25 Movies to Look Forward to in 2019
Last year was a record one for Hollywood, at least in terms of box office, powered by superheroes such as Black Panther and the Avengers, surprise smash hits such as Crazy Rich Asians and A Star Is Born, and the quick rise and fall of subscription-based ticket services such as MoviePass. Such a constantly evolving industry might have difficulty replicating that success, but 2019 has plenty of promising films to look forward to, along with the usual coterie of remakes, sequels, and superhero-franchise entries. Here’s a look at 25 of the most interesting movies on deck so far.
Cold Pursuit (February 8)
What It Is: The latest in a beloved, and important, moviegoing tradition: a wintertime Liam Neeson thriller, an old-fashioned pulpy flick about a middle-aged man who finds himself in some extraordinary situation. In Non-Stop, the actor was fighting villains on a plane; in The Commuter, the setting was a train. In Cold Pursuit, based on the Norwegian thriller In Order of Disappearance, he’s delivering justice via snowplow.
If You Need Convincing: Go watch some of Neeson’s prior action flicks. There’s more to him than the Taken franchise—films such as A Walk Among the Tombstones and Run All Night are great examples of his unmatched everyman gravitas. “What makes you think you can kill a man?” someone asks him in the trailer. “I read it in a crime novel,” Neeson grumbles back. Sign me up.
Alita: Battle Angel (February 14)
A long-delayed, extremely elaborate adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s totemic manga series, directed by Robert Rodriguez (, ) and written and produced by James Cameron. Cameron had long wanted to make the film himself, but given his work on the many sequels, he finally , who has renderedfollows Alita (Rosa Salazar), a cyborg creation who comes of age in a post-apocalyptic world.
