| Now that 2005 is over and everybody has | | | | Normally Pixar is a guarantee for quality, but this |
| revealed their top ten list (or at least a preliminary | | | | time I am a little bit more careful than usual. The |
| version of it), the time has come to start looking | | | | teaser trailer wasn't that hot, and the fact that |
| forward to what we will be seeing in cinemas this | | | | Pixar has delayed the movie to this year also |
| year. There's plenty of movies coming, and to | | | | does not bode well. Although, knowing Pixar, that |
| help you on your way, here is my yearly (only | | | | extra time will have been well spent. I won't be |
| the second time, but still) Top 20 list of coolest | | | | surprised if this one ends up in 5 star land after |
| upcoming movies!20. X-Men 3 | | | | all.10. My Super Ex-Girlfriend |
| The second X-Men movie is still one of the best | | | | Luke Wilson must be one of the unluckiest guys |
| superhero movies of all time, but that one had an | | | | in the world. His girlfriend is a super heroine (cool!) |
| ingredient that this one is lacking: Bryan Singer. | | | | but he doesn't know (booo!) until they break up |
| What I have heard so far about Brett Ratner's | | | | and she starts using her super powers to get |
| ideas for the franchise have not really made me | | | | back at him. Yeah, I wouldn't want to be in his |
| enthusiastic, but the first teaser trailer was pretty | | | | shoes either. Uma Thurman stars as the |
| cool. Let's keep our fingers crossed, hoping that | | | | girlfriend.9. Black Dahlia |
| Ratner will surprise us after all.19. Click | | | | Brian DePalma returns with this slick thriller which |
| Adam Sandler's movies are a bit hit and miss, | | | | stars Scarlett Johansson. Oh, you want to know |
| but this one has a few things going for it. First: | | | | more? Well, it's all about two cops who try to |
| Kate Beckinsale is in it. Second: And so is | | | | hunt the killer of a young actress. Next to |
| Christopher Walken. And third: The story is pretty | | | | Johansson, we will also see Hilary Swank, Josh |
| cool, as it is about a guy who finds a remote | | | | Hartnett and Aaron Eckhart. This one looks like a |
| control that lets him zoom back and forth to | | | | lot of fun.8. The Da Vinci Code |
| moments in his life. Which is great, until the | | | | Were you sick and tired of all the Da Vinci hype |
| remote control starts showing a mind of it's own. | | | | when the book came out two years ago? Get |
| Adam Sandler and high concept normally works | | | | ready to be sick all over again when the hype for |
| pretty well, so this could be real fun.18. The | | | | the movie version starts! If you, like me, did like |
| Return of Zoom | | | | the book though, I think you will be in for a |
| Last year saw the successful teen superhero | | | | thrillride, as Ron Howard directs Tom Hanks and |
| movie Sky High, and this year sees another teen | | | | Audrey 'Amelie' Tatou.7. Casino Royale |
| superhero movie. Tim Allen plays a worn out | | | | The return of James Bond, but not as you know |
| superhero who is called back into action, to train a | | | | him! The new Bond goes back to the early days |
| group of kid superheroes at a private academy. | | | | of Bond and will be stripped of many of the |
| Yeah, sounds very familiar, but Sky High was a | | | | elements that made the Bond movies so |
| lot of fun so maybe we will be in luck again with | | | | successful in the first place. Let's hope they won't |
| this one.17. Mission Impossible 3 | | | | strip away too much, unless the stripping involves |
| The most irritating man of 2005 (as voted by | | | | the new Bond girl!6. Pirates of the Caribbean 2 |
| movie lovers all over the world) is back in his high | | | | The first Pirates of the Caribbean movie was |
| profile action franchise. But will it be a hattrick for | | | | brilliant, and everything points towards this second |
| Tom Cruise? The first one was pretty good, the | | | | part being just as much fun. Everybody returns, |
| second one dissapointing, this one, being directed | | | | plus there are some cool new characters to add |
| by Lost's JJ Abrams, could be a return to form.16. | | | | to the mix. And if you cannot get enough of |
