28 Years Later to Frankenstein: the most anticipated films of 2025
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Warning: gothic horror, edgy sci-fi madness and general lunacy are the watchwords for 2025’s most eagerly awaited movies. However, for something a little more easy-going, there’s always a brand new Bridget Jones to cosy up with. Will Timothée Chalamet win an Oscar for his freewheelin’ portrayal of Bob Dylan? Probably; and deservedly so. Charting the singer-songwriter’s arrival in New York as the eponymous unknown through to him infamously going electric at Newport Folk Festival in 1965, Chalamet is mind-blowing; not least when he’s singing. Monica Barbaro is equally brilliant behind the mic as Dylan’s on/off girlfriend Joan Baez. James Mangold made the pretty decent Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line – this is far better.
Out January 17. Your first monumental cinema outing of 2025; quite literally with Adrien Brody on Oscar contender form as László Toth, a visionary Jewish architect and Holocaust survivor who arrives in America in 1947. Guy Pierce is the wealthy industrialist who takes him under his wing, while Felicity Jones plays Toth’s long-suffering wife. Towering in every sense, not least the 215-minute runtime (including planned intermission), it marks the arrival of Brady Corbet as a brutally talented director.
January 24. Eight years after Bridget Jones’s Baby, they’re back for more big-knickered japes: Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson all returning to the fray. Bridget is dealing with widowhood, being a single mum and… of course, potential hanky panky with new young hottie Roxter (Leo Woodall) and, perhaps, her son’s science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor). Meanwhile, Grant’s Daniel Cleaver is more lip-curlingly moreish than ever. Michael Morris (Better Call Saul, House of Cards) directs.
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