The last couple of weeks have not had many new film releases, but there are quite a few more new movies out this week. There’s a Japanese film about a shy teenager who escapes to a virtual world to become a internationally famous singer, a big-screen Sesame Street film that finds the gang mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, a return of Ghostface to Woodsboro, and much more!
Belle (PG)
Suzu is a shy high school student living in a rural village. For years, she has only been a shadow of herself. But when she enters “U”, a massive virtual world, she escapes into her online persona as Belle, a globally-beloved singer.
Directed by Mamoru Hosoda
Starring: Kaho Nakamura, Ryô Narita, Shôta Sometani, Tina Tamashiro, Ryôko Moriyama
Release date: January 14
Deep Water (R)
A well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Starring: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Rachel Blanchard, Lil Rel Howery
Release date: January 14
Scream (R)
Twenty-five years after the original series of murders in Woodsboro, a new killer emerges, and Sidney Prescott must return to uncover the truth.
Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Marley Shelton, Jack Quaid
Release date: January 14
Sesame Street
Big Bird and his Sesame Street friends are mysteriously expelled from their neighborhood, finding themselves in Manhattan. They team up with a plucky history show host Sally Hawthorne (Anne Hathaway) who’s on a quest to save her show and prove that Sesame Street actually exists, with obstacles created by the “evil” Mayor, with reasons of his own for keeping Sesame Street hidden from the world.
Directed by Jonathan Krisel
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Bo Burnham, Chance the Rapper
Release date: January 14
