2022 January Blockbuster Movie Guide

Here are the movies to look out for this month, US Edition. Generally speaking, January has always been a pretty lean month for movies. Even by current pandemic standards, January is a lean month again.

Morbius (魔比斯)



Cyrano (情聖西哈諾)



Sources:
IMDB Coming Soon
Box Office Mojo
Wikipedia.org
Taiwan Yahoo! Movies
WMoov Hong Kong

The Witcher - 獵魔士 - Season 1 & 2

The Witcher (獵魔士) is a television series from Netflix. Season one was released December 2019 and the most recent second season was released last week. The series stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, Freya Allan as Ciri, and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer of Vengerberg. The series is based on a book series of the same name. The book serious has able been adapted into video games. I has watched season one back in 2019 and 2020. I finished season two in about 4 days.

The Continent as the land is known as is made up of the south and north. This land has humans, elves, mutants, and monsters. Geralt, the main character is a human mutant that has enhanced abilities and works as a freelance monster killer to survive. Ciri is a princess and is on the run after her kingdom is overthrown. Yennefer a quarter elf that has magic powers that they call "chaos". Together they must figure out how to save Ciri from the forces trying to pocess her.

Since GoT, this is best "american" fantasy series that I am watching. I am guessing there a few others that would lay claim to this or say GoT didn't finish great. The fandom has complained that season 2 has move further away from the source material. Season 2 does seem like it had a little more funds to produce it. Looking forward to season 3.

Spider-Man: No Way Home - 蜘蛛人:無家日

Spider-Man: No Way Home (蜘蛛人:無家日) is an 2021 film. This movie stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Jacob Batalon. The supporting cast include Benedict Cumberbatch, Jon Favreau, Jamie Foxx, Willem Dafoe,Alfred Molina,Benedict Wong, Marisa Tomei, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire. This movie is part of the MCU, but also brings back the Spider-men of yester-year and has a cameo from Venom. This is the third film of the MCU version of Spider-man.

At the end of last movie, Peter Parker is exposed as the friendly neighborhood Spider-man. Peter then becomes the most famous person in the world. Unable to live a normal life, but also broke, Peter tries to keep a low profile and get into his dream school, MIT. However, due to his notoriety, Peter is not admitted which also affects MJ and Ned. They do not get in either. In a act of desperation, Peter seeks out Dr. Strange to cast a spell for everyone to forget that he is Spider-man. As Strange is casting the spell, Peter starts to regret his request and ask for changes. This then causes Strange's spell to go haywire. Instead of people forgetting Peter, Strange's spell brings people that know that Peter Parker is Spider-man from other universes. The villains and Spider-men of the two previous series show up in this movie. How will the three Peter Pakers get everyone home?

As much as I wanted to avoid this movie, I decided to watch it in IMAX format. Glad I did, this is the best of the three Spider-man movies from Marvel. There was no need for character development and the story was an interesting one. I for one will be watching this again for sure. Not sure which platform will get this first since Sony does not have its own streaming service yet.

The movie did not have anything grand to do and the simplicity of it was what kept me at the edge of my reclined seat at AMC. I wanted to see what was next to solve this thing that was done due to insecurity and wanting a do-over. In a sense, Marvel was pulling a Superman spinning the world backwards for this movie. Making things go back to the way before. However, the consequences had to be felt still. I look forward the fourth installment now. And Dr. Strange taking on the multi-verse.

2021 December Blockbuster Movie Guide

Here are the movies to look out for this month, US Edition.

Spider-Man: No Way Home (蜘蛛人:無家日)



The Matrix: Resurrections (駭客任務:復活)



The King's Man



Sing 2 (歡樂好聲音2)



American Underdog

Sources:
IMDB Coming Soon
Box Office Mojo
Wikipedia.org
Taiwan Yahoo! Movies
WMoov Hong Kong

My Top Ten Favorite Movies of 2012

What is this post doing in 2021. Well, I attemped to do this list back in 2015, but only got to 9. Maybe I could only rank them up to 9. And I have most likely watched more films from 2012 now. However, I do not want this post to go to waste so I am posting it now. I even listed the movies I watched from 2012 up to 2015 at the end. I decided not to add to it by continue to keep it at 9.

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2012? Clearly we are in 2015 already? Yes, I know, I watch them there movies at a very slow pace. I spell it out in my 2013 top ten list. Here's the 2012 US Box Office Top 9.

Here are my top films of 2012 of which I've seen at least 46 of!

一 - Marvel's The Avengers (復仇者聯盟)


二 - The Dark Knight Rises (黑暗騎士:黎明昇起)


三 - The Hunger Games (飢餓遊戲)


四 - Skyfall (007 空降危機)


五 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (哈比人：意外旅程)


六 - The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (暮光之城:破曉2)


七 - The Amazing Spider-Man (蜘蛛人:驚奇再起)


八 - Brave (勇敢傳說)


九 - Ted (熊麻吉)


Retrieved from Box Office Mojo on March 18, 2015


List of movies that could make the top 10:
Marvel's The Avengers
Argo
The Amazing Spider-Man
Here Comes the Boom
Skyfall
Flight
Pitch Perfect
Jack Reacher
Zero Dark Thirty
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
The Bourne Legacy
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
The Hunger Games
Premium Rush
Lincoln
Snow White and the Huntsman
Django Unchained
Taken 2
End of Watch
Dredd
Contraband
Lawless
21 Jump Street
Safe House
The Vow
Magic Mike
The Expendables 2
Wrath of the Titans
Silver Linings Playbook
John Carter
This Is 40
Chronicle (2012)
Total Recall (2012)
Battleship
American Reunion
Project X
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
The Grey
Resident Evil: Retribution
The Cabin in the Woods
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
That's My Boy
The Watch
Alex Cross
Brave
Ted
Wreck-It Ralph
Haywire
Safe (2012)
The Man with the Iron Fists
Killing Them Softly
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