Reagan (2022 film) Puns

Review the films you are watching here!!

1. Avatar 2
   • $1.8 Billion
2. Jurassic World: Dominion
   • $1.5 Billion
3. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
   • $1.25 Billion
4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
   • $1.15 Billion
5. Thor: Love and Thunder
   • $1.05 Billion
6. Water Gate Bridge (水门桥)
   • $930 Million
7. The Batman
   • $880 Million
8. Lightyear
   • $835 Million
9. The Flash
   • $795 Million
10. Minions: The Rise of Gru
    • $725 Million

I think Black Adam will be #11 with $650-700 Million and both Spider-Verse Part ONE and Illumination’s Mario Movie would both end around the 650 million dollar range aswell. I also see Top Gun: Maverick ending in the 600 million dollar area. I didn’t include Aquaman and the Lost Empire since I don’t think WB will force that movie to fight against both BP and Avatar and will instead move it to Shazam’s summer 2023 spot.

I prefer to remain anonymous for now, but I’ve gotten a script greenlit that shows in vigorous detail the horrors of an elders meeting about CSA. Think 12 Angry Men by way of the film Apostasy. We will be looking for financing soon and hope to be able to shoot the film for under $100K. The goal with the film is to raise serious awareness about the hidden database of CSA files, and challenge the “two witness rule.” I am an exJW and hope to bring real justice to this story. I’ve been in contact with the director of Apostasy and other exJW filmmakers to ensure that I really get this right. Hopefully later in the year I can share more updates. Can’t wait to shoot!

One awards season is already hard enough to follow, but now we have two? And the festival is back to full size this year, even if it is still sadly virtual. Well, let's get to it. Utah's Sundance Film Festival is back once again, taking place from January 20–30 on laptop screens everywhere. Films premiering at the festival include:

Alice, Krystin Ver Linden

Am I OK?, Tig Notaro and Stephanie Allynne

Call Jane, Phyllis Nagy

Cha Cha Real Smooth, Cooper Raiff

Dual, Riley Stearns

Fresh, Mimi Cave

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye trilogy, Coodie & Chike

Living, Oliver Hermanus

Lucy and Desi, Amy Poehler

Sharp Stick, Lena Dunham

To the End, Rachel Lears

We Need to Talk About Cosby, W. Kamau Bell

When You Finish Saving the World, Jesse Eisenberg

2nd Chance, Ramin Bahrani

892, Abi Damaris Corbin

Plus dozens more in and out of competition.

I’m going to try to watch more international films and more pre-1960 films in the new year. Anyone have any specific “challenges” for me to organize my quest? Certain directors, time periods, actors, etc. I should try to work my way though?

Anyone else trying to set specific goals like this? I’d love to hear what others are planning.

Apologies if this is irrelevant, but this is the only community I know that A) probably knows and cares about this, and B) isn't unbearably obnoxious.

So, some context: Sight and Sound magazine holds its once-every-ten-years comprehensive-critics-poll of the greatest films of all time this year, with the last one being in 2012. While all of these canon polls are obviously a little silly (David Thomson semi-affectionately called them "children's games" in The Biographical Dictionary of Film), the S&S one is easily the most respected and the most interesting in terms of what film writers genuinely consider to be the best at any given time.

This brings us to the meat of my question: what (if any) do we think are the films from the 21st century most likely to earn a spot on the poll? In the 2012 poll, the only films from this century that took slots were Yi Yi, In the Mood for Love, and Mulholland Dr., all of which seem like a strong possibility to return. It's also worth mentioning that The Tree of Life came very close to securing a spot, despite only having been released a year earlier. In that spirit, let's look through the years so far, and see what's most likely.

2000: In the Mood for Love and Yi Yi. I think both of these, especially the former, stand a good chance at returning.

2001: Mulholland Dr. I'd be very surprised if this one doesn't come back as well. Also could see Spirited Away sneaking in.

2002: Russian Ark seems unlikely, but it's definitely the best bet from 2002.

