The folks at Sundance and the Tribeca Film Festival have already figured this out — both festivals showcased virtual reality this year. But in such early days, the quality of each VR experience varies wildly from project to project.

That’s why Penrose Studios — founded by Oculus’ first cinematic hire, Eugene Chung — surprised me yesterday. Here’s a behind-the-scenes teaser of Allumette:

The blockbusters always get the hype, and some deservedly so, but which are truly the movies worth seeing in 2015? Let this countdown guide your way.

20. ‘Inside Out’
Directed by Pete Docter, Ronaldo Del Carmen
Starring: Amy Poehler, Diane Lane, Bill Hader, Mindy Kaling, Kyle MacLachlan, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith
Release date: June 19, 2015

Pixar’s latest turns emotions into characters as Joy (Poehler), Fear (Hader), Anger (Black), Disgust (Kaling) and Sadness (Smith) rule the mind of young Riley, who’s uprooted from her life when her dad gets a new job in San Francisco. Helmed by Up director Pete Docter, Inside Out appears to have the smarts to please all audiences.

19. ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2′
Directed by Francis Lawrence
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Donald Sutherland
Release date: November 20, 2015

The Hunger Games films aren’t rewriting movie history but they are solid action films elevated by an all-time actress in an iconic role. These movies will be watched for generations. Don’t you want to see how it all ends? In the finale, Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence), dubbed “Mockingjay,” leads the revolution to victory or death against the Capitol.

18. ‘Spectre’
Directed by Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Ralph Fiennes, Christoph Waltz, Monica Bellucci, Dave Bautista, Léa Seydoux, Ben Whishaw,
Release date: November 6, 2015

Bond 24 is steeped in high class espionage as 007 (Craig) discovers an evil organization known as SPECTRE. The Daniel Craig Bond films have all been worth seeing for the most part and Sam Mendes has brought needed credibility to the franchise. Watch out for Christoph Waltz in this one; he has a tendency to steal the show.

17. ‘Crimson Peak’
Directed by Guillermo Del Toro
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska,
Release date: October 16, 2015

The horror film of the year is also Guillermo Del Toro’s return to the genre. His story focuses on Chastain who plays a writer torn between two loves. Desperate, she tries to outrun her past, which brings her to a house that seems to live and breathe.

16. ‘Chappie’
Directed by Neill Blomkamp
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Sharlto Copley (as Chappie), Dev Patel, Ninja, Yo-Landi Visser
Release date: March 6, 2015

From District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp, Chappie is a unique-looking robot story in the director’s signature sci-fi style. Adopted by two criminals, a robot prodigy named “Chappie” tries to fit into the world but finds extreme resistance thanks to his unprecedented ability to “think and feel.” Finally, an adult version of WALL-E.

15. ‘The Martian’
Directed by Ridley Scott
Starring: Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Kristen Wiig, Sebastian Stan, Jeff Daniels, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sean Bean
Release date: November 25, 2015

Any time Ridley Scott (Alien) goes to space, we must pay attention. This time he’s working off Andy Weir’s bestselling novel about a lone astronaut (Damon) stranded on Mars and his creative ways to survive.

14. ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – The Green Legend’
Directed by Yuen Woo-ping
Starring: Donnie Yen, Michelle Yeoh, Harry Shum Jr., Jason Scott Lee
Release date: August 28, 2015 (Netflix & IMAX)

The Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon sequel replaces Chow Yun-Fat with Donnie Yen, but Michelle Yeoh returns as Yu Shu Lien 15 years after the original debuted. The story is based on another novel by Crouching Tiger author Du Lu Wang and the simple fact that fight choreography legend Yuen Woo-ping is directing gives the film instant credibility. Time will tell if Crouching Tiger director Ang Lee’s romance is missed.

13. ‘Sisters’
Directed by Jason Moore
Starring Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Maya Rudolph, John Leguizamo, Heather Matarazzo, James Brolin, John Cena, Dianne Wiest
Release date: December 18, 2015

We can thank longtime SNL writer Paula Pell for writing the script that finds Amy Poehler and Tina Fey playing sisters. The story is a simple one: The two siblings throw a huge party, something they always wanted to do, when they learn their parents are going to sell their childhood home.

