Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

MORE MOVIES ON THE WAY

OTHER FILMS TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS YEAR

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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.

 ?? Jess Miglio/Paramount ?? Taraji P. Henson stars in “What Men Want.”
Jess Miglio/Paramount Taraji P. Henson stars in “What Men Want.”
 ?? Aviron Pictures ?? Matthew McConaughe­y and Anne Hathaway in the thriller “Serenity.”
Aviron Pictures Matthew McConaughe­y and Anne Hathaway in the thriller “Serenity.”
 ?? Kerry Hayes/Paramount Pictures ?? A remake of the 1989 film “Pet Sematary” debuts in April.
Kerry Hayes/Paramount Pictures A remake of the 1989 film “Pet Sematary” debuts in April.

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