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Best Movies Released January 2020
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Movies Released Wednesday, January 1, 2020
We Can Be Heroes
When alien invaders kidnap Earth's superheroes, their kids are whisked away to a government safe house. But whip-smart tween Missy Moreno (Yaya Gosselin) will stop at nothing to rescue her superhero dad, Marcus Moreno (Pedro Pascal). Missy teams up with the rest of the superkids to escape their mysterious government babysitter, Ms. Granada (Priyanka Chopra Jonas). If they're going to save their parents, they'll have to work together by using their individual powers — from elasticity to time control to predicting the future — and form an out-of-this-world team.
Robert Rodriguez, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Lotus Blossom, Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Boyd Holbrook, Christian Slater, Hailey Reinhart, Vivien Lyra Blair
Action Adventure Family
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Movies Released Friday, January 3, 2020
The Grudge R
A single mother and young detective, Muldoon (Riseborough), discovers that a suburban house is cursed by a vengeful ghost that dooms those who enter it with a violent death. Now, she runs to save herself and her son from demonic spirits from the cursed house in her neighborhood.
Sam Raimi, Doug Davison, Joe Drake, Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee, Rob Tapert, Taka Ichise, Lin Shaye
Thriller Horror Remake
City of Joel NR
City of Joel follows an ultra-orthodox Hasidic sect as they wage a turf war with their secular neighbors. 50 miles north of New York City, the Satmar sect has thrived in a 1.1 square mile religious haven called Kiryas Joel, or City of Joel, for over 40 years. With some of the highest rates of marriage, birth, and religious observance in the US, their success has come at a price, as Kiryas Joel is no longer big enough to hold its 22,000 members. When a plan is created to double the size of the village to keep up with its growth, their secular neighbors fight back, believing that the expansion will disrupt their lives, harm the environment, and tilt the balance of local political power. With unprecedented access, the documentary presents people on all sides of a conflict - from religious zealots to dissidents, from rabbis to people who doubt their own faith as they struggle to find their place in the City of Joel.
Jesse Sweet, Federico Rosenzvit
Documentary
Inmate Zero NR
A group of doctors, guards and violent prisoners on St. Leonards Island unite when a rampant disease threatens the high security units.
Russell Owen, Meg Alexandra, Gabz Barker, Kate Bell, Raymond Bethley, Anastasia Borodina
Horror Zombies
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Movies Released Friday, January 10, 2020
Just Mercy PG-13
A powerful and thought-provoking true story, Just Mercy follows young lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Jordan) and his history-making battle for justice. After graduating from Harvard, Bryan had his pick of lucrative jobs. Instead, he heads to Alabama to defend those wrongly condemned or who were not afforded proper representation, with the support of local advocate Eva Ansley (Larson). One of his first, and most incendiary, cases is that of Walter McMillian (Foxx), who, in 1987, was sentenced to die for the notorious murder of an 18-year-old girl, despite a preponderance of evidence proving his innocence and the fact that the only testimony against him came from a criminal with a motive to lie. In the years that follow, Bryan becomes embroiled in a labyrinth of legal and political maneuverings and overt and unabashed racism as he fights for Walter, and others like him, with the odds—and the system—stacked against them.
Michael B. Jordan, Jamie Foxx, Destin Daniel Cretton, Brie Larson, Mike Drake, Niija Kuykendall, Jeff Skoll, Asher Goldstein
Drama Crime True Story
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Underwater PG-13
The film follows a crew of underwater researchers who must scramble to safety after an earthquake devastates their subterranean laboratory.
T.J. Miller, Jessica Henwick, Vincent Cassel, Peter Chernin, Kristen Stewart, Mamoudou Athie, William Eubank, Brian Duffield
Action Thriller
1917
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers—Blake’s own brother among them.
Benedict Cumberbatch, George MacKay, Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Jamie Parker, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Pip Carter
Drama War Period
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Like a Boss R
Two hard-charging best friends (Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne) build a juggernaut company and find their relationship tested when they are made a big buyout offer. Suddenly all the differences that made them the perfect odd-couple partners put them at war, threatening their business and personal relationships. Salma Hayek plays the exec who makes the buyout offer and becomes the corporate puppet master pulling the strings in creating acrimony among the partners.
