Most Anticipated Films of 2016

Hey, this is Steve Blum and you are listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. Hello and welcome

to episode 80 of the Cinema Geeks. I am one of

your Geeks, Optimus Solo. Joining me, as usual,

is Movie Revol Dan. Hello. Hey, how's it going?

Not too bad and hard candy Mandy. Hello. Yo,

what up? Yo, what up? I thought you're gonna

say Yolande for some reason. I don't know why

And we are here with another one of our kind

of preview episodes for 2016. Last week, you

heard us make our box office predictions. And

as usual, we follow that up with our most anticipated

films. And this is obviously one of the ones

that I look forward to the most. I love looking

at what's coming up and what's coming out in

the next year. Not two years from now or three

years from now, but what's actually coming this

year, which we could actually probably list a

bunch of films that. don't come out this year

so we'll see how our luck pays off because I

know Dan when we did our list last year we had

quite a few that actually got bumped yeah there's

actually funny enough a good amount of my most

anticipated movies from last year may reappear

on this yes I also have a few that were on my

last year list that will make it a reappearance

I'm not going to boot them off so How we do this

basically is we each compile our own individual

lists. Think, Dan, you ranked about, what, 50

of them or so? Not that, yeah. Yeah. Amanda,

I don't know how far you went. You went past

30. I did a 52. You did a 52. And I had, I actually

had 100 because I plan on putting an actual blog

post up that will feature all 100 just to kind

of give you a, I guess a... Geeks look at 2016

guide to movies or something we can call it But

what we did is we cut it off at the 30 so we

didn't pay attention to what anybody had after

30 and how we do this is very similar to what

we did last year. We pulled out any that all

three of us had in common and those three or

those films that are on all three of our list

we'll call those the common most anticipated

films and we're going to save those till the

end and we're going to talk about those at the

end to kind of close out the show and up until

that point we'll just be doing a top ten and

We'll be calling it our unique list, but it's

basically anything that we have on our list that

did not make all three people's lists. It might

have just been on our list or it might have been

on two of the three people's lists. So that's

kind of how we'll do this. So it's not necessarily

a true countdown when we say like, what's your

number 10 or what's your number nine? It might

not actually be what was their number 10 or what

was their number nine, but just allows us to

kind of talk about a few more films over the

course of this episode. So hopefully that wasn't

too confusing. You don't really need to know

any of that. You just could sit back, listen

to us talk about films that are coming out in

2016. So Dan, anything that you wanted to get

out there before we hit the list, anything that

kind of influenced your selection this year or

any themes that you're seeing as far as what

we're looking forward to in 2016? Well, the only

thing I definitely tried to do this year was

stick with movies that had a pretty solid release

date. So if something was like TBD or not really

set in stone, I kind of didn't include that.

Usually what kind of influenced my list, you'll

see, mainly will be directors, obviously a huge

impact. And also, you know, cast and actors had

a... I didn't see many really themes, but I honestly

didn't really look for any. But hopefully the

theme will be good movies, so that's what I'm

looking for. Yeah, for sure. There's obviously

a lot of different ways that you can go about

making one of these lists, and you alluded to

a bunch of them. You obviously will pay attention

to the directors that are involved. You know,

certain people have a track record that makes

you look forward to their next project. Like

you said, some of the cast might, you know, a

cast combination or an ensemble might kind of

trick you up to... something. Sometimes I guess

a plot synopsis or maybe those that actually

have trailers out there or images of some sort

might influence it. So and then of course you

have the franchise ones, the ones that have a

track record of something that you might be a

fan of or not. So it's kind of interesting to

see how that all kind of shakes out and how it...

translates into our individual list. Amanda,

anything, this is the first time you've had to

do this. So anything that kind of stuck out or

criteria that you used to narrow down your list

down to 30, 50, et cetera. God, this is so hard.

I didn't even tweet it out. Like, why does this

have to be so hard? I think I'm definitely one

of those people who gets too excited for movies.

So I'm trying not to have such high expectations

this year, but I still get super excited about

the films. That I want to see. So it was interesting

doing this in such a large scale. Normally I

see some previews and I'm like, yeah, I'm on

board. But actually having to look at the entire

year now is a little overwhelming because there's

a ton of stuff coming out. And trying to weed

through what I really thought was going to be

worthy of the list or not was a difficult and

daunting task, I must say. The other thing that

I wanted to do, and the reason I went up to 100

is not because I'm trying to like... be some

type of overachiever or anything like that. The

reason I wanted to go to 100 because I wanted

to give myself a kind of like a checklist of

movies to look out for throughout the year and

you know just different things that I different

things that I was wanting to look at or different

things that I wanted to keep my eyes peeled out

for when the release dates come out. You know,

so I don't miss as many maybe as I have in the

past. So I think that's one reason why I enjoyed

kind of expanding my list as large as I did.

But alright, I think it's time then to go ahead

and get into our unique picks and we'll start

ladies first with Miss Amanda, what do you have

at number 10 for your unique list? Turns out

my number 10 became Alice Through the Looking

Glass. I really enjoyed the first little installment

of the live -action Alice and I think this new

one looks even more awesome. I really do like

Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter. I think it's super

colorful and I think it's got a lot of charisma

and I think it's gonna be a fun down the rabbit

hole ride. Yeah, I actually haven't seen the

first one so we can watch it in anticipation

of this one and I'll go see this one because

that's kind of the main reason why I'm maybe

not as on board with this one as I could be just

because I don't have the experience with the

other one and I Guess I kind of shades it a little

bit Dan. Did you see the first one? I did not

I just was kind of solid and like I don't want

to watch that so I didn't but I was in a phase

for quite some time that turned me away from

Tim Burton and anything he did. Was that phase

called watching his movies? It was called watching

his movies after Edward Scissorhands and Batman.

I may or may not have multiple Tim Burton movies

to watch this year. The Tim Burton Johnny Depp

duo. Oh wait, it's Welcome. Dude, I'm about that

life though. I'm probably okay with it. Alright.

For my number 10, I tried them. We're going to

see this too because I did have quite a few as

I was going through my 100 that don't have release

dates. So I'm hoping that not too many of them

actually make my list. My first one is scheduled

to be an October release. It's a thriller. and

it's titled Girl on a Train and directed by Tate

Taylor who did get on up and the help and I'm

not saying that's why it's on my list necessarily

I actually haven't seen the help but the main

reason it's making my list is the cast includes

Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson and I think

when you put those two actresses and then you

title it a thriller and kind of The plot synopsis

that it involves and I won't go into it, but

it seems like there's some some some bloodiness

some action some Suspense some crime going on

there, and I just think it would be interesting

to watch Emily Blunt and Rebecca Ferguson I don't

know who's playing who? Mission Impossible, uh,

you can remember Roganation remember that That

movie is so forgettable. All I remember is him

holding his breath under water for like 20 minutes

in that stupid turbine thing. But she got a lot

of attention for kind of the action set pieces

in that film and I think Emily Blunt gets a lot

of attention for the similar things, you know,

whether it be Edge of Tomorrow or even a little

bit in Sicario. So I just think it would be cool

to watch these two play off each other and see

kind of how it all plays out. So. I actually

had that. That was in my top 50 because I actually

watched Get On Up. not too long ago, and I was

surprised how good that was. It was a lot better

than I thought it would be, and the help was

pretty solid as well. I remember a lot of people

liking help. I just never saw it. It's good.

I mean, it is kind of, you know, maybe Oscar

beady a little bit, but it's an enjoyable movie.

Some good performances for sure. Viola Davis

is phenomenal. She should have won that year,

but yeah, so I have really debated putting that

within my list as well. All right, so... Girl

on the Train was my number 10. Dan, what's yours?

My number 10 is actually, we talked about movies

that I was anticipating. I was anticipating this

one last year, but it appears it's actually coming

out this year, and it is Green Room, directed

by Jeremy Saulnier, who, the reason it's on here

mainly is because two years ago, Jeremy Saulnier

did the movie Blue Ruin, which was in my top

10 of that year, I think actually in the top

five, and then kind of... the first time I ever

watched one of his films. It was only the second

movie he did. The other one was really even a

more low budget independent film. But I really

liked that Blue Rowan, what it did to the crime

genre. In the premise of Green Room sounds interesting

to me. Basically, it's a young, uh, young. punk

rock band they find themselves trapped in the

secluded venue after stumbling upon a horrific

act of violence so it seems like it's one of

those situations where it's a one -day story

and also stars Patrick Stewart so that's all

you have to say for me so I don't know seeing

Patrick Stewart in that type of a framework which

seems interesting to me so it has me intrigued

so that's why it's my number 10 Gentlemen, I

hope you appreciate the situation. Things have

gone south. No doubt. Now, whatever you saw or

did is no longer my concern. But... Let's be

clear. It won't end well. I'm intrigued by Patrick

Stewart kind of getting a little bit of a different

role. I haven't seen, I know a lot of people

have been talking about the clip that is available.

I haven't actually seen it, but they said he

is creepy as hell. I've not seen it. So I'm intrigued

to go seek that out, but I don't necessarily

need to because I thought Blue Room was an interesting

film too, and I think Patrick Stewart is enough

to give me to punch my ticket to that one as

well. So good pick there. Amanda, you're number

nine. I have Ms. Peregrine's Home for Peculiar's,

another Tim Burton film. We see a trend. But

Ava Green, Sam Jackson, what? Sign me up. So

I think just the sound and the premise of this

sounds like my kind of thing. Yeah, and the premise

for this one was about a boy enraptured by his

grandfather's tale of an island of monsters and

kids with powers. And some of that ends up, I

guess, coming true. So yeah, he's a Butterfield,

like you said, Ava Green, Sam Jackson, Judi Dench.

