While it's kind of unbelievable to think about, the start of the fall movie season is just 11 days away. September-December has a tendency to be the most varied, interesting stretch of the calendar year and 2017 is no exception to that long-standing unofficial rule. From high-profile sequels to beloved films (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Kingsman: The Golden Circle) to original projects from some of the industry's most exciting directors (mother!, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) to ambitious awards contenders (Downsizing, The Shape of Water), there's ample reason to believe that this wild cinematic year will end on a soaring high note. Here are the 10 films I'm most excited to see over the final four months of 2017.
10.Pitch Perfect 3 (12/22): I'm not even remotely ashamed to admit that watching the Barden Bellas pitch-slap bitches one last time is going to be the highlight of my holiday season.
9.Thor: Ragnarok (11/3): The Comic-Con trailer was far more generic-looking than I expected it to be given its quirky, buddy movie premise, but I'm still really intrigued to see how oddball indie comedy director Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) handles a major superhero property.
8.Molly's Game (11/22): After developing a reputation as one of the sharpest screenwriters in Hollywood, Aaron Sorkin is finally making his directorial debut with a fact-based story about a former Olympic skier (Jessica Chastain) that ran a successful high-stakes underground poker game in Los Angeles for a decade before getting brought down by the FBI for her role in a prolific gambling ring. The fascinating real-life premise paired with the presence of a pair of ace actors in Chastain and Idris Elba in the leading roles inspires a lot of confidence about the potential quality of Sorkin's first foray into the world of directing.
7.The Snowman (10/20): I'm a sucker for murder mysteries, and this one starring Michael Fassbender as an elite detective trying to stop a deranged serial killer that emerges after every first snowfall looks particularly tense and unsettling.
6.Downsizing (12/22): The premise is fascinating (it's too complicated to describe in this quick write-up, but it involves a future where humans can voluntary get shrunken down to the size of action figures), the ensemble cast is stacked (Matt Damon, Kristen Wiig, Christoph Waltz, Neil Patrick Harris, Alec Baldwin, Jason Sudekis, Margo Martindale, Niecy Nash) and I'm really curious to see how Alexander Payne (Nebraska, The Descendants) approaches a big-budget sci-fi flick. If this ends up building buzz after its premiere at the Venice Film Festival next week, it will move up a few spots on this list.
5.Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (11/10): Martin McDonuagh (In Bruges, Seven Psychopaths) does blood-soaked dark comedy better than pretty much any other filmmaker working today and with yet another excellent cast (Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, John Hawkes, Peter Dinklage) at his disposal, I fully expect him to once again deliver the depraved, hilarious goods.
4.Star Wars: The Last Jedi (12/15): The Force Awakens was easily my favorite Star Wars movie since the original trilogy and I'm really excited to see what the next chapter holds for this fascinating band of characters.
3.Kingsman: The Golden Circle (9/22): Kingsman: The Secret Service was a ridiculously fun satire of the spy movie genre that was better than 99% of the movies it was spoofing. With director Matthew Vaughn returning and the likes of Julianne Moore, Channing Tatum, Halle Berry and Jeff Motherfuckin' Bridges joining the cast, the sequel very well could end being better than its predecessor.
2.mother! (9/15): Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Wrestler) making his return to the world of mindfuckery cinema with a stacked cast (Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Domhnall Gleason, Kristen Wiig, Jovan Adepo) in tow is enough to get me to sprint to the theater on opening night.
1.The Disaster Artist (12/1): I've been waiting to see The Disaster Artist for so long that I almost find it hard to believe that's actually going to see the light of day in just over three months. James Franco's adaptation of Greg Sestero's book detailing the behind-the-scenes making of The Room, which is widely considered to be one of the worst movies ever made, was met with a standing ovation during its premiere at South by Southwest in March and if the final product can match the brilliance of the teaser trailer that was released last month, it should go down as one of the best movies of 2017.
Also Interested In:
Goon: Last of the Enforcers (9/1)
I Do... Until I Don't (9/1)
The Layover (9/1)
Little Evil (9/1)
It (9/8)
American Assassin (9/15)
Brad's Status (9/15)
Battle of the Sexes (9/22)
The Lego Ninjago Movie (9/22)
Stronger (9/22)
American Made (9/29)
Flatliners (9/29)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (9/29)
Blade Runner 2049 (10/6)
Brawl in Cell Block 99 (10/6)
The Mountain Between Us (10/6)
The Foreigner (10/13)
Goodbye Christopher Robin (10/13)
Happy Death Day (10/13)
Marshall (10/13)
Geostorm (10/20)
Killing Gunther (10/20)
Only the Brave (10/20)
Suburbicon (10/27)
Thank You for Your Service (10/27)
A Bad Moms Christmas (11/3)
Last Flag Flying (11/3)
LBJ (11/3)
Roman Israel, Esq (11/3)
Daddy's Home 2 (11/10)
Murder on the Orient Express (11/10)
Justice League (11/17)
Darkest Hour (11/22)
Death Wish (11/22)
Vila Capri (11/22)
Call Me by Your Name (11/24)
The Current War (11/24)
Wonder Wheel (12/1)
All the Money in the World (12/8)
The Shape of Water (12/8)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (12/20)
Bastards (12/22)
Bright (12/22)
The Papers (12/22)
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