Coming Soon: June 2017

There are significantly more films on my 'to-watch' list this month than I anticipated, and as such narrowing it down to around 10 was pretty challenging... I've ignored most of the obvious ones and just highlighted those that may have slipped under your/my radar!

Coming Soon: May 2017

May is a pretty interesting month for film, with small British independents dotted in amongst blockbusters, sci-fi, a reboot of Baywatch and the latest Studio Ghibli animation.

Coming Soon: April 2017

Rather ridiculously, I thought that since awards season is over and it's the Easter holidays there would be a slight lull in cinemas as screens filled up with animations and family-friendly crowd pleasers. It turns out that this is not the case at all as April is full of foreign films, documentaries, a couple of horror films, British indies, and period pieces, alongside the latest instalments in huge blockbuster franchises.

It's a wonderfully mixed bunch with something for everyone: perfect for times when the weather can't decide what to do with itself and the best course of action is escaping it all in a cinema!

Coming Soon: March 2017

Well, the Oscars last weekend were exciting weren't they?!

Given the hullabaloo surrounding the Best Picture mix up, you'd be forgiven for wanting to go and see La La Land and Moonlight again in March (particularly the latter: it's been rolled out to 200+ more screens this week as a result of the win, so you have no excuse to miss seeing this absolute masterpiece) rather than seeing something new. However, March is full of absolute corkers. Other Oscar nominees are finally hitting UK screens this month, in the form of Elle (Best Actress nominee, Isabelle Huppert) and The Salesman (Best Foreign Film winner). There are also highly anticipated blockbusters - Logan, Kong: Skull Island, and Beauty and the Beast - a horror film that's taken the US by storm, Get Out, and the latest movie from Ben Wheatley, Free Fire (which I saw at the London Film Festival and can confirm is rollicking good fun).

There's truly something for everyone this month, so start planning those cinema trips now...

Coming Soon: February 2017

Awards season is pretty spectacular and simultaneously really odd. The films on offer at the moment range from blatant Oscar-bait fully deserving of 5* reviews to awful sequels that really shouldn't have been green-lit for production. As such, cinemas are flooded with films at the moment, with many successful box office hits from January (see, for example: La La Land and Manchester by the Sea) still widely available. However, they'll have to make room for the constant barrage of excellent new content reaching audiences over the next month as February has plenty to offer in terms of astonishingly good new films.

I've already broken my 2017 rule of only highlighting 10 films each month as there are just too many unmissable films out over the next 28 days... oops!

Coming Soon: January 2017

Welcome back to Coming Soon!

Sadly these posts dropped off the radar in the middle of last year, but as I felt like I missed so many films in the latter part of 2016 that I wasn't aware of, I thought it would be a good idea to start compiling these monthly lists again. I like knowing what's coming up so I can plan my cinema trips accordingly, and I always found it helped to have a list of films to work with in order to ensure I don't let any slip through the net. I'm planning on venturing further afield this year if my local multiplex doesn't offer particular films, so I need to know in advance when the best ones are released!

As such, on the first Friday of each month I will be outlining the top 10 key films to try and catch throughout the month. I'll include release dates and trailers, so hopefully I won't be the only one inspired to head to the cinema multiple times!

Coming Soon: May 2016

As ever, May's a bit of a mixed bunch film-wise!

There are comedies (Bad Neighbours 2 and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot); animated family-favourites (Angry Birds and Robinson Crusoe); biopics (I Saw the Light and Florence Foster Jenkins) and CGI filled IMAX blockbusters (X-Men: Apocalypse, Alice Through the Looking Glass, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows and Warcraft). Then there's the sort-of sequel to Dazed and Confused from acclaimed director Richard Linklater, Everybody Wants Some!!, a college comedy that has been met with multitudes of 5* reviews but left me cold as it reminded me of everything I detested about university...

Also of note is Patrick Stewart's villainous turn in violent drama Green Room; Jodie Foster's latest thriller featuring veterans George Clooney and Julia Roberts alongside 2014 golden-boy and up and coming star Jack O'Connell, Money Monster; Terrence Malick's bizarre-looking drama with an astonishing cast Knight of Cups; Jane Austen period drama Love and Friendship; and John le Carré espionage thriller Our Kind of Traitor.