So that's scheduled actually for Christmas Day.

I had to wait that long? A Christmas release.

You can't have all of your Tim Burton stuff come

out at the same time. Well... You have to space

it out throughout the year so you can enjoy the

entire year. Yeah, yeah. I don't think he's actually

directing anything else through The Looking Grass,

right? I think he's the only producer on that

one, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, I don't think

he's actually... You are correct on that. Don't

rain on my play. It's James, James Bowman's director.

He did the two Muppet movies and he did a lot

of work with Flight of the Conchords and the

Ali G show. You can definitely see Tim Burton's

hand in it though. Yeah, absolutely. It's also

interesting enough that is actually Alan Rickman's

final film role as a voice in that film. He plays

Absalom. Yep. So last time you're going to be

able to hear his voice on a new film. And that

one is scheduled for May. So you can have a May

release in that vein, and then you can wait until

December for your other one. For my number nine,

it's one we talked about when we talked about

the box office. I didn't actually think it would

come up, but as I was doing a little bit more

research, I kind of started climbing my list

a little bit. On my true list, it's 19, but here

it'll be my number 9, and that is the film from

Disney, the animated film Moana. And it's scheduled

for a November release, so I think we're gonna

be safe there. Obviously, we have the voices

of Shakira and The Rock, but what really made

it climb, I guess, a little bit for me is the

directing team that's behind this. They go by

the name of Ron Clements and John Musker, who...

Musker? Musker. M -U -S -K -E -R. Why is that

funny? Just sounded funny. Anyways, the exact

same duo was also behind The Great Mouse Detective,

Aladdin, Little Mermaid, and Princess and the

Frog, and Hercules. So I think that's a pretty

good track record, especially those early things,

so I'm hoping that them together with another

kind of Disney... Don't you dare talk about the

latest Disney installments. The Princess and

the Frog, did you even like that? It was decent.

I don't like it as much as I like Tangled and

Frozen, but I thought it was decent. But anyways,

they're behind Aladdin and Little Mermaid, and

those are probably two of my top five favorite

Disney films of all time. So I'm hoping they

can recreate some of that magic. And it's The

Rock in an animated Disney film, so that should

be fun. Where was Moana on my true list? It's

actually, you and I both had it at 19. Sweet.

So we were actually in lockstep with that one.

So how did it end up on your list and not mine?

Because I you had you had already used your top

ten films before you got down to 19 I had to

go a little bit further to get some Don't don't

try to don't try to Dan help us out. What's your

number? Well, my number nine I was sold there's

no math. So Math is evil. We don't do my window

nice actually kind of out already or will be

by the time this drops I believe and it is hail

Caesar the most recent Coen Brothers film and

that's pretty much the reason why it's on my

list. I will say though I haven't been loving

the trailers per se I don't know something about

it. I'm just it's it's a Strange humor that they're

going for it can be hit and miss so but that

cast is pretty astounding Scarlett Johansson,

Cheney Tatum, Tilda Swinton, May Fiennes, George

Clooney, Jonah Hill. It's like a never -ending

list. It's also about a time period I'm a huge

fan of like 1950s in Hollywood So in kind of

this mystery musical extravaganza, so there's

a lot That could be here. I could also see this

being a gigantic flop, at least in the sense

of commercial box office wise, because I don't

know how much this is going to really, you know,

appeal to mass audiences. But not saying it'll

be a bad movie. But I don't know. Coen Brothers

have really, you know, they have a pretty impressive

track record. Maybe only one or two. bad films,

here and there, Lady Killers and Total Cruelty

come to my mind, but I don't know, I'm hoping

it will follow through and be quite good. You

know what's interesting, this was also on my

list, it was number 23 on my list, but you bring

up the trailer and I find that interesting because

if you showed me the trailer without any... like

text or without any other knowledge of the film,

and then you ask me who was directing that film,

I'd almost say Wes Anderson's directing that

film, based on the trailer. It just has that

kind of feel to it, and you're right, it's a

little bit, you're not quite sure what they're

going for there, but the cast and the Coen brothers

is enough. You're gonna go see it, everybody's

gonna see it. And it's coming out in February,

so hopefully there's not gonna be much else to

really go out and see. Right. So that kind of

lends to the fact that you said it could be a

complete flop or hey This is the same time that

what Grand Budapest Hotel came out similar and

stuff like that So maybe it will resonate and

have some time to Catch up with people if it

gets good reviews right away, especially so I'm

looking forward to that one as well Amanda you're

up next what other Tim Burton influenced film.

Do you have it number eight? Keeping it kind

of in the live -action Disney realm. I'm gonna

go with the Huntsman Mirror mirror on the wall

who is the most powerful of them all? If it's

a fairy tale you're hoping for Prepare yourself

for so much more You will train you will harden

You will become my huntsman all right and why

huntsman Chris Hemsworth. I did really enjoy

the first installment there as well. Him narrating

in the beginning, what gets me every time? I

really didn't like... Kristen Stewart, so I'm

glad that they've moved away from that bitch,

and it's Jessica Chastain now? Jessica Chastain,

Charlize Theron, and Emily Blunt again. Man,

that's a key trade in Kristen Stewart for Jessica

Chastain and Emily Blunt. I think that's a...

That's a two -for -one. That's a good deal. It's

called an upgrade. That's the Yankees right there,

raving some minor team there. Sorry. Ew, can

we not drop the R -bone? No, but I... I need

to re -watch the first one, I guess, because

I don't remember a thing about it. There's some

super cool scenes in it, like the forest scene

and stuff. I thought that was really well done.

But the posters that have come out so far featuring

Charlize Theron and Emily Blunt and Jessica Chastain

have a pretty cool look. So yeah, I'm interested

to see where this one goes. It's got some really

cool art, I think, in it. It's good. Alright

for my next pick I'm gonna try not to be a hypocrite

since it was on my film on my most anticipated

list last year Under a different name that didn't

come out now It has a new name and I believe

it might actually come out and I know I'm probably

again alone with I don't know why I'm Anticipating

this one as much as I am It's probably gonna

be god -awful, but well no pun intended, but

the title is risen and I think it was going under

Clivius last year, but again, this one's strictly

for a guilty pleasure as far as a director goes.

I'm not saying he's the greatest director of

all time, nowhere near it, but for some reason

all his films just kind of are guilty pleasures

for me, and it's Kevin Reynolds who did Robin

Hood Prince of Thieves and Count of Monte Cristo

back in the day, starring Joseph Fiennes, Tom

Felton, and Peter Firth, and it's obviously the

biblical story of the resurrection and kind of

that unknown time of what's going on after that.

when his body is missing and kind of that little

mystery to it. I just think it's kind of a cool

angle to go to as far as the story goes because

we don't necessarily know a lot about that time.

I had it on my list last year I felt like I had

to put it back on my list this year so it is

actually again another February release so probably

not going to be super great but February 19th

is when it's coming out. That's a terrible job

defending my pet. It's like, yeah, I feel bad

about this one. But hey, I'll watch it. Whatever.

Dan, what do you got at number eight? My number

eight is another director I'm a huge fan of,

and it's Nicholas Winning Refn and his most recent

film, Neon Demon. I know reference films are

hit and miss with a lot of people. A lot of people

love Drive. A lot of people hate it. Only God

forgives. A lot of people hate it for Hollow

Rising, but I tend to really enjoy pretty much

everything he does. He has a pretty good cast,

Jenna Maloney, Keanu Reeves, which is interesting.

It seems like he's replacing Ryan Gosling, because

Ryan Gosling's been in all of his last movies,

and Christina Hendricks, and Al Fanning as well.

It's it's a reference film. So who knows what

it's really about but apparently It says it's

about an aspiring model uh, but who really knows

um, they may not there may not be actually a

A plot to it who knows but I know it's probably

gonna look pretty so that's yeah That's especially

with a title like the neon demon. It better be

pretty. Yeah And it's listed as a horror slash

thriller. Yeah, and his films can be brutal and

with him kind of going into the horror genre

full force, I'm interested in seeing what he

actually has in store because it could get kind

of crazy, I'm sure. Yeah, that's for sure. I

actually have that in my top 100 as well. I think

it's in the 70s just because I wasn't sure anything

about it. What you said about being hit or miss,

yeah, I like some of his films, don't like some

of his films, so I have no idea what direction

this one's going, but I'm definitely intrigued

at least enough to see what's going on. Especially,

like you said, with Keanu Reeves doing something

in one of his films. That's going to be interesting.

So, yeah, have it on my list as well. Amanda,

it's your turn. What do you have at number seven?

My first Tammy pick. Your first Tammy pick? Here's

Ghostbusters. Tammy, too. The electric would

be loose. Does that mean there's more than one

Tammy pick coming? I'm sorry, what did you say?

Ghostbusters? Ghostbusters, yeah. I'm actually

looking forward to seeing the female cast of

this and I was always a super fan of Ghostbusters

and it scared the crap out of me when I was little

and I'm hoping that these bitches can do it justice.

Alright, I'm down for it. Probably also need

to rewatch the Ghostbusters films I mean I've

seen them multiple times But I haven't the last

time I saw him was a long time ago So I want

to catch back up with that beforehand just to

kind of see what other references they make but

I'm definitely interested to see Where they go

with this? This is your second Chris Hemsworth

pick in a row Wait, yeah, he plays he's replacing

me. Yeah. Yeah, I forgot about that Yeah, I have

to adjust Amanda's list now I'm sure there's

gonna be a ghost of some sort All right, so number

seven for you is Ghostbusters number seven for

me, I guess I'm anticipating the world of animation

this year because I have another animated pick.

