But just you wait…

The Matrix 4

December 22

Rebooting or continuing The Matrix series has always been a tough proposition. While the original Matrix film is one of the landmark achievements in science fiction and early digital effects filmmaking in the 1990s, its sequels were… less celebrated. In fact, directors Lily and Lana Wachowski were publicly wary about the idea of ever going back to the series. And yet, here we are with Lana (alone) helming a project that’s been a longtime priority for Warner Bros.

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The Matrix 4 also brings back Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jada Pinkett Smith. This is curious since Reeves and Moss’ characters died at the end of the Matrix trilogy—and also because Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus did not, yet he wasn’t asked back. We cannot say we’re thrilled about the prospect of more adventures in Zion after the disappointment of the first two sequels, but we’d be lying if we didn’t admit we’re still curious to see the story that brought Lana back to this future.

The French Dispatch

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Wes Anderson has a new film coming out. Better still, it is another live-action film. While Anderson’s use of animation is singular, it’s been seven years since The Grand Budapest Hotel, which we maintain is one of the best movies of the last decade. Anderson is working with Timothée Chalamet and Cristoph Waltz for the first time with this film, as well as several familiar faces including Saoirse Ronan, Willem Dafoe, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Adrien Brody, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, and, of course, Bill Murray.

The French Dispatch is set deep in the 20th century during the peak of modern journalism, it brings to life a series of fictional stories in a fictional magazine, published in a fictional French city. We suspect though, if Anderson’s last two live-action movies are any indication, it’ll have more than fiction on its mind–especially since it’s inspired by actual New Yorker stories, and the journalists who wrote them! We missed it in 2020, so here’s hoping it really does go to print in 2021!

Other interesting movies that may come out in 2021 but do not yet have release dates: Next Goal Wins, Don’t Worry Darling, Blonde, The Northman, Resident Evil, Red Notice, Army of the Dead.

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Little Women: All the Main Actors and Where You've Seen Them Before

You could say there have been several Little Women adaptations in film and television, and that'd still probably be an understatement. However, there's no hiding our excitement for the new film that's set to come out later this year, in December 2019.

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Directed by Greta Gerwig (director of Lady Bird (2017)), we're more than stoked for this stacked cast and incredibly classic tale. So who will be playing these iconic characters? We thought you should probably know all of the famous faces behind the foursome of sisters, the parents, and the lover boy. So without further ado, here all of the actors and actresses in the new film, and where you've seen them before.

8 Emma Watson

We'll start off easy, with the beautiful and brilliant Emma Watson. You may recognize this stunning face, and it's likely from the Harry Potter series where she plays Hermione Granger. However, this fierce woman was also Belle in the new live-action of Beauty and the Beast, and played the main gal, Sam, in The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

Emma definitely isn't new to the big screen, and she certainly has more credits to share, but these are our personal favorites that you should check out in preparation for this film. We're excited for her to bring her expertise to the character of one of the four sisters, Meg March.

7 Florence Pugh

This young woman is relatively new to the big screen, and her first break-out role actually also came this year, when she starred in Midsommar as Dani. This was her first main role, and critics have had nothing but praise for her stunning performance.

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She's been in a few things here and there, but this promising actress will definitely continue to make waves after her role as another one of the sisters, Amy March, in this new film.

6 Laura Dern

Laura Dern is an expert actress, to be quite frank, and we can't wait to see her embody the character of the mother of these four wild gals, Marmee March. You'll probably remember a younger Laura Dern for her starring role in the Jurassic Park franchise, where she played Ellie.

However, if you're not a dinosaur fan, you can find this bombshell in The Fault in Our Stars as Hazel's mom, or as the brilliant and fiery Renata Klein in HBO's Big Little Lies. Oh yeah, she's also in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Is there anything this woman can't do?

5 Timothée Chalamet

Honestly, Timothée Chalamet is probably one of the fastest-growing actors of this decade. He took the 2018 Oscars by storm for Lady Bird (where he was directed by Greta Gerwig) and Call Me By Your Name, even receiving a nomination for the latter. In 2019, he received a Golden Globe nominee for Beautiful Boy, where he starred alongside Steve Carell.

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While he's officially making waves in Hollywood, this heartthrob has been hitting the big screen since 2014, and we cannot wait to see what he does with the character of Theodore Laurence, Jo's main squeeze. If you love him as much as we do, you can also find him in the upcoming Netflix film The King.

4 Meryl Streep

We probably don't have to tell you who Meryl Streep is, but we're still excited to see her playing Aunt March. This experienced actress has three Academy Awards to her name, for The Iron Lady (2011), Sophie's Choice (1982), and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).

Her latest nomination was for The Post (2017), where she starred alongside Tom Hanks. However, her acting career is far from over, and we could spend all day listing her acting credits. So, we'll just say you can also find her in the second season of Big Little Lies (alongside Laura Dern!) where she plays the fierce and manipulative mother-in-law of Nicole Kidman's character. You know all her other films, right? Right.

3 Eliza Scanlen

This young, Aussie actress is definitely new to the big screen, and she only has a few acting credits under her belt. However, you might, in fact, recognize her as Amma Crellin from Sharp Objects, where she appears in all 8 episodes of the mini-series alongside Amy Adams.

