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Originally set up as a Neill Blomkamp before, shock, Blomkamp dropped out, you can be forgiven for taking a glance at the marketing for disaster movie Greenland and expecting a lower tier, more practical effects driven take on an Emmerich movie.

UK Release Date: 4th February 2021

Directed By: Ric Roman Waugh

Starring: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roger Dale Floyd, Scott Glenn

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Essentially Training Day by way of Chappie, Mikael Hafstrom's back with the decidedly ropey Outside the Wire, the latest handsomely produced but ultimately hollow feature exercise from Netflix.

UK Release Date: 15th January 2021

Platform: Netflix

Directed By: Mikael Hafstrom

Starring: Anthony Mackie, Damson Idris, Emily Beecham, Pilou Asbaek, Michael Kelly

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Having clearly learned nothing from the failed Jimmie Hendrix biopic back in 2013, Gabriel Range attempts to bring the story of David Bowie to the screen in Stardust - a snapshot biopic that chronicles the musical legend's journey of self-discovery.

UK Release Date: 15th January 2020

Platform: Digital

Directed By: Gabriel Range

Starring: Johnny Flynn, Marc Maron, Jena Malone, Derek Moran

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Animated adventure Soul is here to take up the mantle of this season's Pixar best animated feature nominee at the upcoming Oscars, delivering Wreck-It Ralph in the afterlife.

UK Release Date: 25th December 2020

Platform: Disney Plus

Directed By: Pete Docter and Kemp Powers

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Tina Fey, Graham Norton, Rachel House, Alice Braga

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One of the few mainstream stars of this century alongside, say, Seth Rogan to effortlessly establish himself as equally poised on both sides of the camera, George Clooney throws on his occasional second hat to direct himself for the first time since 2014's The Monuments Men.

UK Release Date: 23rd December 2020

Platform: Netflix

Directed By: George Clooney

Cast: George Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Caoilinn Springall, Kyle Chandler

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"Well what do you know. Turns out the only good movie of the entire OGDCU franchise went and spawned itself the brand's first genuinely good sequel too" - Wonder Woman 1984 is the highly anticipated sequel from director Patty Jenkins, with Gal Gadot reprising her role as the title character plus added 80s retro and a whole ton of glittery CGI to boot.

UK Release Date: 16th December 2020

Platform: Theatrical

Directed By: Patty Jenkins

Cast: Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Chris Pine, Pedro Pascal, Lilly Aspell

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Doing for fairies what Elf did for... elves, Godmothered marks the single finest feature film thus far of Disney Plus. And it garners that honour despite being inanely predictable, sporting a bevvy of lacklustre visual effects, and ultimately being nothing more than gender-flipped take on Elf.

UK Release Date: 4th December 2020

Platform: Disney Plus

Directed By: Sharon Maguire

Cast: Isla Fisher, Jillian Bell, Santiago Cabrera, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, June Squibb

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If the global pandemic has been kind to anyone, it's Netflix, who release yet another big awards contender in David Fincher's Mank - a black & white ode to the golden age of Hollywood starring Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried and Lily Collins.

UK Release Date: 4th December 2020

Platform: Netflix

Directed By: David Fincher

Cast: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Tom Pelphrey, Arliss Howard

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Uncle Frank is a 70s set dramedy in which out and proud New York college professor Frank embarks on a road trip with niece Sophia Lillis to return home for his father's funeral and face the demons of his homophobic upbringing. Listen to Van's 5 star review, subscribe to the podcast, and stream Uncle Frank now.

UK Release Date: 25th November 2020

Platform: Amazon Prime Video

Director: Alan Ball

Cast: Paul Bettany, Sophia Lillis, Peter Macdissi, Judy Greer, Steve Zahn

Throw together equal parts The Greatest Showman, Disney's live-action Nutcracker and, I sh*t you not, Earth to Echo, and the results will be pretty close to Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey - Baggage Claims's David E. Talbert's new bright and colourful all singing, all dancing Christmas romp for Netflix.

UK Release Date: 13th November 2020

Platform: Netflix

Directed By: David E. Talbert

Cast: Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Madalen Mills

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