What filmic delights does 2018 offer? Read on to find out!
Jan 1
Aaron Sorkin directs Jessica Chastain in this passed-over awards season contender
(left).
The Ridley Scott take on the Getty kidnap in the 70s; Spacey was Getty, but got replaced just six weeks before release by Christopher Plummer. Awards season contender.
Apparently astonishing performance by Christian Bale in this violent Western.
Jan 12
Gary Oldman is Winston Churchill as, if the scuttlebutt is to be believed, you've never seen him before. Oscar ahoy for Oldman?
Big awards season contender from Martin McDonagh.
Jan 19
The new Spielberg with Hanks and Streep as the head honchos of the Washington Post as it reports Vietnam.
The new Pixar, set against the Mexican day of the dead. Reviews from mixed to stunning.
Very poor from Alexander Payne, I'm sad to say.
Jan 26
The new Aardman Animation opus.
Carrell, Cranston and Fishburne in the pseudo sequel to The Last Detail; directed by Linklater.
Feb 2
Hard-to-give-a-damn latest from PT Anderson; DDL in the lead, natch.
Sam Claflin leads the line in this WWI trench adaptation.
Feb 9
Colin Firth as a yachtsman who spins outrageous lies about what befell him in a major race.
Feb 12
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler directs the year's first Marvel movie (right) as we see Wakanda for the first time.
Feb 14
Guillermo del Toro's awards season favourite. Oscar ahoy for Sally Hawkins. You'll believe a mute woman and a half-fish/half-man can fall in love. Bring the hankies.
Feb 23
The new Alex Garland with Natalie Portman in the lead.
Deft, charming, crowd-pleasing coming of age drama from Greta Gerwig. Saoirse Ronan in awards-worthy form.
Margot Robbie is Tonya Harding. Oscar nom expected.
British drama set on a farm as the daughter returns home after her father's death. Premiered at LFF 2017.
Mar 2
The new Jennifer Lawrence action flick that looks a little too much like a Black Widow movie! The trailer had me at 'hello'.
Mar 9
Delicious, off-kilter teen thriller with Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy on great form as murderous friends.
Mar 16
I note the release of this purely for the record. Alicia Vikander is Lara Croft. Will anybody care?
Mar 23
The sequel nobody wanted or needed to del Toro's giant robots v monsters flop from a few years ago.
Mar 30
Not sure who this is meant for. There's quite a lot of Matrix here. Riding the wave of 80s nostalgia post-Stranger Things.
The new animated Wes Anderson, involving, you guessed, dogs.
Apr 11
The next X-Men-related movie (left) that seems to be set up more like a horror movie than a metaphor for otherness v the norms of society.
Apr 13
British horror with Martin Freeman in the lead.
Apr 20
The new Jason Reitman with Charlize Theron in the lead.
Apr 27
And so it begins: the beginning of the end of the first phases of the Marvel movies as Thanos arrives. Cap's back with 'that' beard, and the Avengers will ultimately join forces with the Guardians of the Galaxy. One or two characters will surely die...
British indie erotic thriller that won plaudits upon its LFF 2017 premiere.
May 4
Emily Blunt in a horror story directed by her husband.
May 25
Can it deliver like Rogue One?
Jun 1
Can lightning strike twice for Ryan Reynolds' sweary mutant? Josh Brolin arrives as Cable.
Jun 8
I'm guessing some dinosaurs will attack people...
Jun 22
Bullock, Blanchett, Hathaway, HBC, and Paulson in the all-female heist movie (right).
Jun 29
A prequel to Sicario, focusing on Benecio del Toro and Josh Brolin.
Jul 13
Finally! Will this be the best super hero movie of 2018?
Jul 27
Chris McQuarrie and Tom Cruise seek to outdo Bond again; Rebecca Ferguson returns.
Aug 2
Shane Black remakes the Arnie classic.
Aug 3
The sequel to Ant-Man in which Evangeline Lilly dons the Wasp outfit. Michelle Pfeiffer cast as the original and missing in action Wasp.
Sep 14
Saoirse Ronan is Mary Stuart! Margot Robbie is Queen Elizabeth I!
Sep 28
The new Joe Cornish!
Oct 5
Tom Hardy is Venom in this Spider-Man spin-off.
Oct 19
The Andy Serkis live-action version, faithful to the original text - so not very Disney then!
Oct 31
The third X-Men-related movie of the year sees Sophie Turner's Jean Grey go full Phoenix (left). Directed long-time X-Men movie producer and writer Simon Kinberg; might it actually be good?
Nov 2
Following Whiplash and La La Land, Damian Chappelle directs Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong.
Dec 14
Animated Spidey, focusing on an alternative universe, introducing Miles Morales as the Ultimate Spider-Man.
Dec 21
The only DC movie of 2018, following more than a year after the mess that was Justice League... Saw and Conjuring director James Wan might bring something new to the super hero genre?
Emily Blunt is Mary Poppins...
