From the much-anticipated adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet and the second part of 28 Years Later, titled The Bone Temple, to Park Chan-wook’s critically acclaimed No Othe Choice and another potentially award-winning performance from Brendan Fraser in Rental Family, there’s a lot to fill your viewing schedule this month.

Please note, all dates are UK release dates taken from IMDb along with the synopsis for each film. To see a further release schedule for each film, including other countries, click on its date to see more.

Ikkis
Release date: 1st January
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Cast: Dharmendra, Jaideep Ahlawat, Agastya Nanda
Synopsis: An untold true story of India’s youngest Param Vir Chakra awardee – Second Lieutenant Arun Khetarpal (Nanda).

Song Sung Blue
Release date: 1st January
Director: Craig Brewer
Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi
Synopsis: Lightning (Jackman) and Thunder (Hudson), a Milwaukee husband and wife Neil Diamond tribute act, experience soaring success and devastating heartbreak in their musical journey together.

Back to the Past
Release date: 2nd January
Directors: Jack Lai, Yuen Fai Ng
Cast: Louis Koo, Raymond Lam, Jessica Hester Hsuan, Sonija Kwok, Michael Kiu Wai Miu
Synopsis: After losing everything for a crime he didn’t commit, Ken (Michael Kiu Wai Miu) vows to travel back to the Qin Dynasty and reclaim everything he lost by usurping the throne.

Peter Hujar’s Day
Release date: 2nd January
Director: Ira Sachs
Cast: Ben Whishaw, Rebecca Hall
Synopsis: Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar (Whishaw) and Linda Rosenkrantz (Hall) from 1974 sheds light on New York’s vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist’s life.

Giant
Release date: 9th January
Director: Rowan Athale
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Austin Haynes, Amir El-Masry
Synopsis: Inspired by the real-life story of Prince Naseem “Naz” Hamed (El-Masry), a British-Yemeni boxer, and his journey from humble beginnings to becoming a world champion and his training under Brendan Ingle (Brosnan), who played a crucial role in his success.

Hamnet
Release date: 9th January
Director: Chloé Zhao
Cast: Paul Mescal, Jessie Buckley, Joe Alwyn, Emily Watson
Synopsis: After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes (Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Mescal) grapple with grief in 16th-century England. A healer, Agnes must find strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss.

Soulm8te
Release date: 9th January
Director: Kate Dolan
Cast: Valerie Hanna, Claudia Doumit, David Rysdahl
Synopsis: A man acquires an Artificially Intelligent android to cope with the loss of his recently deceased wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, he inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple
Release date: 16th January
Director: Nia DaCosta
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O’Connell, Emma Laird, Alfie Williams, Chi Lewis-Parry
Synopsis: As Spike (Williams) is inducted into Jimmy Crystal’s (O’Connell) gang on the mainland, Dr. Kelson (Fiennes) makes a discovery that could alter the world.

Rental Family
Release date: 16th January
Director: Hikari
Cast: Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto
Synopsis: An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.

The Voice of Hind Rajab
Release date: 16th January
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Cast: Saja Kilani, Motaz Malhees, Clara Khoury, Amer Hlehel
Synopsis: Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 6-year old girl is trapped in a car under IDF fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her.

H is for Hawk
Release date: 23rd January
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast: Claire Foy, Brendan Gleeson, Denise Gough, Lindsay Duncan
Synopsis: After losing her beloved father, Helen (Foy) finds herself saved by an unlikely friendship with a stubborn hawk named Mabel.

The History of Sound
Release date: 23rd January
Director: Oliver Hermanus
Cast: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Chris Cooper
Synopsis: Two young men during World War I set out to record the lives, voices and music of their American countrymen.

Mercy
Release date: 23rd January
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Cast: Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Annabelle Wallis
Synopsis: In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has 90 minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced A.I. Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.

No Other Choice
Release date: 23rd January
Director: Park Chan-wook
Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin
Synopsis: After being unemployed for several years, a man devises a unique plan to secure a new job: eliminate his competition.

Return to Silent Hill
Release date: 23rd January
Director: Christophe Gans
Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Robert Strange, Evie Templeton
Synopsis: When a man receives a mysterious letter from his lost love, he is drawn to Silent Hill, a once familiar town now consumed by darkness.

Saipan
Release date: 23rd January
Directors: Lisa Barros D’Sa, Glenn Leyburn
Cast: Éanna Hardwicke, Steve Coogan
Synopsis: On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane (Hardwicke) forfeits his place in the squad at the team’s preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy (Coogan).

Is This Thing On?
Release date: 30th January
Director: Bradley Cooper
Cast: Will Arnett, Laura Dern, Andra Day, Bradley Cooper, Sean Hayes, Ciarán Hinds, Amy Sedaris
Synopsis: As their marriage unravels, Alex (Arnett) faces middle age and divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene. Meanwhile, his wife Tess (Dern) confronts sacrifices made for their family, forcing them to navigate co-parenting and identities.

Kangaroo
Release date: 30th January
Director: Kate Woods
Cast: Ryan Corr, Lily Whiteley, Deborah Mailman
Synopsis: A heart-warming family comedy about disgraced TV Host, Chris (Corr), and a young indigenous girl, Charlie (Whiteley), who work together to rescue and rehabilitate a group of orphaned joeys in a remote Outback community.

Nouvelle Vague
Release date: 30th January
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch
Synopsis: The behind the scenes of the filming of Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless (1960), a landmark of the French New Wave film movement.

Primate
Release date: 30th January
Director: Johannes Roberts
Cast: Johnny Sequoyah, Troy Kotsur, Jessica Alexander
Synopsis: A group of friends’ tropical vacation turns into a terrifying, primal tale of horror and survival.

Rabbit Trap
Release date: 30th January
Director: Bryn Chainey
Cast: Dev Patel, Rosy McEwen, Jade Croot, Nicholas Sampson
Synopsis: Married couple Daphne and Darcy Davenport are two musicians who moved from London to a cottage in Wales to complete their new album. By accident they record a mystical sound never heard before and gradually disconnect from reality.

Shelter
Release date: 30th January
Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Cast: Jason Statham, Billy Nighy, Naomi Ackie
Synopsis: A recluse on a remote Scottish island rescues a girl from the sea, unleashing a perilous sequence of events that culminate in an attack on his home, compelling him to face his turbulent history.

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