For the third in the trilogy, Mangold went R-rated and super-serious for a Weapon X send-off.
“Logan”: After Gavin Hood’s 2009 “Wolverine” disaster, Fox reeled back plans for more spin-offs of its popular “X-Men” franchise and focused on making sure James Mangold’s follow-up, 2013’s “The Wolverine,” was nowhere near as bad.
Jackson, Brie Larson and John Goodman co-star. It’s set in 1971 and patterned after “Apocalypse Now.” Tom Hiddleston (“The Avengers”) leads a group of ex-soldiers to catch the giant ape. “Kong: Skull Island”: Ignoring Peter Jackson’s 2005 epic “King Kong,” this is a prequel to the 2014 version of “Godzilla” and a lead-in to a battle between the two classic monsters. The filmmakers built a customized camera rig to capture unique footage at eye-level with the movie’s animal stars. “Kedi”: Currently standing at 100 percent Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and praised by The New York Times, NPR and the Washington Post, this Turkish documentary about street cats in Istanbul centers on seven felines, some wild and some domesticated. Gary Gray helms this sprawling action drama that brings new faces Charlize Theron (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), Kurt Russell (“The Hateful Eight”), Jason Statham (“The Transporter”) and Helen Mirren (“Red”) into the returning cast of regulars. “The Fate of the Furious”: For the eighth film in the “Fast and Furious” series (and the first without Paul Walker), “Straight Outta Compton” director F. The celebrity cast includes Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire and Steve Buscemi. “The Boss Baby”: This heavily advertised cartoon from “Madagascar” franchise director Tom McGrath stars Alec Baldwin as the voice of the title character, a tough-talking newborn who wears three-piece suits and has inside info on a conspiracy involving puppies replacing babies. “Beauty and the Beast”: Following “Cinderella,” “Jungle Book” and “Pete’s Dragon,” the latest in Disney’s series of live-action remakes of their animated classics stars Emma Watson (“Harry Potter”) as Belle and a CGI-faced Dan Stevens (“The Guest”) as the Prince, along with a host of celebrity voices for the talking dinnerware, including Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.
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