2003: Goodbye Dragon Inn seems implausible, but I guess it's possible, especially since Nick Pinkerton's monograph on it seemed to be such a success.

2004: Between Before Sunset and 2046, the latter of which seems to have been massively reevaluated are this year's only hopes, but (and I realize I sound like a broken record) seems unlikely.

2005: Haneke's Cache has a chance.

2006: I don't see anything from this year getting in. Pan's Labyrinth? Children of Men?

2007: I believe There Will Be Blood came within a spitting distance last time. I'm not sure if it's critical perception has gone up or down since then though.

2008: Really doubt any of these make it.

2009: See above.

2010: Maybe Uncle Boonmee.

2011: The Tree of Life is tricky. It came really close last time, but I perceive admiration for it, though intense, might be less exultant than it was in 2011. Still the most likely film from its year, and it has a decent shot at it.

Hey. I have never seen this film, but I've noticed a pretty good deal for the 4K Blu-Ray of this movie, thought I may check it out.

What can you tell me about the film? Do you think it's worth seeing in 2022?

Please don't tell me the plot details, so far the only thing I know is that a character in a Metal Gear Solid game named after this film, and that it contains the line, "Gentlemen, you cam't fight in here! This is the War Room!".

Edit: Top contenders for 2022: The Batman. Jurassic World. The Northman. Scream. Mission Impossible 7.

I never thought Peter Dinklage would be in a musical in a similar setting as GOT. (Cyrano)

The Northman gives me vibes from an anime called Vinland Saga. (The Northman)

John Wick 4 has been delayed to 2023.

I didn’t know there was going to be both another Halloween movie and Creed III.

I’m thinking ahead past this awards season, and here is a list of every notable director I can think of who has a film out in 2022. Please let me know if I missed anyone!

Ali Abbasi - The Long Night

Wes Anderson - Asteroid City

Darren Aronofsky - The Whale

Ari Aster - Disappointment Blvd

Noah Baumbach- White Noise

Marco Bellocchio - The Conversion

Kenneth Branagh - Death on the Nile

James Cameron - Avatar 2

Robin Campillo - École de l’air

Nuri Bilge Ceylan - On Barren Weeds

Damien Chazelle - Babylon

Ryan Coogler - Black Panther 2

Brady Corbet - The Brutalist

David Cronenberg - Crimes of the Future

Garth Davis - Foe

Claire Denis - Fire

Claire Denis - The Stars at Noon

Lukas Dhont - Close

Lav Diaz - When the Waves Are Gone

Andrew Dominik - Blonde

Robert Eggers - The Northman

Paul Feig - The School for Good and Evil

Todd Field - TÁR

David Fincher - The Killer

Stephen Frears - The Lost King

Alex Garland - Men

Jonathan Glazer - The Zone of Interest

Miguel Gomes - Savagery

James Gray - Armageddon Time

Luca Guadagnino - Bones and All

Ryusuke Hamaguchi - Our Apprenticeship

Julia Hart - Hollywood Stargirl

Jessica Hausner - Club Zero

Todd Haynes - Fever

Hong Sang-soo - In Front of Your Face

Ron Howard - Thirteen Lives

Alejandro Inarritu - Bardo

Rian Johnson - Knives Out 2

Hirokazu Kore-eda - Broker

Yorgos Lanthimos - Poor Things

Kasi Lemmons - I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Richard Linklater - Apollo 10 1/2

David Lowery - Peter Pan & Wendy

Terrence Malick - The Way of the Wind

Lucrecia Martel - Chocobar

Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Inisheerin

Sam Mendes - Empire of Light

George Miller - Three Thousand Years of Longing

Joshua Oppenheimer - The End

Francois Ozon - Peter van Kant

Park Chan-wook - Decision to Leave

Jordan Peele - Nope

Christian Petzold - The Red Sky

Sarah Polley - Women Talking

Sam Raimi - Doctor Strange 2

Matt Reeves - The Batman

Kelly Reichardt - Showing Up

Alice Rohrwacher - La Chimera

David O. Russell - Canterbury Glass

Angela Schanelec - Music

Maria Schrader - She Said

Martin Scorsese -Killers of The Flower Moon

Henry Selick - Wendell and Wild

Makoto Shinkai - Suzume no Tojimari

Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

Olivia Wilde - Don’t Worry Darling

George C. Wolfe - Rustin

Florian Zeller - The Son

Made a point of not including anything thats gonna get covered next year because its from a director thats been covered on this podcast.

