Filmsane

You’ve guessed it. November is going to be one hell of a month.

Both Marvel and DC Comics will present their latest work, and November is also the month in which the race in the Award circuit begins. We’ll be able to see the latest movie from Kenneth Branagh, Rob Rainer, Martin McDonagh, Joe Wright, Richard Linklater and the directorial debut of Greta Gerwig called Lady Bird.

So… without further ado… these are some of the most awesome movie you can’t miss this month.

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Director: Taika Waititi
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Cate Blanchett…
Premiere date: 3 November
Fun fact about the movie: Cate Blanchett accepted a role in this movie to please her children, who are Marvel comics fans. Blanchett’s eldest son Dashiell John Upton suggested she take the role of Hela, saying it’d be a career boost.

Last Flag Flying

Director: Richard Linklater
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Carell…
Premiere date: 3 November
Fun fact about the movie: The film is a spiritual sequel to The Last Detail (1973).

Lady Bird

Director: Greta Gerwig
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Odeya Rush, Kathryn Newton…
Premiere date: 3 November
Fun fact about the movie: Greta Gerwig said in an interview that she would have preferred the film to be “just close-ups of Saoirse Ronan face” because of her immense beauty.

Murder on the Orient Express

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Daisy Ridley, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer…
Premiere date: 10 November
Fun fact about the movie: The original Orient Express route (from October 4, 1883) was from Paris to Giurgiu (Romania).

LBJ

Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: Jennifer Jason Leigh, Woody Harrelson, Bill Pullman…
Premiere date: 3 November
Fun fact about the movie: Woody Harrelson’s late father Charles Harrelson was a Texas hit-man who had famously claimed to have killed President Kennedy (he was sentenced to life in prison for murdering a Texas judge), but later admitted that he made-up the story.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Director: Martin McDonagh
Stars: Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell…
Premiere date: 10 November
Fun fact about the movie: Martin McDonagh wrote the screenplay with Frances McDormand as the lead role in mind.

Justice League

Director: Zack Snyder
Stars: Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa…
Premiere date: 17 November
Fun fact about the movie: The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Irons, J.K. Simmons; and four Oscar nominees: Amy Adams, Willem Dafoe, Diane Lane and Jesse Eisenberg.

Wonder

Director: Stephen Chbosky
Stars: Julia Roberts, Jacob Tremblay, Owen Wilson…
Premiere date: 17 November
Fun fact about the movie: Auggie’s facial disease is called mandibulofacial dystosis, also known as “Treacher Collins syndrome.” (TCS).

Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Director: Dan Gilroy
Stars: Denzel Washington, Colin Farrell, Carmen Ejogo…
Premiere date: 22 November
Fun fact about the movie: In Roman J. Israel, Esq. (2017) there’s a visible gap between Denzel Washington’s two front teeth that he hasn’t sported since high school. Washington fixed the gap between his front teeth sometime after high school, but for this role the actor removed his dental caps again.

Darkest Hour

Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Lily James, Gary Oldman, Ben Mendelsohn…
Premiere date: 22 November
Fun fact about the movie: Sir John Hurt was originally cast as Neville Chamberlain, but had to withdraw due to health issues (he died during filming). The role was then given to Ronald Pickup.

Call Me by Your Name

Director: Luca Guadagnino
Stars: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg…
Premiere date: 24 November
Fun fact about the movie: Timothée Chalamet learned to speak Italian and to play the guitar for the role of Elio.