My time-honored tradition is here! Here's the early Oscar 2022 chat from last year (some on the mark with noms/wins for King Richard, The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Macbeth, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, and Tick Tick Boom). Some are going to be those that were supposed to come out last year but pushed to this year, and more... looks like Michael Fassbender makes a big return to film.
-- Martin Scorsese’s “The Killers of the Flower Moon” starring Leo DiCaprio -- Peter Farrelly's follow up to 'Green Book, “The Greatest Beer Run Ever” with Russell Crowe, Zac Efron and Bill Murray -- David Fincher returns with “The Killer” starring Michael Fassbender & Tilda Swinton -- Canterbury Glass - David O. Russell is unfortunately back in this period piece with some of his usual suspects: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Robert De Niro Rami Malek, John David Washington, and Zoe Saldana -- Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise" starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig -- Spielberg's autobiography “The Fabelmans" which he directed starring Michelle Williams [lots more here]-- Maria Schrader’s “She Said," based on the NYT reporters who broke the Weinstein story, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan in the roles -- Jordan Peele's “Nope” starring Daniel Kaluuya and Steven Yeun -- the already released “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” starring Michelle Yeoh -- Darren Aronofsky's “The Whale,” which could see a comeback for Brendan Fraser -- Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis,” starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks -- lots of Harry Styles between “My Policeman” with “Don’t Worry Darling," from Olivia Wilde starring Florence Pugh -- Ron Howard’s got a movie about the 2018 Thailand cave rescue starring Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell -- Luca Guadagnino and Timothee Chalamet reunite for “Bones & All,” also starring Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance -- the Golda Meir biopic starring Helen Mirren -- Taika Waititi's back with “Next Goal Wins," Michael Fassbender and Elisabeth Moss -- Damien Chazelle’s “Babylon,” period piece about Hollywood starring Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie -- Yorgos Lanthimos's “Poor Things” starring Mark Ruffalo -- Florian Zeller's followup to 'The Father,' called "The Son" starring Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Jackman, Vanessa Kirby and Laura Dern