Salma Hayek, Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish, Karan Soni, Jessica St. Clair, Peter Principato, Ari Graynor, Catherine Parker
Comedy
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
The Corrupted R
Beneath the blinding lights and towering sights of the newly-built East London skyline, lies a dark, dangerous web of corruption. Stratford was home to the Olympic Games; decorated in the notion of legacy. But there's little hope to be found for the recently released Liam McDonagh (Sam Claflin); a talented boxer put away for armed robbery, who wants nothing more than a peaceful life, and to reconnect with his young son Archie. But his brother Sean (Joe Claflin) is in deep, caught up in property developer Clifford Cullen's (Timothy Spall) violent, unforgiving circle, with no route out. Liam knows he must risk everything to save his brother before it's too late, but first, he needs to know who he can trust – which is a harder proposition than it sounds.
Sam Claflin, Hugh Bonneville, Timothy Spall, Nick Moorcroft, Charlie Murphy, Ron Scalpello
Action
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Three Christs R
In 1959, psychiatrist Dr. Alan Stone (Richard Gere) arrives at a mental hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan armed with the radical belief that schizophrenic patients should be treated not with confinement and electroshock therapy but with empathy and understanding. As his first study, he takes on the particularly challenging case of three men—Joseph (Peter Dinklage), Leon (Walton Goggins), and Clyde (Bradley Whitford)—each of whom believes they are Jesus Christ. Hoping that by getting them together in the same room to confront their delusions he can break through to them, Dr. Stone begins a risky, unprecedented experiment that will push the boundaries of psychiatric medicine and leave everyone involved—including Dr. Stone himself—profoundly changed. Based on a remarkable true story, Three Christs is a fascinating and moving look at one man’s journey into the deepest mysteries of the human mind.
Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Walton Goggins, Eric Nazarian, Charlotte Hope, Delphine Perrier, Molly Hassell, Julianna Margulies
Drama
Les Misérables R
follows Stéphane (Damien Bonnard), a recent transplant to the impoverished suburb of Montfermeil, as he joins the local anti-crime squad. Working alongside his unscrupulous colleagues Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga), Stéphane struggles to maintain order amidst the mounting tensions between local gangs. When an arrest turns unexpectedly violent, the three officers must reckon with the aftermath and keep the neighborhood from spiraling out of control.
Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti, Djibril Zonga, Al-Hassan Ly, Almamy Kanouté, Ladj Ly, Giordano Gederlini, Issa Perica
Drama Crime
Inherit the Viper R
For siblings Kip (Josh Hartnett) and Josie (Margarita Levieva), dealing opioids isn’t just their family business—it’s their only means of survival. When a deal goes fatally wrong, Kip decides he wants out. But Kip’s attempt to escape his family’s legacy ignites a powder keg of violence and betrayal, imperiling Kip, Josie, and their younger brother, Boots (Owen Teague), in this searing crime-thriller that builds to a shattering conclusion.
Josh Hartnett, Valorie Curry, Bruce Dern, Brad William Henke, Tara Buck, Dash Mihok, Andrew Crabtree, Margarita Levieva
Thriller Crime
Afterward
Jerusalem-born trauma expert Ofra Bloch forces herself to confront her personal demons in a journey that takes her to Germany, Israel and Palestine. Set against the current wave of fascism and anti-Semitism sweeping the globe, AFTERWARD delves into the secret wounds carried by victims as well as victimizers, through testimonies ranging from the horrifying to the hopeful.
Michael J. Palmer, Ofra Bloch, Jack Pettibone Riccobono
Documentary
The Murder of Nicole Brown Simpson R
In 1994 Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman were brutally murdered in her Los Angeles home by whom most believe to be O.J Simpson. But what role did Glen Rogers, also known as the Casanova Killer play in their death?
Daniel Farrands, Nick Stahl, Taryn Manning, Mena Suvari, Michael Arter
Thriller
Movies Released Friday, January 17, 2020
Bad Boys for Life
Set around a modern, highly specialized police unit that collides with the old-school Bad Boys (Smith and Lawrence) when a new threat emerges in Miami.
Vanessa Hudgens, Jerry Bruckheimer, Martin Lawrence, Joe Carnahan, Will Smith, Joe Pantoliano, Charles Melton, DJ Khaled
Action Adventure Sequel
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
Dolittle PG
A vivid reimagining of the classic tale of the man who could talk to animals.
Antonio Banderas, John Cena, Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Octavia Spencer, Selena Gomez, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Sheen
Adventure Fantasy Adaptation
Troop Zero PG
In a tiny Georgia town in 1977, a motherless girl dreams of life beyond the confines of her trailer-park home in Troop Zero. When her quest for connection leads her to reach for the stars in a competition to be included on NASA’s landmark Golden Record, it becomes clear she will have to depend on some new friends to take her the last mile.