While there might not be as many films opening this month as there have been previously this year, I think it's safe to say there'll be something for everyone!

Coming Soon: March & April 2016

Once again, my Coming Soon post is more of a 'what you could have seen this month' as it's so late... apologies! In an effort to make up for this, I've combined March and April, so you'll hopefully be able to catch a couple of films from March that are still in cinemas and mark your calendars for those up and coming in the next few weeks. May will be better, I promise!

March was packed with horror films - 10 Cloverfield Lane, The Boy, The Witch; sequels - The Divergent Series: Allegiant, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2; and stunning animation, from family favourite Kung Fu Panda 3, to the astonishingly brilliant Anomalisa, and new Disney classic Zootropolis (I've already seen it twice and tell everyone I meet to head to a cinema immediately. The Breaking Bad joke in particular shouldn't be missed!). Then there was the latest Coen brothers' masterpiece in the form of Hail, Caesar!, Ben Wheatley's faithful adaptation of J.G. Ballard's dystopian novel, High-Rise, and the highly divisive - but no where near as bad as critics have declared - superhero behemoth Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice.

April, on the other hand, is a little more varied. It kicks off with British feel-good film Eddie the Eagle; showcases a couple of documentaries - I am Belfast, The Last Man on the Moon; and takes a historical turn with World War One drama The Man Who Knew Infinity, Cold War spy thriller Despite the Falling Snow and tales of tense Middle East drone warfare Eye in the Sky. There's the hotly anticipated live-action remake of The Jungle Book; Tina Fey's latest comedy Whiskey Tango Foxtrot; Miles Davies biopic Miles Ahead, directed by and staring Don Cheadle; intelligent and gripping sci-fi Midnight Special; and battle lines are drawn when Marvel's favourite superheroes clash in Captain America: Civil War. Perhaps most exciting of all are the foreign films making their way to cinemas in April: the winner of the Palm D'Or at Cannes, Dheepan, and Best Foreign Language film everywhere else including the Oscars, Son of Saul, finally come to the U.K., and given their rave reviews over the last few months it looks like they'd be well worth seeking out.

As ever, all synopsis, release dates and trailers are below, along with star ratings for the films I've already seen. Hopefully this will throw up a couple of films to seek out from March, and those to look out for in April!

Coming Soon: February 2016

Orange mocha frappuccino!

I am fully aware that this post is a million days late, but it's been sat almost-finished for the best part of a month so I thought I might as well post it just before February was up!

February's been a funny film month, with the remaining awards hopefuls opening in cinemas alongside a foul-mouthed fan-favourite superhero movie, numerous documentaries and the world's most popular ridiculously good looking male model.

As the Academy Awards roll into Los Angeles this evening, the season of serious dramas unsubtly vying for a shiny gold statue comes to an end. February opened with the successfully nominated Trumbo - Best Actor nomination: Byan Cranston - telling the tale of blacklisted Hollywood scriptwriter Dalton Trumbo who spent the large majority of his career ostracised due to his political beliefs, writing scripts in secret and even managing to win an Oscar for Roman Holiday despite no-one knowing it was him that really wrote the script. The rest of the month saw the unsuccessful, from the snubbed - Best Actor, Will Smith - in Concussion, to a film that failed to live up to its' excellent premise, Freehold. Expect both to be on severely limited release last month, so I wouldn't be surprised if you missed them (I did!).

The rest of the month featured no end of unrelated films. There were the half-term family friendly films of Goosebumps and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip, and the more teenage-appropriate Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (totally bonkers but enormous fun if you're a fan of both the Jane Austen classic and zombies) and remake of Point Break. Ralph Fiennes and Tilda Swinton are on top form in the astonishingly good A Bigger Splash, Chris Pine embarks on a seemingly impossible true Coast Guard rescue mission in The Finest Hours (for someone scared of the ocean, seeing this in IMAX was a huge mistake), Sacha Baron Cohen's back on controversial form in Grimsby, and there are corrupt cops galore in mild thriller Triple 9. That's not forgetting the remake of Dad's Army and hilarious comedy preaching the virtues of singledom days after Valentine's Day in How to be Single.

