Top 10 Most Anticipated New Shows of 2022

Order of Premiere:

1. The Cleaning Lady-A Cambodian doctor needing to move to America for her ill son agrees to aid the criminal underworld to get safe passage.

2. Women of the Movement-Historical drama about the mother of Emmett Till after he was murdered.

3. Let the World See-Docuseries about Emmett Till's murder and its effects on American society.

4. Smiling Friends-The day to day lives of employees at a company whose sole purpose is to bring happiness to its clients.

5. Naomi-Another entry in the Arrowverse produced by Ava DuVernay

6. Peacemaker-Spinoff to The Suicide Squad with John Cena as the peace obsessed hitman.

7. How I Met Your Father-Hillary Duff stars in this gender bent version of How I Met Your Mother.

8. The Gilded Age-Historical drama set in New York City during the 1880s.

9. The Afterparty-A murder mystery comedy set at a high school reunion after party.

10. The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window-Kristen Bell stars in this dark comedy murder mystery.

11. Pam & Tommy-A look at the relationship between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

12. Reacher-Adaptation of the Jack Reacher novels

13. Inventing Anna-The story of a journalist investigating a German heiress who stole from New York's social scene.

14. Severance-Workplace based thriller about employees whose memories are erased after every shift.

15. From-A town that no can leave is surrounded by terrifying creatures.

16. The Porter-Period piece focusing on black workers after World War I.

17. Shining Vale-A dysfunctional family moves into a cursed home.

18. Halo-Paramount+'s adaptation of the video game franchise.

19. The First Lady-Anthology drama about the lives of the many First Ladies that grazed the White House.

20. Ms. Marvel-MCU show focusing on the Captain Marvel inspired Kamala Khan.

21. Andor-Prequel series focusing on the Rogue One character.

22. Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur-Animated adaptation of the Marvel series.

23. The Lord of the Rings-Amazon's deep dive into the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien.

24. Secret Invasion-MCU show that adapts the comic book storyline of the same name.

25. She-Hulk-Mark Ruffalo returns to introduce Bruce Banner's cousin into the MCU.

26. Willow-Sequel series to the 1988 fantasy film with Warwick Davis returning in the title role.

27. Wednesday-Jenna Ortega stars as the titular Addams Family member in this coming of age horror comedy from Tim Burton

28. Pieces of Her-A woman in the middle of a diner shootout witnesses her mother take out the assailants and learns of her dark past.

29. Dark Winds-Police drama focusing on two Navajo cops in the 1970s.

30. The Last of Us-Adaptation of the popular video game.

31. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin-Set 20 years after the original series with a group of new friends going through the same ordeal.

32. Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai-Animated prequel to the Gremlins franchise.

33. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds-The adventures of Captain Pike and the Enterprise years before Kirk took over.

34. The Man Who Fell to Earth-An alien is the world's hope during a pivotal moment in history.

35. Super Pumped-Anthology series exploring how many businesses affected culture.

36. The Old Man-A former intelligence officer returns to his old life when he is targeted.

37. Moon Knight-Oscar Isaac joins the MCU as the mentally unstable antihero.

38. Obi-Wan Kenobi-The story of the Star Wars character in between the end of the prequels and the start of the original trilogy.

39. Love and Death-The true story of a 1980 housewife who murdered her friend with an axe.

40. The Witcher: Blood Origin-Prequel that sees the origins of the Witchers.

41. The Lake-A man wanting to reconnect with the daughter he left behind finds it difficult once his step-sister shows up.

42. Little Bird-Drama centered on a Canadian indigenous girl who was forced from her family and wants to reconnect with her heritage.

43. The Ipcress File-Spy thriller based on the 1960s spy novel.

Top 10 Most Anticipated:

1. Women of the Movement-A tragic look at one of the most pivotal moments in American history.

2. The Lord of the Rings-Nothing says ambitious more than Tolkien.

3. Inventing Anna-Always fun to see the rich getting played.

4. Let the World See-The documentary companion piece to Women of the Movement.

5. Obi-Wan Kenobi-Seeing the return of Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen will be absolutely exciting.

6. Secret Invasion-Nick Fury and the Skrulls return.

7. Ms. Marvel-MCU will continue to prove it can handle shows as it does movies.

8. Star Trek: Strange New Worlds-A fun throwback to the early days of the franchise.

9. Moon Knight-Oscar Isaac always delivers.

10. Peacemaker-Lots of blood spilling for peace seems legit.

Most Anticipated 2022 Films

Order of Release:

1. The 355-5 female spies from different countries must work together to combat a greater threat.

2. Hotel Transylvania: Transformania-The fourth film in the series sees Dracula and the other monsters turning normal.

3. Scream 2022-Fifth entry wherein Sidney and the others have to keep a new killer from targeting those related to the original Ghostface killers.

