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Elle
In this French psychological drama, Isabelle Huppert plays Michele, a video game executive who’s raped by a masked intruder in her own home. Michele bounces back from the experience with a bizarre mix of indifference and curiosity as she plots a revenge plan that brings us deeper into an emotional roller coaster. Directed by Paul Verhoeven.
John Wick: Chapter 2
Keanu Reeves returns as John Wick, a super assassin who revels in killing a large number of people in a series of spectacular set-ups. Again, he’s drawn out of retirement to fulfil a debt and sent to kill a mobster’s sister. Directed by Chad Stahelski.
A Cure For Wellness
A young employee is sent by his company to retrieve the CEO from a mysterious, exclusive spa in the Swiss mountains. Once there, he learns that the chic retreat facility has something darker lurking beneath the surface. Directed by Gore Verbinski.
The Moment
This Thai romantic drama has been shot in three cities: Seoul, London and New York. In each city, young lovers fall in and out of love while trying to navigate the unfamiliar environment.
The Salesman
In this Iranian drama by the Oscar-winning director of A Separation, a couple moves into a new apartment without knowing the identity of the previous tenant. The couple, who’re theatre actors in the midst of doing Arthur Miller’s Death Of A Salesman, find their lives spiralling down an unknown path after a surprise visit to their apartment. Directed by Asghar Farhadi.
The Lego Batman Movie
A spin-off of 2014’s popular The Lego Movie follows an arrogant, macho dude-bro version of Batman and his wide-eyed sidekick Robin as they fight villains old, new and bizarre to save Gotham City from the hands of The Joker. Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller.
Moonlight
This drama of self-discovery tells the life of an African-American gay man, Chiron, as he grows up in a rough neighbourhood in Miami. The film chronicles Chiron’s life from his teen years as he is taken in by a kind Cuban drug dealer to his adulthood when he explores his sexuality and reconnects with faces from his past. Directed by Barry Jenkins.
Manchester By The Sea
Directed by Kenneth Lonergan, the film tells a story of Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck), a quiet and reserved handyman for a Boston apartment block, who is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy’s father dies and he is named guardian to his 16-year-old nephew. His return to the past reopens an unspeakable tragedy.
Fifty Shades Darker
Not long after Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan) and Anastasia Steele (Dakota
Johnson) have broken off their relationship, they meet at an art exhibition where they rekindle their searing sexual affair. But after a helicopter accident, Christian goes missing and Anastasia starts struggling to cope with loneliness as well as Christian’s past. Directed by James Foley.
Harmonium
The Japanese drama film directed by Koji Fukada tells a story of Toshio who hires his old buddy Yasaka to work in his workshop and offers a room at his house. But then this old acquaintance, who has just been released from prison, begins to meddle in Toshio’s family life.
Split
James McAvoy plays a man with 23 personalities. He kidnaps three young women and locks them up in his basement. They have to try to escape before the violent personality in the man takes control and all hell breaks loose. Directed by M Night Shayamalan.
American Honey
In this three-hour road movie set in Middle America, Sasha Lane and Shia LaBeouf are part of a travelling magazine sales crew, moving from one small town to another to knock on doors and sell subscriptions. Directed by Andrea Arnold.
Miss Sloane
Jessica Chastain plays Elizabeth Sloane, the most sought-after and formidable lobbyist in Washington DC, a woman who will use any dirty trick to get what she wants. But when taking on the ruthless gun lobbyists, Sloane finds winning may come at a high price. Directed by John Madden.
The Red Turtle
In this animated movie partly produced by Studio Ghibli of Japan, a man is washed up on a deserted island. He tries to build a raft and paddle away, but a big red turtle stops him. It turns out that the turtle is more than just a turtle, and the man’s life will go through a startling transformation. Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit.
Monster Trucks
Tripp (Lucas Till) is desperate to get out of his small town. A talented engineer, he builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site, a subterranean creature emerges, and Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend. Directed by Chris Wedge.
Resident Evil 6: The Final Chapter
In the self-proclaimed final sequel of the violent sci-fi thriller, Milla Jovovich returns as Alice, the last survivor of the zombie apocalypse. As usual, she’s up against an endless horde of zombies, shooting and knifing and slicing to become the last woman standing. Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.
Kung-Fu Yoga
Jackie Chan stars in this Indo-Sino coproduction as an archaeologist who teams up with an Indian professor to follow the clues of a lost treasure. The adventure takes them on a ride from a Tibetan cave to the bustle of India and Dubai. Directed by Stanley Tong.
xXx: Return Of Xander Cage
The third film in the xXx franchise follows athlete-turned-government operative Xander Cage (Vin Diesel) who is back after being left for dead and living in exile for years. His mission is to take on four dangerous individuals in possession of a device that controls every military satellite in the world.
Tomorrow I Will Date With Yesterday You
An art student in Kyoto falls in love with a young woman. They become a couple, but the woman has a secret to reveal that will change their relationship forever. Directed by Miki Takahiro.
Jackie
Natalie Portman plays Jackie Kennedy in a story set just after the JFK assassination in Dallas in 1963. Based on a real-life interview with a reporter from Life magazine, the film explores Jackie’s grief, confusion, defiance and her role in the tumultuous chapter of US history. Directed by Pablo Larrain.
La La Land
A brightly coloured musical and Oscar favourite, Ryan Gosling plays down-andout jazz pianist Sebastian who toils away playing Christmas jingles in bars. He meets Mia (Emma Stone), a barista and aspiring actress. Together they sing and dance their way to their Hollywood dreams. Directed by Damien Chazelle.
Arrival
When 12 alien spaceships land in different locations on Earth, linguist Louise Banks (Amy Adams) is summoned by the army to try to establish a communication with the visitors. As Louise tries to “talk” to the aliens, governments around the world are jittery and want to declare war on the extraterrestrials. Also starring Jeremy Renner. Directed by Denis Villeneuve.