RELATED: 5 Meryl Streep Movies We Wish Had A Sequel (& 5 That Are Perfect On Their Own)

She'll be playing the younger sister, Beth March, in this Little Women remake, and we're sure this young actresses's career will take off from there.

2 Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

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This writer, actor, and producer will be playing Mr. March. As a writer, Odenkirk is the mastermind behind many of your favorite talk-shows, including Saturday Night Live, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the Jenny McCarthy Show.

On the other side of the camera, you might recognize this man from Breaking Bad (as Saul Goodman), Fargo (as Bill Oswalt), Better Call Saul (as Jimmy McGill), or even alongside Meryl Streep in The Post (2017). This guy is definitely no newbie, and we expect he has a lot to offer to this incredible role.

1 Saoirse Ronan

Saoirse is another one of our absolutely favorite upcoming and young actresses of this generation. Born to Irish parents, this hilarious and relatable woman slays us on AND off the big screen. She'll be our leading lady (and main sister), Jo March, in this new film. Where have you seen her before? She starred in Brooklyn in 2015, which was arguably her break-out role in Hollywood.

She also found herself at the 2018 Oscars alongside her main squeeze of this film, Timothée Chalamet, when she played the main role in Lady Bird. (Therefore, this actress has also been directed by Greta Gerwig before. Clearly, Gerwig loved these two.) Most recently, however, this brilliant woman starred alongside Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots. Honestly, all of these films are critically acclaimed, and you should DEFINITELY watch every single one of them.

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Alex Trebek returns to ‘Jeopardy’ after completing chemo for stage 4 pancreatic cancer

We’ll take “Resilient Canadians” for $800, Alex.

79-year-old Alex Trebek is again in motion on set of “Jeopardy” six months after studying he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Trebek’s go back to paintings comes at the heels of completing a number of rounds of chemotherapy.

“I’ve gone through a lot of chemotherapy, and thankfully that is now over,” he says in a behind-the-scenes video posted Thursday afternoon. “I’m on the mend, and that’s all I can hope for right now.”

“Let me tell you, it’s going to be a good year,” Trebek provides within the video clip.

Chemo has been bodily and emotionally painful, he admitted previous this 12 months, acknowledging on “Good Morning America” that he is struggled to push thru bouts of melancholy.

“I’ve had kidney stones, I’ve had ruptured discs, so I’m used to dealing with pain, but what I’m not used to dealing with is the surges that come on suddenly of deep, deep sadness,” he advised Robin Roberts. “And it brings tears to my eyes.”

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HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 04: TV character Alex Trebek (L) and Jean Currivan Trebek attend the 43rd AFI Life Achievement Award Gala honoring Steve Martin at Dolby Theatre on June 4, 2015 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by way of Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI)

BURBANK, CA – APRIL 26: TV character Alex Trebek (L) and Jean Currivan Trebek attend The 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards at Warner Bros. Studios on April 26, 2015 in Burbank, California. (Photo by way of Michael Buckner/Getty Images for NATAS)

LOS ANGELES, CA – NOVEMBER 12: TV host Alex Trebek (L) and Jean Currivan Trebek attend the celebratory dinner after the particular tribute to Sophia Loren all through the AFI FEST 2014 introduced by way of Audi at Dolby Theatre on November 12, 2014 in Hollywood, California. on November 12, 2014 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by way of Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI)

HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 05: Jean Trebek (L) and TV character Alex Trebek attend the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda on the Dolby Theatre on June five, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Tribute display airing Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT on TNT. (Photo by way of Michael Buckner/WireImage)

HOLLYWOOD, CA – JUNE 04: TV character Alex Trebek (L) and Jean Trebek attend the 2014 AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Jane Fonda on the Dolby Theatre on June five, 2014 in Hollywood, California. Tribute display airing Saturday, June 14, 2014 at 9pm ET/PT on TNT. (Photo by way of Kevin Winter/WireImage)

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – APRIL 25: TV character Alex Trebek (R) and Jean Trebek arrive on the Jonsson Cancer Center Foundation’s 19th Annual ‘Taste For A Cure’ at Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel on April 25, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by way of Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

LAS VEGAS, NV – JUNE 19: Alex Trebek (R) and Jean Currivan Trebek arrive on the 38th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards held on the Las Vegas Hilton on June 19, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by way of David Becker/Getty Images)

Alex Trebek and spouse Jean Currivan attend Hollywood Stars Night Thoroughbred Horse Race on June 22, 1990 at Hollywood Park in Hollywood, California. (Photo by way of Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

Alex Trebek and spouse Jean Currivan attend the hole of ‘Jackie Mason – Brand New’ on May 30, 1990 on the Henry Fonda Theater in Hollywood, California. (Photo by way of Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage)

Alex Trebek and Jean Currivan all through The 49th Annual Thalians Ball at Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by way of John Heller/WireImage)

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In overdue May, just about 3 months after sharing information of his analysis, lovers had been thrilled to be informed that Trebek was once already “near remission”: “Some of the tumors have already shrunk by more than fifty percent,” he advised People.

