Movies Opening in Cinemas On January 22
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: Dirty Grandpa, The 5th Wave, The Boy, Ip Man 3, Synchronicity, Monster Hunt, Mojave, Aferim! and Exposed.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
Dirty Grandpa (2016)
102 minutes – Comedy
Right before his wedding, an uptight guy is tricked into driving his grandfather, a perverted former Army general, to Florida for spring break.
Director: Dan Mazer
Stars: Robert De Niro, Zac Efron, Zoey Deutch, Aubrey Plaza
The 5th Wave (2016)
112 minutes – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth decimated. Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother.
Director: J Blakeson
Stars: Chloë Grace Moretz, Matthew Zuk, Gabriela Lopez, Bailey Anne Borders
The Boy (2016)
98 minutes – Horror, Thriller
An American nanny is shocked that her new English family’s boy is actually a life-sized doll. After violating a list of strict rules, disturbing events make her believe that the doll is really alive.
Director: William Brent Bell
Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton
Ip Man 3 (2015)
105 minutes – Action, Biography, Drama, History
When a band of brutal gangsters led by a crooked property developer make a play to take over the city, Master Ip is forced to take a stand.
Director: Wilson Yip
Stars: Donnie Yen, Lynn Hung, Jin Zhang, Mike Tyson
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Synchronicity (2015)
101 minutes – Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A physicist who invents a time machine must travel back to the past to uncover the truth about his creation and the woman who is trying to steal it.
Director: Jacob Gentry
Stars: Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress
limited release in US – International Release Dates
Monster Hunt (2015)
111 minutes – Action, Comedy, Fantasy
In an ancient world where monsters rule the land while humans keep to their own kingdom, a baby monster, Wuba, is born to a human father and monster queen. When mortals and creatures alike set out to capture the newborn, Wuba’s adventure begins. The cute baby monster Huba is the child of a human man and a monster queen, threatened by both monster-hating humans and monsters attempting to capture the new-born in an ancient world based on medieval China.
Director: Raman Hui
Stars: Baihe Bai, Boran Jing, Wu Jiang, Elaine Jin
Mojave (2015)
93 minutes – Thriller
A suicidal artist goes into the desert, where he finds his doppelgänger, a homicidal drifter.
Director: William Monahan
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund, Walton Goggins, Mark Wahlberg
limited release in US – International Release Dates
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pwwVQ8YCl4
Aferim! (2015)
108 minutes – Adventure, Comedy, Drama, History, Western
Set in early 19th century Romania, a policeman, Costandin, is hired by a nobleman to find a Gypsy slave who has run away from his estate after having an affair with his wife.
Director: Radu Jude
Stars: Teodor Corban, Mihai Comanoiu, Toma Cuzin, Alexandru Dabija
Exposed (2016)
102 minutes – Drama
A police detective investigates the truth behind his partner’s death. The mysterious case reveals disturbing police corruption and a dangerous secret involving an unlikely young woman.
Director: Declan Dale
Stars: Ana de Armas, Keanu Reeves, Christopher McDonald, Mira Sorvino
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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