2017 Movies : Adaptation

With Steve Carell • Bryan Cranston • Laurence Fishburne • Richard Linklater

Set during the Iraq War, classic characters Billy Bad-Ass, Mule, and the hapless Meadows return.

With Johnny Depp • Willem Dafoe • Michelle Pfeiffer • Josh Gad • Kenneth Branagh • Daisy Ridley • Aditya Sood • Michael Green • Derek Jacobi • Judi Dench • Leslie Odom Jr. • Lucy Boynton • Michael Schaefer • James Prichard

What starts out as a lavish train ride through Europe quickly unfolds into one of the most stylish, suspenseful and thrilling mysteries ever told. From the novel by best selling author Agatha Christie, "Murder on the Orient Express" tells the tale of thirteen strangers stranded on a train, where everyone's a suspect. One man must race against time to solve the puzzle before the murderer strikes again.

With Julia Roberts • Jacob Tremblay • Owen Wilson • David Hoberman • Jack Thorne • Daveed Diggs • Mandy Patinkin • Sonia Braga • Noah Jupe • Todd LIeberman • Stephen Chbosky

August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He's about to start 5th grade at Beecher Prep, and if you've ever been the new kid then you know how hard that can be. The thing is Auggie's just an ordinary kid, with an extraordinary face. But can he convince his new classmates that he's just like them, despite appearances?

With Nora Twomey

The Breadwinner tells the story of Parwana, a 12-year-old girl growing up under the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001. When her father is arrested, Parwana dresses as a boy in order to work and provide for her family. Together with her best friend Shauzia, she risks discovery to try to find out if her father is still alive.

With Gillian Anderson • Christina Hendricks • Glenn Close • Julian Fellowes • Terence Stamp • Gilles Paquet-Brenner • Max Irons • Stefanie Martini • Honor Kneafsey

Set in 1950s London, Private Investigator Charles Hayward is persuaded by his former lover Sophia Leonides to investigate the poisoning of her wealthy grandfather. Arriving at the opulent country estate, Charles is thrown into the middle of a ruthless family all of which hated the patriarch, including his adult children, grandchildren and his brazen sister-in-law. With time against him, Charles must solve the case before the murderer strikes again.

With Christopher Plummer • Dan Stevens • Susan Coyne • Morfydd Clark • Bharat Nalluri

The Man Who Invented Christmas tells the magical journey that led to the creation of Ebenezer Scrooge (Christopher Plummer), Tiny Tim and other classic characters from A Christmas Carol. Directed by Bharat Nalluri (Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day), the film shows how Charles Dickens (Dan Stevens) mixed real life inspirations with his vivid imagination to conjure up unforgettable characters and a timeless tale, forever changing the holiday season into the celebration we know today.

With Timothee Chalamet • Armie Hammer • Michael Stuhlbarg • Luca Guadagnino • Amira Casar • Peter Spears • Rodrigo Teixeira • Esther Garrel • Marco Morabito • Emilie Georges

It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old American-Italian boy, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows wit h natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a charming American scholar working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.