January

 

1st

The Favourite (2018)

18th century England and the reign of an ailing Queen Anne, defined by increasingly bizarre behaviour and her relationship with influential confidante Duchess Sarah Churchill, whose distant cousin arrives to upset the balance at court and create a triangle of power—as singular director Lanthimos applies his unmistakable comedic touch and subverts the British costume drama.

Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and starring Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz and Emma Stone among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 1st of January   US Release: 23rd of November 2018

 

 

 

Welcome to Marwen (2018)

Brutally beaten in a senseless attack, a demure illustrator and World War II devotee finds a novel way to navigate the pain and rebuild his life—creating a fictional world with his model-building skills and historical knowledge, where he can face his demons and connect with the strong women surrounding him—as fantasy begins to meld with reality in this poignant feelgood story based on actual events.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Steve Carell, Leslie Mann and Janelle Monáe among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Animation, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 1st of January   US Release: 21st of December 2018

 

 

 

4th

Life Itself (2018)

American TV hitmaker Dan Fogleman applies his his connective human drama sensibilities to the big screen, an epic continent-spanning love story linking the personal struggles of two disparate couples separated by an ocean, who become inextricably connected by a major incident.

Directed by Dan Fogelman and starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde and Olivia Cooke among others.

Genre: Drama, Romance

UK Release: 4th of January   US Release: 21st of September 2018

 

 

 

The 12th Man (2017)

Frozen occupied Norway 1943, eleven Norwegian resistors accused of sabotage are executed by the Nazis, but one escapes, in this story resistance and survival against all odds, based on an extraordinary true story.

Directed by Harald Zwart and starring Thomas Gullestad, Jonathan Rhys Meyers and Marie Blokhus among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama, Thriller, War

UK Release: 4th of January   US Release: 4th of May2018

 

 

 

RBG (2018)

A documentary portrait of second female Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg—a rebel, spearhead for change and pioneer of equal rights, still going strong at eighty-five having been re-discovered as an icon and hero for the #MeToo era.

Directed by Julie Cohen & Betsy West Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bill Clinton and Gloria Steinem among others.

Genre: Documentary

UK Release: 4th of January   US Release: 4th of May2018

 

 

 

11th

The Front Runner (2018)

Riding high as the front-runner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination, and favourite to try and wrestle the White House from the grip of the Reaganite republicans, Senator Gary Hart’s political career is derailed by tabloid scandal and accusations of affairs—in this historical yet contemporary dissection of politics and the media from the director of ‘Juno’ and ‘Up in the Air’.

Directed by Jason Reitman and starring Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga and J.K. Simmons among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 11th of January   US Release: 21st of November 2018

 

 

 

Colette (2018)

Controlled by an older husband who takes credit for her writing when her novels become the talk of the town in turn-of-the century Paris, a naive country girl comes into her own as she pushes the boundaries of the society around her to become a groundbreaking literary figure, in this period piece based on a true story.

Directed by Wash Westmoreland and starring Keira Knightley, Dominic Westand Eleanor Tomlinson among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 11th of January   US Release: N/A

 

 

 

Stan & Ollie (2018)

A poignant but lighthearted look at comedy titans Laurel and Hardy at the twilight of their careers, as they begin a tour of post-war seaside Britain in a bid to reignite their popularity.

Directed by Jon S. Baird and starring Steve Coogan, John C. Reilly and Shirley Henderson among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 11th of January   US Release: 28th of December 2018

 

 

 

The Upside (2019)

When a wealthy quadriplegic man searching for an assistant meets a recently paroled ex-con needing a job, the stars align and an unlikely friendship is formed which changes both their lives, in this life-affirming dramedy remake of 2011 French hit ‘Intouchables’, from the director ‘Limitless’ and ‘Divergent’.

Directed by Neil Burger and starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman among others.

Genre: Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 11th of January   US Release: 11th of January

 

 

 

18th

Glass (2019)

Brought together by circumstance but thrown apart by consequence, the unbreakable David Dunn must track down the many personalities of Kevin Wendell Crumb—including his most fearsome and dangerous one—as Mr. Glass pulls the strings and introduces the unsuspecting world to superheroes in his own Machiavellian way, in the final film of M. Night Shyamalan’s singular series.

