Tom’s Picks

When it comes to the best upcoming cinema releases, DCM’s Content Business Director, Tom Linay, has the inside scoop. From big blockbusters to buzzed about art-house hits, if it’s one to see, it’ll be a Tom’s Pick.

Before becoming DCM’s Content Business Director, Tom Linay worked as a freelance film professional for six years in various roles through development, production, post production and distribution. During his time in the film industry, he worked as assistant to Ricky Gervais on the comedian’s directorial debut, The Invention of Lying, and also on development for Viggo Mortensen’s Good.

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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Release date 13 February 2025
Distributor Universal Pictures (UK + IE)
Director Michael Morris
Cast Renée Zellweger, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Leo Woodall

A British comedy icon returns for a huge fourth film.

Bridget Jones is one of the most popular British characters in cinema and every film to date has been a huge event. This fourth instalment looks like it will continue the success and with Hugh Grant joining Renee Zellweger, expect it to be one of the biggest films of 2025.

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Sinners

Release date 7 March 2025
Distributor Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (UK + IE)
Director Ryan Coogler
Cast Delroy Lindo, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connell, Omar Benson Miller, Wunmi Mosaku, Michael B. Jordan, Jayme Lawson

One of the best American filmmakers to emerge in the last decade returns with an exciting new thriller.

After Fruitvale Station, Black Panther, and Creed, Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are forging one of the great actor / director partnerships of the 21st century and they reunite for Sinners, an original new thriller from Coogler. Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (both B.Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

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Better Man

Release date 26 December 2024
Distributor Entertainment Film Distributors (UK + EIRE)
Director Michael Gracey
Cast Damon Herriman, Alison Steadman, Anthony Hayes, Steve Pemberton, Kate Mulvany, Robbie Williams, Jonno Davies, Raechelle Banno

One of the most intriguing music biopics in recent history.

Director Michael Gracey struck gold with his last film, The Greatest Showman, and he's sticking to the musical genre with his follow-up, a singular profile of British pop superstar Robbie Williams.

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Mickey 17

Release date 29 March 2024
Distributor Warner Bros
Director Bong Joon-ho
Cast Naomi Ackie, Robert Pattinson, Steven Yeun

Bong Joon Ho follows up the Oscar-winning Parasite with this ambitious sci-fi.

Bong Joon Ho (Parasite, Mother, The Host, Snowpiercer) is one of the world's great filmmakers and he follows up his Oscar-winning classic, Parasite, with this ambitious sci-fi starring Robert Pattinson, Toni Collette and Mark Ruffalo. Mickey 17, known as an "expendable," goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet. It's one of the standout films in Q1.

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A Complete Unknown

Release date 17 January 2025
Distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (UK + IE)
Director James Mangold
Cast Timothée Chalamet, Elle Fanning, Scoot McNairy, Dan Fogler, Boyd Holbrook, Edward Norton, Norbert Leo Butz, Monica Barbaro

A legendary figure of contemporary music gets the biopic treatment starring arguably the biggest film star in the world.

Timothée Chalamet's last two films have been the huge Wonka and Dune: Part II. For his next project he's coming for an Oscar as he takes on the role of Bob Dylan. At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation - defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music. James Mangold (Walk The Line, Ford Vs Ferrari) directs what should be one of the best films of Q1.

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