One I had no idea even existed until doing the

research for this one. It's not any of the ones

we talked about in our... Is it Kubo and the

Two Strings? It is Kubo and the Two Strings.

So it's not any of the ones that we talked about

with the box office. And I originally just put

Kubo film because I didn't know what it was called.

But Kubo and the Two Strings. It's got Matthew

McConaughey, Charlize Theron again, Rooney Mara,

Ralph Vines. And it's just... I'm not going to

go over the whole plot synopsis. but that's really

what sold it on me. Just kind of that aesthetic

that it's going for. It seems like something

that would be pretty interesting. The animation

in the trailer looks super intense and super

cool. And I haven't actually even seen the trailer.

Did you do research? You watched trailers? What?

Amanda did some freaking research? I'm impressed.

Yeah. And that's another reason why I had to

eliminate Neon Demon because I couldn't even

find a poster. disqualified but The animation

looked slightly different and I liked it. Oh,

I'm on board Yeah, and Dan this one was on your

list as well. Yeah, it's It's by the locker studio

who did you know paranormal? also Coraline and

the Box Trolls. The Box Trolls was, I wouldn't

say disappointing. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't

to me the same level of Paranorman and Coraline,

but that has me really intrigued about it as

well. I love stop -motion animation, so even

the Box Trolls looked fantastic, even if I thought

it was a little too dry. I really enjoyed Coraline.

Paranorman, I liked it and I liked the look of

it, but I think that this it stepped it up a

notch. It's definitely more intense and it's

got a, it's old look too. Yeah. Alright. Yeah,

for sure. I'm just intrigued on this one and

like I said, this was on Dan's list as well and

I actually stole his pick so you can steal my

pick because it's also on your list. So we'll

switch number seven. So what do you have? Yeah,

so next for me is La La Land, which sounds just

fun to say. It's by director and writer Damien

Chazelle who first on the scene, I guess two

years ago now, with Whiplash, and it apparently,

I don't know if it's a full -on musical or just

about a jazz pianist, I'm not sure, but it's

starring Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling, J .K. Simmons

is coming back, who obviously last time he partnered

with Damien Chazelle, he won an Oscar. So, I

mean, I loved Whiplash so much, seeing him doing

another story that centers around music has me,

again, super intrigued, really looking forward

to it. So, and Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, I'm

really interested in seeing how well they work

with with Like a tandem and this is obviously

like I said on my list as well. I headed at number

17 overall Whiplash was my number one film in

2014 So obviously if he's back doing something

else and especially with Emma Stone Ryan Gosling

and kind of that setup I don't know exactly which

direction they're going with it like you said

but it's enough to be something that's on my

radar and looking for more information about

it, so yeah, I am in I'll step with you there

with while outland. So sorry for stealing your

thunder on Kubo. Yeah, of course. I forgot. I

just realized that last time we saw Emma Stone

and Ryan Gosling, they were in Crazy Soup with

Love and they were great together. So fun to

see them kind of come back. Yeah, for sure. Especially

kind of as the main, probably the main stars

here. I mean, not that they weren't main, I guess,

in Crazy Soup with Love, but it was more of an

ensemble piece. All right, Amanda, we're back

to you for your number six pick. I've got Star

Trek Beyond. I think I love this cast. I don't

care if the Trekkies are super pissed about it.

Does it look like a Star Trek film? I don't care.

I'm gonna see it. I'm gonna love it. I'm gonna

have fun with it. Let's hope this doesn't get

messy. This is where it begins, Captain. This

is where the frontier pushes back. What the hell

is this? I know why you're here. Why we are all

here. Okay, let's never do that again. I did

this whole... the world that they got going on.

I love the style, I love all the color, I love

the mix of humor and some serious intense action

sequences. I'm really excited for another installment

of this. Yeah, I am. This was on my list too

at number 30. I am slightly, I guess, the only

thing that's keeping me from putting it up a

little bit is Justin Lin as the director. I'm

not sure exactly how that's gonna translate,

but... There's a lot of other people that are

kind of in the creative control there of that

franchise and calling some shots to and influencing

that. But my main reason for being excited, not

only do I love Star Trek in general, but Idris

Elba joining the cast there, especially in the

villainous role is what I think he's been rumored

to play. I don't know if that's confirmed or

not, but that has me intrigued. That's a late

July release. So Star Trek Beyond is definitely

something that I'm looking forward to as well.

All right. So that means it's back to me. I'll

try not to steal Dan's pick this time. Looking

at too many lists here. I actually have a tie

for my number six pick, and this is probably

going to shock you a little bit, Dan, because

when I was going through my list, I cheated so

I could get more on my list when I was doing

my top 100, and any time there was a director

with two films, I put them in the same spot.

Nice. Don't say shit about me cheating. Ever

again. I wasn't. So the tie that kind of finds

its way onto my list, and it's not confirmed

whether these are both going to actually come

out in 2015 or 2016, Jews, or not, but it is

the combination of Knight of Cups and Weightless

from Terrence Malick. Wow. Yeah. So this is the

year that I'm going to give him his shot. I might

never watch another one of his films after this

year, but I'm giving him his shot this year because

it's the cast. ensembles and and everything about

these two films are too much to to not at least

kind of make you pay attention and get on the

edge of your seat a little bit so it's hard to

say what either of these films is probably going

to be about but it's a screenwriter that is in

los angeles and dealing with the hollywood system

and stuff like that uh... but that was boring

anyways the cast uh... you know christian bale

natalie portman kate blanchett ben kingsley dane

dehaan i'm cool with dane dehaan Joel Kinnaman

Jason Clark now some of these people have said

that they're they might not actually end up in

the final Yeah, I think there was I can't remember

if it was Christian or yeah Christian Bale or

somebody that was like There's little to no chance

I end up in the main thing because I was only

Like I only shot for like 15 days or something

like that So I guess if you're only shooting

for 15 days, you probably don't make the final

cut and with his films I don't know but the other

one weightless to intersecting love triangles

obsession and betrayal set against the music

scene in Austin, Texas a musical drama again

starting writing gossiping Apparently he's doing

some music stuff this year again Christian Bale

Kate Blanchett Rooney Mara Natalie Portman Vail

Kilmer Michael Fassbender Benicio del Toro. Those

are the names connected with it that again, who

knows if those people are actually gonna end

up in the film. If they do, it's gonna blow my

mind. Yeah, so I mean, those two films, as long

as one of them comes out, that's the other reason

for me pairing them up, because it's also Terrence

Malick, and you never know if they're actually

gonna come out this year. So I figured if I put

two of them in there, there's a good shot that

at least one of them actually does come out.

And I know Night of Cups is scheduled for a March

release, so that one's probably pretty sure.

I don't know if we'll get Waitlist towards the

end of the year or not, but it would be interesting.

He doesn't do films back to back. So to have

two of his films in a year would be pretty interesting.

It would be surprising. Yeah. So I'm going to

put them both at my number six and hope that

my shot of giving him a shot this year ends up

with two films that I enjoy. So all right, Dan,

what do you got at number six? Number six, I

have The Circle, which is directed by James Poncelet,

starring Emma Watson, Tom Hanks. John Boyega

of Star Wars fame also Pat Oswald and Bill Packard.

That's something we can say now Star Wars fame

with three people exactly exactly and Emma Watson's

being is the lead here as it's based upon a book

by Dave Eggers and she is a woman who lands a

powerful job at The tech industry where she gets

involved with this mysterious man who seems like

will be playing by Tom Hanks So I'm interested

in seeing like that relationship of a Tom Hanks

and Emma Watson. I'm actually creeped out by

that. But I think it's seeing Tom Hanks in more

of a seems almost like a villainous role, which

he doesn't do very often. So hell role, Jesus

Christ. Perfect. But also. He's taking lessons

from college beans. Oh, she's in. No, we can't

lose Tom Hanks, too. We can't lose Tom Hanks,

too. No, we've already lost too many people.

But it's also coming from the director who brought

us to Spectacular Now, which I really enjoyed

that movie. And last year is the end of the tour,

which actually I enjoyed as well. That movie

really impressed me for a number of reasons.

I did not think I would enjoy it, but it was

really good use of... conversation and it was

a pretty impressive directing job considering

that it's really just these two guys talking

but he was able to keep it quite interesting

so I really considering all that's involved and

maybe really hoping that he can continue that

streak with the circle and I've never read I

did not read the book it's based off I tend to

kind of try not to because I'd rather just watch

the movie because there's less words so sometimes

yeah But yeah, I have this one on my list too.

It was number 28. I think it's a one, you know,

we talked about all the different things that

can affect, you know, putting a movie on your

list or not. And I think this has a little of

all of them. It's a little bit of the director,

it's a little bit of the cast, a little bit of

the synopsis, like you said, Tom Hanks and more

of a villainous role, possibly. And yeah, that

has me intrigued and I like The Spectacular now

as well. So I had this one on my list as well.

Amanda, what do you got? Number five. Another

Keanu. movie getting thrown up here, John Wick

2. And this is, I haven't seen anything as far

as an actual release date on this one. I don't

know if it's for sure going to be 2016 or not.