A month later, in June, Trebek won a status ovation when he walked onstage to provide on the NHL Awards.

The longtime TV character has confirmed inspirational for different cancer sufferers around the globe who’re struggling with sicknesses with low survival charges. After listening to from a fan whose mom may be struggling with pancreatic cancer, he despatched a handwritten message within the mail: “Karen, Let’s you and I make a decision that we each are going to be cancer survivors. Stay sure! All the most efficient.”

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Il materiale di origine: Matt Baron / Oscar Isaac at AFI Fest opening night gala premiere of “A Most Violent Year” at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, CA. (6th November, 2014) #myedit

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1963 Ieri, oggi, domani (1963) Also Known As (AKA) Argentina Ayer, hoy y mañana Belgium (Flemish title) Gisteren, vandaag en morgen Bulgaria (Bulgarian title) Вчера, днес, утре Brazil Ontem, Hoje e Amanhã Colombia Ayer, hoy y mañana Denmark Igår og idag og imorgen Spain Ayer, hoy y mañana Finland Eilen, tänään, huomenna Finland (Swedish title) I går, i dag och i morgon France Hier, aujourd'hui et demain Georgia Gushin, Dges, Khval Greece (transliterated) Hthes, simera, avrio Greece Χθες, σήμερα, αύριο Hungary Tegnap, ma, holnap Italy (alternative spelling) Ieri oggi domani Italy (poster title) Ieri, oggi, domani Japan Kinô, kyô, ashita Mexico Ayer, hoy y mañana Norway I går, i dag og i morgen Poland Wczoraj, dzis, jutro Portugal Ontem, Hoje e Amanhã Serbia Juče, danas i sutra Sweden I går, i dag, i morgon Soviet Union (Russian title) Вчера, сегодня, завтра Turkey (Turkish title) Dün, bugün, yarin West Germany Gestern, heute und morgen World-wide (English title) Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Directed by Vittorio De Sica Music by Armando Trovajoli Release Dates Italy 21 December 1963 UK 1964 USA 17 March 1964 Sweden 24 April 1964 France 15 May 1964 Argentina 21 May 1964 Japan 1 June 1964 West Germany 19 August 1964 Denmark 7 September 1964 Mexico 8 October 1964 Belgium 23 October 1964 (Gent) Colombia 11 February 1965 Hungary 22 June 1967 Finland 7 February 1969 Spain 29 March 1975 France 12 August 2009 (re-release) USA 10 November 2014 (AFI Fest) Writing Credits Eduardo De Filippo ... (story) (segment "Adelina") and Eduardo de Filippo ... (screenplay) (segment "Adelina") & Isabella Quarantotti ... (screenplay) (segment "Adelina") Alberto Moravia ... (novel) (segment "Anna") and Cesare Zavattini ... (screenplay) (segment "Anna") & Bella Billa ... (screenplay) (segment "Anna") & Lorenza Zanuso ... (screenplay) (segment "Anna") Cesare Zavattini ... (story) (segment "Mara") and Cesare Zavattini ... (screenplay) (segment "Mara") technical specifications Runtime 1 hr 58 min (118 min) (Argentina & France) 1 hr 57 min (117 min) (Netherlands) 1 hr 59 min (119 min) (USA) Cast Sophia Loren Sophia Loren ... Adelina Sbaratti / Anna Molteni / Mara Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Mastroianni ... Carmine Sbaratti / Renzo / Augusto Rusconi Aldo Giuffré Aldo Giuffré ... Pasquale Nardella (segment "Adelina") Agostino Salvietti Agostino Salvietti ... Dr. Verace (segment "Adelina") Lino Mattera Lino Mattera ... Amedeo Scapece (segment "Adelina") Tecla Scarano Tecla Scarano ... Verace's sister (segment "Adelina") SILVIA MONELLI: ... Elivira Nardella (segment "Adelina") Carlo Croccolo Carlo Croccolo ... Auctioneer (segment "Adelina") Pasquale Cennamo Pasquale Cennamo ... Chief Police (segment "Adelina") Tonino Cianci Tonino Cianci ... (segment "Adelina") (as Antonio Cianci) Armando Trovajoli Armando Trovajoli ... Giorgio Ferrario (segment "Anna") Tina Pica Tina Pica ... Grandmother Ferrario (segment "Mara") Gianni Ridolfi Gianni Ridolfi ... Umberto (segment "Mara") (as Giovanni Ridolfi) Gennaro Di Gregorio Gennaro Di Gregorio ... Grandfather (segment "Mara")

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Upcoming Must-See Movies in 2021

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Sure, theaters were technically open in some places last fall, but the moviegoing season has largely remained dormant since March 2020. Yet given good news about vaccines starting to become available, and an absolutely stacked 2021 movie release calendar, we have reasons to be cautiously optimistic.

The Little Things

January 29

One of the year’s earliest high profile releases is also the first of WB’s film slate on HBO Max. The Little Things is a serial killer thriller in the old school mold. It also boasts a brutally talented cast that includes Denzel Washington and Rami Malek as the detectives, and Jared Leto as the killer. As the latest movie from John Lee Hancock (The Founder, The Alamo), this looks like the type of star-led seediness that used to dominate the multiplex.

