JOE’S JANUARY MOVIE RELEASES

The Great Battle (NR) Foreign/Action (South Korea) Tuesday, January 1 A historical drama about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day A.X.L. (PG) Action/Adventure battle that Yang Man-chun fought against the invading Tang dynasty forces. In the vein of classic ‘80s family movies, A.X.L. is about a down-on-his luck Intensive Care (NR) Action/Crime teenage bike rider who stumbles upon an advanced robotic military dog. Three low-life criminals attempt to rob an elderly dying woman’s home, but her live- Astral (NR) Sci-Fi in nurse turns out to be much more trouble than they bargained for. A detached university student faces the consequences of astral projection when Kusama: Infinity (NR) Documentary he uses it to reconnect with his dead mother. Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest Bad Reputation (R) Music/Documentary beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist. In-depth documentary about legendary rock star Joan Jett who shot to fame Last Boy (NR) Sci-Fi during the MTV era. With the world at an end, a dying mother sends her young son on a quest to find Bad Times at the El Royale (R) Suspense the place that grants wishes. Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe’s El Royale, a Let the Corpses Tan (NR) Foreign/Thriller (France) rundown hotel with a dark past. A grizzled thug and his gang head to an island retreat with a stash of gold bullion The Frozen Front (NR) Foreign/Action/War (France) to lay low, where a bohemian group complicates things. January 1945. The story of the first French regiment of paratroopers who join to Lez Bomb (NR) Studio Q/Comedy – Kevin Pollak, Cloris Leachman fight with an American unit to liberate Alsace in France. A still closeted young woman brings her girlfriend home for Thanksgiving, only to Love, Gilda (NR) Documentary have her coming out efforts thwarted by the arrival of her male roommate. Comedienne Gilda Radner reflects on her life and career through recently Memoir of War (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) discovered audiotapes, interviews with her friends, rare home movies and diaries. Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her Night School (PG13) Comedy – Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during World War II. A group of misfits is forced to attend adult classes in the longshot chance they’ll Mid90s (R) Comedy pass the GED exam. ’s directorial debut follows a 13-year-old in L.A. who spends his summer Scaffolding (NR) Foreign/Drama (Israel) between his troubled home life and a group of new skater friends. An impulsive 17-year-old troublemaker at school forges a special connection with Monsters and Men (R) Drama his literature teacher and begins to see new possibilities for himself. The aftermath of a police killing of a black man, as told through the eyes of the Sleeper Cell: The Algerian (NR) Drama/Thriller bystander who filmed the act. Political thriller about the colliding worlds of the Middle East and America, played The Oath (R) Action/Comedy – Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish out across the world from Algeria to New York, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles. In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving Trouble (NR) Comedy/Drama – Anjelica Huston, Bill Pullman holiday without destroying his family. Middle-aged siblings feud over possession of their father’s estate in this sibling A Paris Education (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) rivalry dramatic comedy. Etienne comes to Paris from Lyon to study cinema, meets many new friends and falls under the thrall of the mysterious Mathias. The Party’s Just Beginning (NR) Drama/Comedy Tuesday, January 8 A surreal coming of age story told from the perspective of a young Scottish woman After Everything (NR) Comedy/Romance – Gina Gerson, Marisa Tomei trying to cope with the suicide of her best friend. A young couple’s relationship develops quickly when one of them is diagnosed Quest For Meaning (NR) Foreign/Documentary (France) with a life-changing illness. Two childhood friends travel the world to meet some of the greatest thinkers of our Asher (NR) Action/Gangs & Gangsters – Famke Janssen, Ron Perlman time. An aging hitman’s last job goes sideways, forcing him to redeem himself. Time Freak (PG13) Comedy/Drama – Asa Butterfield, Sophie Turner Bent (R) Crime/Thriller – Karl Urban, Sofia Vergana A genius teenage boy is in love with a girl who breaks up after a year. He invents a In his latest private investigation, a shamed former cop connects a murder case time-machine and tries to fix the break-up repeatedly. to a government conspiracy involving rogue agents from a top spy agency. 