#Anticipated Releases

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Some Informationen about Guy Ritchie's "In the Grey" Movie | coming out in 2025

“There’s something special that happens when you collaborate with the same partners regularly: you build a shorthand and a trust that lets everybody do their best work. Jake, Henry and Eiza are all astonishingly talented, committed, and engaging actors. This is going to be an action-packed movie that is both intellectually stimulating and physically exhilarating.”

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Sharing 30+ books that I'm anticipating this year, including romance, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and a whole bunch of LGBTQIA+ releases throughout. Let me know what books you're looking forward to this year!

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✨ 2025 ANTICIPATED RELEASES ✨

QOTD: What 2025 releases are you excited for?

Here’s all the ones on my radar, though I’m sure I’ve forgot some too. Some I’m lucky to have ARCs for, others I am desperate to get my hands on.

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January

- The Last Bookstore on Earth by Lily Braun-Arnold

- Motheater by Linda H Codega

- French Pressed Love by MC Hutson

- I am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang

- I Think They Love You by Julian Winters

- The Two Hungers of Prince Fierre by Darcy Ash

- Enemies to Booksellers by Laura Catherine

- Out of the Woods by Hannah Bonam-Young

February

- Deep End by Ali Hazelwood

- Fate of the Five by Niamh Rose

- Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods

- Hungerstone by Kat Dunn

- Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi

- The Dark Mirror by Samantha Shannon

- The Prince’s Heart by Ben Chalfin

- Our Infinite Fates by Laura Steven

March

- House of Frank by Kay Synclaire

- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

- A Song for You and I by K O’Neil

- Emberclaw by LR Lam

- Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton and Rebecca Podos

- Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins

- A Gentleman’s Gentleman by TJ Alexander

- Go Luck Yourself by Sara Raasch

- Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

- Oathbound by Tracy Deonn

- Pole Position by Rebecca J Caffery

- The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

April

- I Love You S’more by Auriane Desombre

- The Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennett by @Lindz McLeod

- My Best Friend’s Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

- When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelly

- Once Upon You and Me by Timothy Janovsky

May

- The Vengeance by Emma Newman

- All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockey by Kit Rosewater

- All-Nighter by Cecilia Vinesse

- Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake

- The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

- Ascension by ST Gibson

June

- Vesuvius by Cass Biehn

- Nobody in Particular by Sophie Gonzales

- Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab

- Amelia, if Only by Becky Albertalli

- Roll for Love by MK England

- Six Wild Crowns by Holly Race

- Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid

July - December

- Tenderly I Am Devoured by Lyndall Clipstone

- Hazelthorn by CG Drews

- Once a Villain by Vanessa Lem

- Hemlock & Silver by T Kingfisher

- The Forsaken and the Fated by Camilla Raines

- Empire of the Vampire 3 (as yet untitled) by Jay Kristoff

- Audrey Lane Stirs the Pot by Alexis Hall

- Alchemy and a Cup of Tea by Rebecca Thorne

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july anticipated releases

(note: i have not yet read any of these and cannot speak to their quality- i’m just intrigued by the synopsis or author!)

The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst is a cozy fantasy about a woman and her familiar (a sentient spider plant) open an illegal spell shop and falls in love with her nosy neighbor.

The Dallergut Dream Department Store by Mi-Yee Lee (translated by Sandy Joosun Lee) is a Korean novel about a store that sells dreams. I believe this is also sort of a cozy fantasy, but I'm not sure!

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle is a novel about a Hollywood writer who is being pressured to kill off the gay characters in his long-running series. When he refuses, monsters from his past begin to haunt him. I'm not entirely sure what that means, but I'm intrigued!

I Was a Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones is a slasher movie from the point of view of the teenaged boy cursed to be the slasher. I love SGJ and I'll read pretty much anything he writes.

The Blonde Dies First by Joelle Wellington is another slasher with a twist- when a group of teens accidentally summon a demon that follows slasher movie tropes, Devon realizes that the group's blonde, she's up to die first, while her longtime crush is slated to be the final girl.

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Most anticipated 2024 books!

