Dozens of new movies and exclusive TV series will be released this week. This includes the following titles opening in theaters or premiering video on demand on various streaming platforms:
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Tosin Cole, Jacob Lattimore, Karen Obilom, DC Young Frye, Scott Mescudi
Director: Kalmatic
Rating: R
House Party, starring Jacob Lattimore as Kevin and Toshin Cole as Damon.
New Line Cinema’s VIP ticket to the hottest event of the year: House Party, a remix of the fan-favorite ’90s classic.
Aspiring club promoters and best friends Damon (Tosin Cole) and Kevin (Jacob Lattimore) are barely keeping things together. No money, no luck, and nearly losing the roof over their heads — and just fired from their low-lift job as house cleaners — the pair need a huge windfall to fix their problems. It is said that
“What the hell?” Moving out, they decided to host this year’s party at the exclusive mansion, the location of the last cleaning job that happened to belong to LeBron James. Not allowed at all? no problem. what could be the problem?
The film will be released on January 13th by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Genre: Action and Thriller
Cast: Gerard Butler, Mike Colter, Yoson Ann, Tony Goldwyn
Director: Jean-Francois Richet
Rating: R
Gerard Butler as Brody Torrance and Mike Colter as Louis Gaspare.
In the action flick Plane, pilot Brody Torrance (Gerard Butler) makes a dangerous landing on a war-torn island and saves passengers from being struck by lightning.
When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can turn to for help is Louis Gasparre (Mike Colter), a murder suspect being transferred by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance needs Gaspare’s help and learns that Gaspare is more than meets the eye.
The film is set to release on January 13th through Lionsgate.
Genre: Drama
Starring: Rob Lowe, Johnny Burchtold, Kimberly Williams-Paisley
Director: Stephen Herek
Unrated
doggone. Jonny Berchtold as Fielding in “Dog Gone”. Crombob Mahoney/Netflix © 2022.
A young man and his father launch a desperate search to find their dog on the Appalachian Trail before it’s too late.Based on an incredible true story, ‘Dog Gone’ is a New Year’s adventure movie
The film is set to release on January 13th via Netflix.
Genre: Drama & Anthology
Character: Gillian Jacobs
Director: Gillian Jacobs, Ken Jeong, Gia Coppola, Ryan Heffington, Alexandra Cassavetes, Boma Irma, Julian Acosta, Alex Takakus
Unrated
Jane (Gillian Jacobs) drops her daughter off at a sleepover camp, looking forward to a break from mundane life. Little does she know what awaits her on her drive home, from her old friends to a new alternate universe, laughter, tears, and a little bit of magic. Jane’s Road Trip was created by playing exquisite corpses with eight different filmmakers. Each director was encouraged to stay true to their own life experience, vision and style.
The film will be released on Apple TV on January 13th.
Genre: Action and Thriller
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Gigi Zumbad
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Rating: R
After a violent robbery at a pawn shop, Grace (Zumbad) is taken hostage by thieves. Forced to take refuge in a remote farmhouse late at night, they discover a secret dungeon with traces of sadistic violence. Will Grace muster up the courage to escape the grim fate that befalls her fellow criminals?
The film is set to release on January 13th through Lionsgate.
Genre: Horror
Cast: Lucas Paul, Dali Rose Tetro, Ross Paul, Jaime Hill
Director: Kyle Edward Ball
Unrated
Two children wake up in the middle of the night to find their father missing and all the windows and doors in their home missing.
The film is set to release in select theaters on January 13th. The film will be available on demand through Shudder beginning February 10.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Oliver Masucci, Rolf Rasgardt, Albrecht Schuk, Birgit Minihimeyer
Director: Philipp Stolzl
Unrated
Vienna, 1938: Austria is occupied by the Nazis. Dr. Joseph Bartok (Oliver Masucci) is arrested by the Gestapo as he prepares to flee to America with his wife Anna.
As a former notary to an exiled Austrian aristocrat, he was told to help local Gestapo leaders gain access to their private bank accounts to fund the Nazi regime. . Bartok refuses to cooperate and is locked in a cell. Just as his heart begins to crack, Bartok comes across a book about the famous game of chess. To endure the torture of solitude, Bartok disappears into the world of chess, keeping his sanity only by memorizing his every move.
As the action flashes for the transatlantic he’s a passenger on, it looks as if Bartok has finally found freedom. But in telling his story to his fellow travelers, it’s clear that encounters with both the Gestapo and the royal game itself continue to haunt him.
The film opens in select theaters on January 13th through Film Movement.
Genre: Superheroes and monsters
Cast: Takumi Saito, Masami Nagasawa, Daiki Arioka, Akari Hayami, Tetsushi Tanaka, Hidetoshi Nishijima Ultraman: Anno, Satoshi Furuya
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Unrated
No day is boring in Japan’s newly formed SSSP Monster Defense Task Force, led by Kimio Tamura (played by Hidetoshi Nishijima).
After a particularly difficult encounter, a silver giant descends from the sky to rescue the planet. The identity and purpose of this giant called Ultraman are a mystery. ‘Shin Ultraman’ is a delightful remake of his one of a kind Japanese classic Super Hero, full of cosmic twists, charismatic villains and giant monsters.
The film hits select theaters January 11-12 through Fathom Events.
The report was first published on the Tampa Bay Newspaper website.