Maclolm and Marie

February 5

Assassination Nation writer-director Sam Levinson returns for a decidedly stripped down and intimate character study about two people on the threshold of their lives changing–and perhaps splitting apart. With Zendaya and John David Washington in roles unlike anything we’ve seen the pair in before, they play a couple returning home after the premiere of Malcolm’s (Washington) first movie. He’s on the cusp of life-changing success as a director, but when confronted by Marie about past secrets and hard truths… the night takes a turn.

Judas and the Black Messiah

February 12

Minari

February 12

Nomadland

February 19

I Care a Lot

February 19

The Father

February 26

Chaos Walking

March 5

Raya and the Last Dragon

March 5

Disney Animation has been nearly invincible in recent years with other hits like Moana and Zootopia, so watch for this one to be another major hit for the Mouse.

Coming 2 America

March 5

The King’s Man

March 12

This might be a weird thing to say: but has World War I ever seemed so stylish? It is with Matthew Vaughn at the helm.

Oh, and did we mention they fight Rasputin?

Godzilla vs. Kong

March 26

It’ll probably be better than the original, right? And hey with its HBO Max rollout, questions of a poor box office run sure are conveniently mooted!

No Time to Die

April 2

Mortal Kombat

April 16

The plot? Who knows! But we’re guessing it will feature gods, demons, and warriors battling for control of the 18 realms in various fighting tournaments. What else do you want?

A Quiet Place Part II

April 23

Last Night in Soho

April 23

Black Widow

May 7

How’s that for a real start to Phase 4? Of course that’s still assuming this comes out before The Eternals after it was delayed, again, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Spiral

May 21

Free Guy

May 21

May 28

Cruella

May 28

Infinite

May 28

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

June 4

Ghostbusters: Afterlife

June 11

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The Greatest Movie Sequels Never Made

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In the Heights

June 18

Luca

June 18

Venom: Let There Be Carnage

June 25

Top Gun: Maverick

July 2

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

July 10

The Forever Purge

July 9

Space Jam: A New Legacy

July 16

The film will be among the many Warner Bros. pics premieres on HBO Max and in theaters this year, and it will see King James share above-the-title credits with Bugs Bunny. All is as it should be.

Uncharted

July 16

An Uncharted movie has been a long time coming. How long you might ask? Well, when the idea of an Uncharted movie first started getting bandied around Hollywood, the earliest game in the series just launched to rave reviews in the PlayStation 3’s first year. We’re now on PlayStation 5(!), and Mark Wahlberg has gone from angling to play young hero Nathan Drake to starring his wisecracking sidekick, Victor “Sully” Sullivan.

Still, we’re here with an Uncharted movie finally in the can. Directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Venom), the video game movie stars everyone’s favorite web-head, Tom Holland, as Drake, a pseudo-modern day Indiana Jones. Whether it lives up to that older franchise’s storied legacy remains to be seen (especially given its gaming roots), but one thing’s for sure, Holland will get to show off more gymnast skill thanks to Uncharted’s famous parkour iconography.

The Tomorrow War

July 23

Jungle Cruise

July 30

The Green Knight

July 30

The Suicide Squad

August 6

Peacemaker: Suicide Squad Spinoff With John Cena Coming to HBO Max

By Mike Cecchini

Movies

The Suicide Squad Trailer Promises James Gunn’s “1970s War Movie”

By David Crow

Deep Water

August 13

Respect

August 13

Candyman

August 27

The Beatles: Get Back

August 27

Death on the Nile

September 17

The Many Saints of Newark

September 24

Dune

October 1

Movies

Dune Trailer Breakdown and Analysis

By Mike Cecchini

Movies

What Alejandro Jodorowsky Thinks of the New Dune Trailer

By Mike Cecchini and 1 other

Morbius

October 8

Following the monstrous (pun intended) success of Venom, Sony Pictures is making its second attempt to mine Spider-Man’s universe of villains with the dark tale of Dr. Michael Morbius (Jared Leto), whose efforts to cure himself of a fatal blood disease turn him instead into a blood-drinking anti-hero. Morbius has been lurking around the Marvel Comics canon since 1971, often either sparring or teaming with Spidey, and it remains uncertain whether he’s got the cache to carry a movie on his own. In addition, can Leto wash away the bad taste left behind by his tattooed and grilled Joker in Suicide Squad?

Halloween Kills

October 15

Movies

Halloween: A Legacy Unmasked

By David Crow

Movies

How Jason Blum Changed Horror Movies

By Rosie Fletcher

The Last Duel

October 15

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

October 22

Eternals

November 5

Movies

Upcoming Marvel Movies Release Dates: MCU Phase 4 Schedule, Cast, and Story Details

By Mike Cecchini and 1 other

Movies

The Incredible Hulk’s Diminished Legacy in the Marvel Cinematic Universe

By Gavin Jasper

Elvis

November 5

Obviously we’ve all seen musical biopics before—too many after Walk Hard broke the formula down—but Elvis promises to be something different. A new passion project from Baz Luhrmann, the filmmaker behind Moulin Rouge!, Romeo + Juliet, and The Great Gatsby, Elvis is expected to be a radically stylized account of Elvis Presley’s rise to all shook up fame. With an impressive cast that includes Tom Hanks as manager “Colonel” Tom Parker and Kelvin Harrison Jr. as B.B. King, and with up-and-comer Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll himself, it should be a hell of a show.

