THIS ISN’T THE first time we’ve done a big new-year preview of the upcoming cinematic calendar. In fact, they’ve been an annual fixture, starting in January 1990, with issue #7.
Less in-depth (each film only gets a paragraph), and with the caveat that we had no idea when the films would come out (“not one company was able to give a definite release date for any film due after February”), it’s still a fascinating artefact of a simpler time.
Some of the films previewed are long-forgotten (Chicago Joe And The Showgirl, anyone?); some are optimistically tipped for Oscars (Steel Magnolias, a “serious Power Picture”, we advise); and some are future classics (Total Recall, a “rootin' tootin' action adventure”). Will 2024 match up to 1990’s promise?