The new movie year is here. Enjoy the best stories and the finest extras during the dark days with family, friends, partner…or even enjoy on your own!
January gets off to a great start with a wide selection of top films that will quickly make you forget the winter blues. The month is all about suspense, spectacle, and high emotions: from disaster scenes and devastated landscapes in Greenland: Migration to dark visions of the future and moral dilemmas in the science fiction thriller Mercy. In 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, a legendary world is reopened, while Send Help and Shelter draw you into merciless survival stories full of intrigue, paranoia, and action.
With surprising, moving films like Rental Family and powerful arthouse titles like Hamnet , January is the perfect month to start the new movie year well.
Greenland: Migration – January 8
Five years after a comet has destroyed most of the Earth, John Garrity (Gerard Butler) and his family are forced to leave the safety of their bunker in Greenland. They must once again brave the most extreme weather conditions and embark on a merciless journey across a devastated Europe, searching for a new place to build a safe life.
Rental Family – January 8
A lonely, down-on-his-luck American actor (Brendan Fraser) living in Tokyo starts working for a Japanese “family rental” company, playing various stand-in roles in other people’s lives. Along the way, he discovers unexpected happiness within his new blended family.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple – January 15
The world Danny Boyle and Alex Garland created in 28 Years Later is both expanded and completely turned upside down in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple . In this new installment of this legendary story, Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) forms a shocking new friendship that could change the world forever. Spike (Alfie Williams), after meeting Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell), is thrust into a nightmare from which he can’t escape.
Mercy – January 22
In the near future, a detective (Chris Pratt) is on trial for the murder of his wife. He has just 90 minutes to prove his innocence before his fate is determined by the advanced AI judge (Rebecca Ferguson) he himself championed.
Hamnet – January 22
Hamnet is an arthouse film that tells the powerful love story that inspired Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet. Starring Jessie Buckley (Wicked Little Letters, The Lost Daughter) and Paul Mescal (Gladiator II, Aftersun).
Send Help – January 29
Two colleagues are stranded on a deserted island as the sole survivors of a plane crash. On the island, they must put their old conflicts behind them and work together to survive. But ultimately, their struggle devolves into a disturbing, darkly comic power struggle full of intrigue and survival instinct.
Shelter – January 29
In Scotland, the mysterious Mason (Jason Statham) leads a reclusive life. But when he saves a young girl from drowning during a violent storm, his courageous rescue attracts the attention of violent figures from his past. They launch a relentless manhunt for the duo, resulting in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Starring Jason Statham, Bill Nighy, and Naomi Ackie.
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