Movies Opening in Cinemas On January 8
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: The Revenant, Anomalisa, Yosemite, The Forest, The Masked Saint, Wazir, Anesthesia and The Treasure.
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:
The Revenant (2015)
156 minutes – Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western
A frontiersman named Hugh Glass on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s is on a quest for survival after being brutally mauled by a bear.
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson
International Release Dates
Anomalisa (2015)
90 minutes – Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
A man crippled by the mundanity of his life experiences something out of the ordinary.
Directors: Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman
Stars: David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan
Yosemite (2015)
80 minutes – Drama
It’s the fall of 1985. The intertwining tales of three 5th grade friends, Chris, Joe and Ted, unfold in the suburban paradise of Palo Alto, as the threat of a mountain lion looms over the community.
Director: Gabrielle Demeestere
Stars: James Franco, Steven Wiig, Henry Hopper, Barry Del Sherman
International Release Dates
The Forest (2016)
95 min – Horror
A young woman searches for her twin sister in a Japanese forest only to find herself surrounded by paranormal forces.
Director: Jason Zada
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Eoin Macken, Stephanie Vogt, Osamu Tanpopo
The Masked Saint (2016)
111 minutes – Action, Biography, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy
“The Masked Saint” is based on a true story about one pastor’s mission to help his community by risking his identity and returns to his former life as a wrestler. The triumphant story follows one man’s journey and struggle between helping others and the consequences he faces doing this.
Director: Warren P. Sonoda
Stars: Brett Granstaff, Lara Jean Chorostecki, T.J. McGibbon, Diahann Carroll
Wazir (2016)
102 minutes – Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
‘Wazir’ is a tale of two unlikely friends, a wheelchair-bound chess grandmaster and a brave ATS officer. Brought together by grief and a strange twist of fate, the two men decide to help each other win the biggest games of their lives. But there’s a mysterious, dangerous opponent lurking in the shadows, who is all set to checkmate them.
Director: Bejoy Nambiar
Stars: Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Aditi Rao Hydari, John Abraham
Anesthesia (2015)
90 minutes – Drama, Thriller
Multiple lives intersect in the aftermath of the violent mugging of a Columbia University philosophy professor.
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Stars: David Aaron Baker, Derrick Baskin, Jacqueline Baum, Ana Marie Calise
The Treasure (2015)
89 minutes – Comedy
Costi leads a peaceful life. At night he likes to read his 6-year-old son stories, to help him sleep. Their favourite is Robin Hood. Costi sees himself as the hero – righter of wrongs and defender of the oppressed. One evening, his neighbour pays him an unexpected visit and shares a secret: there’s treasure buried in his grandparents’ garden, he’s sure of it. If Costi will hire a metal detector to help locate it, he’ll give him half of whatever they get. Skeptical at first, in the end Costi can’t resist. He’s on board. The two accomplices have one weekend to locate the loot. Despite every obstacle in their path, Costi refuses to be discouraged. For his wife and son, he’s a real hero – nothing and no one are going to stop him.
Director: Corneliu Porumboiu
Stars: Toma Cuzin, Adrian Purcarescu, Corneliu Cozmei, Radu Banzaru
Which of these will you be seeing? Share your thoughts in the comments!
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