Movies I'm Excited For!

Guillermo del Toro is back with a new dark fairy tale, this time about a mute woman who falls for a sea creature being held in a secret military facility. Sally Hawkins stars in the fantasy romance, with Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, and Richard Jenkins filling out the human cast. Frequent del Toro collaborator Doug Jones (not to be confused with Twin Peaks: The Return�s Dougie Jones) stars as the merman. The film is imaginative, with beautiful production and cinematography, and a story that will send your heart aflutter.

Rian Johnson is following up his first three films�Brick, The Brothers Bloom, and Looper�with another small indie film you may have heard about. It�s called Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and it stars up-and-comer Daisy Ridley as a young girl with special gifts, teaming up with legendary actor Mark Hamill to learn how to master her abilities so she can help her friends survive a difficult period in their lives. This small character drama also features John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Adam Driver, and the late Carrie Fisher in one of her final performances.

One of the year�s funniest films just happens to be about one of the worst films ever made. The Disaster Artist tells the story of the making of Tommy Wiseau�s infamously terrible The Room. James Franco directs and stars as the mysterious, strangely accented and wildly eccentric Wiseau, with brother Dave Franco starring as Wiseau�s friend and The Room co-star Greg Sestero. The Disaster Artist had the midnight audience at TIFF rolling on the floor, and most agree that this is probably James Franco�s best and funniest acting work in a very long time.

Pixar has had a difficult time of late. Cars 3 wasn�t the success they�d hoped for. Finding Dory was well-received and made plenty of money, but didn�t exactly set the world on fire. And does anyone even remember The Good Dinosaur? With Coco, Pixar hopes that their original foray into Latin culture and Day of the Dead mythology will bring audiences rushing back. From the looks of it, this might be a hit for the animation studio, and one that will once again have kids enamored and their parents sobbing in the aisles.

There�s a lot riding on Justice League. Never mind its own troubled production, with Joss Whedon taking over directing duties from Zack Snyder. This is the film that has to prove Wonder Woman wasn�t just a welcome fluke in the DC Extended Universe of films. The trailers have been mildly promising, but given how much the film has likely changed over the last few months of shooting, it�s a real gamble whether all the setup will pay off for WB in their big superhero crossover event.