Friday, January 4, 2019

January Releases

January Releases

Happy New Year!  And I can't think of a better way to ring in the post-yuletide celebration than with a couple of newborn flicks to start the year off right.  



Right out the gate comes Escape Room, Adam Robitel's claustrophobic thriller, which is basically 1997's The Game in a new guise, mixed with some Saw elements and with a more relevant name.  Derivative as that sounds, it may yet prove, uh, thrilling.  The Upside and A Dog's Way Home are where it's at if you're looking for more upbeat, feel-good flicks, while latter-month releases include On the Basis of Sex, a biopic on the great Ruth Bader Ginsburg that feels "timely" without the slimy, skin-sticking oil slick that term often conveys; and Glass, the long-awaited sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable which will hopefully continue that much-maligned director's recent upswing.      

Meanwhile, the biggest news in the world of video games is likely the release of Kingdom Hearts III, the twelfth installment in Square Enix and Disney's collaborative games series that will serve to conclude the series's Dark Seeker saga.

There's lots more in the world of entertainment besides the above, so bring on the champagne, pop the cork, and let the box office fireworks fly.


Movies

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  See you at the movies!