King Richard

November 19

Mission: Impossible 7

November 19

Movies

Audio Surfaces of Tom Cruise Raging on the Set of Mission: Impossible 7

By Kirsten Howard

Movies

Mission: Impossible 7 – What’s Next for the Franchise?

By David Crow

West Side Story

December 10

Spider-Man 3

December 17

Movies

Spider-Man 3: Charlie Cox Daredevil Return Would Redeem the Marvel Netflix Universe

By Joseph Baxter

Movies

Spider-Man 3 Adds Benedict Cumberbatch’s Doctor Strange

By Joseph Baxter

The Matrix 4

December 22

Movies

The Matrix 4: Laurence Fishburne “Wasn’t Invited” to Reprise Morpheus Role

By John Saavedra

Movies

The Matrix 4 Already Happened: Revisiting The Matrix Online

By John Saavedra

The French Dispatch

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Other interesting movies that may come out in 2021 but do not yet have release dates: Next Goal Wins, Don’t Worry Darling, Nightmare Alley, Antlers, Blonde, The Northman, Resident Evil, Red Notice, Those Who Wish Me Dead, Army of the Dead.

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The Time I Cried at Riot Fest: by Nakul Agrawal

Words by Nakul Agrawal, musician at Palliate. Photo of Taking Back Sunday by Greg Hunter.

In September of 2014, I drove 800 miles with my four best friends to attend my first multi-day festival: Riot Fest in Chicago. I remembered looking in awe at the lineup for the previous year: Fall Out Boy, blink-182, AFI and Taking Back Sunday all in one place?! 2014 was shaping up to be even better: Rise Against, The Offspring, Silverstein and New Found Glory, among many others. It seemed practically tailor-made to my tastes at the time. Now that I was done with college and actually had free time, I would finally be able to experience it.

The only potential issue was that, in the year leading up to Riot Fest 2014, I was growing increasingly dependent on drugs. At the time, I favored the pharmaceutical oxymorphone, commonly known as Opana. Crushing and snorting one of these pills initially served to banish my anxiety and self-consciousness; make me comfortable, talkative, and social; and generally bury my otherwise crippling self-loathing. Over the first several months of 2014 those effects became less and less pronounced, though. As I increased my dosage to compensate, I was fully aware I was a drug addict, but had no real exit plan. Attempts to stop brought on terrifying and debilitating withdrawal- so, I continued snorting Opana and reasoned that I'd figure something out in the future. Whatever.

The night before the festival, my best friend Marcin made the rounds in our town and picked all our other friends up. I was the last stop: I quickly snorted an Opana in my basement, then got into Marcin's car to head for the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

We arrived at our AirBnB in Chicago some 12 hours later. By now it was morning- time to head to the park. I did not bring any pills with me on the drive, reasoning that I should be able to last 24 hours until I could pick up the pills I had express mailed a night earlier to the address we were staying (concealed in a stack of demo CDs for my band at the time, of course). I was wrong.

I lasted literally one set. It was raining, cold, and muddy. Title Fight put on a fantastic show, despite the unease I felt growing in the pit of my stomach. I walked over to the stage where Senses Fail was line-checking, trying to distract myself to no avail. Before they could launch into "Tie Her Down", this indescribable dread had completely filled me. I practically ran to the street choking back vomit, took a cab back to the house, and curled up under sheets. I missed seeing The Offspring and Rise Against with my best friends that night - my favorite bands since I was 12 years old - because of drugs, and I'll never forget that disappointment and anger.

My Opana came in the mail that night. Those pills, combined with Valium I had procured from a cab driver, soothed any chemical-related concerns I had. The next day started out amazingly: I ran in circles in the mud to Anti-Flag, stared on in amazement at The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (I had never heard them before, OK?), and jumped around at The Used. One of the last sets would be Taking Back Sunday. As their set time approached, though, I felt the concentration of Opana in my bloodstream steadily dropping. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as the first night, but the hallmark anxiety and depression began to creep back in.

Something happened about halfway through Taking Back Sunday's set. I was dancing, crowd-surfed to "Cute Without the E", and generally adequately occupied with the show until the band launched into "Better Homes and Gardens." Right after the first verse I remember the feelings of withdrawal growing slightly more apparent. I focused on the stage, trying to shake it off, and Adam Lazzara quietly sang, "You'll never be happy."

"You'll never be happy." It seemed to knowingly highlight all the fun I was trying to have as a shitty cover-up for what I had become: a miserable 21-year old whose life was completely dictated by drugs. I had never before felt so broken. You can play all this music, go to shows with your friends, attempt to pursue whatever it is that you think drives you. In reality, you are Opana's bitch. You'll never be happy. I was instantly sobbing.

