January and February are always known as Movie Siberia; a region where films deemed not good enough for awards season and not fun enough for the Summer are banished. This year the pickings are slim not only in quality, but in quantity. Here are the few notable releases for the first month of 2022:
THE 355 – Simon Kinburg, director of X-MEN: DARK PHOENIX (2019), helms this spy film about an all-female team trying to stop WWIII. The cast includes Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penelope Cruz, and Sebastian Stan.
HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA: TRANSFORMIA – The fourth and supposed final entry in the HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA series that started in 2012, with Drac and his monster friends transformed into humans. The voice-cast includes Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kathryn Hahn, Steve Buscemi, and Fran Drescher.
SCREAM – The fifth installment of the slasher series that started way back in 1996, with returning cast members Courteney Cox, David Arquette, and Neve Campbell reuniting to face down another killer in the ghostface mask.
THE KING’S DAUGHTER – This fantasy film is based on the 1997 novel The Moon and the Sun, and has King Louis XIV seeking immortality. Pierce Brosnan plays the king, and he is joined by Kaya Scodelario and William Hurt.
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Next month, Reel Speak previews the month of February.
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