Apr 4, 2023I noticed we had threads about things we're watching but not things we're excited about so I thought I'd get the ball rolling!
Speaking a bit on my horror love, easily one of the movies I'm most excited about us coming later this month and that's Evil Dead Rise (April 21st), I have a connection to this franchise coupled with my love of Sam Raimi and I think this series has had no bad movies, this is shaping up to be another great entry to carry out the Evil Dead name
Another film I'm quite interested in also dropping the same day as Evil Dead is Beau Is Afraid (April 21st), coming from the director of well regarded Horror films Hereditary and Midsommar, Ari Aster's next film seems to be taking an approach of a more surrealist, Charlie Kaufman esque dark comedy which is incredibly interesting, and the fact that Joaquin Phoenix is attached makes me believe that this movie is either really has the potential to be special
Next up is Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 (May 5th) I've been feeling intense Marvel fatigue lately and this is basically my last hope, James Gunn is one of my favorite writers/directors of superhero s--- in recent years and I hope he can close out the Trilogy well!
Spiderman: Across The Spiderverse (June 2nd), easily top 3 most anticipated movies this year because the last one wasn't only one of the best Spiderman/Superhero movies but also one of the best animated films ever imo
To cap off the big blockbuster portion I'm also going to say I'm cautiously excited for Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny (June 30th), I really like the Indy movies and James Mangold is a fantastic director and I really trust him in spite of Disney, top that off with the fact this is probably one of the last action heavy roles Harrison Ford will ever do and you get something made to either be great or terrible lol
Moving onto TV I'm currently watching Ted Lasso season 3 as it's airing, it's still very early in the season and I'm excited to see where it goes and if it's actually the last season as was rumored!
One of my favorite shows ever made is getting it's last season on April 16th and that's Barry, it's incredibly hard to pitch this show but Bill Hader has really come into himself post SNL and made something that I think is a really special blend of comedy and genuinely great dark moments, I'm very excited to see how it concludes and quite interested to see where Bill Hader goes next in his career. (Only posting the season 1 trailer cause the season 4 trailer has an intense amount of spoilers)
Honorable Mention: Ezra Miller terrorizes Hawaii AKA The Flash (hope this one is good but will save judgment until closer to release)
I didn't add any kind of videogames cause this list and topic is too d--- long winded but I'll just say my most anticipated games are Street Fighter 6 and Final Fantasy XVI, especially Final Fantasy.
This is all I'm remembering but I'm surely going to update it because this year seems to be good for every kind of media!
