#761: 2020 Movie Preview - Top 5 Questions

ADAM

1. Which sequel, 30 years in the making, will most make me feel like a kid again – GHOSTBUSTERS: AFTERLIFE or TOP GUN: MAVERICK?

2. Will DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD be my favorite movie of 2020 or of all-time?

3. After “Marriage Story,” “The Irishman” and “The King,” what will be the cream of Netflix’s crop this year? (MANK, DA 5 BLOODS, I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS)

4. How will Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross “darken up” Pixar’s SOUL?

5.  If a movie year doesn’t include dollops of [Adam] Driver (ANNETTE, THE LAST DUEL) and plenty of [Florence] Pugh (BLACK WIDOW), did it really happen?

Honorable Mention

• Will Marvel’s artsy director choices pay off… for cinephiles (THE ETERNALS, BLACK WIDOW)?

• Can Denis Villeneuve solve DUNE?

• How good will Kristin Wiig be as a villain (WONDER WOMAN 1984)?

• Does Ansel Elgort have the musical chops and charisma to play Tony in WEST SIDE STORY?

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JOSH

Michael Stuhlbarg and Elisabeth Moss in “Shirley.”

1. Will DUNE bury Denis Villeneuve?

2. Will Elisabeth Moss be even more dominant in the 2020s than she was in the 2010s? (THE INVISIBLE MAN, THE FRENCH DISPATCH, SHIRLEY)

3. Will DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD be as moving as “Our Time Machine”?

4. Will I have the courage to watch “Candyman” (1992) in preparation for CANDYMAN?

5. With AFTER YANG, will Kogonada be the latest Golden Brick winner to go on and achieve even greater things?

Honorable Mention

• Will there be a reason for Steven Spielberg’s WEST SIDE STORY after John Chu’s IN THE HEIGHTS?

• Can James Bond be saved by Ana De Armas, Lashana Lynch and Phoebe Waller-Bridge in NO TIME TO DIE?