I am anticipating a lot of books. To keep track of them, I made a 2024 tbr shelf. It has 123 books. I certainly won't be reading all 123, but since I can sort the list by release date it helps me keep track of new releases. Unfortunately, 123 is so many that half of them I don't even remember adding them or what they're about, so I decided to boil it down to 10 most anticipated new books and 10 sequels.

New

Faebound - Saara El-Arifi - Jan 18

Voyage of the Damned - Frances White - Jan 18

Fathomfolk - Eliza Chan - Feb 27

A Botanical Daughter - Noah Medlock - Mar 19

Otherwordly - FT Lukens - Apr 2

The Sins on their Bones - Laura R. Samotin - May 7

Not for the Faint of Heart - Lex Croucher - May 7

The Honey Witch - Sydney J. Shields - May 14

Running Close to the Wind - Alexandra Rowland - Jun 11

Swordcrossed - Freya Marske - Oct 10

Sequels

The Cursed Rose - Leslie Vedder (book 3 of the Bone Spindle, final book) - Feb 6

The Eternal Ones - Namina Forna (book 3 of Deathless trilogy) - Feb 13

Merciless Saviors - H.E. Edgmon (sequel to Godly Heathens, final book) - Apr 16

Heavenly Tyrant - Xiran Jay Zhao (sequel to Iron Widow, final book) - Apr 30

Mirrored Heavens - Rebecca Roanhorse (book 3 of Between Earth and Sky trilogy) - Jun 4

Hearts that Cut - Kika Hatzopoulou (sequel to Threads that Bind) - Jun 4

The Unrelenting Earth - Kritika H. Rao (Book 2 in the Rages trilogy) - Jun 18

The Lotus Empire - Tasha Suri (book 3 in the Burning Kingdoms trilogy) - Jul 18

Celestial Monsters - Aiden Thomas (sequel to the Sunbearer Trials, final book) - Sept 3

Alecto the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir (book 4 in the Locked Tomb series) - release dat unknown, likely late 2024

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More Anticipated Releases!

Speak Up, Santiago by Julio Anta and Gabi Mendez

The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar

Oathbound by Tracy Deon

Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet

Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection by John Green

A Body More Tolerable by jaye simpson

Kaya Morgan's Crowning Achievement by Jill Tew

Banned Together: Our Fight for Readers' Rights edited by Ashley Hope Pérez

The Forgotton Summer of Seneca by Camryn Garrett

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2025 hopefuls

I was tagged by @libraryleopard to share some books I want to read in 2025! I decided to keep it to 2025 releases specifically because I couldn’t strike a good balance between new books, paperback releases, and my own TBR! and I love sharing my excitement for upcoming books that folks might not have on their radar yet. 📚✨

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The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez, an adult sapphic retelling of the myth of golem (I’ve actually had the pleasure of reading this one and I can’t wait for it to be out in the world.)

A Treachery of Swans by AB Poranek, a sapphic YA Swan Lake retelling!

The Sea Eternal by Emery Robin, the sequel to one of my favorite books and a queer scifi retelling of Antony and Cleopatra (the first one was Julius Caesar!)

The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling, adult medieval horror with sapphic bacchanalia.

The Sacred Space between by Kalie Reid, an adult gothic romantasy by a dear friend!!

Hazelthorn by CG Drews, I still need to read his other one but I saw AJW and Shirley Jackson as comps so I will be there.

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri, a sapphic fantasy with knights and witches and reincarnation comped to The Green Knight and The Starless Sea (I nearly pass out from excitement every time I think about this one for real. I’m taking deep breaths rn.)

Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark, if R&J were cursed sapphic artificers, so yeah i’m there. (also shout out to the Ambessa book, I’m also SO hyped for that.)

The Second Death of Locke by VL Bovalino, an epic fantasy comped to Gideon the Ninth and Six Deaths of the Saint.]