The two most anticipated of February had to be Deadpool and Zoolander 2. Both made their way to screens mostly in part thanks to the fans: the reaction to leaked Deadpool test footage led to the studios finally giving the go ahead for the feature film; and the cult status of the first Zoolander prompted the sequel. They're both utterly ridiculous, but while Deadpool triumphs in its individuality, destruction of the fourth wall, fight scenes and vulgar humour, Zoolander 2 is just 100 minutes of insanity. I love blue steel as much as the next person, but it's a bad film...

Follow the link below for the round up of what you might have missed in February... Hopefully they'll all still be in cinemas!

Coming Soon: January 2016

Welcome to the first Coming Soon post of 2016!

January is jam-packed with astonishingly good films as awards season steps up a gear. Nominations have already been released for the Golden Globes, and as the BAFTAs and Academy Awards follow suit in the next few weeks cinemas are filled with award-worthy films. It's my favourite time of the movie calendar, so I fully expect to be spending the next four weeks practically camped out in my local cinema!

Kicking off the year is Tom Hooper's beautiful - if not a little bland - tale of transgender Danish artist Lili Elbe (Eddie Redmayne), The Danish Girl. While Redmayne may be the protagonist it's clearly Alicia Vikander's film as Lili's wife, Gerda Wegener: she effortlessly steals every scene she's in, which is no mean feat when competing with Redmayne's measured and delicate performance. Also opening this weekend is the latest collaboration between director David O'Russell and Jennifer Lawrence: Joy, the true story of the woman who invented the Miracle Mop. Reviews have been mixed so far, but it definitely looks well worth a watch.

Other must-watch films released this month are The Hateful Eight, Tarantino's Western; Creed, the sequel to the Rocky films that has Sylvester Stallone circling Supporting Actor nominations; and The Revenant, celebrated director Alejandro G. Iñárritu's extraordinary 1820s quest that will undoubtedly secure Leonardo Di Caprio an elusive Oscar, and wonderful cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki a third consecutive Oscar for a film that solely uses natural light - a genius and undoubtedly stunning effect. Then there's financial crisis comedy The Big Short; Cannes darling The Assassin; and the film that finally won Michael Caine a European Film Award, Youth.

Finally, January sees Room hitting cinemas. I saw it at an Odeon preview screening before Christmas and would have made it my film of 2015 had it not officially been released the following year. It is outstanding. It affected me much more than I anticipated it would, and genuinely had to pull my car over on the way home as I couldn't stop crying. As someone who struggles to show emotion in films, my heaving sobs really took me by surprise! Furthermore, hotly tipped to win all Best Picture awards is Spotlight. The trailer gives me goosebumps so I have high hopes for this film adaptation of the Boston Globe's true investigation into sexual abuse within the Catholic Church in Boston.

Coming Soon: December 2015

How on earth is it December already?!

It's a funny month for film: we may be in prime territory for awards worthy films but as everyone's excited for Christmas and probably spending the majority of the month watching Elf on repeat, frantically doing last minute shopping, and indulging in Netflix binges indoors with a mince pie rather than heading to the cinema, the recently released films are a bit of a mixed bag.

Christmas films are in abundance, from the comedy-horror Krampus, to multi-generational family caper Christmas with the Coopers, to festive lad's night out The Night Before. I haven't seen Krampus - I still refuse to watch horror films - but I can say that although the other two are wholly unremarkable and will be forgotten as soon as the season ends, they're perfect if you've not quite embraced the festive spirit yet and need a nudge towards finding your Christmas jumper, decorating your tree, and singing Christmas songs extremely loudly in the car on your way to work (surely it's not just me that does that?!).

Angelina Jolie makes her bid for a spot in the awards conversation with By The Sea, written, produced and directed by her, filmed on her honeymoon and starring her and her husband Brad Pitt as a troubled couple. Unfortunately it's been met with mixed reviews so far, just like Ron Howard's epic In the Heart of the Sea. It's not all serious dramas though: Lily Tomlin is making waves in Grandma, Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg play warring fathers in Daddy's Home and the unrivalled duo of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler retain their crowns as the Queens of Comedy with Sisters. It's a hysterically funny film, with a scene featuring a misplaced ballerina figurine that made me cry laughing.

Oh, and there's a new Star Wars film out, not that anyone's noticed at this stage...

Coming Soon: November 2015

It's official: awards season is upon us. Brace yourself for the constant talk of Oscar winners, potential snubs, controversial campaigning and press tours that seem to last a decade...

