Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in January:
Paddington 2
Opens: January 12
Settled in with the Brown family, Paddington the bear is a popular member of the community who spreads joy and marmalade wherever he goes. One fine day, he spots a pop-up book in an antique shop — the perfect present for his beloved aunt’s 100th birthday. When a thief steals the prized book, Paddington embarks on an epic quest to unmask the culprit before Aunt Lucy’s big celebration. The cast includes Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson, Julie Water, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw as the voice of Paddington.
Proud Mary
Opens: January 12
Mary Goodwin (Taraji P. Henson) is a successful hit-woman working for an organized crime family in Boston. However, her life is completely shifted when a professional hit goes wrong and she leaves a young boy orphaned. The film also stars Billy Brown, Danny Glover, Neal McDonough, Xander Berkeley and Rade Serbedzija.
The Commuter
Opens: January 12
Insurance salesman Michael (Liam Neeson) is on his daily commute home, which quickly becomes anything but routine. After being contacted by a mysterious stranger (Vera Farmiga), Michael is forced to uncover the identity of a hidden passenger on the train before the last stop. As he works against the clock to solve the puzzle, he realizes a deadly plan is unfolding, and he is unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that carries life and death stakes for everyone on the train. The film also stars Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill and Florence Pugh.
12 Strong
Opens: January 19
Following the September 11 attacks, Task Force Dagger, including CIA paramilitary officers and a US Special Forces Operational Detachment Alpha 595 12 member team, are sent to Afghanistan. They join forces with General Abdul Rashid Dostum of the Northern Alliance to help conduct unconventional warfare against Taliban forces. The cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Pena, Navid Negahban, Geoff Stults, Thad Luckinbill, William Fichtner, Rob Riggle, Elsa Pataky and Austin Stowell.
Den of Thieves
Opens: January 19
The film is a gritty Los Angeles crime saga which follows the intersecting and often personally connected lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Department and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank of downtown Los Angeles. The film stars Gerard Butler, Curits “50 Cent” Jackson, Pablo Schreiber and O’Shea Jackson, Jr.
Forever My Girl
Opens: January 19
A music superstar reunites with his first love and realizes the steep price he has paid for his success based on the novel by New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Heidi McLaughlin. Liam Page (Alex Roe) and his high-school sweetheart Josie Preston (Jessica Rothe) were the golden couple of Saint Augustine, Louisiana, until Liam left her at the altar for a shot at fame and fortune. Eight years later, Liam returns to his tiny hometown for the first time as a world-famous recording artist, but not even his own father is thrilled to see him. As he tries to rebuild the bridges he burned years earlier, Liam reconnects with his small-town roots, his close-knit community and Josie, the girl he left behind. As he attempts to reclaim everything he loved and lost, Josie does her best to keep him out of her heart, but life has one more surprise waiting for Liam, one that could change everything, in this heartwarming look at love, family and second chances. The cast includes Travis Tritt and Judith Hoag.
The Leisure Seeker
Opens: January 19
A runaway couple who embarks on a cross-country journey from Boston to the Florida Keys in their vintage camper to escape from the suffocating care of their doctors and grown children. The film stars Donald Sutherland, Helen Mirren and Janel Moloney.
Maze Runner: The Death Cure
Opens: January 26
In the conclusion to the Maze Runner trilogy, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze. The cast includes Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Aidan Gillen, Patricia Clarkson, Will Poulter and Barry Pepper [among others].
Movies coming out in February will be posted at the end of January.
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