A new year brings us that much closer to The Films You've Been Dying to See for Like Forever. If you're a fan of big-budget sci-fi, fantasy and comic book spectaculars as I am, you already have several must-see flicks in the pipeline for 2012. With that in mind, I thought I'd go ahead and give a helpful chronological rundown of which geek movie goodness arrives when. Some of these will be worth the long wait, others you wouldn't watch even if they were free on cable, but each have their audiences and key target demographics. Start planning your work vacation/sick/personal days accordingly.
JANUARY
20 - Underworld Awakening
FEBRUARY
3 - Chronicle
10 - Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace 3D
17 - Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
MARCH
2 - Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters
9 - John Carter
23 - The Hunger Games
30 - Wrath of the Titans
APRIL
13 - The Cabin in the Woods, The Three Stooges
MAY
4 - The Avengers
11 - Dark Shadows
18 - Battleship
25 - Men in Black 3
JUNE
1 - Snow White and the Huntsman
8 - Prometheus
22 - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Brave
29 - G.I. Joe: Retaliation
JULY
3 - The Amazing Spider-Man
20 - The Dark Knight Rises
AUGUST
3 - The Bourne Legacy, Total Recall
17 - The Expendables 2
SEPTEMBER
14 - Finding Nemo 3D, Resident Evil: Retribution
21 - Dredd
OCTOBER
5 - Frankenweenie
NOVEMBER
9 - Skyfall
16 - The Twili--Oh, who cares...
DECEMBER
14 - The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
21 - World War Z
25 - Django Unchained