McKenna Grace, Viola Davis, Jim Gaffigan, Bert & Bertie, Allison Janney, Todd Black, Charlie Shotwell, Lucy Alibar
Drama
Where to Watch:
Prime Video
User Rated:
4 / 5
The Wave R
Frank (Justin Long), an opportunistic insurance lawyer, thinks he’s in for the time of his life when he goes out on the town to celebrate an upcoming promotion with his co-worker, Jeff. But their night takes a turn for the bizarre when Frank is dosed with a hallucinogen that completely alters his perception of the world, taking him on a psychedelic quest through board meetings, nightclubs, shootouts, and alternate dimensions. As Frank ping-pongs between reality and fantasy, he finds himself on a mission to find a missing girl, himself… and his wallet.
Sarah Minnich, Tommy Flanagan, Sheila Vand, Monique Candelaria, Gille Klabin, Justin Long, Bill Sage, Ronnie Gene Blevins
Sci-Fi
Weathering with You
The summer of his high school freshman year, Hokoda runs away from his remote island home to Tokyo, and quickly finds himself pushed to his financial and personal limits. The weather is unusually gloomy and rainy every day, as if to suggest his future. He lives his days in isolation, but finally finds work as a writer for a mysterious occult magazine. Then one day, Hokoda meets Hina on a busy street corner. This bright and strong-willed girl possesses a strange and wonderful ability: the power to stop the rain and clear the sky...
Makoto Shinkai, Genki Kawamura
Adventure Animated
Extracurricular Activities
Follows Reagan Collins (Colin Ford), a model high school student with “a killer” after-school job as he arranges “accidents.”
Christine Ko, Sarah Hay, Ellie Bamber, Angela Kinsey, Colin Ford, Timothy Simons, Steve Hytner, Arden Myrin
Comedy Thriller
Disturbing the Peace R
A small-town marshal who hasn't carried a gun since he left the Texas Rangers after a tragic shooting must pick up his gun again. This time to do battle with a gang of outlaw bikers that has invaded the town to pull off a brazen and violent heist.
Guy Pearce, Elle E. Wallace, Devon Sawa, York Alec Shackleton, Chuck Hustmyer, Kelly Greyson, Michael Sirow, Jay Willick
Action Thriller
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
2 / 5
VHYes
A bizarre retro comedy shot entirely on VHS, VHYes takes us back to a simpler time, when twelve-year-old Ralph mistakenly records home videos and his favorite late night shows over his parents’ wedding tape. The result is a nostalgic wave of home shopping clips, censored pornography, and nefarious true-crime tales that threaten to unkindly rewind Ralph’s reality.
Thomas Lennon, Susan Sarandon, Charlyne Yi, Nunzio Randazzo, Jack Henry Robbins, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Mark Proksch, Tim Robbins
Comedy Horror Sci-Fi
Tyler Perry's A Fall From Grace
Disheartened since her ex-husband’s affair, Grace Waters (Crystal Fox) feels restored by a new romance. But when secrets erode her short-lived joy, Grace’s vulnerable side turns violent.
Tyler Perry, Bresha Webb, Mehcad Brooks, Cicely Tyson, Crystal Fox, Phylicia Rashad
Thriller Suspense Crime
The Host
Follows Robert Atkinson and Vera Tribbe, two strangers with dark and disturbing secrets. When Robert flees London with a briefcase of stolen money, he seeks refuge in Amsterdam at Vera’s home. As they try to suppress their inner demons, a course of destruction emanates from their hidden secrets that can never be escaped.
Finola Geraghty, Andy Newberry, Brendan Bishop, Laurence Lamers, Maryam Hassouni, Mike Beckingham, Dougie Poynter
Drama Thriller
Movies Released Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Talita The Final Cut
After a failed attempt to reconnect on a European vacation, a Los Angeles couple, Talita & Dan, find themselves out-of-sorts at a busy airport. Their palpable strain is only made worse when a random Danish vagabond, asks for a ride. Despite Talita’s protests, Dan is captivated by the young traveler and invites him home. Much to their surprise, an unlikely friendship unfolds. Based on the true story of the director and writer, discover how unexpected moments change hearts and lives.
