It’s understandable to be skeptical of movies billed as “The
New Movie X!” or “The Movie X from Blank!”
By and large, those comparisons to movies you love don’t measure up. But while
I haven’t seen Yuji Shimomura’s Re: Born, from the look of
this U.K. trailer, the “Japanese John Wick” hype may well be
warranted.
If you know one thing about me these days, it should be that
I’m really, really, really psyched for Beyond Skyline. Like,
it’s all I care about anymore. Admittedly, I’m not a huge fan of 2010’s
Skyline, but this long-after-the-fact sequel continues to
look completely fucking rad. Just watch this new U.K. trailer if you don’t’
believe me.
After watching American Made, I’m
convinced Tom Cruise needs to work with Doug Liman way more often. Which isn’t
much of a reach, as the actor/director combo has the sci-fi adventure
Luna Park on the slate in the near future. But between this
and Edge of Tomorrow, or whatever title you prefer, Cruise—who
I maintain is the last great traditional movie star we have left—hasn’t been this
good in years.
After directing Ex Machina (and writing
Dredd and 28 Days Later…), I’m down to
watch anything Alex Garland does. So, understandably, I’m rather jacked for his
upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s best-selling novel,
Annihilation. I haven’t read the book, but I love that
Garland’s sticking around the sci-fi end of the pool, and the first teaser
trailer looks very much like a movie I want to watch.
Okay, here’s your last homework assignment for Denis Villeneuve’s
Blade Runner 2049, at least beyond, you know, rewatching
your preferred version of Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi classic. Early reviews are
just hitting the airwaves and are overwhelmingly positive—not to make it harder
to keep expectations in check or anything. But most of us still have a while to
wait, but take a few minutes to gawk at the third and final prequel short.
The most important lesson gleaned from Friend
Request: Beware the Facebook witches, because they are a real thing
and they’re coming for you and your friends! Apparently. And while I won’t go
so far as to heap praise on German director Simon Verhoeven’s 2016 (it took a
while to make it to U.S. shores) horror film for being particularly original,
or even all that memorable, it’s solid genre fun. At times. In fact, it has the
makings of an awesome junior high sleepover movie.
Up for a gory high school zombie Christmas musical? Yeah, me
too. So, you might want to check out the trailer for Scottish director John
McPhail’s Anna and the Apocalypse, because it’s all of those
things.
