Our top picks for January include comedy, animation, drama, thriller, documentary and Canadian Screen Award nominated Rhymes for Young Ghouls, a film shot in Quebec by Canadian director Jeff Barnaby, nominated for best performance by an actress in a leading role.
Ride Along
The Nut Job
The Past
Sabotage
Linsanity
Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Tim’s Vermeer
Ride Along
Fri Jan 17th
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tim Story
Studio: Universal Pictures
Starring: Kevin Hart, Ice Cube, Tika Sumpter, John Leguizamo, Bryan Callen, Bruce McGill
Synopsis: The latest film from the director and the producer of the blockbuster comedy Think Like a Man. When a fast-talking guy joins his girlfriend’s brother, a hot-tempered cop to patrol the streets of Atlanta, he gets entangled in the officer’s latest case. Now, in order to prove that he deserves his future bride, he must survive the most insane 24 hours of his life.
The Nut Job
Fri Jan 17th
Genre: Animation
Director: Peter Lepeniotis
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Katherine Heigl, Maya Rudolph, Sarah Gadon, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Liam Neeson
Synopsis: The Nut Job is an action-packed comedy that follows Surly (voiced by Will Arnett), a mischievous squirrel, who must plan a heist to get into his town’s biggest nut shop in order to help his pals in the park gather food to survive the winter. Together with his sidekick, Buddy, he will assemble a ragtag crew to help him get inside and take them on a fun-filled adventure they’ll never forget.
The Past
Fri Jan 17th
Genre: Drama
Director: Asghar Farhadi
Studio: Mongrel Media
Starring: Berenice Bejo, Tahar Rahim, Ali Mosaffa, Pauline Burlet
Synopsis: Following a four year separation, Ahmad (Ali Mosaffa) returns to Paris from Tehran at the request of his estranged French wife Marie (Bérénice Bejo). The purpose of the visit is to finalize their divorce procedure so Marie can marry her new boyfriend Samir (Tahar Rahim). During Ahmad’s tense while brief stay, he discovers the challenging nature of Marie’s relationship with her teenage daughter Lucie (Pauline Burlet). Ahmad’s efforts to improve this relationship soon unveil a secret from their past.
See full review here.