Killers of the Flower Moon - Dir. Martin Scorsese. Based on a true story, members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major FBI investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover. Stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, and Jesse Plemons. Made with a staggering $200 million budget.

The Northman - Dir. Robert Eggers. According to Focus Features, The Northman is an epic revenge thriller, that explores how far a Viking prince will go to seek justice for his murdered father. Starring Alexander Skarsgård, Anya Taylor-Joy, Björk, and Willem Dafoe. Budget has been listed at $60 million which is significantly larger than anything Eggers has worked with.

Babylon - Dir Damien Chazelle. Set in Hollywood during the transition from silent films to talkies, focusing on a mixture of historical and fictional characters. It has an immense ensemble cast including Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Tobey Maguire, Katherine Waterston, Spike Jonze, Olivia Wilde, and Samara Weaving. Its insane and expensive cast makes it a clear blank check.

Nope - Dir. Jordan Peele. Not much is known other than its a horror film that stars Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, and Steven Yeun.

Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre - Dir. Guy Ritchie. Super spy Orson Fortune and his team of top operatives recruit Hollywood's biggest movie star, Danny Francesco, to help them on an undercover mission to stop billionaire arms broker Greg Simmonds from selling a deadly new weapons technology that threatens to disrupt the world order. Stars Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza, Josh Hartnett, and Hugh Grant.

White Noise - Dir. Noah Baumbach. Jack Gladney, professor of Hitler studies at The-College-on-the-Hill, husband to Babette, and father to four children/stepchildren, is torn asunder by "the Airborne Toxic Event", a cataclysmic train accident that casts chemical waste over his town. It stars Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, and Don Cheadle

Don't Worry Darling - Dir. Olivia Wilde. An unhappy housewife in the 1950s discovers a disturbing truth, while her loving husband hides a dark secret. Stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Chris Pine, and Gemma Chan.

Bullet Train - Dir. David Leitch. Five assassins find themselves on a Japanese bullet train, realizing that their individual assignments are a

Hotel Transylvania: Transformania (Prime exclusive)

Morbius

Uncharted

65

Bullet Train

The Man from Toronto

Across the Spider-Verse Part One

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile

Eh aside from Spider-Verse I think I can pass on all of these.

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One of the many 2022 horror films I'm highly anticipating is You Won't Be Alone scheduled to release in theaters on 1 April 2022.

Noomi Rapace (Prometheus) is the lead star in the film. It's about a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. She kills a local villager and takes her shape to live life in her skin in order to understand what it means to be human.

Octopussy (1983) vs Live and Let Die (1973)
The World Is Not Enough (1999) vs Spectre (2015)
A View to a Kill (1985) vs Dr No (1962)
Never Say Never Again (1983) vs On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Die Another Day (2002) vs Quantum of Solace (2008)
Thunderball (1965) vs You Only Live Twice (1967)
Goldfinger (1964) vs From Russia With Love (1963)
For Your Eyes Only (1981) vs Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
The Man With the Golden Gun (1974) vs GoldenEye (1995)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) vs Licence to Kill (1989)
Moonraker (1979) vs No Time to Die (2021)
Skyfall (2012) vs The Living Daylights (1987)
Casino Royale (2006) vs Diamonds Are Forever (1971)

Round Two
Dr No (1962) - BYE as highest vote-getter from first round.
Quantum of Solace (2008) vs The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
No Time to Die (2021) vs Live and Let Die (1973)
Thunderball (1965) vs The World Is Not Enough (1999)
From Russia with Love (1963) vs On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969)
Skyfall (2012) vs GoldenEye (1995)
Casino Royale (2006) vs Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)

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