Reasons to Get Excited About 2017

Lets be honest, 2016 has been a rough one. As we all nurse our Christmas hangovers and stress over the New Year resolutions to break, now would be a good time for good news. Following on from my look back at my faves of 2016, here are 15 films I'm already counting the days down until...

15. T2: Trainspotting (January)

14. The Founder (January)

13. The Mummy (June)

12. Manchester by the Sea (January)

11. Hacksaw Ridge (January)

10. Beauty and the Beast (March)

9. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (May)

8. The Lego Batman Movie (February)

7. War for the Planet of the Apes (July)

6. La La Land (January)

5. Silence (January)

4. Dunkirk (July)

3. Blade Runner 2049 (October)

2. Alien: Covenant (May)

1. Star Wars: Episode VIII (December)

There's no trailer for this as of yet. I'm making no apologies for posting this instead.

Honourable mentions to:

Logan, Wonder Woman, Justice League, Thor: Ragnarok, Kong: Skull Island, Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge, World War Z 2.

Oh, and Fifty Shades Darker is out too. Sorry about that.

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Manchester by the Sea (2017)

Source If there is one way to get me giddy for a film, it’s having Friday Night Lights' very own Coach Taylor (Kyle Chandler) in it. Although other fans of one of the greatest TV shows ever may also be hoping for a 2 hour Chandler motivational speech, that isn't how Manchester by the Sea pans out. Instead Kenneth Lonergan (who writes and directs) has created a deeply moving and realistic look at grief, family and loss. A comedy it ain't, but Manchester by the Sea was a film I could have watched for another 5 hours so attached was I to it's characters and story. It's subject matter makes it a difficult sell, but I really hope this finds an audience as it was an enthralling piece of work. Source The story is a difficult one to tell while avoiding certain spoilers, but I think that is important so as not to lessen the impact of particular scenes. Essentially, Manchester by the Sea is about Lee Chandler (Casey Affleck) - a man forced to care fo...

What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

Source During a badly hungover train journey from London back home last weekend I turned to some classic Flight of the Conchords tunes on my iPod to get me through. The New Zealand duo have a back catalogue of parody songs and two HBO television series, and if you haven’t checked them out before then I strongly recommend. When I got home and collapsed on the sofa I began scrolling through Netflix for an easy to watch film to nurse me through the dying embers of my killer headache, and turned to a comedy co-created by one of the pair, Jermaine Clement. He and Taika Waitiki co-wrote, directed and starred in this hilarious horror mockumentary about cameramen granted full access to the house of a Wellington based vampires. What We Do in the Shadows was exactly what I needed. Source I missed the film during it’s original release in cinemas. To my mind it wasn’t out for long, and that was a shame as I was huge fan of Clement’s Flight of the Conchords work in particular. He an...

Baby Driver (2017)

Source Shaun of the Dead (2004) is somehow one of my favourite ever comedies, as well as making it on to my list of favourite ever horror films . Hot Fuzz (2007) is brilliantly funny too (always thought it would make a great cinema double bill with Bigelow's Point Break, the 1991 thriller from which it took a lot of inspiration), but I don’t remember reacting to The World’s End (2013) in anyway near the same way. While the first two in Wright’s ‘Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy’ heavily referenced films I knew very well to comedic effect, I remember thinking that I would find The World’s End funnier when I’m older… so its terrifying to think that soon may be the time to give that another go. I'm a huge fan of Edgar Wright’s snappy style and cuts, and there’s actually a great analysis of his visual comedy which I recommend checking out here . After he backed out of doing Marvel's Ant-Man in 2015, the release of Baby Driver crept up on me a bit this year. ...

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