12. ‘Black Mass’
Directed by Scott Cooper
Starring Johnny Depp, Kevin Bacon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Joel Edgerton, Sienna Miller, Dakota Johnson, Jesse Plemons, Juno Temple
Release date: September 18, 2015

Cooper, who directed Crazy Heart and the underrated Out of the Furnace in 2013, returns to heavy material here, taking on the story of Boston gangster Whitey Bulger (Depp). Bulger ran Boston in the ’70s as a lethal enforcer while also acting as an FBI informant. A great story plus a lot of talent should equal success.

11. ‘Midnight Special’
Directed by Jeff Nichols
Starring: Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Sam Shepard, Jaeden Lieberher
Release date: November 25, 2015

There will be a time when Jeff Nichols is finally recognized as one of America’s best filmmakers. Will it be this year? The Take Shelter and Mud writer/director is teaming up with Michael Shannon again, along with a talented cast, to tell the story of a father and son who go on the run after they learn the kid has super powers.

10. ‘Masterminds’
Directed by Jared Hess
Starring: Owen Wilson, Zach Galifianakis, Kristen Wiig, Devin Ratray, Jason Sudekis, Kate McKinnon, Ken Marino, Jon Daly
Release date: August 14, 2015

Based on the true story of a 1997 bank heist, Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess returns with one of the funniest-looking comedies of next year. The Wiig-Wilson-Galifianakis trio is dream team stuff and Hess never fails to get funny performances from his actors. Eastbound and Down legends Danny McBride and Jody Hill have co-writing credits as well.

9. ‘Joy’
Directed by David O. Russell
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Édgar Ramírez
Release date: December 25, 2015

The Russell, Lawrence, Cooper formula is just too good to abandon. The trio, who are responsible for two of the best comedies in the past decade, Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, returns to tell the story of Long Island single mom Joy Mangano (Lawrence) who invented the Miracle Mop and became a millionaire with over 100 patents. Russell’s also on track to release the romantic comedy Nailed in 2015, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Biel.

8. ‘Silence’
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Starring: Liam Neeson, Andrew Garfield, Adam Driver
Release date: TBA 2015

Reuniting with his Gangs of New York writer Jay Cocks, who adapted Shûsaku Endô’s book, Martin Scorsese takes us to 17th century Japan where two Jesuit priests (Neeson, Garfield) find persecution when they try to spread the gospel of Christianity. Scorsese’s new project recalls his past work, Kundun and The Last Temptation of Christ, in subject matter and spirit.

7. ‘St. James Place’
Directed by Steven Spielberg
Starring: Tom Hanks, Billy Magnussen, Amy Ryan, Alan Alda
Release date: October 16, 2015

Joel and Ethan Coen co-wrote the new Spielberg movie starring Tom Hanks. If that sentence doesn’t excite you as a movie fan, we don’t know what will. St. James Place is story of The 1960 U-2 Incident and attorney James Donovan (Hanks), who travels to Soviet Russia for prisoner release negotiations.

6. ‘The Walk’
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ben Kingsley, Charlotte Le Bon, James Badge Dale, Ben Schwartz
Release date: October 2, 2015

The true story of French tightrope daredevil Philippe Petit (Gordon-Levitt) and his incredible walk between the Twin Towers in New York City, 1974. Fans of the Oscar-winning documentary Man on Wire know the story well. It’s part incredible action and part heist film as Petit and his team smuggle their wire to the top of the towers and rig it in the dead of night.

5. ‘Jurassic World’
Directed by Colin Trevorrow
Starring: Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jake Johnson, Judy Greer
Release date: June 12, 2015

Decades after the events of Jurassic Park, a fully functional Isla Nublar now exists and has been successful for a number of years. But declining attendance and corporate fat cats mandate a new attraction that backfires horribly. Written by the talented duo behind Safety Not Guaranteed, the new Jurassic film should be an exciting new chapter.

4. ‘The Hateful Eight’
Directed by Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Channing Tatum, Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern
Release date: November 13, 2015

The new Tarantino movie is, like Django Unchained, a Civil War-era western. And as usual, the director has a vision. He’s collected another exciting cast of veteran actors to tell the tale of a group of eight bounty hunters, killers, and lawmen who come together in a common place and settle their differences.

3. ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Directed by Joss Whedon
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Hiddleston
Release date: May 1, 2015

The Marvel movies keep getting better and you can expect the trend to continue in the Avengers sequel. The movie takes place in a post-S.H.I.E.L.D. world where the Avengers (at least partially) create a sentient being, Ultron, who turns on them and threatens to bring about the world’s end. Marvel fans should watch out for new villains, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch, and Tony Stark’s Hulkbuster armor also.

2. ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
Directed by George Miller
Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough
Release date: May 15, 2015

Original Mad Max director Miller returns for this reboot starring the great Tom Hardy, who is steadily becoming one of the biggest stars in the world. In a post-apocalyptic hell hole, survivors band together in search of oil, water, and survival. Marked by the style of the original and the photogenic desert that once was Earth, Fury Road looks to have been done right. And what a trailer…

1. ‘Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens’
Directed by J.J. Abrams
Starring: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, Gwendoline Christie, Lupita Nyong’o, Max von Sydow
Release date: December 18, 2015

For the first time, George Lucas is not creatively involved in a Star Wars film and the fanbase rejoices. J.J. Abrams has been anointed his successor and the director seems to have the pulse of the original franchise. Episode VII takes place 30 years after Return of the Jedi and uses real locations and scale models, not mass amounts of CGI.

10.  “The Worlds End”

The plot boils down to four guys getting completely wasted in order to stop the apocalypse.  It is one of the most mature films out, “Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy”. Even  “Hot Fuzz being packed with action and “Shaun of the Dead being very quotable, the emotional bond between the main characters in “The Worlds End” is stouter, richer and more full bodied.  This film captures the action and comedy that has not been seen since “Ghostbusters”.  The film also captures the feeling of what it’s like to grow up and grow apart from those you care about.

9. “World War Z”

With director Marc Forster last big budget effort being the worst James Bond movie ever everyone figured “World War Z” would be a disaster. However, the trailer of the film had an impressive tower of CGI zombies as the main selling point. Brad Pitt topped off an exciting and, most of all, scary undead surprise. The film was able to catch the audience off guard not only in the quality of the movie but in how it plays with scale, both large and small.

8. “Spring Breakers”

At first it was really hard to take James Franco serious playing such a weird role. Which is unusual of Mr. Franco to play anything but weird roles. The Film had misleading marketing that got people to see a better movie than what they expected.  ” Spring Breakers” is about people who talk a lot about being bad and what happens when they meet the real deal.

7. “Dallas Buyers Club”

“I prefer to die with my boots on,” Matthew McCaughey’s Ron protests as he goes against doctor’s orders. Jared Leto is searing and heart wrenching as Ron’s unlikeliest  of sidekicks.  The character in the film is battling HIV-AIDS.  Intuitive in all the right ways, “Dallas” flaunts its star’s most important performance to date

6. “12 Years a Slave”

This is a film in which everyone should watch at least once in their lives. We need to be reminded that not too long ago our country was filled with hate and acts of prejudice crimes. The story of Soloman Northup’s jouney from freedom to slavery and back again is almost unbelievable. It is hard to believe that it’s a story that is based on truthful events and a real person that went through these troubling times. Chiwetel Ejiofor portrays the character perfect with every stab of physical and mental anguish on his face. It is hard to deny him being worthy of any awards given to him for this role.

5. “Iron Man 3″

This is the third film that mascot Robert Downey Jr has played as the flamboyant Tony Stark. Which was able to gross around 1.2 billion in the box office. Marvel brought together a group of lesser known heroes and made such a success.  The film is the actually the big test that came immediately after the final exam that was the “Avengers”.

4. “The Hunger Games, Catching Fire”

One thing is for certain that fight to the death is not just for teens any longer.  Newcomers like Finnick and Johanna add interest, and the brewing revolution shot darkly through director Francis Lawrence’s lens does not hurt either. The good thing, even though there is newcomers the core characters Katniss, Peeta, Gale, Haymitch and Effie are back at it again. They say the film “Catching Fire” beat “The Hunger Games” at its own game.

3. “The Wolf of Wallstreet”

With his last film “Hugo” people were considering that Martin Scorsese had lost his edge with making great movies.  He definitely shut the critics up with this film.  This is the 5th film Scorsese has collaborated with Leonardo DiCaprio on and some say this is the best of all the other films. The film does run a bit long, and it could be seen as unintentionally glamorizing the reckless behavior it actually decries. It’s still the most potent jolt of pure cinema you’ll see this year

2. “American Hustle”

When first seeing the previews for “American Hustle” it drew my attention because of the cast being in full 70’s mode.  Their hair and makeup and clothes had to match the era of the 70’s.  The fans of David O. Russell will find plenty to love in the third of the directors unofficial trilogy called, “East Coast People Being Loud”. The first two movies of Russells Trilogy was “The Fighter” and “Silver Lining Playbook”.

