2017: The Year In Movies Part 2

Movie_Reel_22139 different people starred in the movies I saw last year (starring in being the first two named stars, a tradition dating back to the old Chicago Tribune TV guide which populated the early days of my database), and a whopping 17 of them were in more than 1 film.  Those 17 thespians are:

Name Films
Tom Hanks 4
Anna Kendrick 4
Imogen Poots 3
Elizabeth Banks 2
Abigail Breslin 2
Matt Damon 2
Zac Efron 2
Domhnall Gleeson 2
Tom Hiddleston 2
Melissa McCarthy 2
Ellen Page 2
Chris Pratt 2
Ryan Reynolds 2
Julia Roberts 2
Saoirse Ronan 2
Anya Taylor-Joy 2
Allison Williams 2

Now let’s take a look at the remaining movies that I saw in 2017, following up on last Thursday’s post.

The Edge Of Seventeen (2016)
A teenager feels her world going crazy when her best friend starts dating her brother.

Logan (2017)
The latest, and best, Wolverine solo film.

The Princess Bride (1987)
A modern day fairy tale that everyone in my generation saw years ago.

American Made (2017)
Tom Cruise plays the CIA and drug cartels against one another to line his pockets with cash.

The Babysitter (2017)
A young kid fights back when he finds out his babysitter is part of a satanic cult.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017)
The Kingsman return and team up with their American counterparts.

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
Thor and Loki team up to save Asgard from their sister.

The Big Sick (2017)
A Pakistani comic falls for a white woman in a coma.

The Circle (2017)
A woman working for a social network tries to bring them down when they get too big.

Split (2017)
A man with split personalities kidnaps a trio of girls.

The Details (2012)
When a family of raccoons invades a man’s backyard, his life starts to fall apart.

The Shallows (2016)
A young woman is attacked by a giant shark while swimming of a beach in Mexico.

Like.Share.Follow. (2017)
A YouTube star deals with a crazy stalker.

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Keanu Reeves returns as the hitman looking to retire.

CHIPS (2017)
An FBI agent goes undercover with the California Highway Patrol.

Hereafter (2010)
A trio of people with different experiences with the afterlife come together.

Eloise (2017)
In order to get an inheritance, a young man must break in to a shut down mental hospital to prove he’s the rightful heir.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Rey tries to get Luke to train her while the Resistance tries to stay alive.

Lady Bird (2017)
A high school senior deals with her overbearing mother while trying to get out of Sacramento.

Search Party (2016)
After accidentally ruining their friends wedding, two friends travel to Mexico to fix things.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981)
Honestly, I didn’t get the hype.  Maybe if I had seen it 35 years ago.

Escorts (2015)
A documentary about 2 escorts in England.

Office Christmas Party (2016)
When a man finds out his office is being shut down, he throws the Christmas party to end all Christmas parties.

Sully (2016)
A pilot deals with the fall out, both good and bad, after he’s forced to land a plane in the Hudson River.

The Last Five Years (2015)
A musical telling the tale of a relationship from beginning to end.

Rough Night (2017)
A bachelorette party goes wrong when the stripper ends up dead.

Jenny’s Wedding (2015)
A gay woman comes out to her parents after deciding to marry her girlfriend.

Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them (2016)
A wizard travels to America, where his suitcase full of creatures gets him in trouble.

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
A war breaks out between the humans and the apes.

Now You See Me 2 (2016)
The horseman use magic to bring down the bad people.

How To Be Single (2016)
A young woman breaks up with her fiancé and learns how to navigate the single world.

Kong: Skull Island (2017)
When a new island is discovered in the Pacific, the team sent to scout it finds creatures never before seen, including a giant ape.

Brooklyn (2015)
A young Irish lass moves to America to make a better life for herself, but family issues back home leave her torn between the two worlds.

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