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The Hitlist: Top 5 Movies To Watch In January 2019

Popcorn - Feature - 02 Jan 2019

As the year draws to a close, it’s time to bid farewell to 2018 the only way we know how… with a list of new movies to get excited for, of course!


What does 2019 hold for moviegoers? Between major blockbusters like Avengers: Endgame and Godzilla: King of the Monsters, prestige flicks like Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and The Goldfinch, to scare fare like It: Chapter Two and Child's Play, it’s shaping up to be a supermassive year for cinema.


But all in due time, restless souls. For now, press play on our list of top 5 recommended movies to see this January 2019:


 


 


Escape Room


10 January


Six adventurous strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room -- a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $1 million. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that's part of a sadistic game of life or death.


 


Instant Family


10 January


When Pete and Ellie decide to start a family, they stumble into the world of foster care adoption. They hope to take in one small child, but when they meet three siblings, including a rebellious 15-year-old girl, they find themselves speeding from zero to three kids overnight. Now, Pete and Ellie must try to learn the ropes of instant parenthood in the hope of becoming a family.


 


Glass


17 January


From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast. Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.


 


Homestay


24 January






A 100 days stay in a stranger’s body. Waking up in Min’s body, he was told by a Guardian that he has been given a chance to relive again. But what is seen as a prize, actually comes with a price. He has 100 days to find out the truth behind Min’s death. Otherwise, he shall not reincarnate and that his soul will be gone forever..





 

 


How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World


31 January


Now chief and ruler of Berk alongside Astrid, Hiccup has created a gloriously chaotic dragon utopia. When the sudden appearance of female Light Fury coincides with the darkest threat their village has ever faced, Hiccup and Toothless must leave the only home they’ve known and journey to a hidden world thought only to exist in myth. As their true destines are revealed, dragon and rider will fight together—to the very ends of the Earth—to protect everything they’ve grown to treasure.


Photocredit @ Universal Pictures

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