| Marie Antoinette | | | | Captain Jack Sparrow and his friends: this was |
| The director of my favorite movie of 2004, Lost | | | | shot back to back with the third movie, which will |
| in Translation, returns to the big screen with this | | | | be released next year.5. A Scanner Darkly |
| stylized account of the life of Marie Antoinette, a | | | | Richard Linklater returns to his passion for |
| simple girl from Vienna who became the Queen | | | | animation with this movie that is a combination of |
| of France in 1774. A rags to riches story? Yes, | | | | real life acting and animation. Not in the regular |
| although it is unfortunate that she became queen | | | | sense though, because in Linklater's movie all the |
| only a few years before all the French royals | | | | actors are traced by animators, giving the whole |
| were beheaded... Sophie Coppola directs Kirsten | | | | movie a very interesting visual effect.4. Nacho |
| Dunst and Jason Schwartzman in this.15. | | | | Libre |
| Benchwarmers | | | | The director of Napoleon Dynamite returns with |
| This movie, starring Jon Heder and Jon Lovitz, | | | | this movie about a Mexican priest (Jack Black) |
| tells the story of a trio of friends, who try to | | | | who at night dons the outfit of a lucha libre |
| make up for missed opportunities in their | | | | wrestler to raise money for the local orphanage. I |
| childhood when they form their own baseball | | | | don't know why, but this movie just sounds like it |
| team and start playing against Little League | | | | could be the funniest thing since... Well... Napoleon |
| teams. Could be this years Dodgeball.14. Happy | | | | Dynamite!3. Lady in the Water |
| Feet | | | | M. Night Shyamalan will give us some more of his |
| There's a swarm of cool CGI animated movies | | | | own brand of movie making with Lady in the |
| coming up this year, but this seems to be one of | | | | Water, starring Paul Giamatti and Bryce Dallas |
| the most fun ones. How can it not be fun: it's | | | | Howard. Giamatti is a landlord who one day finds |
| about penguins! About a group of singing penguins | | | | a mysterious woman in the pool of his building. |
| to be precise. Our hero is a penguin cannot sing, | | | | We don't know much more about the movie yet, |
| which is a problem, because this is the way male | | | | but with a Shyamalan picture you don't want to |
| penguins woo the females. Luckily though, he may | | | | know too much in advance anyway. Sounds very |
| not be able to sing, but he can tapdance better | | | | intriguing!2. Superman Returns |
| than anybody else!13. Miami Vice | | | | Bryan Singer did great things with the X-Men |
| Just reading those words will make the tune to | | | | franchise, and when you have the greatest |
| this classic tv-show stick in your head for the rest | | | | superhero of them all at your disposal, what can |
| of the day (you don't have to thank me). This | | | | go wrong? (Let's hope those words won't come |
| might actually be a better TV-remake than most | | | | back to haunt me...)1. The Fountain |
| though, since Michael Mann is directing (him also | | | | Darren Aranofsky will this year hopefully unleash |
| being director of numerous episodes of the original | | | | his latest work, which involves romance and time |
| series).12. Eragon | | | | travel and stars Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz. |
| In case you are worried that there won't be a | | | | A man finds out the love of his life is dying, and |
| big fantasy spectacle this year (Lord of the Rings | | | | he starts a journey to the fountain of life in order |
| having ended, and the next Narnia only coming | | | | to be able to save her life...Originally published at |
| out this year): rest assured. The next big thing is | | | | Rijnders is a Dutch movie journalist with many |
| coming in the shape of Eragon, another movie | | | | years of experience. His weblog ( is read by |
| based on a book, in which a kid hooks up with a | | | | thousands of people from all over the world, next |
| dragon and ends up in the middle of an age old | | | | to which he still writes reviews for several Dutch |
| battle between dragons. | | | | magazines. |
| Dragons. Cool!11. Cars | | | | |