4. The King's Daughter-Pierce Brosnan stars as the historical King Louis XIV who seeks immortality by capturing a mermaid.

5. Redeeming Love-A Biblical love story set during the 1850 California Gold Rush

6. Morbius-Sony continues its Spider-Man spinoffs by adapting the story of the Living Vampire.

7. Moonfall-Roland Emmerich's latest disaster sees the moon heading towards Earth.

8. Death on the Nile 2022-Sequel to Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of Murder on the Orient Express.

9. Marry Me-After a singer learns of her partner's unfaithfulness, she agrees to marry a concertgoer who accidentally held up a "Marry Me" sign.

10. Blacklight-Liam Neeson stars as a troubled FBI fixer

11. I Want You Back-Charlie Day and Jenny Slate star as two people who work together to get back their exes despite already being in relationships.

12. The Devil's Light-A woman who wants to become an exorcist faces a demon who is haunting a school.

13. Uncharted-Adaptation of the video game franchise starring Tom Holland as the fortune hunting Nathan Drake.

14. Dog-Channing Tatum's directorial debut about an Army Ranger taking a military to its handler and his friend's funeral.

15. Texas Chainsaw Massacre-A direct sequel to the original set nearly 50 years later.

16. Luck-Animated film about a young girl teaming up with the personifications of good and bad luck to take on a powerful force.

17. The Outfit-A tailor gets embroiled in the criminal underworld after being employed by vicious gangsters.

18. The Batman-Matt Reeves directs a more detective based Batman story with Robert Pattinson as the Caped Crusader.

19. Turning Red-Pixar's latest sees a young Toronto girl cursed with turning into a giant red panda whenever she's stressed.

20. Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre-Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham reunite for a story involving a spy team recruiting an actor to stop an arms broker from selling a new weapon. 

21. The Lost City-A romance novelist and her cover model get caught up in a jungle adventure.

22. Everything Everywhere All at Once-Michelle Yeoh stars as a woman who exists across multiple universes.

23. Sonic the Hedgehog 2-Sequel to the 2020 film sees Sonic taking on Dr. Eggman who has returned with Knuckles.

24. Ambulance-An action thriller from Michael Bay about a bank robbery gone wrong and an ambulance being hijacked.

25. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore-The third film in the series sees the Wizarding World taking on Grindelwald in the midst of World War 2.

26. Thirteen Lives-Ron Howard bio about the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue.

27. The Bad Guys-The latest DreamWorks Animation project sees a group of former villains wanting to turn good.

28. The Northman-A historical thriller about a viking seeking revenge.

29. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent-Nicolas Cage plays a fictional version of himself.

30. 65-An astronaut lands on a planet and discovers he's not alone.

31. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness-Doctor Strange must deal with the many multiversal threats that threaten the MCU.

32. DC League of Super-Pets-Animated DC film about the many animals with their own powers.

33. Top Gun: Maverick-The long awaited sequel to the 1986 film with Tom Cruise returning as pilot Maverick.

34. Jurassic World: Dominion-The original and new casts team up to deal with the cloned dinosaurs that have been unleashed on Earth.

35. Lightyear-Chris Pine voices the fictional hero that the toy is based on.

36. Elvis 2022-Baz Luhrmann's biopic of the king of rock and roll.

37. The Black Phone-Adaptation of a 2004 short story from Joe Hill about a young boy kidnapped by a serial killer who gets help from the previous victims from a disconnected phone while his sister tries to find him.

38. Shotgun Wedding-A couple who planned a vacation wedding but begin to have cold feet must put their differences aside when their guests are taken hostage.

39. Minions: The Rise of Gru-Set in the 1970s as it sees how Gru became the villain he was in the first film thanks to the Minions.

40. Thor: Love and Thunder-Thor teams up with Jane Foster to take on a god slaying villain.

41. Bullet Train-Five different assassins realize they're after the same target in a Japanese bullet train.

42. Nope-Jordan Peele's latest horror social commentary.

43. Black Adam-Dwayne Johnson's 8 year long passion project about the DC antihero.

44. The Man from Toronto-An assassin teams up with a screw up when they're mistaken for each other at an Airbnb.

45. Secret Headquarters-When a kid discovers a secret headquarters in his basement, he believes his stepfather is a superhero.

