The weather outside might be frightful, but all the more reason to head to your local movie theater this weekend and escape into a film. This week’s new releases include a film about a small town musician who begins to carve out a place for himself when a clip of him performing goes viral, a drama about a woman who forms an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk after the death of her beloved father, a thriller about about a detective in the near future who finds himself on trial for the death of his wife and has 90 minutes to prove his innocence before an A.I. judge, and much more!
Border 2
Young Indian fighters prepared to protect their homeland from a greater threat during the 1971 Indo-Pak war.
Directed by Anurag Singh
Starring: Sunny Deol, Varun Dhawan, Diljit Dosanjh, Ahan Shetty, Sonam Bajwa
Release date: January 23
Clika (R)
A small town musician pushes to carve out a place for himself in the new wave of Mexican-American music after a clip of him performing one of his songs goes viral.
Directed by Michael Greene
Starring: Nana Ponceleon, Cory Aycock, Josh Benitez, James Burbage, Alison Chace
Release date: January 23
Dooba Dooba
In-home security cameras watch as an awkward sixteen year old girl terrorizes her well meaning babysitter.
Directed by Ehrland Hollingsworth
Starring: Betsy Sligh, Erin O’Meara, Amna Vegha, Winston Haynes, Billy Hulsey
Release date: January 23
The Dreamer Cinderella
The Cinderella story of Xochitl, a fruit vendor, whose life takes an unexpected turn when a film director makes her the subject of a daring bet. What follows may destroy her life or make her a star.
Directed by Jose-Luis Ruiz, Alfredo Widman
Starring: Tara Reid, Paul Johansson, Marie Elizabeth DeWitt, Adam Hagenbuch, Elizabeth Wood
Release date: January 23
H Is for Hawk (PG-13)
After losing her beloved father, Helen finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.
Directed by Phillippa Lowthorpe
Starring: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Denise Gough, Lindsay Duncan, Imogen Dufty
Release date: January 23
Mercy (R)
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced A.I. Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
Directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Starring: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis, Annabelle Wallis, Chris Sullivan
Release date: January 23
Return to Silent Hill (R)
When a man receives a mysterious letter from his lost love, he is drawn to Silent Hill, a once familiar town now consumed by darkness.
Directed by Christopher Gans
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan
Release date: January 23
