We’ve made it halfway through 2023. In the first half of the year, we got to see a couple of animated juggernauts (The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), a hit and a miss from the folks at Marvel (Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3, Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania), some strong sequels (John Wick: Chapter 4, Creed III), and some selling out of our childhood memories (The Little Mermaid, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny). But now it’s time to get serious. The rest of the summer gives us some of the most-anticipated summer releases of the year. Then, we move into awards seasons as the studios and distributors start to slowly squeeze out their Oscar-bait starting with the fall festivals. Finally, we hit the holiday movie season with its mix of big event titles and the most prestigious of prestige films…at least that’s what the studios are counting on. What should you see? A little of each. Let’s break it down by month.

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