I remember Marcin glancing over at me confused, asking, "Are you okay?". I nodded back to him and smiled weakly. Taking Back Sunday finished their set; the next day, the festival was over, and we all went back to our lives. My life did not improve. I continued the usual story of a drug addict, eventually moving on to IV-ing heroin regularly and experiencing more misery than ever before. That moment during "Better Homes and Gardens" was always firmly lodged in the back of my head, though, as the first time I realized I might never really be happy.

I'm clean today, having moved from New Jersey to Florida. I've even seen Taking Back Sunday here once since quitting drugs, about a year and a half after Riot Fest 2014. Amusingly, it was an employee of the rehab I went to named Dave that took me to see them. He loved Tell All Your Friends and Louder Now, but wasn't familiar with Happiness Is…. We sang along to "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?", "Liar", and "Last Summer"- all the hits. Eventually the intro to "Better Homes and Gardens came through the PA", and I just stood and watched.

Dave turned around to me, looking disappointed. "I wish they played more old stuff. Like, do you even know this one?"

"Yeah, it's actually a great song."

He wasn't convinced, and that's okay.

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My graduation film from the RCA (2014) We are all born as wet as a banana, around 75% water. By the time we reach adulthood that amount goes down to 54% water. Gus bumps into Tiny Eyes at dusk, on the eve of his 25th birthday. Sound and music by Jonny Wildey AKA Alphabets Heaven soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven

Supported by the Nat Cohen Scholarship Awards: Bronze Jabberwocky Award (Etiudia & Anima) Shortlisted Best Student Animation (London Short Film Festival) Semi Finalist Adobe Achievement Awards 2014 Finalist Best Animation (SBAF)

Official Selection: Animage Festival Pernambuco Brazil 16-28 SEP 2014 BFI London Film Festival UK 22 SEP-17 OCT 2014 Greenhorn Short Film Festival, London UK 16-18 NOV 2014 Etiuda & Anima Festival Poland 21-27 NOV 2014 Bronze Jabberwocky Award Animated Dreams Tallinn Estonia 19-23 NOV 2014 Premiers Plans FRANCE 16-25 JAN 2015 LSFF London Short Film Festival UK 10 JAN 2015 Shortlisted Best Student Animation Slamdance Film Festival Utah USA 23-29 JAN 2015 Anima Brussels Belgium 13-22 FEB 2015 Fête de l’anim Rencontres-Audiovisuelles Lille France 27-29 MAR 2015 Tricky Women Vienna Austria 11-15 MAR 2015 SXSW Austin Texas USA 13-22 MAR 2015 FlatPack Birmingham UK 19-29 MAR 2015 Kyiv International Short Film Festival Ukraine 28-29 MAR 2015 Animfest Athens Greece 26 MAR – 1 APR 2015 Go Short Festival Netherlands 8-12 APR 2015 Pictoplasma Berlin Germany 29 APR- 3 MAY 2015 Land of Kings London 3 MAY 2015 Northwest Animation Festival Portland 4-10 MAY 2015 Animafest Zagreb Croatia 9-14 JUNE 2015 Fest Anca Slovakia 24 - 28 JUNE 2015 Insomnia Festival Russia 17-20 JUNE 2015 Tate Modern Turbine Hall Festival 25 JULY 2015 Solyanka Gallery Moscow 22 JULY - 22 SEP Animation Block Party New York 30 JULY 2015 Tel Aviv Festival Israel 5-8 AUG 2015 Anima Mundi Brazil 7 AUG 2015 WFAF Varna 9-13 SEP 2015 Festival Du Court Lille 18 SEP 2015 Animatou Geneva Switzerland 2-10 OCT 2015 KloosterKlino Nijmegen 10 OCT 2015 Uppsala Festival Sweden 19-27 OCT 2015 Primanima Budapest, Hungary 21-24 OCT 2015 European Film Festival Berlin 25-31 OCT 2015 Cucalorus, North Carolina 11-15 NOV 2015 Leeds International Film Festival 11-15 NOV 2015 - Best British Short Film Programme Seoul Best of the Best Animation Festival 12-15 NOV - FINALIST SBAF Programme AFI Festival Los Angeles 11-18 NOV

Direction, Script, Design and Animation by Sophie Koko Gate Sound design and music by Johnny WIldey ( soundcloud.com/alphabetsheaven ) Animation Assistance by Rachel Sale, Rory Waudby-Tolley, Silvia Zubrivnic, Joshua Gonzales. Voice Actors: Paul Williams, Keiran P Chantrey, Amelia Swan, Tomas Kemp

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The Awards Season is a marathon, not a sprint. While there is a clear end line (the Oscars), the starting line is a little more nebulous. Briefly: the beginning line is at a special point for every film that enters the race. Some experience tons of year-in-advance buzz that carry all through the season (final yr’s “A Star is Born” was the year-in-advance frontrunner). Others make their debut at Sundance and hope to be the unbiased movie that lasts (see: “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire”). For many, they select one of the fall festivals to premiere at, attempt and decide up as many precursors as potential and stroll the tightrope until the Dolby.

So when does Precursor Season start? Let’s stroll by way of the totally different phases of awards season.

