With the dark months upon us, we must find solace within our temples of Megaplex and IMAX. Here are the movies you should look out for from December 21, 2017 – March 21, 2018
December 22
Bright
Set in a world where mystical creatures live side by side with humans. A human cop is forced to work with an Orc to find a weapon everyone is prepared to kill for.
Will Smith stars in this Netflix movie that is actually coming to theaters I think?
December 29
The Last Jedi
According to IMDb, not a single movie is released today, so just go see Star Wars: The Last Jedi again, because it was beautiful and there was probably something you missed. If not, you should double check anyway.
January 5
Molly’s Game
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target.
Jessica Chastain, Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, and Chris O’Dowd tell this dark biopic.
January 12
The Post
A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country’s first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government.
Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks lead this historical drama directed by Steven Spielberg.
January 19
Mom and Dad
A teenage girl and her little brother must survive a wild 24 hours during which a mass hysteria of unknown origins causes parents to turn violently on their own kids.
Night of the Living Dead meets The Purge. I feel like this should be a comedy, but it doesn’t say it is.
January 26
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as the “Flare”.
The end to the Maze Runner sage, ending the craze of YA novel films we’ve had since The Hunger Games in 2012
February 2
Cloverfield
After a scientific experiment aboard the space station involving a particle accelerator has unexpected results, the astronauts find themselves isolated. Following their horrible discovery, the space station crew must fight for survival.
This isn’t the right movie poster, since they haven’t even released an official title for the film yet. The third movie in this universe, but they don’t seem to be narratively connected. Like Thor and Iron Man, connected, but not linear.
February 9
Peter Rabbit
Feature adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s classic tale of a rebellious rabbit trying to sneak into a farmer’s vegetable garden.
Take a young child in your life to see a cheesy movie, with the voice talents of Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, Domhnall Gleeson, Sam Neill, James Cordon, and Sia.
February 16
Black Panther
T’Challa, after the death of his father, T’Chaka, the King of Wakanda, returns home to the isolated, technologically advanced African nation to succeed to the throne and take his rightful place as king.
The next installment in the MCU, of a character we’ve only really seen in Civil War. I shouldn’t have to sell you on this one.
February 23
Annihilation
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition where the laws of nature don’t apply.
Natalie Portman is looking for her husband, Oscar Isaac.
March 2
Red Sparrow
Ballerina Dominika Egorova is recruited to ‘Sparrow School’ a Russian intelligence service where she is forced to use her body as a weapon. But her first mission, targeting a CIA agent, threatens to unravel the security of both nations.
A.K.A. Jennifer Lawrence gives us a Black Widow origin story.
March 9
A Wrinkle in Time
After the disappearance of her scientist father, three peculiar beings send Meg, her brother, and her friend to space in order to find him.
A Disney movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine, Zach Galifianakis, Mindy Kaling, Michael Pina, and Oprah.
March 16
Tomb Raider
Lara Croft, the fiercely independent daughter of a missing adventurer, must push herself beyond her limits when she finds herself on the island where her father disappeared.
Another attempt at a video game movie. Let’s see if they can break the curse!
The Nerdd 