Kicking off the month is the beautiful romantic drama Brooklyn. I saw it twice before it hit cinemas (thanks to the London Film Festival and a Times+ preview screening) and plan on seeing it again at the weekend: it's a truly lovely, funny and genuinely heartwarming film, and leading lady Saoirse Ronan deserves all of the praise - and future nominations - that are coming her way. Michael Fassbender shines in the electrifying Steve Jobs, and the eponymous biopic of the Apple founder boasts an astonishingly good script from Aaron Sorkin that ensures all 122 minutes race along with an enormous amount of sharp, cutting dialogue. The awards contenders don't stop there: later in the month Jonny Depp's comeback performance as notorious Boston gangster Whitey Bulger in Black Mass finally arrives, and while it's a pretty disappointing and largely messy film it's hard not to appreciate how intense Depp is as the violent crime kingpin. Steven Spielberg reunites with Tom Hanks in Cold War thriller Bridge of Spies, but from what I've read Mark Rylance is most impressive as the captured Soviet spy and could be a serious contender in the Supporting Actor categories. Finally, Carol - the achingly good 1950s romance that's been making waves at virtually every festival it's been featured at - is released. It's been met with widespread critical acclaim thus far, and while Rooney Mara won Best Actress at Cannes she'll be campaigning in the supporting category this season, leaving Lead Actress open for co-star Cate Blanchett. The trailer looks wonderful, and I think it's safe to say that this is one to mark in your calendars.

November also boasts a number of fascinating looking documentaries. Malala Yousafzai isn't given the film she deserves with He Named Me Malala, but it makes for interesting and vital viewing all the same. A Death Row inmate tells his story in The Fear of 13; the war in Afghanistan is told through the eyes of the Afghans living through it in Tell Spring Not to Come This Year; and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans depicts the esteemed actor's attempts to make a movie about the 24-hour car race at Le Mans. Furthermore, What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy delves into lives of two men whose fathers were indicted as war criminals for their roles in World War II.

If documentaries and series dramas aren't really your thing then there's the Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse; horror The Hallows; disgraced rockstar chef comeback narrative in Burnt; Maggie Smith's turn as The Lady in the Van; and Pixar adventure The Good Dinosaur. Plus, concluding the ridiculously popular young adult series is The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2, with Katniss and co. going out with a bang.

Coming Soon: October 2015

To say there's a varied selection of films hitting cinemas this October as the transition to awards season continues would be a bit of an understatement...

The month kicks off with The Intern, the charming tale of unexpected friendship between high-flying business woman Anne Hathaway and Robert de Niro, her 70-year-old intern. I saw it last week and it's as heart-warming and full of immaculately dressed Pinterest-worthy sets as every other Nancy Meyer film... Visionary director Guillermo del Toro scares the bejesus out of the world with classic horror Crimson Peak: the trailer looks terrifying (I wish I hadn't seen it!) so horror fans should be extremely pleased! The latest origin story of Peter Pan - the imaginatively named Pan - has been met with mixed reviews, but the giant CGI crocodile and Hugh Jackman's dodgy facial hair are more than enough to make it look vaguely intriguing. Plus, documentaries are having a moment, with The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution and Listen To Me Marlon screening towards the end of the month.

Then there's the more serious awards contenders. Since premiering at Cannes in the summer tense thriller Sicario has been collecting universal praise and has often been dubbed with the title 'film of the year'. Macbeth - which I saw this past weekend - is an absolute triumph and an example of masterful film-making: it's brutal, visceral and has astonishing central performances from Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard. Furthermore, there's Lance Armstrong doping film, The Program;  vitally important feminist film chronicling the early fight for votes for women Suffragette; and bonkers dystopian film The Lobster, about a world where single people have 45 days to find a romantic partner before they are transformed into animals and sent off into the woods. Finally, the true story of Frenchman Philippe Petit's dream to walk the void between the Twin Towers in The Walk has had everyone talking recently. Apparently people were sick in press screenings from vertigo, so if you're not a fan of heights then maybe give the IMAX 3D option a miss!

Oh, and 007's back, not that anyone's really noticed!