Take note of the fall film festivals. Not only do Greatest Picture nominees and winners typically premiere at these festivals, but their viewers awards do matter. Many early buzzed-about titles reside and die based mostly on snap reactions from film festivals in the fall. Festivals like Toronto Worldwide Film Pageant (TIFF), New York Movie Pageant, Venice Film Pageant, and Telluride Movie Pageant launch many of the fundamental contenders. Even the late-breaking films often attempt and make it to LA’s AFI Fest in November simply to get in underneath the wire. It’s necessary to make the rounds at as many festivals as potential to get the chatter going.

Viewers awards won’t all the time predict Greatest Picture winners, however the winners often go on to Greatest Image nominations. Each TIFF and Middleburg Film Pageant have seen their Audience Award winners additionally win Greatest Image one-third of the time since 2010. Much more astounding, both festivals have solely had one yr since 2010 the place the Audience Award winner didn’t go on to no less than a Greatest Picture nomination. The Venice Film Pageant has a much less stellar monitor document. The one Oscar overlap they’ve seen was when “The Shape of Water” gained the Golden Lion in 2017 and “The Favourite” was awarded the Grand Jury Prize last yr. When predicting Greatest Picture, ensure to think about the pageant Audience Award winners from Toronto and Middleburg.

Dates:

Venice Film Pageant – eight/28 – 9/7

Telluride Movie Pageant – 8/30 – 9/2

Toronto International Movie Pageant – 9/5 – 9/15

New York Movie Pageant – 9/27 – 10/13

Middleburg Movie Pageant – 10/17 – 10/20

AFI Movie Pageant – 11/14 – 11/21

The first precursors out of the gate are all the time indie teams. The Gotham Awards notoriously announce their nominations first. That is, nominations will come on October 18th, with the awards ceremony to comply with on November 26th. The Gothams are so early that they not often make or break a film’s Oscar possibilities. This New York-based group focuses particularly on unbiased films, so none of the giant studio movies are eligible. For being such a small group, the Gotham Awards often see one or two of their nominees show up in the Greatest Picture race. The truth is, their Greatest Image winner additionally gained the huge prize at the Oscars for 3 consecutive years (2014 – 2016). Briefly, it helps to have a robust kick off at the Gothams, however it doesn’t harm to be snubbed by them.

The same adage could possibly be applied for the Unbiased Spirit Awards. Film Unbiased’s awards ceremony is among the first to announce nominees and the last to announce winners. This yr, nominations can be introduced on November 21st, 2019, with the awards ceremony on February 8th, 2020. These awards have had a stronger relationship to Oscar, mainly because they contemplate an unbiased film to be any movie that value lower than $22.5 million. Five of the final 9 prime Indie Spirit Award winners went on to win Greatest Picture at the Oscars. On common, two of the 5 Greatest Picture nominees at the Indie Spirits also compete at the Oscars. Thus, it’s not important for an indie contender to receive a nomination right here, however it’s extremely helpful.

Dates:

Gotham Awards – Nominations: 10/18; Winners: 11/26

Unbiased Spirit Awards – Nominations: 11/21; Winners: 2/eight

The quantity of film critics teams grows and grows every year. At this point, there are over thirty critics organizations that hold awards from November to January. It’s quite a bit to maintain monitor of amidst all the different awards craziness. So what ought to an Oscar prognosticator pay attention to. It behooves an Oscar obsessive to disregard most of the noise. Critics are taste-makers, but they don’t seem to be Academy voters. What’s nice about these awards, theoretically, is they provide individuals a view as to what the regional style is all across the country. The extra critic groups exit on a limb with their awards decisions, fairly than attempt and predict Oscars, the higher the season is. Critics should use their awards to let voters know which of the screeners they need to be sure that to observe over the vacation interval.

Nonetheless, there are some higher-profile critics awards which are value listening to when putting Oscar bets. The coastal elite critic’s group (New York Film Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Affiliation) don’t do incredibly nicely with predicting Greatest Picture winners. New York only aligned with Oscar for “The Artist” in 2011, while LA obtained “Spotlight” and “Moonlight” right again to again. Still, every single LA winner since 2010 has gone on to a Greatest Image nomination. The only New York winner to overlook out on a Greatest Image nomination, since 2010, was “Carol” in 2015. These awards don’t sign the finish of the race, they are just heavy indicators that sure movies can be getting into the Greatest Image ring to compete.

The AFI Prime Ten listing is a very strange beast. They’ve honored really odd films like “Sully,” “The Dark Knight Rises” and “J. Edgar,” amongst others. Nonetheless, since 2010, each single Greatest Image winner has appeared on their listing. Throughout this similar time period, the record has included 78% of Greatest Image nominees. It’s somewhat straightforward to see what the one or two oddball picks are annually. Yet, it’s sensible to take their listing with a point of validity.

The Nationwide Board of Assessment and Nationwide Society of Film Critics are other good teams to try when making predictions. Somewhat more than half of the movies in the National Board of Evaluation prime ten will go on to a Greatest Image nomination, based mostly on its nominees since 2010. Nonetheless, the winners of both of these awards have only matched Oscar once and twice, respectively, in the final 9 years. Don’t guess the farm based mostly on their decisions.