1. “Gravity”

The question you must ask your self in regards to this excellent movies is, how do they make such a spectacular visual and pulse pounding thriller but yet, one of the most heartfelt and genuinely moving stories of the year.  We do know one thing, that the director  Alfonso Cuarón directed an excellent science fiction movie.  Sandra Bullock and George Clooney both are shown dangled like puppets in a closed box to simulate the motion of spinning off into space.  Great movie a true must see.

With John Ridley behind the screen play and star power like Brad Pitt, Michael Fassbender, Chiwetel Ejiofor, we think this one is a must see-

Pug, a wisecracking 13 year old living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join The 12 O’Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public. Pug looks to the pack for mentorship, spurred by their dangerous lifestyle. He narrates their world as if explaining a dreamscape, complemented with unprecedented, action-packed coverage of the riders in their element. The film presents the pivotal years of change in a boy’s life growing up in one of the most dangerous and economically depressed cities in the US.

In January of 1992, Reservoir Dogs appeared at the Sundance Film Festival, by first-time writer-director Quentin Tarantino. The Washington Redskins won superbowl XXVI and Mike Tyson went to trial for rape (he would later be convicted and sentenced to 10 years). The Lakers retire Magic Johnson’s #32 uniform. At the age of 16, Tiger became the youngest PGA golfer in 35 years.

In February, President Bush and Yeltsin proclaimed a formal end to the cold war. A few months later, violent riots erupt in the streets of Los Angeles after four police officers are acquitted in the brutal beating of Rodney King. Clinton and Gore were elected and Democrats kept control of Congress.

After 20 years American’s saw Jhonny Carson’s last appearnce as host of Tonight Show, and watch the final episodes of Growing Pains and Night Court.

And though, IBM announced a loss of 5 Billion, a text-based Web browser is made available to the public, and compact discs surpass cassette tapes as preferred medium for recorded music.

Madonna signed a $60 Million deal with Time Warner and Natalie Cole’s ‘Unforgettable’ won Grammy’s for Record, Album, and Song of the year.

For me, I might not have remember any of that happened specifically in 1992 if it weren’t for Wikipedia. What I wont forget are the songs that were on the radio and television-

According to Billboard, there were some great songs on the charts that year, what were you doing when these were playing?

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1992 (Recap)

Which was your favorite?

Here are some that I’m sure most of you have some memories tied too-

Boyz II Men – End Of The Road

Sir Mix-A-Lot – Baby Got Back (I Like Big Butts)

Kris Kross – Jump

Vanessa Williams – Save The Best For Last

TLC – Baby-Baby-Baby

En Vogue – My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It)

Color Me Badd – All 4 Love

Shanice – I Love Your Smile

Michael Jackson – Black Or White

Billy Ray Cyrus – Achy Breaky Heart

Mariah Carey – I’ll Be There

Michael Jackson – Remember The Time

Madonna – This Used To Be My Playground

Mariah Carey – Can’t Let Go

House Of Pain – Jump Around

Prince and The N.P.G. – Diamonds And Pearls

En Vogue – Giving Him Something He Can Feel

Jodeci Come & Talk To Me

Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bobby Brown – Humpin’ Around

Tevin Campbell – Tell Me What You Want Me To Do

TLC – Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg

Boyz II Men – It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday

Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody

Arrested Development – Tennessee

Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson – The Best Things In Life Are Free

Mariah Carey – Make It Happen

Elton John – The One

P.M. Dawn – Set Adrift On Memory Bliss

Hammer – 2 Legit 2 Quit

Mint Condition – Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes)

Wishing On A Star – The Cover Girls

Hi-Five – She’s Playing Hard To Get

U2 – One

CeCe Peniston – Keep on Walkin 1992

Kris Kross – Warm It Up

Michael Jackson – In The Closet

Arrested Development – People Everyday

Boyz II Men – Uhh Ahh

Mary J. Blige – Real Love

En Vogue – Free Your Mind

CeCe Peniston – We Got A Love Thang

Das EFX – They Want EFX