Oh, don't tell me that. But I hope it is, and

so obviously we're a fan of the original John

Wicks, or you're just looking forward to seeing

more in that world. Yeah, it just, he was such

an utter badass. I mean, I can't get over the

fact that you can scare the shit out of somebody

over the phone by not even saying anything. I

mean, he just wrecks so many people in that movie,

and I just want to see more of that world that

he lives in. Yeah, I'm back. And he better come

back this year with John Wick 2. Yeah, I think

there's a lot of people that would be interested

to see that. A lot of people like the world and

the universe that was kind of created in that

first film. And I'm interested to see where they

go from there. And especially, I think it has

most of the people that were involved in the

first one returning for the second one, from

what I can tell. So that should bode well for

it. And he got a dog. That ain't no joke this

time, so. That's the question. What's going to

be the influence this time? He's back. He doesn't

need it anymore. There's needy more reason than

that. He's back. He's in the game again. It's

like a Twitter war that starts it. Somebody said

something about it. It was dead. Sorry. Spoiler,

I guess, for John Wick. For a movie that's not

done filming yet. My number five pick is actually

going to be the film Passengers, which we talked

about slightly, I think, in honorable mentions

when we were talking about our box office predictions,

because it might be something that gained some

legs late in the year. Obviously, this is the

science fiction film by Morton Tildum, who did

the imitation game starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Chris Pratt and Michael Sheen, but I mean, it's

really Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in space.

I mean, that seems like an interesting pair of

the... Pigs in space! No, not pigs in space.

But yeah, they wake up early from their, apparently,

their cryogenic sleep and... There's a love story

and it's space. No, the guy wakes up and then

he decides to wake the chick up. He's like looking

at all the other passengers and is like, um,

let's wake this one. I choose you, come on down.

It's like a futuristic Adam and Eve kind of feel.

I had that on my list too. What number was it

on in my true list? On your list it was number,

I have no idea. It's really a - Number 20. Okay.

Yeah, it was number 20 on yours, it was number

13 on my overall list. But yeah, I just think

the combination of Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence,

and then it's in space and sci -fi, and I love

science fiction and that type of setting, so

I'm on board. It sells it for me. Yeah. Dan,

what do you got next? Well, my next, I'm hoping

I'm going to pronounce this correctly. I'm not

really sure. Common Chera, perhaps maybe, I'm

not sure. Directed by David McKenzie, written

by Taylor Sheridan, starring Chris Pine, Ben

Foster, Jeff Bridges, among others. And two big

reasons I am really looking forward to this.

It's coming from the director of Start Up, which

was one of my favorite films from two years ago.

I just, I was kind of blown away with that movie.

It was really my favorite film of that year until

I saw her. And it's also written by Taylor. Share

it in and you may be like, who is that? Well

last year he wrote one of the best movies of

the year with Sicario. So obviously Sicario benefited

from some great direction, but you know, it was

also a screen prize. So seeing that talent kind

of come together and with a cast that includes

Jeff Bridges and Ben Foster and Chris Prine.

kind of think there's a lot of potential here.

It's about a divorced dad who has an ex -con

brother who has to resort to a desperate scheme

in order to save their family's farm in Texas.

So not sure what that necessarily entails per

se. Sounds dangerously close to American Heist.

Or maybe if you have the same writer that's doing

Sicario and we're back near the border with Texas

Rangers and whatnot, maybe he will be able to

recapture that. Intensity, you know, edge of

the seat type of stuff there. I agree with you,

Dan. I have this one in my top 40, so I was looking

forward to this one, too, mainly because of the

director of Startup, and just kind of that whole

vibe to it seems like it'd be something that

could be intriguing. All right, so Amanda, we're

back to you now for your number four. Number

four is X -Men Apocalypse. I've been called many

things over many lifetimes. Ra, Krishna, Yahweh.

Everything they've built will fall! And from

the ashes of their world, we'll build a better

one! I felt power like this before. I'm really

really interested to see Oscar Isaac in this

kind of super characterized villain role because

I think he's an awesome bad guy and I'm hoping

that it's going to play into, or come into effect

here and shine through as a really good villain.

Anything X -Men, mutants, I'm like, yeah, I'm

there. But by rule, this film has Oscar Isaac

and Michael Fassbender, so it is also on my list.

Even just watching the trailer for Mojave with

him in it? I'm like, this guy is nuts, and I

can't wait to see him in some villain roles.

Yeah, I had this at number, in my top 20, so

I think it was number 15 for me. So, yeah, I'm

looking forward to all the comic book films.

I mean, I'm a huge, I'm a huge X -Men fan. I

love Days of Future Past. When that movie was

coming out, it was my most anticipated movie

of the year. I don't know, something, I just

have this... worry feeling when I watch it. I

actually don't mind the look of Apocalypse. He's

actually one of my favorite villains, and I think

he did him as well enough. But I just, it feels

like one too many. I don't know. Like, I had

nothing to base that off of, really, because

I don't think the trailer looks okay. But it's

just, I guess I'm just a little hesitant based

upon that. So I guess I'm going in pessimistic.

Hopefully that'll be nice. There you go. You'll

be the one that's, yeah, you'll have the best

experience because you won't be disappointed

that way. Well, this movie doesn't suck. Yeah.

For my number four pick, again, I have no release

date on this one, so who knows when it's going

to come out. I'm pretty sure it's already done,

though, so hopefully we'll actually get to see

it in 2016. And for my number four, we're going

with a crime drama again. You put Michael Fassbender

and Brendan Gleeson together, I am signing up.

And that is Trespass Against Us. A man looks

to find a way to escape the criminal ways of

his outlaw family. And the only image or anything

I can find on this is... Brendan Gleason grabbing

the shit out of Michael Fassbender's face? Brendan

Gleason grabbing Michael Fassbender's face and

they're like nose to nose and I'm just like,

yes, give me that. So I don't know what's going

on here, I don't know when it's coming out, but

I want to see those two in this film together

and see what happens. One word, intense. Yeah,

trespass against us. Remember that name and hopefully

we'll get to see it in 2016 that is also on Amanda's

list You had that one at your number 29. So just

making your top 30 as well It was on my list

as well. And it was also my list last year as

well, too So you don't want to get burned. Yeah,

but yeah, Brendan Gleeson Michael Fassbender

That's pretty much has me excited to see them

together. So Absolutely. All right, Dan. What

do you got at your number? My number four We

also had on our list last year. This was one

of our common picks last year between you, JD,

and myself. We all had it on our list. From an

upcoming director called Martin Scorsese. You

may have heard of him. Starring Adam Driver,

Liam Neeson, and Andrew Goldfield in Silence.

story that centers on two priests in Japan and

kind of the prosecution that they underwent.

And yes, obviously it's Scorsese. There was a

chance this movie was coming out last year. It

isn't, but you know. All you have to tell me

is Martin Scorsese, I'm there. It does seem like

it's him getting away from the gangster flick,

which he's done plenty of times. But I'm really

curious to see Liam Neeson in a more acting role,

and he's not taking anyone or being taken. It's

going back to a real film. So the images of Liam

Neeson that have surfaced from the film are incredible.

So I am definitely signing up for that one as

well. I mean, it's a historical drama. Of course,

going to be on board. Yeah, I had this one on

my list as well. You just had it slightly higher.

I have it number 10 overall for me. Yeah, so

I'm super looking forward to it. I'm just hoping

it comes out this year. Absolutely. Amanda, time

for the top three. What are you going with first?

Oh man, getting down to the nitty gritty here.

I've got Batman versus Superman. Everybody's

all going to be shocked that we're having all

these comic book films that aren't common amongst

all three of us, but why Batman versus Superman?

I've been waiting forever for this to come out.

I want it to happen now. I think I was even more

excited for this than Star Wars last year. I

think that it's such a cool pairing and it's

an epic showdown. I think that Wonder Woman looks

too friggin' skinny for an Amazon in little,

but I'm hoping that she can pull her weight.

And I think that just the style and look of it,

I can tell it's going to be a lot more gritty.

I'm just ready. Well, if you're trying to keep

tabs at home as to who's not voting on these

films to keep them from being on our art. trio

of common films. Dan left X -Men off, and I'm

the one that left Batman versus Superman off.

So Dan, you have this... So I'm carrying this

shit. Dan, you had this one at number 29, so

obviously you're looking forward to it as well.

Yeah, I just... I'm looking forward to it and

not looking forward to it that I'm looking forward

to it again on a lot of different... I'm gonna

see it, obviously. It's just... There's a you

know a lot of hesitation I have with it, but

I didn't it's like it's Batman and Superman There's

it could be great, and I think Ben Affleck could

actually make a good super Batman He was Superman

too, but I don't know I I think it's just it's

a movie. That's just you know Anticipated for

such a long time. It's it's feel like we need

a new word for it Because we've been talking

about it for such a while, but you know, I'm

glad it's coming out in March we don't have to

wait for till the summer and I know I like to

see the previous eight thousand times only exactly

exactly I do feel the trailers did ruin it a

great deal because they did kind of give away

too much But hopefully maybe that's maybe that's

not the case and there's more to it than that

But yeah this with a film like that. You don't

need to show us anything. You just like show

up Batman and then show Superman. Looking at

each other. I feel like that's what they're doing

now because it's watching like football like

those are the trailers which was just that them

like going at it and like yeah that's all you

really needed to do but what I'm looking forward

to about this film is when it actually is released

what then will become the film that everybody

goes bananas about for the next year or two after

that so what's gonna take that what's gonna fill

that void that was every other month of every

other week rumor of Batman versus Superman so

uh cyborg no okay is Gambit not coming out this

it's not confirmed so my guess is it's going

to try to avoid the the other six comic book

films that are coming out this it hasn't started

filming yet so i would i would assume it's probably

not coming out this year didn't i have that on

my box office predictions i don't know i'd have

to go back and listen We talked about a lot of

films for my number three pick. I'm actually

surprised that this is on my list and not Amanda's

I guess I ranked it slightly higher and Again,

maybe there's a theme for my list because it's

another Michael Fassbender film and that is Assassin's

Creed You do have it on your you had it at number

ten, but I had it at number four You don't even

know about the game? I don't need to know anything

about the game. You're just like, Michael Fassbender.

