Week of January 9 – January 15
A Man Called Otto
Tom Hanks will always be known as the nicest guy in Hollywood. But is Tom Hanks such a “nice guy” that he can only play against type in the most obvious, literal way? A murderous villain is too far a stretch; a double-crossing commander is perhaps not juicy enough. No, when Tom Hanks wants to throw a sour wrench onto his all-American good-guy bread and butter, he has to play a grumpy old man.
‘House Party’
‘Though stars Jacob Latimore and Tosin Cole have enough charisma to skate by, the movie lacks the originality and scrappiness of its inspiration. Trading on celebrity cameos and impressive set pieces, “House Party” feels like an uneven amalgam of so many studio comedies that came before it. That may be more a function of the system than the individual players, but an unimaginative story without a standout comic performance is unlikely to make waves.
‘The Offering’
From the moment that God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son,” the idea of shedding one’s blood in pursuit of spiritual cleansing never entirely left our collective subconscious. Dead children, hungry divinities, and humans asked to make impossible sacrifices are ideas that appear again and again in our best horror movies.
‘Saint Omer’
Imagine if someone made an entire movie out of the last shot of “The Blair Witch Project.” Or a creepypasta remake of “Home Alone” steeped in the ineffable fear a young child would feel if the rest of their family abandoned them in the middle of the night. Or a slow cinema version of “Paranormal Activity” that ditched jump-scares for pervasive dread, maintaining the disembodied camerawork of a found footage film while inverting the formula to show a domestic possession from the house’s POV.
and some more movies as below:
‘The Devil Conspiracy’
‘Kitchen Brigade’
‘On Sacred Ground’
‘The Seven Faces of Jane’
‘The Drop’
