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Max Braden: In long terms, Skyfall just released a kickass trailer after featuring Bond as part of the Olympic opening ceremony, so that's the highlight on my mind right now. Near term, I'm most eager to get out and see the American Bond, The Bourne Legacy. I expect both those movies to be seriously good. But I'm also looking forward to my trashy late-summer fix in The Expendables 2. As far as I'm concerned, turn in your Man Card if you were born before 1980 and don't feel an immediate itch when that trailer comes on TV.

David Mumpower: I agree with Brett that Wreck It Ralph is waaaaaaay up there on my most anticipated list. Rise of the Guardians is another animated movie I think looks great. I will also give Hotel Transylvania a chance on opening weekend. In terms of absolute WANT NOW, however, my vote goes to Cloud Atlas. In addition to adoring The Matrix trilogy (all of it), I also consider Speed Racer to be one of the most staggering visual accomplishments of my lifetime. I cannot wait to see what else they've invented after four years of downtime. I am also curious about David Chase's first feature film, currently entitled Not Fade Away. I loved his work on Northern Exposure long before his masterful run with The Sopranos. The only reason I'm 100% not over the moon about Not Fade Away is that I'm not 100% sure it will hold its 2012 release date. Whenever it is released, I will be there on opening day.

Kim Hollis: A lot of people have mentioned Looper, and I agree that it looks really interesting. I'm also perfectly willing to admit that I'm ready for another round of Liam Neeson in Taken 2. I am pretty much in love with the marketing for Wreck-It Ralph ("I'm gonna wreck it!"), and ParaNorman does have me hopeful that Laika can deliver another wonderful animated treat in the vein of Coraline. Spielberg's Lincoln has me fairly excited (I grew up in Illinois, where Lincoln is not unlike a god), and I'm wondering what Ang Lee can do with Life of Pi. I'll also mention Django Unchained even though it does come after The Hobbit and Tarantino can be hit or miss for me (though I love Inglourious Basterds so much that I'm willing to overlook his stuff I don't like).

And finally, I love David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas a ridiculous amount. It's probably my favorite book of the last decade or so. I had no idea how it could possibly be filmed as a movie, because...well, if I really tell you why it actually spoils a lot of what I think it's better to discover yourself. Having seen the extended preview of the movie by the Wachowskis, I am actually quite eager for it to be released. On the surface, at least, they seem to have made it work. I still think there's a bigger chance that I'll be disappointed rather than happy, but I didn't dismiss it out of hand after seeing what they've tried to do.

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