24 Frames (NR) Foreign/Drama (Iran) Dark Was the Night (NR) Drama – Marisa Tomei, Charlie Plummer In the last three years of his life, Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami created this In the aftermath of tragedy, a woman and her teenage son must forge into collection of 24 four-and-a-half minute films inspired by still images. uncharted territory to move on with their lives. We Are Thr3e (NR) Foreign/Drama (Argentina) An Evening with Beverly Luff Lin (R) Off the Wall/Comedy A charismatic bartender seduces an average accountant and his new friend, a Lulu Danger’s unsatisfying marriage takes a turn for the worse when a mysterious recently divorced and self-confident young woman. man from her past comes to town. What They Had (R) Drama – Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon Far from the Tree (NR) Documentary Bridget returns home at her brother’s urging to deal with her ailing mother and her Examines the experiences of families in which parents and children are father’s reluctance to let go of their life together. profoundly different from one another in a variety of ways. Legal Action (PG13) Action/Western A woman asks her big shot lawyer ex-husband to defend her career criminal Tuesday, January 15 brother, accused of killing a DA. After Darkness (R) Sci-Fi– Natalie Dyer, Kira Sedgwick, Tim Daly The Worker’s Cup (NR) Documentary As the sun burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their Inside Qatar’s labor camps, African and Asian migrant workers building the facilities hopes for rescue disappearing as they confront longstanding divides. of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football tournament of their own. Beyond White Space (NR) Sci-Fi/Thriller In 2150 A.D. a deep space fishing vessel out on its last catch for the season encounters a rare and dangerous creature. Tuesday, January 29 The Bookshop (PG) Drama – Emily Mortimer, Bill Nighy, Patricia Clarkson Blood Brother (R) Action/Crime England 1959. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, despite When an ex-con takes revenge against childhood friends for a crime he was blamed polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop. for, one of the friends, now a cop, risks his life to stop him. Diplomat (NR) Documentary Boy Erased (R) Studio Q/Drama – , Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe Story of the life and legacy of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, whose singular The son of a Baptist preacher is forced to participate in a church-supported gay career spans fifty years of American foreign policy – from Vietnam to Afghanistan. conversion program after being forcibly outed to his parents. Goosebumps 2 (NR) Family/Adventure Citizen Clark… A Life of Principle (NR) Documentary Two young friends find a magic book that brings a ventriloquist’s dummy to life. A documentary on the life and career of former U.S. Attorney General and human Halloween 2018 (R) Horror – Jamie Lee Curtis rights activist Ramsey Clark. Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked Crossed the Line (NR) Action/Crime – Ice-T, Caryn Ward figure who has haunted her since Halloween night four decades ago. A young woman refuses to bow down to the local criminal kingpin who wants to Impossible Light (NR) Documentary take control of her late mother’s flower shop to run drugs. Follows artist Leo Villareal and his team as they set out to install 25,000 LED lights Hunter Killer (R) Action/Suspense – Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman on the side of San Francisco’s Bay Bridge for an abstract fine art installation. Deep under the Arctic Ocean, a submarine captain is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in The Insufferable Groo (NR) Documentary – Jack Black, Stephen Groo distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing. Prolific and eccentric filmmaker Stephen Groo tries to recruit Jack Black to be in Indivisible (PG13) Family/Drama his latest film about a human who falls in love with an elf. The extraordinary true story of Army Chaplain Darren Turner and his wife Heather, Jonathan (NR) Sci-Fi/Drama – Ansel Elgort, Suki Waterhouse who must fight to save their marriage after war etches battle scars on their hearts. Two brothers live separate lives inside the same body, then become emotionally Postcards from London (NR) Studio Q/Drama involved with the same woman. A beautiful Essex boy searching for fame, fortune and cultural stimulation finds The Last Suit (El Último Traje) (NR) Foreign/Drama (Argentina) himself in Soho, where he meets a gang of unusual high-class male escorts. An 88-year-old Jewish tailor runs away from Buenos Aires to Poland, where he Reign of the Superman (PG13) Superheroes tries to find a friend who saved him from certain death at the end of World War II. After the death of Superman, several new people present themselves as possible Madeline’s Madeline (NR) Drama successors. A theatre director’s latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star Slice (NR) Thriller/Comedy takes her performance too seriously. When a slew of pizza delivery boys are slain on the job in a spooky small town, two The Old Man and the Gun (PG13) Drama – Robert Redford, Casey Affleck daring survivors set out to catch the culprits behind the cryptic crime spree. Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker, from his escape from San Quentin at Suspiria (R) Horror/Fantasy – Dakota Johnson, Tilda Swinton age 70 to a string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public. A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will Tea with the Dames (NR) Documentary engulf the artistic director, an ambitious dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Longtime friends and stage/screen legends Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Eileen The Wife (PG13) Drama – Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce Atkins, and Joan Plowright gather for a weekend together in the country to catch A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, up and reminisce. where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. 12 Round Gun (NR) Action/Sports The Yeti Adventures (NR) Animated/Family A washed up, alcoholic ex-prizefighter makes a comeback to boxing after his top A novice detective and an ambitious research assistant set off on a wild adventure, heavyweight contender son is wrongfully blinded in the ring. determined to prove the existence of the Abominable Snowman. West of Redemption (NR) Drama/Mystery – Billy Zane A married couple living in a remote farmhouse are interrupted by a stranger, who New Hallmark TV Movies is taken prisoner by the husband and interrogated for unknown reasons. My Secret Valentine (NR) Drama/Romance – 1/1 Very, Very Valentine (NR) Drama/Romance – 1/1 Birthday Wish (NR) Drama/Romance – 1/15 Tuesday, January 22 Sweet Nothing in My Ear (NR) Drama/Romance – 1/29 American Renegades (PG13) Action/War – J.K. Simmons, Sullivan Stapleton Valley of Light (NR) Drama/Romance – 1/29 A team of Navy SEALs discover an underwater treasure in a Bosnian lake. The Apparition (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) New Horror Releases A journalist is recruited by the Vatican to determine the legitimacy of a saintly Monster Party (NR) – 1/1 apparition in a small French village. The Car: Road to Revenge (NR) – 1/8 El Angel (NR) Foreign/Crime/Drama (Argentina) Hell Fest (R) – 1/8 Fictionalized portrait of Carlos Robledo Puch, the real Argentinian serial killer who The Dark (NR) – 1/15 the press dubbed ‘The Angel of Death’ because of his cherubic appearance. The Snarling (NR) – 1/15 Fancy Piece of Homicide (NR) Crime/Thriller After serving a sentence for the killing of a man he was hired to investigate, an ex- Caroushell (NR) – 1/22 private eye approaches the completion of his memoirs to set the record straight. Dis (NR) – 1/22 Ferahfeza (NR) Foreign/Adventure (Turkey) A restless romantic and a graffiti artist embark on a quixotic adventure through New Series and TV Releases Turkey’s industrial port-cities to escape the suffocating routine of their daily lives. Castle Rock: Season 1 – 1/8 First Man (PG13) Sci-Fi/Drama – Ryan Gosling Frankie Drake Mysteries: Season 1 – 1/8 The riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon, focusing on Neil The Purge: Season 1 – 1/8 Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight. Ballers: Season 4 – 1/29 Go Grandriders (NR) Documentary Jamestown: Seasons 1 & 2 (PBS) – 1/29 A group of 17 senior citizens embark on what may be the most daring adventures – 1/29 of their lives: a 13-day-entirely-on-motorcycle tour around the island of Taiwan. Kidding: Season 1 The Hate U Give (PG13) Drama New to DVD & Classic Releases A teen girl witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend at the hands of The Bounty (1984) (PG) Adventure – Mel Gibson, Anthony Hopkins – 1/1 a police officer, and must find her voice to stand up for what’s right. El Paso (1949) (NR) Western – 1/1 Here and Now (R) Drama – Sarah Jessica Parker, Common On the eve of a major performance, a successful singer gets some life-altering Silent Scream (1979) (NR) Horror – 1/1 news that causes her to reevaluate her priorities and music career. House That Would Not Die (1970) (NR) Horror – Barbara Stanwyck – 1/8 I Am Not a Witch (NR) Drama The Naked & the Dead (1958) (NR) War – Aldo Ray, Cliff Robertson – 1/8 Following a banal incident in her local village, an 8-year old is accused of What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969) (NR) Thriller – Geraldine Page – 1/8 witchcraft, found guilty, and exiled to a witch camp. Jack the Ripper (1959) (NR) Thriller – Lee Patterson, Betty McDowall – 1/15 Johnny English Strikes Again (PG) Comedy/Spies – Rowan Atkinson Delightfully Dangerous (1945) (NR) Musical – Ralph Bellamy, Jane Powell – 1/22 After a cyber-attack reveals the identity of all active undercover agents in Britain, Mikey and Nicky (1976) (R) Crime/Drama – Peter Falk, John Cassavetes - 1/22 Johnny English is forced to come out of retirement to find the mastermind hacker. Waterworld (1995) (PG13) Sci-Fi/Adventure – Kevin Costner – 1/22. Willow (1988) (PG) Family/Adventure – Val Kilmer – 1/29