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