Looking around at January's offerings I've found 16 movies that might peak your interest. It might also be worth dubbing it "Steve Carell Month" as he's made his way into three of them! Including Welcome To Marwen, which I've got pegged as one of the top releases.
The Favourite - Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. Frail Queen Anne occupies the throne while her friend Lady Sarah governs in her stead, but the arrival of Lady Sarah's cousin Abigail threatens the position Lady Sarah has achieved.
★ Welcome to Marwen - Starring Steve Carell and Leslie Mann. Mark Hogancamp, the victim of a brutal attack creates a miniature village to help himself through his recovery.
Life Itself - Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas The films follows multiple couples over numerous generations, and how they are all connected by a single event.
Colette - Starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West. Colette becomes a writing sensation, but with her husband as the face to her novels. She must fight to make her own talent known, stirring up the accepted gender norms of the time.
Monsters and Men - Starring John David Washington. In the aftermath of the killing of a black man by the police an African-American officer is inspired to take a stand.
Stan & Ollie - Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. The story of the world famous comedy duo, and the ups and downs of their career.
The Front Runner - Starring Hugh Jackman. American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
The Upside - Starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
Beautiful Boy - Starring Steve Carell. Based on the memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, and chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction.
★ Glass - Starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Sarah Paulson. Sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable and Split. Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.
Mary Queen of Scots - Starring Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie. Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
A Dog's Way Home - Starring Ashley Judd and Bryce Dallas Howard. A dog travels 400 miles after being separated from her owner.
Destroyer - Starring Nicole Kidman and Sebastian Stan. When the leader of a gang re-emerges, Detective Bell must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
★ Second Act - Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens and Treat Williams. Stuck in a low-paying job, a woman gets a chance to fulfill her career ambitions when a private finance firm is misled into believing that she's an accomplished consultant and hire her to handle a major business deal.
The Mule - Starring Clint Eastwood, Bradley Cooper, Laurence Fishburne, Michael Peña and Andy Garcia. A 90-year-old horticulturist and WWII veteran is caught transporting $3 million worth of cocaine through Michigan for a Mexican drug cartel.
Vice - Starring Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell. VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.
Happy watching!
01 January 2019
The Favourite - Starring Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. Frail Queen Anne occupies the throne while her friend Lady Sarah governs in her stead, but the arrival of Lady Sarah's cousin Abigail threatens the position Lady Sarah has achieved.
★ Welcome to Marwen - Starring Steve Carell and Leslie Mann. Mark Hogancamp, the victim of a brutal attack creates a miniature village to help himself through his recovery.
04 January 2019
Life Itself - Starring Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Mandy Patinkin, Annette Bening and Antonio Banderas The films follows multiple couples over numerous generations, and how they are all connected by a single event.
11 January 2019
Colette - Starring Keira Knightley and Dominic West. Colette becomes a writing sensation, but with her husband as the face to her novels. She must fight to make her own talent known, stirring up the accepted gender norms of the time.
Monsters and Men - Starring John David Washington. In the aftermath of the killing of a black man by the police an African-American officer is inspired to take a stand.
Stan & Ollie - Starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly. The story of the world famous comedy duo, and the ups and downs of their career.
The Front Runner - Starring Hugh Jackman. American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
The Upside - Starring Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston and Nicole Kidman. A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.
18 January 2019
Beautiful Boy - Starring Steve Carell. Based on the memoirs from father and son David and Nic Sheff, and chronicles the heartbreaking and inspiring experience of survival, relapse, and recovery in a family coping with addiction.
★ Glass - Starring James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Sarah Paulson. Sequel to Shyamalan's previous films Unbreakable and Split. Security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities.
25 January 2019
A Dog's Way Home - Starring Ashley Judd and Bryce Dallas Howard. A dog travels 400 miles after being separated from her owner.
Destroyer - Starring Nicole Kidman and Sebastian Stan. When the leader of a gang re-emerges, Detective Bell must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.
★ Second Act - Starring Jennifer Lopez, Vanessa Hudgens and Treat Williams. Stuck in a low-paying job, a woman gets a chance to fulfill her career ambitions when a private finance firm is misled into believing that she's an accomplished consultant and hire her to handle a major business deal.
Vice - Starring Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Steve Carell and Sam Rockwell. VICE explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.
Happy watching!
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