This is the year of devastating knight romances and reincarnation and I genuinely could NOT be happier about it.

tagging: @haliespages @caitsbooks @etherealacademia @yaboywillyshakes @hayniacstuck / anyone else who wants to make one! just tag me cuz i’d love to see your anticipated reads :)

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Anticipated Releases: February 2025

February 4:

The Bones Beneath My Skin by T.J. Klune | Rerelease, Fantasy 🏳️‍🌈

Enemy of My Dreams by Jenny Williamson | Historical

Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito | Gothic Horror

Black Woods, Blue Sky by Eowyn Ivey | Fantasy

A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall | Thriller

Grave Empire by Richard Swan | Epic Fantasy

February 11:

Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett | Fantasy

Les Normaux by Janine Janssen | Graphic Novel 🏳️‍��

But Not Too Bold by Hache Pueyo | Novella 🏳️‍🌈

The Dollhouse Academy by Margarita Montimore | Mystery

The Sirens by Emilia Hart | Historical Fiction

February 18:

A Curse for the Homesick by Laura Brooke Robson | Fantasy

Upon a Starlit Tide by Kell Woods | Fantasy

Cursebound by Saara El-Arifi | Romantasy 🏳️‍🌈

February 25:

Greenteeth by Molly O'Neill | Cozy Fantasy

The Prince's Heart by Ben Chalfin | Romantasy 🏳️‍🌈

Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister | Thriller

A Circle of Uncommon Witches by Paige Crutcher | Romantasy

Something in the Walls by Daisy Pearce | Thriller

Swordheart by T. Kingfisher | Rerelease, Romantasy

The Amber Owl by Juliet Marillier | Fantasy

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Is “Across The Spider-Verse” a great sequel ? Yes.

One thing to know about me, is that I’ve always been a spider-man girlie, granted I wasn’t even born when the Raimi’s trilogy dropped, and it took me twelve years after to discover that Spider-Man was not actually blonde (my younger brain always thought he was for some reason) but there’s no denying that Spider-Man has always been a pop culture symbol, even if you don’t know his story, there’s no way you haven’t heard or seen pictures of the masked vigilante who swings around the city with his webs.

And although there were different interpretations to his story, he was always the ordinary kid in Queens (or in our case Brooklyn) who’s got too much power in his hands and is struggling what to do with it, to later become the masked vigilante who saves people and understands the responsibility he have toward his people.

When Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse dropped in 2018, people had mixed reviews on the subject, (and I was a middle schooler who stumbled upon the trailer by accident but was intrigued nonetheless) I think people were afraid that this was going to end up not meeting their expectations, and boy did it exceed them!

The movie did very well (and for good reasons!), and managed to re-introduce the story of The Spider-Man with a twist, in this case introducing the Spider-Verse, and everyone went nuts about it, from the music to the animation to the well-crafted story. The movie was one of the best movies of that year, if not of all times.

But what happens when that movie has a sequel ?  4 years later and with a very enthusiastic fan-base ? Will it be a disappointment or another win ? 

Today, I’m ready to say that Across The Spider-Verse is as good if not better than the original, and here’s why…

Hello and welcome to Butterfly Scribbles, I am the Butterfly in question, and today we’re going to cross the multiverse…I mean the Spider-Verse, my bad!

So ladies and gentlemen, let’s do this again one last time!

(This review may contain spoilers for the movie, so If you haven’t seen it, I highly encourage you to do so, and then read my review after, have a nice time!)

PLOT:

Miles Morales, is very much accustomed to being “Brooklyn’s one and only Spider-Man”, he loves his job, but him leading a double life starts to interfere with his life as Miles and his relationship with his family (and his grades), which leads to him feeling the loneliness this job imposes and starts terribly missing his spider friends.

After that he gets a visit from his best friend Gwen, and learns that there’s a whole universe full of Spider-people teaming up to protect his very existence which leads to a great conflict and a “Spider-hunt” to stop him from going to change his fate and protect the people he loves most in his life, all while redefining his story and doing what he thinks is his role as a hero.

I think the plot of the movie does a really great job of solidifying Miles as his own hero, he is constantly put into situations that tests his morals and beliefs of what he thinks he is doing right, while everyone is treating him like some ignorant teenager, there’s even a great scene where miles stand up for himself and says: “Everyone keeps telling me how my own story is supposed to go, Nah, Imma do my own thing” which is nothing if not great character development.