I see Michael Fassbender in this hood and it's

Assassin's Creed is the title. Oh my lord. And

I actually do like the Assassin's Creed games

from what I've seen. I have never played any

of them. When I got stuck? Yeah, when you were

getting stuck. But I like the idea of the story

behind Assassin's Creed and kind of the whole

thing, you know, the historical aspect of it.

This also has Jeremy Irons. Brendan Gleason and

Marion Cotillard. So, cast, plot, everything,

Christmas, action, adventure, I'm down. I do

think it's funny the guy who directed it, last

movie he did was Macbeth, now he's doing a video

game movie. Like, it's gotta be impressive to

go from Shakespeare to a video game. But he still

has the same two people he had in the past. Yeah,

I know. I mean, it makes sense, because, you

know, Assassin's Creed doesn't have that same

type of feel, like, you know, within the period

piece, but... This time, people will actually

be able to understand what they're saying. Yeah,

I'm just... I'm hesitant. With trying to make

a video game movie, that just has me hesitant,

and that's why I didn't rank it. I'm going all

in and saying that this is going to be the first

actual decent video game film. Whoa, did you

see House of the Dead? what no um okay dan what

do you got at your number three my number three

i have probably one of my first favorite action

franchises of all time uh well at least the first

three movies and that is uh well currently the

untitled matt damon jason board sequel that's

coming out this year both matt damon and paul

greengrass are returning at first i didn't want

this movie to happen because i felt ultramenium

left at the perfect Spot I didn't think legacy

needed to happen didn't really like that a great

deal, but it kind of turned around on it I'm

really excited to see green grass back to this

franchise really excited to see Matt Damon come

back to the character of Jason Bourne the movies

have for me got better and better the supremacy

and ultimatum was if that track record continues

could be great, so I have high hopes for the

next Bourne movie whatever it will be uh... this

is in my top forty as well uh... coming out late

july and interesting to joining there are also

involved in this besides madame and obviously

have julia styles returning as uh... she was

in the other films and then you have tommy lee

jones and a leash of a candor and and this person

who apparently is required to be in every other

movie Yeah, it is pretty much that's the case.

But yeah, I think I would be looking forward

to this even more if I hadn't been soured by

the last Boran. I know we're probably not going

to count that. It's going to be like the Indiana

Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls of

the Boran franchise. But hopefully they can recapture

what they had in those first three films because

those films are absolutely amazing and fun to

watch. So yeah, I'm hoping that one's good as

well. Amanda, number two time, what do you got?

Independence Day resurgence. Boy, I have been

waiting for this for a long time. I'm a little

sad that Will Smith isn't in it, but I get it,

and he's just dragging shit down lately. I just

can't... Can't let him drag this down, too. We

got Jeff Goldblum. It's all we fucking need.

And Bill Pullman, and not Chris Hemsworth, but

Liam Hemsworth. The other Hemsworth, which I

am not sad about whatsoever. I will take a Hemsworth

of whichever one you're gonna give me, except

for that creepy one that was in... It was a terrible

like not it was like a Walmart $1 movie that

he was in that was terrible. Yeah infamy infamy.

Yeah. Yeah, I don't know what that dude's name

is I put it out of my head Is he like a third

cousin or I don't even know. Probably, because

I think all the good -looking genes went to those

guys. Like, skip Generation and the middle child

was just fugly and just in the crappy movies.

I think he's the oldest brother, but I could

be wrong. Whatever. No idea. I'm not up on the

Hemsworth family tree, I guess. Skip that generation,

okay? But yeah, I mean, this was in my top, I

think it's like right around my number 35. Dan,

you had this at your number 30. Those aliens,

though. They're legit. I mean, as... Comical

is it might have been in the 96 would they come

out 96? The 90s version will say they took over

like they would they have wrapped their little

tentacles around bigger now people's necks and

work or more numerous talking through them and

stuff They were no larger. I'm not even really

sure how we fucked them up as bad as we did in

the first one, but There's nothing he couldn't

do. Dragging them off looking through the desert.

Kicking them and stuff. But I think that it's

gonna be super legit and probably kinda creepy

and it's definitely a formidable sci -fi flick.

I'm just looking forward to seeing the presidential

speech in full. Should we win the day? Alright,

any other comments about Independence Day, Amanda?

She's looking at me crazy. Alright, so my number

two actually wasn't on either of you guys' lists

so I guess I'm alone on this one and it is simply

probably because of the picture of the movie

poster and I guess I did not realize how many

Brendan Gleeson, Michael Fassbender, and Matthew

McConaughey films I had on my list. But I'm going

with Free State of Jones, which is a May action

drama set during the Civil War. That's all you

had to say, and I signed up for it. The Free

State of Jones tells the story of a defiant southern

farmer and his extraordinary armed rebellion

against the Confederacy. Matthew McConaughey,

I'm not going to try to say her name, Kerry Russell

and Brendan Gleeson, also directed by Gary Ross,

who did the first two Hunger Games and Pleasantville,

which... I'm somewhat of a fan of those films.

So yeah, but the movie poster with Matthew McConaughey

on it is incredible. And it's set in the Civil

War, so that's one of my favorite historical

periods. So Free State of Jones, I'm in 100%.

I struggled with putting this on my list. It

almost made it. I think it's farther down into

the 40s or 50s on my list. Fair enough. All right,

Dan, what do you got at number two? At number

two, I have Story of Your Life, which is directed

by Denis Villeneuve and starring Amy Adams, Jeremy

Renner, and Forrest Whitaker, among a few others

as well. To me, Denis Villeneuve has been Kind

of kicking butt as of late from Insundees to

Prisoners to last year with Sicario. He's been

kind of on fire making really intense, great

films that are both entertaining, thrilling and

just well -directed all around. So because of

that, it has me excited for whatever he's going

to do next and seeing him working with a cast

that includes Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Hopefully,

you know, he can get a similar performance out

of Amy Adams that he did with Emily Blunt. And

to me, Amy Adams is like one of the best working

actresses of today. So I'm really excited. to

see them together in a movie. It does seem a

little different in regarding what it's about.

It's taking place after an alien craft lands

around the world. An expert linguist is recruited

by the military to determine whether they come

in peace or a threat. So getting into a different

genre for him, because he's never really done

science fiction before, but I think he has a

potential to kind of see what he can do with

a movie like that. Yeah, it's interesting to

see, too, the number of directors that are kind

of on our radar, the up -and -coming ones, or

the ones that have kind of put out some good

films over the last, whatever it is, two, three,

four years that are all doing like a sci -fi

or a horror film this year. Like, we talked about

James Poncell, who had done Spectacular Now,

doing a sci -fi film. We talked about someone

just a little bit ago that was doing the horror

film now. And now we got, yeah, Denis Villeneuve

doing the sci -fi film. What was that? Denis

Villeneuve. That was the weirdest thing. But

yeah, I'm interested to see what he does in the

science fiction realm. And Amy Adams supports

Whittaker. I'm not huge on Jeremy Renner, but

he doesn't usually bother me. It's not like he

takes away from the film. Until you look at his

hands. Yeah, don't get Hyrule started about his

nubby hands or whatever it is. Gross. I didn't

even notice it until he told me about that. It's

true, though. We've seen him. totally creeped

out. But what were you going to say? I think

I have this farther down on my list, 40s and

50s somewhere in there. I think the premise sounds

super cool, not as cool as Independence Day resurgence,

but super cool. Still science fiction. I have

it at number 29, so I'm definitely in agreement

with this one. I'm interested to see what Dene

does next. So that means there's only one spot

left on our unique list. Amanda, what do you

have at number one? I think on my true list.

Somehow so fitting. So fucking fitting. It worked

out perfectly that Fantastic Beasts and Where

to Find Them fits in at my number one on this

list. It did not make number one on my true list.

I'm just scared to love it too much. I've read

the book that it's based off of, and it's not

a story. It's just a collection of, it's almost

like a... a little encyclopedia. It's one of

the school books from Harry Potter. One of the

school books that him and his classmates use.

And I'm surprised that they chose that one to

go with as far as the spinoff goes. But I think

it's gonna be super cool. I'm hoping Eddie Redmayne

just gets his Brit on and does some cool stuff.

And doesn't yell. Yeah, I'm not sure. As Newt

Scamander. And I think that all these cool creatures,

I hope they... They put a ton in there and do

them super well, as I know they tend to do in

the Harry Potter -verse. Yeah, and it does have

the director returning who did the last four

Harry Potter films, so it should... David Yates.

Yeah, David Yates. So it should be in that same

feel and in the same... he should be able to

kind of translate that. He's also... he's got

two films coming out this year, too. He's also

doing Legend of Tarzan. I'm so interested that

he's doing kind of two big -budget fantasy films.

Which also has the same dance in it. It does.

