What I'm Most Excited For in 2012

There are of course three films to be tremendously excited for in 2012. The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spiderman and The Hobbit.

What I'm most excited for in the new year however is the release of not one but two Steven Soderbergh movies. The director whose filmography is brilliant as it is eclectic. If he's still seriously considering a 'hiatus' from filmmaking, as he keeps threatening, it doesn't look like he's going to stop anytime soon.

His first film Haywire looks like a kinetic, kick-ass action movie. The point of difference however is mixed martial artist Gina Carano who has never appeared in a film before. The trailer would have us believe it's a straight-to-DVD movie but Soderbergh's success with The Girlfriend Experience would indicate that he can turn an unlikely star into movie gold.

The more interesting film though is is Magic Mike about Channing Tatum's own career as a male stripper before he became famous. It is sure to get girls and gays rushing to the cinema on the chance of seeing any number of the film's stars Tatum, Pettyfer, Bomer or McConaughey near nude or naked.

How could I be this excited about seeing his new films after what happened to me during his last film? In one of life's cruel ironies, I came down with measles while watching Contagion, a movie about a deadly virus outbreak. Soon after I left the cinema, I went straight to bed and stayed there for seven days.

If I start doing mixed martial arts or stripping next year, you'll know why. Steven Soderbergh films seem to have this visceral affect on me.