The twists at the end of the movie are also sure to leave you feeling blown away!

Characters:

Miles:

Like I said before, this movie gives the best arcs to its main hero, Miles goes through a journey of self discovery and finding himself all while struggling with the distance he creates with his family, especially his mom whom he keeps lying to, and her trying to understand what is going on with her son, to the point where she’s scared of him moving away from her.

Miles also feels like an outcast even with his peers, when he discovers the Spider-Verse, Gwen and Peter are against him joining the team for his safety, Miles then feels pressured to prove himself in order to gain respect and inclusion, which does not end up really well.

In the end, he chooses to do it his way, and decides to have fate in his powers and do what perceives to be the right thing, and save people when he has the chance to do so, even if it means having to deal with bigger consequences.

Gwen:

Gwen was one of the fan favorites after the release of the first movie, but the sequel gives more depth to her character, and expands upon her struggles, how she lost her best friend, peter parker, how he looked up to her and wanted to be “special” like she is, also justifying her choice to not be involved in friendships anymore.

Gwen also has an ongoing conflict with her dad, the captain of the city, who hates Spider-Woman and is leading a manhunt against her, blaming her for the murder of Peter, and how that creates a conflict with her father as Gwen, which leads to a confrontation and an identity reveal.

I think it was very smart to include Gwen as one of the protagonists of the movie for obvious reasons, now we know more about her, we sympathize with her as a heroine, and its show 

the similarities her and Miles are experiencing, establishing her role to be more than a love interest and I’m all here for it!

Other characters: 

I think the highlight of this movies is the hundreds of Spider-people we see, each with their own personality, costumes and very funny cameos too! 

My favorites have to be Spider Girl (Peter’s baby), Spider-Woman, Pavitr and Spider-Punk!

Animation and Music:

I think it’s necessary to have a whole section on this review dedicated to praise the animators and the song mixers for this movie, and It’s safe to say that without these two, the magic of the film wouldn’t be the same, I mean just imagine if It wasn’t an animated movie! and If it didn’t have such great singles like “What’s Up Danger”! 

truly a tragedy.

The animation for this movie specifically was really amazing, they combined multiple coloring styles to create the personality of each story like Gwen’s watercolor world in the start of the movie, the battle scenes are epic especially in the Spider hunt scenes with Miles and Miguel.

For the Score of the movie, I personally like the last track “Across The Spider-Verse (Start a Band)” track,I think the music really fits the last and best moments of the movie!

In conclusion, and If you haven’t got it yet, I’m In LOVE with this movie! (I mean, why else would I write a whole essay about it right ?) It’s the perfect sequel to a perfect first, and I’m convinced it’s the best movie of the year and one of the best superhero movies ever !

So if you haven’t watched it yet, I highly encourage you to do so, because It is a great watch even for people who know nothing about Spider-Man.

If you did, well let me know in the comments so we can talk about it even more, cause I’m not even close to being done with it yet!

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|----- October 2024 Releases -----|

🟢​ : manga 🟣 : books 🟠 : graphic novels

1st— 🟣 The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer; Book 2 in The Darkness Outside Us 🟣 The Magic You Make by Jason June; Book 2 in The Spells We Cast

8th— 🟣 The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch 🟣 Swordcrossed by Freya Marske 🟣 The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kean

14th— 🟣 The Ghostwing’s Lie by Rebecca Mix

15th— 🟣 Rogue Community College by David R. Slayton; Book 1 in The Liberty House Series 🟣 Legend of the White Snake by Sher Lee 🟣 Sorcery and Small Magics by Maiga Doocy 🟣 House of Frank by Kay Synclaire 🟣 Knight Owl and Early Bird by Christopher Denise

22nd— 🟠 Castle Swimmer V1 by Wendy Martin

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Can't Wait Wednesday | January 10th

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. Escaping Mr. Rochester by L.L. McKinney In this fresh reimagining of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane…

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I would like to introduce: my most anticipated release of 2023!!!

Jamison has an amazing style & I've wanted to read their stories for a while now. SO happy they are finally being published. I am hungry for the ambitious black ballerina who makes deals in blood to succeed against the rich.