So, yeah. What's up with Sam Jackson pairing

up with these crazy white guys? Well, I mean,

Sam Jackson is in every movie, so it's not to

be a surprise. But yeah, Fantastic Beasts and

Where to Find Them, very appropriate that it

is your number one pick. And for my number one

pick, it is actually also my number one overall

pick. And that is, call me a sucker, but the

live action Disney film, The Jungle Book. And

there's just something about this that has me,

I love... I've loved the Jungle Book growing

up. I love some of those characters and I always

wanted to see them kind of in a more realistic,

more not necessarily serious look, but I think

we're getting it with this one. You know, we

have Jon Favreau as the director. You got Bill

Murray, Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley, Scarlett Johansson,

Christopher Walken. I mean, come on. It's coming

out in April and that trailer or teaser or whatever

you want to call it with everything that's going

on and then with Baloo kind of whistling. as

he's floating down the river. Are you alone out

here? What are you doing so deep in the jungle?

Don't you know what you are? you came from. Poor

sweet little girl. I'll keep you close. Let go

of your fear now. I'm sold. So sign me up for

this one in April. I will be seeing it opening

weekend. I had this on my list too, not as high

as you, I forget exactly where, but I do think

it looks really good and I'm usually not, don't

get too excited for the Disney live action ones,

but this one seems a little bit different to

me. Maybe it's just having John Favreau attached

and the voice talent, but I don't know. I think

it could be quite good. So I'm anticipating this

one as well. Yeah, and Amanda you headed at number

21 on your list so not too far off All right,

Dan only one more pick before we get into our

common choices. What do you have at number? My

number one is also my number one overall and

it was I think my number two last year So hopefully

it actually comes out this year and it's Richard

link later who I just you know, I'm like soccer

for a Richard Linklater movie and it's everybody

wants them. It's apparently supposed to be a

spiritual successor or sequel or what you have

two days in confused about basically. Teen not

teenagers, but college level kids and the baseball

team kind of just going through life in a day

And I love one day films I love link later movies

and just like they're almost their simplicity

and what he what he can you bring to them? So

simply because of that and I'm super excited.

I love boyhood. I'd love before midnight. That's

that trilogy and Dazing confused to me is also

an all -time classic So if it's if it can there's

a lot has to live up to but if it can go through

with it I think it could be one of the best movies

of the year. I haven't ever actually compiled

a top 100 film of all time for me personally

yet. Something on my to -do list, but I'm pretty

sure Days and Confused would find its way on

that top 100 somewhere. I loved Days and Confused.

Maybe it was just the time it came out and how

old I was at that point or whatever, but I'm

interested to see how much they can kind of recapture

that feel and kind of translate from the high

school setting now to the college setting and

a baseball team. I'm down for that. You don't

already have a top 100 list of all time? Maybe

a lot cooler if you did. Sorry about that. So

yeah, Everybody Wants Some was on my list. You

said that like almost like you were trying to

be Matthew McConaughey from Day 6. I did it on

purpose! I just waited to ask the fucking question!

I didn't even laugh as much as I wanted to. But

I had this one on my list as well. It was number

14 for me. So definitely in agreement with you

on that one, Dan. All right, that means it's

time for the eight films. It somehow always ends

up to be somewhere in the seven to ten range.

I think we had nine last year, ten the year before,

so we're at eight this time that we all had in

common. Some that you could probably predict

and a couple that are going to be somewhat interesting.

And the way we rank these then is I just took

how each one of us had it rated and took an average,

so that's why that'll kind of... Determine the

order that we go so number eight for us on our

common list is a film called the light between

oceans And that film you had Amanda at 30 so

just barely making all three of our lists I had

it at 11 and Dan you had it at 25 this one is

from Derek seen France say see in France. I don't

know how to say his name But the director of

place beyond the pines which was my shit, which

is your shit I guess is how we're gonna say it

also blue Valentine Hey, guess what starring

Michael Fassbender. Is he not is he in? 30 movies

this year? I don't get it. Alicia Vikander, oh,

she is two, and Rachel Weiss set on an island

off the coast of Western Australia after World

War I. The lighthouse keeper and his wife find

a two -month -old girl and a dead body in a rowboat,

and there's drama and morality questions raised

throughout. So Dan, why was this one one that

was on your list? Like you said, coming from

the director of Blue Valentine and Place Beyond

the Pines, Again another good cast so I that

kind of had me interested. I think it has some

talent involved so I The premise of it. I'll

be honest. It's not super intriguing to me But

I'm hoping that you know it's something that

once you actually see the trailer it sounds a

lot better better than synopsis And then I'm

pretty sure I mean I haven't researched this

but this is based on a book I believe and I have

not read that book so I have No idea about any

of the plot or story, but yeah, the director

and the cast is what had me on this one. Amanda,

what was the selling point for you on this one?

Yeah, definitely the same for me too. I mean,

the plot, like I said, sounds like Blue Lagoon

story. Not too fancy with it, but I'm excited

to see the dynamic of those players. All right.

Our number seven pick for common films, Amanda,

you had it ranked 18, I had it number 25, Dan,

you had it number 7, and that would be the film

Midnight Special. Dan, I'll let you lead the

way on this one. Well, it's coming from Jeff

Nichols and starring Michael Shannon, who is

just like the last time they got together with

Take Shelter, which Shannon gave a phenomenal

performance in that. So that has me super excited

to what they can do again with one another. And

again, it's another director that is going into

a science fiction realm. Yeah, another one. Yeah,

with the idea of... This young child who has

some sort of special powers and that's really

all we really know about the synopsis There is

a trailer out which I have not seen but again

seeing Jeff Nichols who's not really known for

movies like that kind of going into something

of a something new would has me Wondering, you

know how exactly it's gonna work, but I have

faith. I think it could be quite good Yeah, I

have seen the trailer and again science fiction

a pretty good cast and I really I haven't seen

take shelter yet But I loved mud so I'm intrigued

on this and another director that possibly could

have two films coming out this year Maybe not

and the one probably will get bump, but he also

has one I think that's going around with the

title loving right now What also has Michael

Shannon and Joel edgerton in it that was supposed

to be a drama 1958 Virginia settings. So it'll

be interesting to see if he has two films come

out or not, but I'm definitely intrigued by Midnight

Special and where that's going. Amanda, what

was the selling point for you on this one? Uh,

sci -fi. Cool stuff happening. Lights? Yes. Cool

lights. Kid's got some goggles on. But, um...

Shoots lasers from his eyes. I want to see more

with Joel Edgerton in it. I think that the gift

really sold him for me, and I think that... Seeing

him in a cool sci -fi flick is right up my alley.

So all right Number six common pick for all of

us here. We all had it somewhat similar here

I guess Amanda you had it at 22 Dan you had it

at 14 and I had it at 12 And that would be the

film that's coming out a little bit late This

one is coming out soon or else they're already

showing previews for a way early, but that is

nice guys Who is it? Messenger service. Marge,

we gotta play a game. I have to give you the

wrong house. It's called shut up unless you're

me. I love that game. You're a private investigator?

There's 20 bucks in there, all right? Just take

it. No, I told you. I'm not here for that. My

messenger. Give me your left arm. No! Yeah, come

on. No! When you're talking to your doctor, you

tell him you have a spiral fracture. No! Deep

breath. Obviously from director of Kiss Kiss

Bang Bang Which is one of my faves Well go ahead

then Kiss Kiss Bang Bang No, not about Kiss Kiss

Bang Bang But go ahead about Nice Guys Yeah,

Shane Black, why are you on board? Plus Ryan

Gosling, just saying Come on now But I think

that I I'm digging the gritty humor and the dynamic

between Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe. I think

that it's a fun premise. I mean, you pay this

guy to go and... put the hurt down on some people

for you and I think it's gonna have some some

cute stuff especially with Ryan Gosling and you

know his daughter in that relationship and stuff

too so yeah it actually doesn't come out till

May I don't know why I was thinking it comes

out already but probably because they're already

showing previews in theaters I think it looks

you know witty and yeah Dan we were not just

fans of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang but we were also

higher than a lot of people on Iron Man 3 as

well so is it is it just the director or have

you seen the trailer for the nice guys? I did

I did see it in the theater as well if you can't

I think when I wanted to see Star Wars. Yeah,

I think so too. And that and also I'm a big fan

of private eye stories and also period piece

that could be interesting in the 1970s. Solid

cast and yeah, I'm a huge fan of Shane Black.

I love his humor and I'm happy to see him kind

of go back to this this genre again. I thought

Kiss Kids Big Bang like Minnes said was quite

good and if it's nearly as good as that it could

be quite funny. So that had me listed rather

rather high. All right. Well, that probably does

it for the ones that you might not have been

able to predict. I think we'll be somewhat predictable

the rest of the way through here with our franchise

choices. But our number five pick in common would

be none other than Dr. Strange. Amanda, why Dr.

