Another day, another movie list to watch in 2017. Buckle in cause it is a long'un!
As you'll notice, the first two films have already been released in autumn of 2016. However, these are still on my to watch list (like many others) so I will see them in the next 12 months. Hence the reason they made it on the list.
Now let's get started!
Indignation - 18 November 2016 (UK)Director: James Schamus
Cast: Logan Lerman, Sarah Gabon, ...
Duration: 1h 50min
Synopsis: 1955, Marcus Messner, the son of a butcher, decides to study at small college in Ohio. He is the first in his family to do so. There he gets involved with a girl who appears to have had a troubled past and not so stable present.
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Collateral Beauty - 15 December 2016 (UK)
Cast: Will Smith, Keira Knightley, Helene Mirren, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet...
Duration: 1h 37min
Synopsis: (from IMDb) When a successful New York advertising executive suffers a great tragedy, he retreats from life. While his concerned friends try desperately to reconnect with him, he seeks answers from the universe by writing letters to Love, Time and Death. But it's not until his notes bring unexpected personal responses that he begins to understand how these constants interlock in a life fully lived and how even the deepest loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
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A monster calls - 1 January 2017 (UK)
Director: B.A. Bayona
Cast: Lewis McDougall, Filicity Jones, Liam Neeson,...
Duration: 1h 48min
Synopsis: (from IMDb) The monster does not come walking often. This time it comes to Connor and it asks for the one thing Conner cannot bring himself to do. Tell the truth. This is a very touching story about a boy who feels very damage, guilty and mostly angry. He struggles at school with bullies and pity looks from everyone and at home with his mother's sickness. Will Connor overcome his problems? Will everything be okay? Will Connor be able speak the truth?
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LaLaLand - 25 January 2017 (UK)
Director: Damien Chazelle
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, J.K. Simmons,...
Duration: 2h 8min
Synopsis: (via IMDb) Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars. As success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
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Lion - 20 January 2017 (UK)Director: Garth Davis
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Kelly
Duration: h 58min
Synopsis: A five-year old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia. 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.
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And that is it for part 1 of the movies in the genre drama I'd like to see this year.
Which one would you like to see?
Thanks for reading!
xo - Sara
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