Come Around Again in 2009

Far off in distant Europe, I still have to take in this year's Indiana Jones 4, Iron man, Kung Fu Panda, Wall-E, The dark knight, Get Smart, Speed racer and The incredible Hulk. From what I gather, many of these movies belong among the best ever made! Heck, I haven't even seen There will be blood, Before the devil knows you're dead and Diary of the dead yet. And the American audiences will witness The mummy 3, the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace (22), Harry potter 6, Madagascar 2, The untouchables: Capone rising (2) and Ace Ventura Jr. (3) before the year is over. Don't delay, see them asap, because here's what's in store for you in 2009:

Sequels & prequels

Angels and demons (Da Vinci Code 2)

Austin powers 4

The Brazilian job (Italian job 2)

Bubba Nosferatu and the curse of the She Vampires (Bubba Ho-Tep 2)

Crank 2

Fast and furious (4)

Final destination 4

Fletch won (Fletch 3)

Ghost rider 2

Ice Age: dawn of the dinosaurs (3)

Jurassic Park 4

Night at the museum 2

Old School dos

Pink Panther 2

The power of the Dark Crystal (prequel)

Raging Bull 2

Rambo V

S. Darko (Donnie Darko 2)

Screamers 2

Superman: Man of steel (Superman 6/Superman returns 2)

Terminator: salvation (4)

The Tomas Crown affair 2

Transformers: Rise of the fallen (2)

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (3)

Undisputed 3

Remakes

The 39 steps

All quiet on the western front

Attack of the killer tomatoes

Barbarella

The birds

The boys from Brazil

Bunny Lake is missing

Child's play

Conan (the Barbarian)

Creature from the black lagoon

Death wish

Don't look now

Escape from New York

The evil dead

Friday the 13^th

Hellraiser

The lady from Shanghai

Last house on the left (Virgin spring)

The Lavender Hill mob

The long Good Friday

The man who fell to earth

Rififi

Scanners

The seven samurai

Shocker

The stepfather

Straw dogs

The Swiss family Robinson

The taking of Pelham 123

The thing

Westworld

The wolf man

The Yakuza

As seen on TV

24

The A-team

Alan Partridge - the movie

Arrested development

Countdown (The twilight zone)

Dallas

Fraggle Rock: the movie

G.I. Joe: Rise of the cobra

The Jetsons

Kung Fu

Land of the lost

Magnum P.I.

Masters of the universe

Pee Wee's playhouse - the movie (Pee Wee 3)

Samurai Jack

Star Trek (11)

Anime

Avatar & Battle angel

Astro boy

Akira

Dragonball (Z)

Kiki's delivery service

Miscellaneous

X-men origins: Magneto

X-men origins: Wolverine

The Silver Surfer (Fantastic 4)

Twilight watch (Nightwatch 3)

The host 2

The three stooges

Sunset Boulevard (Musical version)

Mein Kampf

Tintin

Inglorious bastards

The departed sequel

Sin City 2 (& 3)

Godzilla 3D

Piranha 3D

Halo (Videogame)

Tekken (Videogame)

Warcraft (Videogame)

My comments

- The good news Yay! Genndy Tartakovsky hits the big screen: Samurai Jack & The power of the Dark Crystal

- The question mark James Cameron returns by way of Japanese anime, Spielberg takes on a Belgian comic (Tintin) and Tarantino is remaking what was originally an Italian version of The dirty dozen. It all seems sort of....appropriate.

- The bad news Blasphemy, that's what it is when you remake Hitchcock: 39 steps & The birds; and when you touch these, it will be assault: All quiet on the western front, The lady from Shanghai, Sunset Boulevard, The Lavender Hill mob, The seven samurai, Rififi, Straw dogs, Don't look now, The taking of Pelham 123, The man who fell to earth, The long Good Friday

- Think turning Sunset Boulevard into a musical was a bad idea? It just goes to show how low can you go. Worst idea ever: Raging bull 2 or Mein Kampf?

It's a cocktail of existing ideas and bad ideas! And then I still overlooked some. Of course, it don't exist until it do exist, and what already exists can't really be harmed by all this folly. There's already a lot of buzz going round for 2010, but personally I most eagerly am looking out for this one: Hollywood Golden Age 3: Shove it down their throats!