Billy Howerdel, Elena Beuc, Elisabetta Tedla, Elena Beuca, Dave Rogers, Ditlev Dharmakaya
Drama
Movies Released Thursday, January 23, 2020
Blind Eyes Opened NR
A Christian documentary diving into the sex trafficking industry in the US exposing the darkness that fuels demand, highlighting survivors' transformations through Christ, and showing Christ as the hope for all involved.
Sarah Manson, Cherie Hollis, Geoffrey Rogers, Natalie Kehn, Kerri Rogers, Larry Wiezycki
Drama Documentary
Movies Released Friday, January 24, 2020
The Last Full Measure
The true story of Vietnam War hero William H. Pitsenbarger (Jeremy Irvine), a U.S. Air Force Pararescuemen (also known as a PJ) medic who personally saved over sixty men. During a rescue mission on April 11, 1966, he was offered the chance to escape on the last helicopter out of a combat zone heavily under fire, but he stayed behind to save and defend the lives of his fellow soldiers of the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division, before making the ultimate sacrifice in the bloodiest battle of the war.
Samuel L. Jackson, Amy Madigan, Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Irvine, Christopher Plummer, John Savage, Alison Sudol, William Hurt
Drama War
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
4 / 5
The Gentlemen R
THE GENTLEMEN follows American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey) who built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him
Guy Ritchie, Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Kate Beckinsale, Colin Farrell, Marn Davies, Jeremy Strong, Henry Golding
Drama Crime Gangster
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
The Turning PG-13
The Turning takes us to a mysterious estate in the Maine countryside, where newly appointed nanny Kate is charged with the care of two disturbed orphans, Flora and Miles. Quickly, she discovers that both the children and the house are harboring dark secrets and things may not be as they appear.
Seth William Meier, Doug Davison, Carey Hayes, Roy Lee, John Powers Middleton, Mackenzie Davis, Kim Adis, Barbara Marten
Thriller Suspense Horror
Where to Watch:
In Theaters
User Rated:
2 / 5
Cats PG
Blanket is an indoor cat who is too afraid to leave his apartment. But when his adventurous son, Cape, sets out to find a legendary cat paradise, Blanket must overcome his own fears and embark on the wildest ride of his life.
Dermot Mulroney, Nicole Tompkins, Nick Guerra, Gary Wang, Brittany Curran
Family Kids Animated
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Elsewhere R
Still mourning the death of his wife, Bruno is hopelessly attached to the seaside cottage they built together. When he’s evicted by his soulless in-laws, Bruno vows to get it back at any price. Desperate to escape the gracious but neurotic hosting of his parents, he sets a risky plan in motion to recover his home. Posing as a handyman for the cottage’s intriguing new tenant turns his life - and his intentions - upside down.
Beau Bridges, Ken Jeong, Ray Abruzzo, Marc Bendavid, Parker Posey, Andy Thompson, Candus Churchill, C. Ernst Harth
Drama Comedy
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
3 / 5
Get Gone
Hoax Busters, an internet 'fake video' team, take a weekend retreat after busting another online lie to do some team building. They travel to Whiskey Flats, OR and meet with Craig Eubanks, a shifty, bossy know-it-all outdoor guide who promises them his company, Rocks and Roots, will build their team confidence. At the same time, an invasive drilling company with the rights handed over by the Federal government are moving onto the land of a family that has lived on the property, illegally, for over 30 years. When the drillers attack the family and the Hoax-busters get caught in the middle, things quickly go awry.
Emanuelle Moretti, Lin Shaye, DJ Dodd, Robert Miano, Emily Shenaut, Michael Thomas Daniel, Chris Oneliner, Weston Cage Coppola
Horror
Zombi Child
Haiti, 1962. A man is brought back from the dead to work in the hell of sugar cane plantations. 55 years later, a Haitian teenager tells her friends her family secret - not suspecting that it will push one of them to commit the irreparable.
Louise Labeque, Katiana Milfort, Adilé David, Bertrand Bonello, Wislanda Louimat, Mackenson Bijou, Ninon François
Fantasy
Color Out of Space NR
A rural town is struck by a meteorite and a family finds themselves battling a mutant extraterrestrial organism infecting their minds and bodies.
