January is here and publishers & distributors are dropping a truckload of books & movies this week. Let's jump right in 🐾 |
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New coreographer tries to shake things up at the august Paris Opera Ballet. Documentary, French.
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Man goes on hike, disappears. His wife is the only one confident he'll make it back. Drama.
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Odd boy finds out his "long-lost" father is a douchebag, plots revenge. Dramedy, French.
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| Sophie and the Rising Sun |
1941 South Carolina. Local artist and Japanese man fall in love. Then Pearl Harbor happens. Drama.
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Artsy re-telling of Mother Mary's pilgrimage, as she crosses the desert in the Southwest, to give birth to our savior in Las Vegas.
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Berlin, 1940. Couple distributes anti-nazi propaganda. Nazi detectives are out to get them. With Emma Thompson. Drama.
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Other movies opening this week:
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100 Streets
– 3 intersecting stories happening within the same 100 streets in London. With Idris Elba. Drama.
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Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies
– Zombies in the Alps. Enough said.
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The Crash
– A cyberattack is about to bankrupt the US of A. Thriller.
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Hickey
– Nerd kid tries to save a store in order to win the girl he likes. Comedy.
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Go North
– Adults have disappeared from the earth. Kids come together under the leadership of former high school jocks. With Arnold Schwarznegger's son.
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The Book of Love
– Architect befriends a homeless Arya Stark building a raft to cross the Atlantic. Drama.
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The Comedian
– Unfortunately, we've gotten used to so-so comedies with Robert De Niro. Comedy.
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Vince Giordano: There’s a Future in the Past
– Portrait of the leader of Hollywood's go-to band for 1920s and ‘30s swing jazz. Documentary.
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Monster Trucks
– High schooler builds a Monster Truck and hires a subterranean creature to help him get out of town. Makes sense.
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Sleepless
– Cop fights corrupt colleagues and mob in Las Vegas. With Jamie Foxx.
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Pitchfork
– "A new classic slasher horror is born" – review from iHorror.com
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The Summoning
– Law student working on century-old murder awakens spirits from the past.
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Ok Jaanu
– Guy, girl fall in love, but their careers and family are pulling them apart. Comedy, Indian.
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The Bye Bye Man
– 3 college students in an old house off campus vs the Bye Bye man. Horror.
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| Doctorow: Collected Stories |
15 short stories on the bravery and self-delusion of those animated by the "American dream." By E. L. Doctorow, one of America's most prominent contemporary writers. Short stories.
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| The Most Dangerous Place on Earth |
This "place" is a wealthy high school in San Francisco, where students are crushed by expectations and the pressure of constantly performing for social media. A new teacher gets thrown into this. Fiction.
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| Always Happy Hour: Stories |
Tales of young women in the South, making so-so decisions about "a string of horrible exes, a boyfriend with an annoying child, or an inability to be genuinely happy for a best friend." Short stories.
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Annoyingly accomplished guy –he invented the multi-player online game, the word "avatar", saw the remains of the Titanic and pioneered the private space industry– writes a memoir.
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An undocumented mother comes to the US from Mexico with her infant child. A well-off Indian-American couple struggling with infertility, will take in her son. Fiction.
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It's Jan 12th and we already have a good candidate for best title of 2017. After a divorce, woman opens B&B with grandma in a haunted mansion. Mystery/fantastic fiction.
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Other books in stores this week:
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The Genius of Judaism
– The rockstar of French intellectuals, Bernard-Henri Lévy loves Judaism and he'll tell you all about it. Philosophy.
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Big Law
– Young partner at a prestigious law firm, used to defending the sharks, gets assigned a class action suit, which he warily accepts. He'll uncover corruption. Legal fiction.
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The Bear and the Nightingale
– Medieval Russia. Girl befriends spirits living around her village, but a young priest who says they are demons is not ok with that. Fantastic fiction.
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The Dry
– Federal agent returns to his hometown, which he fled decades before after being accused of murder. Mystery fiction.
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Furious George
– Memoir by the most outspoken and combative coach in NBA history, George Karl. From UNC to San Antonio to Sacramento and Denver.
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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission
– Eisenhower's last 3 days in power, as he prepared JFK to take power during turbulent times. Historical nonfiction.
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Class
– Idealistic non-profit professional sends her daughter to a troubled public high school. Her ideals will conflict with her day-to-day priorities. Fiction.
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Ring of Fire
– Special agents and other defense bigwigs are scared by the Panama Papers leak, while a Saudi person has a spectacular attack planned. Thriller fiction.
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The Guests on South Battery
– Charleston, South Carolina. Woman heading back to work after maternity leave starts seeing ghosts in her life again. But some are benevolent! Mystery fiction.
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Two Days Gone
– Whole family is murdered and the husband has disappeared. Did he do it? Mystery fiction.
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Her Every Fear: A Novel
– Distant cousins apartment swap, then a murder happens. Psychological thriller.
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At Rope's End: A Dr. James Verraday Mystery
– Young woman is found dead. Detective intuits the prime suspect is innocent and the murderer is a wealthy and powerful person. Mystery fiction.
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Burning Bright: A Peter Ash Novel
– War vet and investigative journalist are being pursued by bad guys. Will they make it. Thriller fiction.
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False Friend
– 2nd book in the Cooper Devereaux series about –you guessed it– a detective solving crimes.
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The Sleepwalker
– Sleepwalker goes missing. Her daughter and a detective try to find her. Mystery fiction.
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Death’s Mistress
– 1st book in a spinoff to the Sword of Truth series. Epic fantasy fiction.
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A Perilous Undertaking: A Veronica Speedwell Mystery
– 2nd book in the Veronica Speedwell series, about a butterfly hunter solving mysteries.
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