The best new movies to look forward to

Keanu Reeves and Priyanka Chopra star in the fourth Matrix film, which takes us back to the world of the red and blue pills and freeing your mind. It actually looks really good.

Release date: 22nd December 2021

When Trevor (Stranger Things' Finn Wolfhard) and his family move into a tumbledown house inherited from his late grandfather, it turns out there is something very strange in their neighbourhood. Cue unexplained earthquakes, an unlikely connection to the original Ghostbusters and a new generation of slime-wranglers.

Release date: 12 November 2021

Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto and more take centre stage in House Of Gucci, a story "inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind Italian fashion house of Gucci." Expect themes of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and (spoiler alert) ultimately murder. Sounds dramatic.

Release date: 26th November 2021

Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Adam Driver star in The Last Duel, a film based on the real life events of the last officially recognised judicial duel fought in France. In it, a woman claims she was raped by her husband's best friend, Jean de Carrouges, and her husband challenges his friend to a duel.

Release date: Out now

A warming watch that follows three best friends as they reunite at the request of their late friend Anna to recreate the same European train adventure they all embarked on 30 years earlier. Before her unexpected death, Anna left the trio tickets on one condition: that her teenage daughter also joins them on their journey to their final destination - Mallorca. But with fall outs, lost passports and train strikes, will they make it in time to honour Anna's memory? Sally Phillips, Jenny Seagrove, Elizabeth Dormer-Phillips and the late Kelly Preston all star.

Release date: Out now

Academy Award winners Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren make a marvellous duo in this uplifting comedy based on the true story of Goya's stolen Duke of Wellington portrait. Set in 1961, it follows 60-year-old taxi driver - and culprit - Kempton Bunton (Broadbent) who subsequently sent ransom notes stating that he would only return the painting on the condition that the government provide more care to the elderly. Dunkirk actor Fionn Whitehead and Line of Duty's Anna Maxwell Martin also star.

Release date: Out now

One of the most iconic movies of the '80s gets a reboot, with Tom Cruise back in the role of ace fighter pilot Maverick. In this sequel, the man with the need for speed now trains new recruits, including the son of his old friend and colleague Goose, who died in the first film. Glen Powell, Miles Teller and John Hamm co-star. How much testosterone can you handle? You are very much about to find out.

Release date: 19 November 2021

No, not a biopic of the seminal '90s girlband, but a new Marvel franchise in the making. The Eternals are an immortal alien race who reunite to protect humanity – and they have got quite the line-up. If Richard Madden, Angelina Jolie and Salma Hayek aren't enough for you, then let us also throw in Kit Harington and Gemma Chan. We are 100% invested.

Release date: 5 November 2021

Starring Andrew Garfield, Maya Hawke and Nat Wolff, Mainstream follows a young woman's journey into internet culture, as she finds herself heavily involved in an unpredictable content creator's life.

Release date: Out now

The third film in the Kingsman series is a prequel, set in the early 1900s, starring Ralph Fiennes, British up-and-comer Harris Dickinson and Gemma Arterton. A collection of history's very worst bad guys have gathered to wipe out millions (well, that, or to form the world's most toxic book group). Who's going to stop them? Who do you think…

Release date: December 22, 2021

Prince Timothée Chalamet heads up a red-hot cast in this mind-bending sci-fi epic about life on a dangerous planet that's home to a highly valuable drug which can prolong life, among other superhuman properties. Joining him are Cosmo favourites Zendaya, Jason Momoa and Oscar Isaac.

Release date: Out now

Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Matt Smith, Diana Rigg, Rita Tushingham and Terence Stamp star in this psychological thriller directed by Edgar Wright. It looks scary af, so probably not one for a cosy little night in.

Release date: October 22 2021

When a 29-year-old web designer agrees to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend Josh and his husband Aaron, she isn't expecting the moral dilemma that unfolds. A prenatal test reveals her unborn child has Down syndrome, and relationships are put to the test when the trio must consider the best course of action.

Release date: Out now

Jodie Comer and Ryan Reynolds team up for Free Guy, a sci-fi film about a bank worker who realises he's a backgrounf character in a video game that will soon go offline. Wild.

Release date: 13 August 2021

Tom Hardy's back for the Venom sequel, this time joined by Stephen Graham, Woody Harrelson and Michelle Williams. In it, Venom comes face to face with a new enemy, Carnage, as Block attempts to relaunch his journalism career.

Release date: 24 September 2021

Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and the gang are back, and this time they're up against a seriously skilled assassin who also happens to be his brother (played by actual John Cena.) The film also features Nathalie Emmanuel, Michelle Rodriguez and Charlize Theron.

Release date: Out now

Surprise! Netflix confirmed The Kissing Booth would be back for a third and final instalment, starring Elle (Joey King) on holiday with both her boyfriend Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi) and best friend Lee Flynn (Joel Courtney), who is Noah's brother.

Release date: 11 August 2021

In the dual-narrative love story, Felicity Jones will play Ellie, a journalist in a modern day London who uncovers a series of letters revealing a star-crossed affair from the '60s. She becomes obsessed with the romance between Jennifer Stirling (Shailene Woodley) and Anthony O'Hare (Callum Turner), and is dead set on finding out how their story ends.

Release date: 6 August 2021