Nicolas Cage, Tommy Chong, Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, Madeleine Arthur, Brendan Meyer, Richard Stanley, Scarlett Amaris
Horror Sci-Fi
Movies Released Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Beanpole
In post-WWII Leningrad, two women, Iya and Masha (astonishing newcomers Viktoria Miroshnichenko and Vasilisa Perelygina), intensely bonded after fighting side by side as anti-aircraft gunners, attempt to readjust to a haunted world. As the film begins, Iya, long and slender and towering over everyone—hence the film’s title—works as a nurse in a shell-shocked hospital, presiding over traumatized soldiers. A shocking accident brings them closer and also seals their fates. The 28-year-old Russian director Kantemir Balagov won Un Certain Regard’s Best Director prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for this richly burnished, occasionally harrowing rendering of the persistent scars of war.
Kantemir Balagov, Viktoria Miroshnichenko, Vasilisa Perelygina
Drama
Night on Earth
When the sun goes down, a new world awakes. New technology reveals wonders of the planet in a completely new light. Across the globe we discover a hidden side to the world's greatest landscapes and animals.
Documentary
Movies Released Friday, January 31, 2020
Gretel and Hansel PG-13
The story you know hides a dark secret. From visionary director Oz Perkins comes a terrifying new twist on a classic tale.
Osgood Perkins, Sophia Lillis, Ian Kenny, Rob Hayes, Alice Krige, Charles Babalola, Jessica De Gouw, Samuel Leakey
Fantasy Horror
The Rhythm Section
Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her own redemption.
Blake Lively, Jude Law, Sterling K. Brown, Simon Williams, Mark Burnell, Daniel Mays, Stuart Ford, Rob Friedman
Drama Thriller Suspense
The Assistant
The Assistant follows one day in the life of Jane (Julia Garner), a recent college graduate and aspiring film producer, who has recently landed her dream job as a junior assistant to a powerful entertainment mogul. Her day is much like any other assistant’s – making coffee, changing the paper in the copy machine, ordering lunch, arranging travel, taking phone messages, onboarding a new hire. But as Jane follows her daily routine, she, and we, grow increasingly aware of the abuse that insidiously colors every aspect of her workday, an accumulation of degradations against which Jane decides to take a stand, only to discover the true depth of the system into which she has entered.
Kitty Green, Matthew Macfadyen, Kristine Froseth, Julia Garner
Drama
Where to Watch:
Limited Theaters
User Rated:
2 / 5
The Traitor R
The Traitor tells the true story of Tommaso Buscetta, the man who brought down the Cosa Nostra. In the early 1980's, an all out war rages between Sicilian mafia bosses over the heroin trade. Tommaso Buscetta, a made man, flees to hide out in Brazil. Back home, scores are being settled and Buscetta watches from afar as his sons and brother are killed in Palermo, knowing he may be next. Arrested and extradited to Italy by the Brazilian police, Buscetta makes a decision that will change everything for the Mafia: he decides to meet with Judge Giovanni Falcone and betray the eternal vow he made to the Cosa Nostra.
Fabrizio Ferracane, Luigi Lo Cascio, Marco Bellocchio, Ludovica Rampoldi, Valia Santella, Francesco Piccolo, Maria Fernanda Candido, Fausto Russo Alesi
Drama Crime
Incitement
In September 1993, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin announces the Oslo Accords, which aim to achieve a lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians after decades of violence. Yigal Amir, a law student and a devoted Orthodox Jew, cannot believe that his country's leader will cede territory that he and many others believe is rightfully - by the word of God - theirs.
As the prospect of a peaceful compromise approaches, Amir turns from a hot-headed political activist to a dangerous extremist. Consumed by anger and delusions of grandeur, he recruits fighters and steals weapons to form an underground militia intent on killing Palestinians. After his longtime girlfriend leaves him, Amir becomes even more isolated, disillusioned, and bitter. He soon learns of an ancient Jewish law, the Law of the Pursuer, that he believes gives him the right to murder Yitzhak Rabin. Convinced he must stop the signing of the peace treaty in order to fulfill his destiny and bring salvation to his people, Amir's warped mind sees only one way forward.
Yaron Zilberman, Yehuda Nahari Halevi, Amitay Yaish Ben Ousilio, Anat Ravnitzki, Yoav Lev
Thriller
37 Seconds
In a society that dismisses disabled people, a talented comic book artist with cerebral palsy embarks on a path to sexual and personal self-discovery.
Drama
Miss Americana
A raw and emotionally revealing look at Taylor Swift; following one of the most iconic artists of our time as she learns to embrace her role not only as a songwriter and performer, but as a woman harnessing the full power of her voice.
Documentary Music