Coming Soon: September 2015

It's September (how?!): the month of transitions and new stationary. Summer is (almost) over, leaving behind the bland remakes, superhero movies and epic action blockbusters that seem to have characterised the last few months. In their place are Sundance hits and IMAX extravaganzas: the sorts of films that bridge the gap between the pure entertainment of the summer and the upcoming seriousness of awards season.

Achieving the perfect blend of charm, humour and emotion this month is Sundance darling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, opening today. I was lucky enough to see a preview screening last week and spent the first half of the film laughing and the final twenty minutes ugly crying with mascara running down my face. It's sweet, tender and will hit you right in the feels: it should be at the top of your September film list! Offsetting that this weekend is stoner comedy American Ultra, reboot of the Transporter franchise - sadly without Jason Statham - The Transporter Refuelled, Meryl Streep's ageing rockstar movie Ricki and the Flash, and tense thriller No Escape. September kicks off with a pretty diverse selection of films, so there's definitely something for everyone!

Other notable movies this month include Woody Allen's latest creation featuring Emma Stone and Joaquin Pheonix, Irrational Man; Bill Bryson comedy A Walk In the Woods; and Tom Hardy seeing double as the Kray twins in Legend. Towards the end of the month there are a number of critically acclaimed films: Oscar-nominated Estonian war drama Tangerines, eviction drama starring Andrew Garfield 99 Homes, and the based-on-a-true-story Captive.

Plus, there are the IMAX epics of Everest and The Martian, both of which look like they should be seen on the biggest screen possible! As ever, click below for trailers and synopsis of the best films hitting U.K. cinemas this month...

Coming Soon: August 2015

Summer - if you can even call it that: the north is freezing - is in full swing, and with it comes a slew of blockbusters, quirky indie films and yet another nail in the coffin of Adam Sandler's career... Whether the cinema is the ideal place to hide from the heat or take solace from the rain, it's definitely the place to be this August!

Continuing with this bizarre new tradition of unnecessary reboots, Fantastic Four hits screens next week with a stellar new cast; the Griswolds go on holiday yet again even though I think at this stage everyone wishes they wouldn't in Vacation; and Guy Ritchie brings the Cold War back with a stylish and action-packed remake of the classic 1960s espionage series The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

However, all is not lost as August also offers a number of brilliant original films (hooray!). In a controversial twist, The Diary of a Teenage Girl was granted an 18 rating last week by the BBFC, thus alienating the majority of its intended audience. It's been met with widespread critical acclaim, so if you're lucky enough to be over the age limit then it looks like it's well worth a watch. Two fearless American comediennes steal the spotlight this month, writing and starring in vastly different yet equally unmissable movies: Greta Gerwig in Mistress America and Amy Schumer in Trainwreck. Then there's the latest John Green young adult adaptation featuring model of the moment Cara Delevingne, Paper Towns; and the birth of NWA in Straight Outta Compton.

Plus, most excitingly, 45 Years is released both in cinemas and on demand. The moving martial drama won Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay the Silver Bears for Best Actress and Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, and with an overwhelming positive reception it's safe to say that it's the must-watch film of the month.

Coming Soon: July 2015

It's Sunday, which means I should technically be uploading the latest bunch of film reviews for The Ciné File, but as I've only seen Terminator Genisys this week (and it's so bad it's not exactly going to be a long review...) a round-up of the best films to see in July seemed more appropriate.

July (July! It was March a few days ago!) is a month of summer blockbusters, from an unnecessary reboot of the Terminator franchise; to the latest Marvel superhero to hit the big screen, Ant-Man; to another dose of high octane Tom Cruise action in Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation. It's also a month of sequels, with the return of the Thunder Buddies in Ted 2, and six-packs and stripping galore in Magic Mike XXL.

From the wildly entertaining to the critically acclaimed, there's also the Sundance success Dear White People; the hotly anticipated Amy Winehouse documentary, Amy, from the director of Senna; Jake Gyllenhaal beefs up in gritty boxing drama Southpaw; and Pixar hits another home run with the highly intelligent, funny and ultimately touching cerebral tale, Inside Out. I saw a preview a few weeks ago and it's fully deserving of 5*, so if you only see one film this month then make it this one!

Coming Soon: June 2015

Awards-bait films are finally over, so June looks to be a month of pure entertainment. From my point of view, there's nothing wrong with that at all!