46. Samaritan-A young boy believes that a long lost superhero may still be around.

47. Salem's Lot-Stephen King adaptation about a man who discovers his childhood home has been taken over by a vampire.

48. Dark Harvest-Fantasy horror about a small town who has an annual tradition of teens taking on a supernatural specter.

49. Distant-Two space miners deal with their individual ships getting struck by asteroids and fighting to survive.

50. White Bird: A Wonder Story-A companion story to 2017's Wonder, wherein one of the characters is told a story of survival in Nazi-occupied France.

51. The Woman King-The story of an all-female military unit from a small African kingdom.

52. Don't Worry Darling-A married couple in the 1950s realize that they both have dark secrets.

53. Mission: Impossible 7-The seventh installment in the franchise.

54. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)-The sequel to Into the Spider-Verse sees Miles Morales team up with more versions of Spider-Man.

55. TAR-Cate Blanchett stars as a woman who is the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra.

56. The Flash-The scarlet speedster's attempt to save his mother through time travel causes the timeline to be broken.

57. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever-Sequel to the 2018 film.

58. She Said-How the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct was uncovered.

59. The Fabelmans-Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical story of his childhood.

60. Avatar 2-Long awaited sequel to the 2009 film.

61. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom-Jason Mom returns as the aquatic king of Atlantis.

62. I Wanna Dance with Somebody-Whitney Houston musical biopic.

63. Babylon-Period piece set in Hollywood.

Top 10 Most Anticipated:

1. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Part One)-The sequel to the best film of the 2010s has a lot to live up to. 

2. Lightyear-What could be better than Chris Pine voicing the young Space Ranger.

3. The Fabelmans-Spielberg telling a fictional version of his childhood.

4. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness-With Sam Raimi onboard one will expect more than madness.

5. The Batman-Just from the trailers alone this film has incredible cinematography, awesome score, and powerful performances.

6. The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent-Nicolas Cage as himself.

7. Avatar 2-13 years and I'm still hopeful.

8. Turning Red-Pixar has handled many topics, so stress will be a breeze.

9. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever-I'm curious how they will handle Chadwick Boseman's death.

10. The Black Phone-Ethan Hawke as a psychotic killer? Could be interesting.

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Continuing on from the end of the last solo entry, Spider-Man: No Way Home looks at the consequences of Mysterio outing Peter Parker as Spider-Man. Due to how this affects his and his loved ones' lives, such as Aunt May and MJ, he goes to Doctor Strange to perform a spell to make everyone forget about his secret identity. Due to Parker's interference, the spell instead causes villains from other universes, that being from the Raimi and Webb films like Green Goblin and Electro, to end up in the MCU. To keep the multiverse intact, Strange intends to get the villains back to where and when they came from, but Peter fears that they will go back to their deaths. Trapping Strange in the Mirror Dimension, Peter works with Norman Osborn to cure the other villains until the Goblin persona regains control. The villains escape as Peter and Goblin's fight ends with May dying and Spider-Man seen as a threat by the authorities due to the villains' rampage. With MJ and Ned's help, they find the two other Spider-Men, played by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield, and the three work together to fight and cure the villains. While the heroes have the upper hand, Doctor Strange shows up but finds that the rest of the multiverse is bleeding through to go after the Spider-Men. The MCU Peter proposes that Strange do another memory spell, one that will erase any memory of him from everyone in the universe. Before the spell is activated, Peter bids farewell to the other versions of him as they and their villains go back and promises to Ned and MJ that he will find them again. With no one remembering who he is or the connection to Spider-Man, Peter starts a new life without Stark Industry's help, makes new steps to reconnect with his friends, and makes his own suit to continue his heroics. This is without a doubt one of the MCU's most ambitious as well as most gratifying projects that would not have worked under different hands. Writers Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers had a monumental task at not only coming up with a story involving the multiverse, but also seeing the return of beloved actors reprising their iconic roles in such a way without being forced or too much for fan service. It's all well earned, especially in how certain parts of the story take queues from one of Spider-Man's worst stories, One More Day, just like Captain America: Civil War also adapts from a mixed storyline. The boldness of killing off Aunt May, which the comics have never done out of fear of making Peter feel too grown, gives him the push that Marvel has never given him in the pages to be able to learn as well as not stick to the status quo. Another praise towards McKenna and Sommers is their superb balance of comedy and drama unlike the last two films trying too hard to be teen comedies as well as getting the past Spider-Men and villains be true to their last appearances. If this and the last two movies prove anything about director Jon Watts is his full understanding of Marvel's properties and why he is perfect for doing a Fantastic Four film for the MCU. His direction is one of the franchise's most unique, while often mastering the styles of Scott Derrickson, Raimi, and Webb. Mauro Fiore is this entry's cinematography and there are so many moments that are quite striking and awe-inspiring. The editing from Jeffrey Ford and Leigh Folsom Boyd keeps its nearly two and a half hour run time feeling well paced and has well edited action scenes. Once again Michael Giacchino proves to be a phenomenal composer as he improves on his previous Spider-Man work while capturing the essence of the Hans Zimmer, James Horner, and Danny Elfman themes that came before. The effects are strong, doing a great job at de-aging Alfred Molina and Willem Dafoe, improving the Sandman effects, and making the Doc Ock tentacles look even more realistic. Though one complaint, and definitely the biggest one, is the obvious use of stock footage when Sandman and Lizard are cured and doesn't look too convincing. But of all the things that this movie absolute delivers in, is in the performances from absolutely everyone. Dafoe in the 2002 film was great, but in here he absolutely shines and proves that just because he was in his 60s didn't mean he couldn't do his own stunts. But the most important performances comes from making the relationship between the three different Peter Parkers feel so believable thanks to Tom Holland, Andrew Garfield, and Tobey Maguire putting in their all. Maguire still has the magic despite being 14 years since he last played Parker, Garfield is an absolute joy due to his real life love for the character that he never got to truly evoke, and Holland gives his strongest performance in the MCU perfectly evoking the fun, tragedy, and anger of what his Peter goes through. Using fan service to propel a story can be very tricky to pull off, but if one movie proves you can do it right it is Spider-Man: No Way Home. Over all: 100%

