MORE MOVIES ON THE WAY
OTHER FILMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR
Jan. 11
“The Upside”: Kevin Hart plays a recently paroled ex-convict who strikes up an unlikely friendship with a paralyzed billionaire (Bryan Cranston).
“On the Basis of Sex”: Felicity Jones stars as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg teaming with her husband to bring a groundbreaking gender discrimination case before the U.S. Court of Appeals.
“A Dog’s Way Home”: A dog embarks on a 400-mile journey to find her owner. Ashley Judd and Edward James Olmos star.
“If Beale Street Could Talk”: A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiance is innocent of a crime while she is carrying their first child. Based on the novel by James Baldwin. Jan. 25
“The Kid Who Would Be King”: A bullied kid (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) pulls King Arthur’s famous sword Excalibur and finds his destiny, battling the medieval villain Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson).
“Serenity”: Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway star in this thriller about a fishing boat captain approached by his ex-wife to murder her new husband.
“Stan and Ollie”: Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly play the lovable comedy duo in this biopic. Feb. 1
“Miss Bala”: Mexican crime drama starring Stephanie Sigman.
Feb. 8 “The Lego Movie 2: The Second
Part”: Sequel to 2014’s “The Lego Movie” picks up the story of Emmett and his friends in Bricksburg.
“Cold Pursuit”: Liam Neeson plays a snowplow driver seeking revenge against a drug cartel after the murder of his son.
“What Men Want”: Taraji P. Henson plays a woman who gains the ability to hear men’s inner thoughts in this comedy fantasy.
“Everybody Knows”: Spanish psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz. Feb. 13
“Isn’t It Romantic”: Rebel Wilson plays a woman who takes a hit to the head and wakes up to her life being a romantic comedy. Feb. 14
“Alita: Battle Angel”: Cyberpunk action film set in a post-apocalyptic world, starring Rosa Salazar in the title role and Christoph Waltz.
“Happy Death Day 2U”: Tree Gelbman (Jessica Rothe) is back in the deadly time loop in this sequel to the 2017 slasher film. Feb. 22
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”: Third and final installment in the trilogy. March 1
“Chaos Walking”: Sci-fi film based on Patrick Ness’ 2008 novel “The Knife of Never Letting Go.” “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral”: Madea and the crew travel to backwoods Georgia for a family reunion.
“Greta”: Isabelle Huppert and Chloë Grace Moretz star in this thriller about a New York City woman who befriends a mysterious French piano teacher. March 15
“Wonder Park”: Animated adventure from Nickelodeon about a girl who discovers an amusement park filled with fantastical rides and talking animals. March 22
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette”: Cate Blanchett, Billy Crudup, Kristen Wiig, Judy Greer and Laurence Fishburne star in this Richard Linklater comedy/drama based on the Maria Semple novel about the search for a woman who has disappeared. Partially filmed in Pittsburgh.
“Five Feet Apart”: Romantic drama starring Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse.
“Greyhound”: Tom Hanks plays an Allied ship commandeer in this World War II drama.
“The Informer”: Joel Kinnaman goes undercover to infiltrate the Polish mob’s drug trade in New York. March 29
“Captive State”: Sci-fi thriller follows the life of a Chicago police officer (John Goodman) tasked with uniting the world against an alien enemy.
April 5
“Pet Sematary”: Remake of the 1989 film based on the Stephen King horror novel.
“Shazam!”: Asher Angel stars as a teenage boy who, after an encounter with an
ancient wizard, obtains the power to transform into an adult superhero, played by Zachary Levi.
“The Best of Enemies”: Taraji P. Henson plays a North Carolina civil rights activist who ends up in an unlikely partnership with a Ku Klux Klan leader, played by Sam Rockwell, to co-chair a two-week community meeting to deal with a courtordered school desegregation decree.