Major Theatrical Releases November 2017

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Major Theatrical Releases November 2017
This November has something for everyone - raunchy comedy, family-friendly(ish) comedy, two comic book action films, some dramatic movies, a horror and the newest Pixar feature.

Here are the major theatrical releases for November 2017.


**THERE WILL BE NO SPOILERS, 
since the films aren't released yet.
Also, dates are subject to change**






A Bad Moms Christmas
November 1
Mila Kunis, Kirsten Bell and Kathryn Hahn return as the three under-appreciated mothers who decide to tackle the biggest of all family holidays - Christmas - and how it tends to steal the joy from mothers.  They think they can enjoy the holiday for once until their own mothers arrive, and of course hilarious chaos ensues.  The film also features Susan Sarandon, Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, Peter Gallagher, Wanda Sykes, Justin Hartley and Jay Hernandez.










Thor: Ragnarok
November 3
One of the most anticipated films is the third Thor stand-alone film, this time centering on the evil Hela - the MCU's first female villain - who wishes to destroy Asgard.  Thor teams up with Hulk, Loki and Valkyrie to prevent Ragnarok - the destruction of all things.  This looks like the best Thor movie to date, one filled with action, humor and excitement - everything you expect from a Marvel movie.










The Killing of a Sacred Deer
November 3
Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman star in this psychological thriller about a family who takes in a teenage boy who seems to have it out for them.  It looks like a great thriller with a compelling story and two very capable actors at the helm, and I can't wait to see where the story goes.










Murder on the Orient Express
November 10
Kenneth Branagh directs and also stars as Agatha Christie's most well-known creation, Hercule Poirot, the world's greatest detective.  While on board a train, a murder is committed, and pretty much everyone is a suspect.  It's up to Poirot to find the killer before the train reaches its final destination.  I'm wondering if the film will deviate from the original novel, or if it'll stay true to it.  It looks like a thrilling whodunit film featuring some of the best actors of our time - Branagh, Johnny Depp, Daisy Ridley, Michelle Pfeiffer, Josh Gad, Penelope Cruz and Judi Dench.










Daddy's Home 2
November 10
Basically a toned-down version of "A Bad Moms Christmas" with the genders reversed, "Daddy's Home 2" continues the story of Dusty and Brad, two men who share the same family.  Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg return, and now they bring in their own fathers - Mel Gibson and John Lithgow - for a family Christmas.  The original film wasn't too funny in my opinion, and I'm not expecting a lot out of this one either.  Seems to be a very cookie-cutter family holiday film where I can pretty much predict everything that will happen - the dads are now close, but something will happen that will turn them against each other, and their dads will be basic carbon copies of the sons.  In the end, everyone will come together for a great Christmas, and they'll forget all the bad things that happened.  Basic.










Justice League
November 17
The DC Cinematic Universe had a lot to catch up on in order to achieve Marvel-like status.  It's first two outings - "Batman v. Superman" and "Suicide Squad" - fell flat in comparison.  Then "Wonder Woman" took the world by storm, and now they're riding that momentum with "Justice League," which teams up Batman, Wonder Woman, Cyborg, Flash and Aquaman to take on an alien invasion led by the evil Steppenwolf.  I'm very cautiously optimistic about this film, and I'm wondering how Superman - because we all know he isn't dead - will play into it.










Wonder
November 17
Jacob Tremblay - who took the cinema world by storm in his acclaimed performance in "Room" - stars as Auggie, a boy with a facial difference that makes him look different from the other kids.  His parents - played by Owen Wilson and Julia Roberts - start Auggie in a new school, where he struggles to fit in, but comes to terms with the fact that being different isn't necessarily a bad thing.  This film will rise or fall depending on Tremblay's performance, and judging on how great this young talent is, it'll probably be a moving film about embracing the differences in all of us.










The Star
November 17
Everyone's heard of the Greatest Story Ever Told, so it's about time someone told the story through the eyes of...animals?  Yeah, that works.  Despite an all-star voice cast including Steven Yeun (Glenn from "The Walking Dead"), Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Keegan-Michael Key, Kelly Clarkson, Patricia Heaton, Kristen Chenoweth, Tracy Morgan, Oprah Winfrey, Tyler Perry, Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Plummer, Anthony Anderson and Ving Rhames, this looks to be a sub-par effort to draw children to the theaters a week before Pixar's latest conquest.  Something that probably should've been direct-to-DVD.










Coco
November 22
This is the film to take the family to on Thanksgiving.  In Pixar's most eloquently animated film to date, "Coco" centers around Miguel, a young boy who desires to play music like his great-great-grandfather.  His adventure leads him to the Land of the Dead, where he must find his relatives and uncover the truth of his family history.  It's an ambitious undertaking mostly due to it centering on a holiday relatively unknown to American audiences - the Mexican Day of the Dead - as well as it being a wholly original story with animations that could be scary to younger viewers.  Still, with Pixar at the helm, there's little doubt it'll be a rousing success.











Polaroid
November 22
There's been some very exciting films in the genre of horror in recent years - "Get Out," "Happy Death Day," "It Comes at Night," "The Witch" and more.  Then there's others that pretty much are a slap in the face to any true horror fan - "Wish Upon" and "Friend Request" fall on those lines, and now they can add "Polaroid" to that list.  When a girl finds a mysterious Polaroid camera, she realizes that after she takes the pictures of her friends, they start dying.  This looks to neither be original or scary in the slightest, and since it's already been pushed back from August to late November (long after the Halloween season), it seems that the production company just wants to get this out there and forget it ever existed - much like pretty much everyone has already forgotten what a Polaroid camera is in the first place.



So there are the major theatrical releases for November 2017.


Here's the order as to how excited I am to see them:
1. Thor: Ragnarok
2. Justice League
3. Murder on the Orient Express
4. The Killing of a Sacred Deer
5. A Bad Moms Christmas
6. Wonder
7. Coco
8. Daddy's Home 2
9. Polaroid
10. The Star

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