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  Most Anticipated Movies of 2023 (A compilation of 50 films by Chris Bush) PART II 35. The Beast  Director: Bertrand Bonello  ( Zombi Child , Nocturama )  Cast: Léa Seydoux and George M ac K ay . Between his two most recent films- Zombi Child and Nocturama - I feel we're in the midst of a pivotal  phase in director Bertrand Bonello's career.  Both films are so good and work so exceptionally well, and I'm excited to see how his career grows within the next ten years.  His upcoming sci-fi/love story, The Beast , inspired from the Henry James novella, The Beast in the Jungle , represents his most ambitious undertaking as a storyteller to date.  James' 1903 short story is a masterwork that explores heady themes of loneliness, fate, love and death as it contemplates  the meaning of human existence.  Bonello's film begins in a futuristic setting when emotions have become a threat, where a woman named Gabriella (Léa Seydoux) decides to purify ...

  Most Anticipated movies of 2023 (a Compilation of 50 Films by Chris Bush) Part I 50. Havoc Director: Gareth Evans  ( The Raid ,  The Raid 2 ,  Apostle  )   Cast: Tom Hardy, Forest Whitaker, Timothy Olyphant, Justin Cornwell, Jessie Mei Li, Yeo Yann Yann, Quelin Sepulveda, Luis Guzmán, Sunny pang, Michelle Waterson, and Tom Wu. Few filmmakers have elevated the action genre in the last 10 years like Gareth Evans.  The Welsh breakout is renowned for introducing the  Indonesian  martial art of  pencak silat  into world cinema through his films, which have enthralled audiences around the globe with their brutal and gory violence and exhilaratingly breakneck choreography.  After flexing his genre versatility in horror several years ago with  Apostle , the director is back with a new action-thriller starring acting heavyweight, Tom Hardy, in the lead role.  Hardy will play a detective who must navigate a dangerou...