Hotly anticipated blockbusters are aplenty over the next 30 days, from dinosaur epic Jurassic World; to espionage spoof starring the hilarious Melissa McCarthy Spy; to Minions, the children's film that every adult I know seems to be looking forward to with unapologetic glee.

Then there's the latest Nicholas Sparks romantic tear-jerker The Longest Ride; National Theatre musical featuring Olivia Colman and Tom Hardy, London Road; and Ian McKellan's turn as the famed British detective Sherlock Holmes in Mr. Holmes. It's a pretty varied month, but aren't they the best ones?!

Coming Soon: May 2015

Aside from the obvious - Far From the Madding Crowd, Pitch Perfect 2, Tomorrowland, Mad Max: Fury Road - I initially didn't think May was a particularly noteworthy month for film, but I couldn't be more wrong. Out of all of the Coming Soon posts I've done over the last few months, I don't think I've been as unexpectedly excited and intrigued by such a large and varied selection of new releases.

May really has something for everyone, and if there's ever a time to branch out and try a film out of your comfort zone then this is the month to throw caution to the wind and just go for it.

It's an eclectic month. American comedian and winner of 20 Primetime Emmy Awards, Jon Stewart, makes his directing debut with Rosewater, the true story of an Iranian-Canadian journalist detained and interrogated by Iranian forces under the suspicion that he is a spy. Chris Rock writes, directs and acts in Top Five, a celebrity satire that has been loved by critics. Described as the "first Iranian vampire Western" (is there anything more intriguing?!), A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night looks like a stylish and unmissable multi-genre offering from first-time feature film director Ana Lily Amirpour. There's also the Blake Lively romance The Age of Adeline; digital horror Unfriended; and French coming-of-age drama Girlhood. Plus, Timbuktu - the Mauritanian film that achieved widespread critical acclaim and swept up at the César awards this year (its 7 wins out of 8 nominations made it the most successful African film ever at the awards); and Clouds of Sils Maria, the movie that won Kristen Stewart a Best Supporting Actress César award, making her the first American actress to do so.

Read on for trailers, synopsis and dates as ever... Mark your diaries: this is an epic month!

Coming Soon: April 2015

It's that time again: a look at the best new releases hitting U.K. cinemas in April! Get your diaries out and prepare to make notes as there are some pretty brilliant films coming out over the next 30 days...

April sees the return of the Fast & Furious family with a poignant seventh instalment in the franchise: it marks the last opportunity to see the late actor Paul Walker onscreen. There's also teen drama The DUFF; critically-acclaimed The Falling and Juaja; and musical The Last Five Years. In a rather bizarre coincidence, a couple of actors make their directorial debuts in April: Russell Crowe with The Water Diviner and Ryan Gosling with Lost River, and Alan Rickman returns to the directing chair with A Little Chaos. They've been met with mixed (mostly poor-average) reviews so it'll be interesting to see how the movies are received by British audiences.

Also, there's a little film about a couple of superheroes (Avengers: Age of Ultron) but it's so small I doubt anyone will have even heard of it, let alone plan on seeing it...

Coming Soon: March 2015

It seems like Christmas was only last week so how it's March already I have no idea!

Today's post should technically be an instalment of The Ciné File, but as I've - appallingly - only seen one film this week it seemed like a waste of a post! I'll include that lone film in next week's reviews, so instead my monthly round-up of the latest new releases in cinemas, Coming Soon, is here a day early. How exciting!

Awards season is well and truly over, and although the overwhelming majority of nominated and winning films have already been released (some are still in cinemas if you missed the initial rush), March allows U.K. audiences to catch the handful that slipped through the net over the last few months. Friday 6th finally sees the release of Still Alice: the film that saw Julianne Moore win the Best Actress Oscar/BAFTA/SAG/every other award in the world for her performance as the titular linguistics professor diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's. There's also the Oscar-nominated animation The Tale of the Princess Kaguya, and feature-length presentations of the BAFTA-nominated Short Films.

Don't fear if you're sick of seeing cinemas flooded with award-worthy films: March sees artificial intelligence thriller Chappie; comedy Unfinished Business; historical romance Suite Française; and the live-action remake of Disney's classic fairy-tale, Cinderella, to name a few. Something for everyone, then! Read on for release dates and trailers for the best films hitting cinemas in the next 31 days...