I Feed her to the Beast and the Beast is Me releases 08/29/2023, but it's available for pre-order right now.

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anticipated releases: april

(note: i have not yet read any of these and cannot speak to their quality- i’m just intrigued by the synopsis or author!)

Indian Burial Ground by Nick Medina - I don't know anything about this book except I LOVED Medina's last book Sisters of the Lost Nation. I love Indigenous horror/mystery.

Magnolia Wu Unfolds it All by Chanel Miller - a middle grade novel about a ten year old sock detective determined to return lonely socks left behind at her parents' laundromat. Written by Chanel Miller, whose Know My Name is one of the best memoirs ever written. So excited to see her explore fiction.

Off With Their Heads by Zoe Hana Mikuta - a sapphic, monster-filled story of betrayal and magic set in Wonderland.

A Letter to the Luminous Deep by Sylvie Cathrall - an epistolary novel set in a magical underwater world.

A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, translated by Anton Hur - a depressed millennial woman turns into a magical girl and must fight climate change & credit card debt. TW for suicide mention in the synopsis.

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Most Anticipated Films of 2025

It’s already the end of 2024 - this year went ridiculously quick, and as such I believe I am due my late-twenties existential crisis any moment now. Before however that chaotic affairs comes crashing down I wish to look forward to 2025, which will hopefully bring a more exciting selection to my cinematic hobby, as 2024 in particular has been a most mediocre year at the movies. Having gone through my Letterboxd and the movie calendar, I’ve compiled a list of movies I’m having high hopes for to be good - doesn’t mean the final product will turn out any good, but one can hope. So without much further ado, these are the films I’m most interested in (in no particular order) watching in 2025…

SUPERMAN - Look, I am aware that many DC and Snyder Cut fans out there are highly displeased with the direction this franchise is going in, but honestly the DCEU was an absolute mess, and this universe is in high need of a revamp and restart. Bringing on James Gunn and Peter Safran as the heads of this new DC cinematic universe I’m truly excited for, as Safran is a long-time proven producer in the business and Gunn is one of the better superhero directors out there, having done wonders with the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise and his The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker projects for DC. So at the end of day why not give these two a chance? And Superman is now a highly important film for Warner Bros, as it needs to kickstart a new major film series, and get the fans and new audiences on board. First teaser looked fun (Krypto is going to be one cute dog!!), so yes, I am ready to look up!

WICKED: FOR GOOD - This one may be the most shocking entry on the list, as when I was going into 2024 I couldn’t care less about the Wicked movie adaptation. I had watched the original Weat End show with my wife, but in my eyes it felt very much as a musical made for the stage, as well as my passiveness for the Wizard of Oz world. I could care any less cents for the Tin Man, what can I say. However after seeing the first Wicked movie my opinion changed - aside from the plain MCU-style cinematography and lifeless directing, this movie was a wonderful and delightful piece of escapism, with wonderful songs, great performances from its leads and a very faithful adaptation of the stage play. Bring on the second one!

SHELBY OAKS - I have been following YouTuber Chris Stuckmann’s movie reviews since I was a teenager, so it’s great to see a success story in Hollywood come to life with him directing and getting his first movie distributed and released. Do I wish it was something other than a found-footage style horror flick? Maybe, but beggars can’t be chooses and I’m hoping Stuckmann will use his life experience of critical movie thinking to not drop down to the mistakes so many others have in this genre previously.

DEATH OF A UNICORN - We love us an A24 flick. More so we love an A24 flick with a high-end ridiculous concept, and Death of a Unicorn may just be that, where never-aging Paul Rudd and the stranger-lipped Jenna Ortega accidentally hit and run a unicorn, and then proceed to exploit the dead creature’s miraculous curative powers. So, you know, just a regular Tuesday for most folk, and with the likes of Will Poulter and Richard E. Grant among the cast this is expected to be a real hoot!