Dates:

New York Movie Critics Circle – TBD Late November/Early December

Los Angeles Film Critics Affiliation – TBD Late November/Early December

AFI Prime Ten Record – TBD Late November/Early December

National Board of Evaluation – TBD Late November/Early December

National Society of Film Critics – TBD Late November/Early December

Awards season shifts into full gear once nominations are announced for the televised precursors. The primary three to tune into previous to the Oscars are as follows: Golden Globe Awards, Critics Selection Awards, and BAFTA Awards. The Display Actors Guild are additionally televised and we’ll cover them in the next part on guild awards.

The Golden Globe Awards are the next highest rated film award present, after the Oscars. This has more to do with their separation of Drama and Comedy/Musical and the regular pour of booze to Hollywood’s A-list all through the night time. Even with two Greatest Image prizes given out annually, the Golden Globes only match the Oscars roughly 56% of the time this decade. Even when one seems at nominations, roughly two-thirds of Oscar’s Greatest Image nominees appeared at the Golden Globes prior. The shortage of robust correlation possible comes from the makeup of the voting physique itself. The Golden Globes are voted on by the Hollywood Overseas Press Association, a gaggle of fewer than 100 journalists.

In recent times, the Critics Selection Awards have had the strongest correlation with the Oscars. Two-thirds of the Oscar Greatest Picture winners since 2010 also gained the similar class at the Critics Selection Awards beforehand. Additionally, roughly 91% of Oscar Greatest Image nominees have been additionally nominated at the Critics Selection Awards. Some have criticized the present for following group-think and present principally as an Oscar prediction machine. It can be fantastic for the Critics Selection Awards to go off the crushed path extra. Yet, as any good Oscar predictor knows, typically enjoying it protected leads to the greatest prediction score.

Of the three televised precursors, only the BAFTA Awards share voting overlap with the Oscars. Members of BAFTA may also be invited to hitch the Academy, which is why the exhibits are wanting extra and extra alike. Of the three televised precursors, BAFTA has the least spectacular monitor document of predicting Greatest Image winners since 2010 (4 out of the final nine winners). Nevertheless, BAFTA does a lot better at nominations. They nonetheless solely do 5 Greatest Picture nominees. Still, virtually all of their Greatest Picture nominees repeat with Oscar nominations. BAFTA solely misses once they select an Oscar close to miss (“Carol,” “Drive”) or British specific ardour tasks (“I, Daniel Blake,” “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”).

Dates:

Golden Globe Awards – Nominations: 12/9; Winners: 1/5

Critics Selection Awards – Nominations: TBD; Winners: 1/12

BAFTA Awards – Nominations: TBD; Winners: 2/2

The most effective predictors for the Oscars are the guild awards. This extends past the Greatest Image race and applies to the ballot as an entire. The guilds have such a high prediction price as a result of they have the biggest overlap with voting members of the Academy. Every guild, similar to the Directors or Display Actors Guild, polls their complete membership for their awards. This includes a broad swath of working professionals across every subject. Meanwhile, to hitch the Academy, a person have to be sponsored by two present members and have “demonstrated exceptional achievement in the field of theatrical motion pictures” to be invited in.

The Producers’ Guild Awards, Directors’ Guild Awards, Display Actors’ Guild Awards and Author’s Guild Awards are all the most main precursors to think about. Particularly, the Producers’ Guild Awards provides prognosticators the strongest clues to Greatest Image. This group has predicted seven of the final 9 Greatest Picture winners. Roughly 88% of Greatest Image nominees obtain a Producers’ Guild nomination previous to Oscars.

Even more spectacular, the Directors’ Guild Awards has predicted eight of the 9 Directing wins this decade. It routinely matches four out of the 5 Oscar nominees for Greatest Director, save for 2011 and 2018.

If someone is trying to predict an upset, the Display Actors Guild Awards is a superb place to look. Their SAG Ensemble Award has solely overlapped with Greatest Picture four of the final nine years. But, they’ve been instrumental in predicting surprise wins for “Birdman” and “Spotlight.” On a broader degree, every SAG Ensemble winner has no less than been nominated for Greatest Image.

The necessary thing to recollect is that no movie wins Greatest Image with help from just one guild. A Greatest Picture winner will probably have help throughout many guilds, not simply the prime four. “The Shape of Water” is a superb example of a movie that was honored by almost every guild because of its general technical prowess. Even “Green Book” noticed tons of guild nominations, even right down to the American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards.

Dates:

ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

ACE (American Cinema Editors) – Nominations: 12/11; Winners: 1/17

ADG (Artwork Administrators Guild) – Nominations: 12/9; Winners: 2/1

CAS (Cinema Audio Society) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

CDG (Costume Designers Guild) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

DGA (Director’s Guild Awards) – Nominations: TBD; Winners: 1/25

HMHG (Hollywood Make-up and Hairstyling Guild) – – Nominations: 11/11; Winners: 1/11

MPSE (Motion Image Sound Editors) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

PGA (Producer’s Guild Awards) – Nominations: 1/7; Winners: 1/18

SAG (Display Actors’ Guild) – Nominations: 12/12; Winners: 1/26

VES (Visual Effects Society) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

WGA (Writers’ Guild of America) – Nominations/Winners: TBD

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