January is typically the month for studios to unload films they couldn’t find a release date for the previous year or bad ones they want to quickly cut losses on in the new year.
Usually, this consists of cheap horror movies (“The Grudge” reboot last year), unfunny comedies (Tiffany Haddish’s “Like a Boss”) or sequels no one asked for (“Bad Boys for Life”). With the 2020 awards season pushed into early spring because of the pandemic, however, there are still great films debuting, some that are even worth altering that Top Ten list.
BIG SUSPENSE IN ‘THE LITTLE THINGS’
First up this week is the crime mystery “The Little Things” starring Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto. It’s a more sinister departure for director John Lee Hancock, who brought us movies like “The Blind Side,” and a bit more…
