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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