Film Release Highlights for 2018

2018 looks like it could be a really spectacular cinema year. I tend to have fairly dual viewing habits where I go to the cinema to view the big 3D blockbuster spectacles, but am happier to watch quieter indy films on my own fairly big screen at home. The reason Star Wars keeps drawing them in is because of its combination of adventure, the spectacular and the amazing score and sound design - a full 360 sensory experience. So cinema for me should be immersive and full Dolby Atmos Surround Sound.

It almost goes without saying that I’m most excited to see Han Solo complete the Kessel Run in his first solo outing this May - but there is plenty more spectacular beside.

The 10 I’m Most Excited to See

1. Solo : A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard) : May 25
2. The Shape of Water (Guillermo del Toro) : February 14
3. Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson) : March 30
4. Alita : Battle Angel (Robert Rodriquez) : July 20
5. Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg) : March 30
6. Black Panther (Marvel) : February 12
7. Tomb Raider (Eidos / Square Enix) : March 16
8. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (J.A. Bayona) : June 8
9. Fantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grindewald (David Yates / J.K. Rowling) : November 16
10. Avengers Infinity War (Marvel) : April 27

2018 Release Schedule

Personal Highlights / Preferences in Bold - films listed are just the ones I like the look of, not a fully comprehensive listing of all titles, and those known as of 04 January 2018 - I may add further Trailers as they become available:

JANUARY

• All the Money in the World
• Attraction
• Brad’s Status
• Coco
• The Commuter
• Darkest Hour
• Downsizing
• Early Man
• Hostiles
• Maze Runner : The Death Cure
• The Post
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

FEBRUARY

• The 15:17 to Paris
• Accident Man
• Annihilation
• Birth of the Dragon
• Black Panther
• Den of Thieves
• I, Tonya
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• Roman J. Israel Esq.
• The Shape of Water

MARCH

• Entebbe
• Gringo
• Isle of Dogs (Wes Anderson)
• Pacific Rim Uprising
• Peter Rabbit
• Proud Mary
• Ready Player One (Steven Spielberg)
• Red Sparrow
• Tomb Raider
• Wonder Wheel
• A Wrinkle in Time
• You Were Never Really Here

APRIL

• Avengers Infinity War (Marvel)
• The New Mutants
• A Quiet Place
• Rampage
• Wonderstruck

MAY

• Game Night
• How to Talk to Girls at Parties
• Solo : A Star Wars Story (Ron Howard)

JUNE

• Deadpool 2 (Marvel)
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
• Ocean’s 8
• Sicario 2 : Soldado

JULY

• Alita : Battle Angel (Robert Rodriguez)
• Incredibles 2 (Disney / Pixar)
• Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (Ol Parker)
• Mission Impossible 6 (Tom Cruise)

AUGUST

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (Marvel)
• Captive State (Rupert Wyatt)
• Christopher Robin
• The Equalizer 2
• The Predator (Shane Black)
• Scarface (Coen Brothers)

SEPTEMBER

• Robin Hood

OCTOBER

• The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Fede Alvarez / Stieg Larsson)
• Goosebumps : Horror Land
• Johnny English 3
• The Jungle Book : Mowgli (Andy Serkis)
• The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
• Venom (Marvel)

NOVEMBER

• Fantastic Beasts : The Crimes of Grindewald (David Yates / J.K. Rowling)
• First Man
• Homes & Watson
• Widows
• Wreck-It Ralph 2 : Ralph Break the Internet (Disney)
• X-Men Dark Phoenix (Marvel)

DECEMBER

• Aquaman (DC)
• Bohemian Rhapsody
• Mary Poppins Returns (Disney)
• Mortal Engines
• Spider-Man : Into the Spider-Verse