2021 top list so far:

1. Spider-Man: No Way Home

2. Encanto

3. In the Heights

4. No Time to Die

5. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

6. The Green Knight

7. Candyman 2021

8. The Suicide Squad

9. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

10. Last Night in Soho

11. Dune 2021

12. Free Guy

13. Nobody

14. Black Widow

15. A Quiet Place Part II

16. Respect

17. Raya and the Last Dragon

18. Malignant

19. Eternals

20. Halloween Kills

21. Jungle Cruise

22. Cruella

23. Wrath of Man

24. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

25. F9

26. Venom: Let There Be Carnage

27. Snake Eyes

28. Old

29. Space Jam: A New Legacy

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

A reboot to the video game based Resident Evil film series, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is a much more faithful adaptation of the Capcom franchise. Taking cues from the first two games by having the story take place in both the Spencer Mansion just like the original 1996 installment and in Raccoon City during the zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation as told in the sequel. With the characters from the games being adapted into this movie, including Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine, the Redfield siblings, and Leon Kennedy, it adds to the authenticity that the previous films lacked. Being based on an over the top, gory, and campy video game franchise inspired by b-horror movies like those of George A. Romero, this adaptation definitely captures those silly and gory moments perfectly. The writing isn't entirely new nor does it try to be profound but it's well told and does a good job at getting you invested in the characters and what's going on while giving us references to the video games and often trying for the corny jokes. Props to the actors, especially Avan Jogia and Neal McDonough, for giving strong performances even when they know their in something ridiculous. Director Johannes Roberts was perfect for taking this project on and giving it a lot more than what many would have done. He gives the right mixture of horror, action, and camp which are helped by Maxime Alexandre's cinematography and Mark Korven's score. Even the effects, whether the makeup or the computer effects, are perfectly cheesy and don't mind when it isn't perfect. If any complaint that is towards the production is that certain events like the zombie outbreak occur too quick with more time to better show the people of Raccoon affected by Umbrella's actions. Not every film needs to be a profound work of art, some can just be dumb fun while still telling a well told story like Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City. Over all: 84%

2021 top list so far:

1. Encanto

2. In the Heights

3. No Time to Die

4. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

5. The Green Knight

6. Candyman 2021

7. The Suicide Squad

8. Ghostbusters: Afterlife

9. Last Night in Soho

10. Dune 2021

11. Free Guy

12. Nobody

13. Black Widow

14. A Quiet Place Part II

15. Respect

16. Raya and the Last Dragon

17. Malignant

18. Eternals

19. Halloween Kills

20. Jungle Cruise

21. Cruella

22. Wrath of Man

23. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

24. F9

25. Venom: Let There Be Carnage

26. Snake Eyes

27. Old

28. Space Jam: A New Legacy