Strange ranking on your top 30? I don't even

know shit about it. I just know there's going

to be some fantastical... Well, you should be

right on board for this because it's... Yeah,

it's directed by the guy that did Sinister, Exorcism

of Emily Rose, Deliver Us from Evil, you've probably

seen all of those films. Benedict Cumberbatch,

Chewie Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Mad Mikkelsen,

Tilda Swinton. It's an incredible cast. Oh, Tilda

Swinton. Yeah, I forgot that she was in that

too. Anything with her in it, I'm on board. When

you were talking about Hale Caesar earlier, Dan,

I was like, and I'm in my head. So Dan, we had

a couple of comic book films that didn't make

our common list, even when we talked about X

-Men already and Batman vs. Superman. Why is

Dr. Strange Kind of elevated among above those

at least I think it's just because it's gonna

be something different from our role in the sense

that it's gonna Go into like the magical realm,

which is something they haven't done a great

deal in Thor did in a way But it was as much

like threwback science fiction as a fantasy as

it was like a magical story So I'm interested

in seeing that and seeing that Kind of expand

the Marvel Universe in that way again mainly

to because of the cast the talent involved seems

rather impressive and you know Marvel to me has

still been really consistent like I think even

though maybe Age of Ultron wasn't better than

the other Avengers or as good as maybe I hoped

it would be it still was a solid film so I haven't

watched more of a movie yet that I was just didn't

like so I figured if they can keep that going

with the talent involved it should be a good

movie. Yeah, I'm definitely intrigued by the

cast and I also am like I actually Amanda I don't

know anything about dr. Strange, but I'm just

a doctor and I know we see a really good comic

out right now of dr. Strange, which I doubt it's

gonna be at all what the movies like but It's

it's quite good. So yeah And I think what you

bring up Dan the point of just seeing Marvel

go in a direction that we haven't seen them Go

yet would is kind of an intriguing factor. So

I think that's one reason why it's on all three

of our list. And the next one, let's keep the

comic book thing going here because our number

three in common would be Deadpool. Dead. Why

the fancy dirt suit, Mr. Poole? Oh, that's because

it's Christmas Day, Doepender. And I'm after

someone on my naughty list. You're probably thinking,

this was a superhero movie, but that guy in the

suit just turned that other guy into a fucking

kebab. Surprise. This is a different kind of

superhero story. Amanda, you had this the highest.

It's near number two overall. Yes, sir. Why Deadpool?

Why not Deadpool? I think Ryan Reynolds was born

to play Deadpool. That mouth, his humor, his

wit, even, you know, his body type, I think fits

it. I think that I'm a little leery of how it's

gonna look. I mean, we've seen the slowdown and...

We've seen the shots, the slow down shots, and

his body moving. I don't know how natural those

movements are going to look with that suit and

what they're doing to it. But I think that he

is going to be the perfect merc with a mouth.

And I'm really excited to see a super superhero

movie with the R rating. I think that now is

the time to do it with this character. And it's

just going to be a lot of violence, which I'm

totally down for. It's my movie. And obviously

we don't have to wait long. It's a February,

early February release, so we'll be getting that

real quick from the time that this one goes live.

Dan, why Deadpool up his high on our list? I

know Deadpool's kind of kind of in the comic

book world and kind of played out, but I do like

him. Maybe not what he has become, but this might

be the only comic movie that's actually been

talked about. for a longer period of time than

Batman or Superman. People have been wanting

it since, you know, the original Wolverine movie

helping and then went away, came back, and then,

you know, when they finally released that like

two minute sizzle reel or like clip, it... Kind

of sparked this thing to happen. So for me, it's

just impressive seeing this movie is actually

getting made And I think it just I like the trailers

thing. It looks fun. I think it looks funny I

like how they're kind of incorporating the X

-Men a little bit in it too just with Colossus

there So I I find hopes for it I think it could

be and it's kind of cool seeing like a comic

book movie that's not about like saving the world

It's just maybe more of a small story. That's

kind of wacky and cool. So Yeah, definitely some

unique takes on the traditional comic book films

that we've been exposed to over the last four

or five years now with Doctor Strange and with

Deadpool. So definitely some unique aspects to

them from people that are only getting their

comic book stuff through the film. the live action

films but we'll take a quick break from the comic

book films to go from Amanda's number two overall

to my number two overall and that would be Rogue

One a Star Wars story also on all three of our

list now I can totally understand why it would

be a little bit lower on some people's list if

you're especially if you're going to be hesitant

based on the director Gareth Edwards who obviously

a lot of people weren't very big on Godzilla

but For me, you got Felicity Jones, Ben Mendelsohn,

Mads Mikkelsen, and you got the story as far

as where it's taking place. I mean, you got Star

Wars and you have actually like war, like dog

fighting or something to do with that. And based

on Star Wars The Force Awakens, I mean... I'm

not going to bet against Star Wars, so it seems

like they're going in the right direction. It's

going to be interesting because obviously it's

not one of the episode numbered films. It could

be complete. These aren't guaranteed to be great,

so hopefully Gareth Edward doesn't eff this one

up. But I'm intrigued by Rogue One, a Star Wars

story, obviously. I'm a Star Wars fanboy, so

it was up at number two on my list. Amanda, you

hit it at number eight. It's in your top 10.

I think that it's a different look from the...

the photos that I've seen and I like the look

of the costumes and the feel that I kind of get

from it so I'm intrigued to say the least. And

Dan, I know we talked at this one a little bit

at length when we were doing our box office predictions,

so you don't necessarily have to repeat everything

you said there. But obviously, it fell down to

number 23 on your spot. Is that more of an aspect

of the fact that it's not an episode Star Wars

film? Or is it more about Gareth Edwards? Or

what was the main reason why it was going down

a little bit further for you? It's a little bit

of both, honestly. I just don't know what to

expect from it. It's hard to say. We've never

seen something like this, a movie in Star Wars

that's out. side of the kind of star star skywalker

family per se um yeah gareth has words i i didn't

hate godzilla as much as a lot of people i enjoyed

elements of it but i always felt like his movies

look great but they were always kind of hollow

for and he's never got uh it seems like a director

who's never great i can good performance out

of his actors. Luckily, he has a really solid

cast to work with with Felicity Jones, Ben Mickelson,

Ben Mendelsohn. You know, those are, it's kind

of hard to get them to have a bad performance

from what we've seen. But that was the only reason

that I didn't list it just because I just don't

know. Is there actually something here? That's

my question. Is this just Marvel trying to, not

Marvel, but Disney, trying to just stretch it

out too far? Is it gonna feel just like a side

story that didn't need to be a film movie? Because

of that, it made me rank it a little bit lower

than something compared to something like episode

eight. Right, fair enough. I think that's a logical

reasoning for that. For the number... two overall

film that we all have in common we're going to

go to something we all had actually in our top

ten and that is Captain America Civil War Dan

you had it the highest at number five I'll let

you start. Yeah, I had to stop whining to myself

and say, yeah, I'm really looking forward to

this movie. You know, I loved Winter Soldier

so much. Seeing the Russo brothers come back

has me excited. Civil War story is one of the

big stories going back into reading comics. So

excited to see them kind of take that on. Certainly

it's different for the movie, but it seems to

me this is like the Avengers movie we should

have gotten in a lot of ways. See and I've really

enjoyed the trailer too So I think there's a

lot here and seeing Black Panther finally come

to the Marvel Cinematic Universe has me super

excited So I think there's a I feel very confident

in this movie that it's gonna be I don't think

it's gonna be nearly as good as Winter Soldier

because but I think it will at least be an improvement

from each of all drone now we talked in the box

office how the Inclusion of spider -man might

be able to spike the box office a little bit

with people that are huge spider -man fans Do

you think that plays anything into people's as

far as your interest goes? Or is it more like

some of the other characters like Black Panther

that make it a little bit more intriguing? I

think he's going to be like a cameo at best maybe

just in sequence I don't think he's gonna be

a major part in it whatsoever for what I'm seeing

so I I don't think it didn't impact me at all

so me neither I Love the images of Black Panther

so far that have been put out there, and then

I want to see more of that So yeah, I had it.

I bet we all had it top ten I hit at it. Actually,

Amanda, you and I both had it at number seven,

so we're in luck with that. So why Captain America

ahead of some of these other ones? You know,

I was torn at how high I needed to put it on

my list. I think that originally I had it a little

higher and I just kept bumping it down. I think

that I'm super excited for it, but I definitely

was burned by Avengers 2. And I just didn't feel

the gravity of the stakes. And this one, I'm

hoping... that bringing back Bucky in Winter

Soldier, which I super fucking loved, and what

I'm seeing, the action looks really intense and

badass, so I'm hoping that this is gonna be a

resurgence for me and help ease the pain of Avengers

2. Alright. Fair enough. That means there's only

one more pick that all three of us had on our

list. It's also in all of our top ten. Dan, any

guesses what that would be? I don't, honestly.

I can't even think of it. Alright, it is the

last of the comic book films, and that is Suicide

Squad. Interesting. Yeah, Dan, you headed at

number ten, I headed at number five. Amanda,

this is your number one. I wanna assemble a task

force of the most dangerous people on the planet.

They're bad guys. Worst of the worst. Open the

gate! What's this, uh, cheerleading trials? Deadshot.

Guy shoots people, he's a crocodile, and he eats

people. Burns people. You're possessed by a witch.

She's just crazy. What was that? I should kill

everyone and escape? Sorry. The voices. I'm kidding.

That's not what they really said. So each of

our number ones are on our unique list. Your

number one makes the number one overall for In

Common. Why is this... Number one on your most

anticipated films of 2016. God, this is another

one that I've just been freaking out waiting

to see and I just want the wait to be over now.

Is it just because of how big of a fan of Harley

Quinn you are? I'm just really big into a lot

of those villains. I love playing my injustice

game. Kicks ass. I think that I've... I've been

a fan of Harley Quinn since the cartoons when

I was younger. I have a ton of memorabilia, and

I guess not a ton. I have quite a few pieces

of memorabilia, and I think that it definitely

plays into my love of her, yes, and I think if

I was a DC villain, this would be me. I think

I relate a little bit there, yeah, but I think

the look of it, too, is super cool. Just the

concept of bringing these bad guys in under these

stakes. Making them do some hero shit is gonna

be super interesting. It's got my boy in it.

