We Can't Wait: 2026 Cinema. (Part Three: Q-Z)

by Nathaniel R

the great animation studio Laika is back with "WILDWOOD"

ICYMI In Part One: A-F we began our look forward to 2026 movies with legacy sequels, a new Almodovar, and multiple films from a few actresses of note. We continued the anticipation with  Part Two: G-P in which we got excited about French legends, queer cinema, possible all-quadrant blockbusters, and more traditional Oscar fare like a period epic from an favored auteur and a movie chronicling the literal making of a Best Picture winner. 

Let's wrap things up with another twenty films we're hoping give us exactly what we crave in a dark theater. This grouping includes a friendly neighborhood webslinger, campy drag queens, 13th century werewolves, and one last Anne Hathaway (four films this year) who is aiming for "Entertainer of the Year" dominance...

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We Can't Wait. 2026 Cinema. (Part Two: G-P)

by Nathaniel R

Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi stars in HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! which premiered at Sundance.
If you missed part one we are listing titles (alphabetically, we already covered A-F) that we're excited to see in the new film year. While the new film year doesn't truly begin (if you ask us) until the Oscars for lsat year are handed out) we've included a couple of late February and early March titles anyway.  Please do add to the list in the comments here if you see something you're excited about that we haven't listed.

Okay, let's move on to part two with lesbian dramas, heist films, dance competitions, an Oscar-centric biopic, a French actress feast, and a couple of A list witches hoping to recast spells at the box office...

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We Can't Wait: 2026. (Part One: A-F)

by Nathaniel R

Jessie Buckley as "THE BRIDE"

While we aren't done celebrating 2025 yet (more Film Bitch Awards coming soon + Oscar volleys), why not a discussion thread on what's to come in 2026? Here are some titles I'm looking forward to but please add your own in the comments before we start working on those ("April Foolish" Oscar predictions. This is coming to you in three parts due to the volumne, so here is the first batch featuring two Zendayas, two Hathaways, two Blunts, and the one and only Pedro Almodóvar...

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