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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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. ...

Wonder Woman (2017)

Source You may have heard this already, but Wonder Woman is a bit good. I've grown pretty tired of the superhero formula and constant revolving door of money machine films in similar packaging, but was really impressed with the freshness of Deadpool (2016) and in particular, Logan (2017) . One of my favourite YouTube subscriptions , Nerdwriter , analysed this evolution of the superhero genre in his most recent video and put it much better than I ever could - suddenly, it's an interesting time to be making a superhero movie again. Source Saying that, until the positive reviews began to stream in I was approaching the release of Wonder Woman with a fair bit of trepidation. DC film have obviously been really disappointing, drab affairs of late. Although I caught Man of Steel (2013) and Suicide Squad (2016), I'll admit that it's negative reception put me off sitting through over 3 hours of Batman vs Superman. It's a shame as although Man o...

My Guilty Pleasures

Everyone has those films they may be a tad embarrassed to admit they liked. They went to the cinema with their dark shades on and hat pulled right down. They hide the DVD in a cupboard and only take it out to watch when they’re alone and the curtains are pulled. Well here are mine. What do critics know anyway? Vertical Limit (2000) Rotten Tomatoes = 48% Source I actually remember going to the cinema with my Dad and brother to see Chris O’Donnell jump, slide and fall from icy mountain faces. The film’s story may be a bit clichéd, but the action sequences are absolutely brilliant. You’re in for a thrill ride right from the start when Peter (O’Donnell) and Annie (Robin Tunney) have to witness their Dad cut himself loose and fall to his death to save them. Years later Peter is left pulling together a ramshackle climbing crew up K2 after the elite team his sister was a part of are hit by an avalanche during a climb. With his sister trapped down a crevasse, he’s then faced with fierce...

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