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It ’s always put off for motion-picture fan to go from December , which typically sees an avalanche of gamey - visibility and eminent - quality cinema likeAll of Us StrangersandThe Brutalist , to January , which has contribute us such non - classic asThe 355andThe Beekeeper . And January 2025 seems like it will offer more of the same with the Gerard Butler action sequelDen of Thieves 2 : Panteraand the Blumhouse horror flickWolf Man .
Yet if you look closer , you ’ll see there are a half - XII movies in the calendar month that promise to be actuallygood . Shocking , correct ? The follow three films are the best of a little bunch , pic that span literary genre like horror , anime , and thriller , but all predict the same affair : a good time . What more can one ask for in the fresh year ?
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The Damned (January 3)
January is an remarkably strong month for repulsion films ; two years ago , we got the social medium phenomenon ofM3GAN , and last year gave us the sea wolf pool flickNight Swim . 2025 will be no different , andThe Damnedhopes to mimic the achiever of those two Blumhouse movies .
Somewhere in the 19th century , a ship break apart on the shore near a small settlement . The outlast gang beg the townspeople for help , but it ’s winter , food farm animal is low , and many of them , include a young widow ( Odessa Young ) , must make an unthinkable decision : preserve the work party and peril starvation or discount their pleas and endure the rough season .
The Damnedis a repugnance movie that deals with the consequences of the townspeople ’s actions , and how guilt manifests itself via the supernatural . Which option is the right one ? And will they be punished for make the wrong one by forces they ca n’t see or touch?The Damnedpromises to be just as unsettling asThe WitchorThe pharos , two Robert Eggers movies that used its austere emplacement to great effect .
Night Call (January 17)
Night Callhas an intriguing premise . Mady ( Jonathan Feltre ) is a pupil by day and locksmith by night . One evening , he receives a call from his friend Claire ( Natacha Krief ) to open a lock to a place that ’s not hers . After Claire take a mysterious bag and trench him , Mady is caught by the bag ’s proprietor , Yannick . If that ’s not unsound enough , Yannick ( Romain Duris ) is a gangster , and not a nice one either , and so begins a tense night when Mady has to incur Claire , get the bag back , and somehow avoid Yannick and his lout .
The director , Michiel Blanchart , is n’t contented with simply create an work - of - the - mill activity movie . He setsNight Callduring a Black Lives weigh protest in Brussels , which Mady , who is Black , has to navigate while also dealing with his personal dramatic play with Yannick . The result is a thriller with social resonance , one that recalls ’ 70s - era classics likeThe French ConnectionandMarathon Man . IfNight Callis one-half as good as those movies , it could be one of 2024 ’s most interesting films .
The Colors Within (January 24)
Most high school students have run - of - the - mill talents like play a musical instrument or participate in a sport . For Totsuko , she can see the great unwashed as semblance . Some people are scarlet , others are light blue , but Kimi , Totsuko ’s classmate , emits such a strange color that the vernal girl is draw to her .
After an awkward confrontation at a bookstore , Totsuko accidentally implies she can play the forte-piano . Kimi , who is an splendid guitarist , is thrilled because she can now start a ring with Totsuko and Rui , a teenage male child who trifle the theremin . What follows is a comedy of errors as the three teens endeavor to make music together while also dealing with their develop flavour toward one another .
The Colors Withinseems like your distinctive anime comedy , but there ’s nothing typical about its visuals . The movie looks gorgeous , and use the animated medium to full essence . The film director , Naoko Yamada , previously made the beautiful - lookingA Silent VoiceandLiz and the Blue Bird , and she promise to trump herself with her latest feature . Even if anime is n’t your thing , giveThe Colors Withina try this January . I insure there wo n’t be anything like it in 2025 .
