2024. What a year, huh? Like most, things got off to a little bit of a slow start, as far as wide releases were concerned, but it didn’t take long before the year got its first slam-dunk blockbuster (Dune: Part Two) and its first true Academy Awards contender (Challengers). Then, fans of animation got things like Inside Out 2 and The Wild Robot, there was a deserving Palme d’Or winner with Anora, and then Wicked ended up pleasing most fans of the immensely popular musical it was based on.