It's got some Jai Courtney going on Well, I got

a question for you before Dan responds here.

Have you seen the the teaser? Yeah, the trailer

that has been released Oh, yeah, of course because

there was actually some people in the our podcast

community community attack that we're actually

Starting to backtrack on the hate speech towards

Jai Courtney Yes, I did see this. A couple people

said that he was the best part of that trailer.

He stole the show of the trailer. So that is

interesting. Look at you, DJ Valentine. Obviously,

Will Smith, Jared Leto, Margot Robbie, Joel Kinnaman,

Jay Courtney, amongst others. The other thing,

Dan, that I wanted to get your reaction to, we

talked about a lot of directors doing genres

that we're not used to. How about David Ayer

going into the comic book realm? I mean, obviously,

we've seen him do stuff like Fury and End of

Watch, things like that. But another director

that's kind of going sci -fi slash fantasy on

us. Yeah, I mean it's seeing him hopefully he

has a better luck with this action film that

he did with something like sabotage which was

awful Yeah, so it's intriguing seeing him. I

mean, I think that's been the norm now for Marvel

and now DC where they're getting these directors

who maybe not are huge but have done some successful

films maybe some smaller films and then and made

some something out of them and I'll be honest

like when I Saw most of the initial stuff for

Suicide Squad. I didn't like most of it I thought

it looked kind of bad, but the recent trailer

really sold me I was like wow this it looks fun.

It looks fun. It looks a little bit edgy just

the right amount I think Will Smith actually

too I didn't I thought he was gonna be kind of

lifeless, but based on the trailer It looks like

he'll be the Will Smith that we used to have

in movies that one that actually made you want

to go see it So I don't know, I just think it

has a lot of potential. So and I think it could

end up being, you know, this and Deadpool I think

have a lot of potential with kind of taking the

comic book genre into a different realm, you

know, a little bit more adult, a little bit more

risque, but still at the end of the day being

a lot of fun. I think the look of all the characters

is super awesome. I don't think it looks cheesy

at all. Yeah, well, I think I too I've heard

the comment from a couple different people now

based on the trailer one out that they do get

that sense that possibly we have Will Smith returning

to fun Will Smith that we knew and loved from

prior days. So I think that's intriguing as well.

But yeah, I think. It's another one that has

a slightly different twist on what we've been

fed for the last four or five years in the comic

book films You know throw this one in with dr.

Strange and Deadpool is just something that might

be a little bit more unique for us So I'm intrigued

to see what David air does with this and kind

of how it all comes out Obviously, this one is

in August early August release So we'll have

to wait a little bit on that one any anything

else that you didn't get to say about Suicide

Squad that you wanted to get out there Dan or

Amanda. No, okay Okay, so those are our common

eight Any quick give you each one little shot

if there's a film out there that we didn't get

to talk about that you That you want to bring

up real quickly, Dan Is there anything on your

list that we didn't get to talk about that you

think deserves a mention? Well, there is a movie

coming out from She's Channel Park who did stoker

old boy. I just didn't know if it's actually

gonna come out in the US this year It's called

Agassi, I believe. I forget. I love his movies.

He makes some really twisted films. Hopefully,

if it does come out this year, it looks like

it could be good, based upon his track record.

Yeah, I only had two in my top 30 that didn't

get mentioned at some point or another I'm somewhat

intrigued about the remake of or the whatever

you want to call it of Magnificent Seven It's

got an interesting cast. Yeah director etc. So

I'm at least intrigued but that could be an awful

film So it's it's my only worry with that is

Antoine Farqua To me. It's I don't know as a

director. I feel like he has not done really

anything of note since training Yeah. And then

the other one that I had was the film Remember,

which is an early February release, too. I think

it's been released in other areas of the world

previously. And that's starring Christopher Plummer

and Martin Landau. And I just think it's an interesting

plot synopsis as they're trying to kind of, in

their waning days... go back and get revenge

against a nazi combatant responsible for killing

their families during the war i just think there's

some intrigue about that one as well so i had

it in my top thirty but uh... i mean anything

else that you wanted a quick mention i know there's

probably one for sure that you want to get out

there for the the true romance folks haha a couple

comedies that uh... didn't really get uh... mention

here Central Intelligence with The Rock and Kevin

Hart. I think that looks super funny. The Rock

looks hilarious in that. Also Masterminds with

Zach Galifianakis. I think that's going to be

a trip. And The Boss, another Melissa McCarthy

pic. That was number 23 on my list. I think that

premise sounds super funny and I'm excited to

see her in some more stuff. Also a couple horror

pics. I'm excited to see The Witch, which I think

comes out pretty quick here. And then also, I

think it's called The Other Side of the Door

or something like that. I think that horror flick

seems pretty creepy. And you also had a, well

I guess it's more of a fantasy, but you had a

Monster Calls on your list as well with Leonisen.

Yeah, did you see that trailer? I did not. It

was narrated by Leonisen and he's got this really...

growly thing going on with his voice, and I loved

it. I thought that when I was reading it, I'm

like, this looks a little lame, but then when

I saw the trailer, I was totally sold. All right.

Go ahead. I forgot about one. It's because you

mentioned, Amanda mentioned comedy, and it made

me think of the new Todd Phillips film coming

out called Arms and the Dudes, which was starring

Jonah Hill and Miles Teller, I think. And it's

a weird, based on the true story, where they

sold, they won $300 million to sell weapons to

the Afghanistan allies. So it's, I don't know,

seeing Adam, not Adam McKay, but Todd Phillips

going after a story like that. I don't know.

I don't know if it'll be his, the big short or

something like that, but it looks like it could

be good. Yeah, I have that in your top 50. It's

in my top 50 or 60. I was intrigued by that one

as well. Yeah, that's another one that's on the

radar. So I know we talked about upfront kind

of as just a closing thoughts here that there

wasn't any themes that we had as far as when

we were picking out our list as we've gone over

all these films and named a bunch of names and

directors and genres and stuff like that. I don't

know if there's any themes that have stood out

for you outside of the ones we've already mentioned,

Dan, but is this going to be like the year of

sci -fi films? I don't know, it's - Possibly

because you have to also the BFG coming out as

well with Steven Spielberg, which we didn't talk

about so it could be we could get another return

of sci -fi and hopefully it'll be with the movies

like hail Caesar and The movie I just mentioned

will maybe see it's actually a few good colonies

this year because I felt like this past year

We had like one or two this year. It looks like

we might have a chance to get maybe maybe a handful

which will be yeah Great to see Yeah, that would

be definitely a change for things. The other

thing that I was seeing too is another genre

that's usually very underrepresented in a given

year is fantasy and there is a ton of fantasy

stuff coming out too. Maybe not a ton that we

were necessarily talking about today, but when

I was going over my top 100 most anticipated

films, there is a plethora of fantasy films coming

out there from not just your franchise films,

but even some other stuff that... I have four

fancy movies on my list here. Right, but it would

be interesting to see too with the science fiction

and the fantasy films if we have kind of a resurgence

in either one of those genres instead of just

having the one or two possible noteworthy films

in a year if we're going to get maybe a handful

or five or six, just like you're saying about

comedy. There's definitely some coming out, so

we'll have to see how it all plays out. Any other

themes that came up for you besides that Michael

Fassbender is in half of the films this year?

The Fassbender effect, bro. I actually just looked

it up and we got him in X -Men Apocalypse. We

have him in the Trespass Against Us, The Light

Between Oceans, Assassin's Creed. Those are the

main ones that he's coming out according to IMDb.

IMDb. On the interwebs. Dan, any other last final

thoughts as far as what you're looking forward

to for 2016 as a film year? No, I will say this

year I didn't really have a... like a true number

one like I felt like there's not like a lot of

if I didn't this list again I feel like it could

be flip -flopped or that there's it was hard

to really rank this year um but yeah I think

it it could could be another great year I feel

like these last really five years each year has

been better than the next so hopefully that'll

continue in 2016 all right Amanda you look like

you were jumping at the bit to say something

Oh, I saw something and I remembered. Something

that I'm actually looking forward to is another

Jake Gyllenhaal joint and that's Demolition that

we can see a lot of trailers for. Yeah, I forgot

to mention there was two films that were actually

on your and my list that didn't get talked about

because we had them ranked lower and that was

Demolition we each had. You had it at 26, I had

it at 24 and the BFG like Dan mentioned I had

22 and you had 27. So those were actually both

the only other films that were on at least two

lists that we didn't talk about. Alright, I think

that does it then for episode 80 in our most

anticipated films of 2016. If you want to dig

in even more, check out geekcastradio .com. There

will be a blog post up there of my top 100 most

anticipated films that you can kind of check

out even more. There's some interesting stuff,

some interesting other directors that are coming

out with stuff that we haven't mentioned, and

some other interesting things, like I said, with

the fantasy, sci -fi, and comedy genres. So definitely

check out that blog post. But also check out

our episode post for this episode and comment

on what you're anticipating the most. and which

ones you agree and disagree with us, we'd definitely

like to interact with you there. And if you want

to get in touch with us directly over the interwebs,

the best way to do that is via Twitter. The show

name Twitter handle is at CinemaGeekCast. Mine

is at OptimusSolo. Amanda, yours is? Hard Candy

Mandy, eyes know why. And Dan, your Twitter?

At Movie Revolt. So that does it for our look

ahead at 2016. We'll be coming back at you with

some regular episodes here as we start to delving

into some of the films and goings -ons of 2016.

So we look forward to talking with you guys next

week. Until then, this is The Cinema Geeks.