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis and James McAvoy among others.

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-fi, Thriller

UK Release: 18th of January   US Release: 18th of January

 

 

 

Mary Queen of Scots (2018)

Britain in the 16th century, one kingdom, two Queens, the friendship between cousins Mary Stuart of Scotland and Elizabeth I of England begins to deteriorate into rivalry—as jealousy, ambition and the whispers of court drive a wedge between two female sovereigns in a man’s world . . . which would change the course of history.

Directed by Josie Rourke and starring Saoirse Ronan, Margot Robbie and Jack Lowden among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Drama

UK Release: 18th of January   US Release: 7th of December 2018

 

 

 

Beautiful Boy (2018)

As his son sinks deeper into addiction and emotional limbo, a father struggles to understand who his baby boy has become, but refuses to give up on him and the chance of a meaningful re-connection—in this tender family drama based on the best-selling memoirs of David and Nic Sheff.

Directed by Felix Van Groeningen and starring Steve Carell, Timothée Chalamet and Maura Tierney among others.

Genre: Drama

UK Release: 18th of January   US Release: 12th of October 2018

 

 

 

Monsters and Men (2018)

The lives of an African-American cop, a youth baseball prospect and a young father are intertwined when the latter witnesses the latest police shooting of an unarmed black man, confronting them all with a crisis of conscience and tough, confronting decisions which reflect the sate of the society and country in which they live.

Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green and starring Anthony Ramos, John David Washington and Kelvin Harrison Jr. among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 18th of January   US Release: 28th of September 2018

 

 

 

25th

Vice (2018)

Respected by some, reviled by others, and feared by many, American political stalwart Dick Cheney rises through the ranks of the republican party, serving several presidents and cleaning house in the private sector on his way to becoming one of the most powerful and notorious vice presidents in American history—in this biographical tale of the man behind the man, from the writer/director of ‘Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy’ and ‘The Big Short’.

Directed by Adam McKay and starring Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Steve Carell among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 25th of January   US Release: 21st of December 2018

 

 

 

Destroyer (2018)

A jaded LAPD detective is forced to confront the trauma of a previous undercover gang case when the prime suspect re-emerges, plunging her back into the world of shifty characters as she tries to track down her man and finally close the case . . . and get some closure—in this brooding detective crime drama from the director of ‘Girlfight’ and ‘Æon Flux’.

Directed by Karyn Kusama and starring Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell and Tatiana Maslany among others.

Genre: Crime, Drama

UK Release: 25th of January   US Release: 25th of December 2018

 

 

 

The Mule (2018)

Reeling from a failed family life and his dereliction of duty as a father and husband, a 90-year-old WWII veteran becomes a drug mule for a notorious Mexican cartel, but struggles to get out of the deadly game when the net closes in—as Clint Eastwood stars in front and behind the camera in this unlikely tale based on a true story.

Directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper and Andy Garcia among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Crime, Drama

UK Release: 25th of January   US Release: 14th of December 2018

 

 

 

Second Act (2018)

Frustrated by her life and unfulfilled potential, a middle-aged New Yorker gets the chance to start again when a deception transforms her life gets her foot in the advertising industry door, where she’s determined to prove that life experience and street smarts can trump education.

Directed by Peter Segal and starring Jennifer Lopez, Leah Remini and Vanessa Hudgens among others.

Genre: Comedy, Romance

UK Release: 25th of January   US Release: 21st of December 2018

 

 

 

30th

Green Book (2018)

When a sophisticated African-American jazz and classical pianist recruits a gruff working-class Italian-American bouncer to be his driver for a tour of the segregated early 60s American south, an unlikely friendship forms which opens both their eyes, as the writer/director of ‘Dumb and Dumber’ and ‘There’s Something About Mary’ tones it down for this dramedy based on a true story.

Directed by Peter Farrelly and starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali and Linda Cardellini among others.

Genre: Fact-based, Comedy, Drama

UK Release: 30th of January   US Release: 16th of November 2018

 

 

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