Saturday, December 24, 2011

Season's Greetings and a look ahead to the films of 2012

Just a brief note to wish all of our readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from everyone here at Flickering Myth, and to say thank you for supporting the site over the past year.

We'll be revealing our "Top 10 Movies of 2011" on New Year's Eve, but like us you'll likely be casting your eye towards 2012's cinematic slate by now, so to help you plan your viewing here's a selection of potential highlights to look out for in the coming year (sorted roughly by order of arrival)...

Beauty and the Beast 3D (dir. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise)
Contraband (dir. Baltasar Kormákur)
Haywire (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
Red Tails (dir. Anthony Hemingway)
W.E. (dir. Madonna)
Underworld Awakening (dir. Mans Marlind, Bjorn Stein)
The Grey (dir. Joe Carnahan)
Man on a Ledge (dir. Asger Leth)
Chronicle (dir. Josh Trank)
The Woman in Black (dir. James Watkins)
Safe House (dir. Daniel Espinosa)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace 3D (dir. George Lucas)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (dir. Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor)
This Means War (dir. McG)
Wanderlust (dir. David Wain)
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (Tommy Wirkola)
Jeff Who Lives at Home (dir. Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass)
Dr. Suess' The Lorax (dir. Chris Renaud)
Project X (dir. Nima Nourizadeh)
John Carter (dir. Andrew Stanton)
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (dir. Lasse Hallstrom)
The Raven (dir. James McTeigue)
21 Jump Street (dir. Phil Lord, Chris Miller)
Casa de mi Padre (dir. Matt Piedmont)
Mirror Mirror (dir. Tarsem Singh)
The Hunger Games (dir. Gary Ross)
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (dir. Peter Lord)
Wrath of the Titans (dir. Jonathan Liebesman)
American Reunion (dir. Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg)
The Cold Light of Day (dir. Mabrouk El Mechri)
Titanic 3D (dir. James Cameron)
Bullet to the Head (dir. Walter Hill)
The Three Stooges (dir. Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly)
The Cabin in the Woods (dir. Drew Goddard)
Movie 43 (dir. by way too many to mention)
House at the End of the Street (dir. Mark Tonderai)
The Lucky One (dir. Scott Hicks)
MS One: Maximum Security (dir. James Mather, Stephen St. Leger)
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (dir. Lorene Scafaria)
Wettest County (dir. John Hillcoat)
Safe (dir. Boaz Yakin)
The Avengers (dir. Joss Whedon)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (dir. John Madden)
Dark Shadows (dir. Tim Burton)
The Dictator (dir. Larry Charles)
Battleship (dir. Peter Berg)
Men in Black III (dir. Barry Sonnenfeld)
Moonrise Kingdom (dir. Wes Anderson)
Rock of Ages (dir. Adam Shankman)
Snow White and the Huntsman (dir. Rupert Sanders)
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (dir. Eric Darnell, Conrad Vernon)
Prometheus (dir. Ridley Scott)
Jack the Giant Killer (dir. Bryan Singer)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (dir. Timur Bekmambetov)
Brave (dir. Mark Andrews)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (dir. Jon Chu)
Magic Mike (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
The Amazing Spider-Man (dir. Marc Webb)
Ice Age: Continental Drift (dir. Steve Martino, Mike Thurmeier)
Ted (dir. Seth MacFarlane)
The Dark Knight Rises (dir. Christopher Nolan)
Neighborhood Watch (dir. Akiva Schaffer)
The Bourne Legacy (dir. Tony Gilroy)
Total Recall (dir. Len Wiseman)
Dog Fight (dir. Jay Roach)
Warm Bodies (dir. Jonathan Levine)
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (dir. Peter Hedges)
ParaNorman (dir. Chris Butler)
The Expendables 2 (dir. Simon West)
The Apparition (dir. Todd Lincoln)
Premium Rush (dir. David Koepp)
Finding Nemo 3D (dir. Andrew Stanton)
Resident Evil: Retribution (dir. Paul W.S. Anderson)
Dredd (dir. Pete Travis)
Hotel Transylvania (dir. Genndy Tartakovsky)
Looper (dir. Rian Johnson)
Savages (dir. Oliver Stone)
Frankenweenie (dir. Tim Burton)
Taken 2 (dir. Olivier Megaton)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D (dir. John Luessenhop)
Halloween III (dir. Patrick Lussier)
Gangster Squad (dir. Ruben Fleischer)
Red Dawn (dir. Dan Bradley)
Skyfall (dir. Sam Mendes)
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (dir. Bill Condon)
47 Ronin (dir. Carl Eric Rinsch)
Gravity (dir. Alfonso Cuaron)
Rise of the Guardians (dir. Peter Ramsay, William Joyce)
The Silver Linings Playbook (dir. David O. Russell)
Les Misérables (dir. Tom Hooper)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (dir. Peter Jackson)
Hunter Killer (dir. Antoine Fuqua)
The Untitled Osama bin Laden Film (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
Life of Pi (dir. Ang Lee)
This Is 40 (dir. Judd Apatow)
World War Z (dir. Marc Forster)
Django Unchained (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
The Great Gatsby (dir. Baz Luhrmann)
Seven Psychopaths (dir. Martin McDonagh)
On the Road (dir. Walter Salles)
Missing Pieces (dir. Kenton Bartlett)

Looks like it's shaping up to be a great year! Be sure to let us know what film you're most looking forward to in 2012, or let us know if something's slipped under our radar.

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