January Movie Openings
Ride Along 2
The brothers-in-law are back.
Action | Comedy
Starring: Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Olivia Munn
In theatres: January 15
Antics ensue when an almost-married undercover agent and his partner-slash-future-brother-in-law venture to Miami to investigate a debonair drug dealer
The Forest
Everyone comes here looking for a way out.
Thriller | Horror
Starring: Natalie Dormer, Taylor Kinney, Eoin Macken
In theatres: January 8
When a tenacious young woman tracks her missing twin sister to an eerie Japanese forest, she finds herself in a nightmarish realm where sinister spirits terrorize those wandering through the woods.
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
When everything went wrong, six men had the courage to do what was right.
Drama | Thriller
Starring: John Krasinski, Pablo Schreiber, Max Martini
In theatres: January 15
In a story based on true events that took place in 2012 (and which got Hillary Clinton in a lot of hot water), a team of six security officials protects the U.S. Consulate in Libya when Islamic extremists attack.
Norm of the North
Bear to be different.
Adventure | Comedy
Starring: Rob Schneider, Heather Graham, Ken Jeong
In theatres: January 15
A polar bear and his fuzzy friends journey to the Big Apple to keep an insane industrialist from constructing luxury condos near their Arctic home.
The 5th Wave
Can we survive the 5th wave?
Sci-Fi | Thriller
Starring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Liev Schreiber
In theatres: January 22
A girl determined to rescue her little brother in the wake of four alien attacks joins forces with a mysterious young man as the deadliest assault yet draws near.
Dirty Grandpa
They’re hitting the road. And everything on it.
Comedy
Starring: Zac Efron, Robert De Niro, Julianne Hough
In theatres: January 22
A week before his wedding, a high-strung lawyer who’s deceived by his devilish grandfather winds up taking the depraved oldster along for a debaucherous spring break in Daytona Beach.
The Boy
Every child needs to feel loved.
Horror | Thriller
Starring: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, Diana Hardcastle
In theatres: January 22
A young nanny’s mind is blown when she learns that her new employers’ child is actually a creepy, life-size doll designed to replace their long-dead son.
The Finest Hours
We all live or we all die.
Drama | History
Starring: Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster
In theatres: January 29
A tempest traps dozens of sailors inside a sinking oil tanker as the Coast Guard makes the ballsy call to rescue the men, despite treacherous conditions. (Based on actual events that occurred in 1952.)
Kung Fu Panda 3
The weight is over.
Adventure | Comedy
Starring: Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan
In theatres: January 29
In order to fend off invading forces, a martial arts master and his long-lost father transform a community of inept pandas into adept warriors.
Fifty Shades of Black
Once you go black, you never go gray.
Comedy
Starring: Marlon Wayans, Jane Seymour, Kali Hawk
In theatres: January 29
In this wry take on the popular Fifty Shades of Grey fiction franchise, an industrialist playboy seduces a bumbling writer in an attempt to satisfy his sexual proclivities.
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