THE ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEM IS DOWN - Last time Ruben Östlund took on a cruise crisis. Now it’s on a plane! I wasn’t as big of a fan of TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, as there may have been a tad too much vomiting and diarrhoea for my tastes, however I still admired the ambition. With this new film, this is the provided plot summary: “When the entertainment system suddenly stops working onboard a long-haul flight, the passengers are stuck with no screens to look at and are forced to endure 15 hours of life without digital distraction. Chaos ensues.” I mean - that sounds like a zany and outlandish time, which could be both hilarious and a decent commentary on the modern phone-obsessed society we live in today. Also per Deadline, Östlund plans on including a scene where a young boy asks to borrow his older brother’s iPad and is told he has to wait five minutes. “And then I want to challenge the audience,” Östlund teases. “You stay with the kid in real time. And he’s looking in the catalog, putting it back and the restlessness is coming. So he asks his mother, ‘How much do we have left?’ And she says, ‘Well, now it’s four minutes and 45 seconds, you have to calm down.’ When the audience starts to realise that this is a real-time shot, I think a lot of people are going to be very, very frustrated," he said, still chuckling. "I want to create history."

MICKEY 17 - Multiple Robert Pattinsons? A crazy clone sci-fi black comedy concept? Made by the Academy Award winning director of Parasite? The trailers promising a wacky yet fun experience? Sign. Me. Up. Everyone needs more Bong in their lives!

THE BATTLE OF BAKTAN CROSS - Whenever Paul Thomas Anderson makes another film, that is event cinema. He’s one of those directors where his films can only be referred to as “films”, not “movies”. He’s an auteur in the fullest meaning of the term, and now he’s teaming up with Leonardo DiCaprio for his next feature, promising as always a wild experience. And maybe another Oscar for Leo? We still don’t have official plot details for the film. It’s all being kept hush-hush, although many signs have been pointing towards this potentially being a modern-day adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s “Vineland.”

WILD HORSE - Martin McDonagh is coming off the most acclaimed film of his career, 2022’s The Banshees of Inisherin. It looks like his next one will be bringing back some familiar faces with Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken. As per McDonagh’s own words “I think the next thing might be set in an Island, not in Ireland, like in ‘Banshees,’ but again to have the island be a character. So, that’s a scoop for you, I think that’s going to be the next thing.” There you go, it’s McDonagh doing his shtick on an island. Good stuff.

THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS - Marvel really needs to get back on track. Many have complained about theirconsistent drop in quality, and with 2025 being one of their busiest years ever with 3 movies and 6 shows (talk about over saturation!) I’m not holding out much hope, though I am optimistic about this Fantastic 4 movie. Directed by Matt Shakman (WandaVision) and set in a 1960s-inspired retro-futuristic world, featuring a planet-eating cosmic being Galactus, voiced by the gravelly sounding Ralph Ineson. Please be good. Please!

WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY - Without a doubt my most anticipated release of the year. Say what you will about Rian Johnson’s Star Wars escapade, his take on the murder mystery genre with Daniel Craig’s Southern slurring detective Benoit Blanc is nothing short of top tier entertainment. Both Knives Out and Glass Onion were fantastic, and honestly I wouldn’t mind Craig and Johnson to keep making these movies for years to come. As long as they have the material, let Benoit keep untangling these twisted webs of lies.

Additionally I’m holding out for some more solid physical media releases in 2025 on 4K from the likes of Curzon and The Criterion Collection, as in fact physical media releases in 2024 was somewhat thriving and actually worth the price. Well, I say worth the price - the big collector’s set always cost over £40 which is too much, but nevertheless I appreciate that these remasters and transfers get a lot of work put into them, so I’m willing to churn out more cash for a worthy keepsake. My favourite physical media output in 2024 came from Curzon with the beautiful Paris Texas and Memories of Murder 4K sets; Arrow Video’s Man from U.N.C.L.E. Blu-ray/4k combo; the 40th anniversary Studiocanal release of The Third Man (packed inside a music box!). Some genuinely great items to add to the collection, so here’s hoping more of that for next year, as physical media is a dying breed so I’m ever so thankful that we still get special companies as the aforementioned and the likes of Second Sight and Indicator doing the great work they do. Now let’s just have 2025 makes cinema trips worthwhile again!