The Dig stars Academy Award nominee Carey Mulligan as Edith Pretty, whose land was discovered to be the site of the Sutton Hoo ship’s burial by archaeologist Basil Brown, played by two-time Oscar nominee Ralph Fiennes. The Dig (Friday, January 29 - Netflix)Īlso arriving in theaters and on Netflix is this biographical drama detailing the early excavation of two medieval cemeteries in Suffolk, England, in 1939. Inspired by the best-selling novel from Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger follows a chauffeur (Adarsh Gourav) who rebels against his wealthy employees (Chopra and Rajkummar Rao) to escape a grisly fate and assert himself to the top of the food chain.

The Matrix 4 star Priyanka Chopra both stars in and executive produces this Netflix original crime dramedy based in her home country of India. The White Tiger (Friday, January 22 - Theaters And Netflix) Conor Allyn directs his younger brother Jake Allyn in the central role of this western action thriller, which also stars Frank Grillo, Andie MacDowell, and comedian George Lopez.

“Heaven” is not how many would describe the land between Texas and Mexico - the titular location of No Man’s Land, in which a young Texan who has a change of heart over his southern neighbors after a tragic mistake forces him to take refuge across the border.

No Man's Land (Friday, January 22 - Theaters And VOD) Through immersive cinematography and revealing interviews with retirees, this documentary attempts to figure out why The Villages, the largest retirement community in the United States, is considered to be Some Kind of Heaven. Some Kind Of Heaven (Friday, January 15 - Theaters And VOD)įor a taste of the Florida lifestyle from a different sort of perspective, try this feature produced by Darren Aronofsky and The New York Times. Based on the play by Kemp Powers, One Night in Miami stars Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X, Eli Goree as Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Aldis Hodge as Jim Brown, and Leslie Odom Jr. Day weekend is the Amazon Prime premiere of Regina King’s feature-length directorial debut, which offers a fictionalized, but fascinating, account of the civil rights movement from four of its most famous notable figures. One Night In Miami (Friday, January 15 - Amazon Prime)Īlso just in time for the Martin Luther King Jr. From Oscar-nominated documentarian Sam Pollard, MLK/FBI provides fascinating insight into the US government’s surveillance of the civil rights leader as well as its additional covert attempts to silence social activists throughout history. Day weekend is the release of this documentary that sheds light on his personal life through newly declassified federal records. Hitting theaters and Video On Demand at the appropriate time of Martin Luther King Jr. MLK/FBI (Friday, January 15 - Theaters And VOD) The futuristic war thriller stars Anthony Mackie, the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s next Captain America, as a different kind of super soldier who is partnered with a young drone pilot (Damson Idris) to prevent a nuclear attack. People seeking an action fix from home in January should find just what they are looking for with Outside the Wire, a Netflix original from acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Mikael Håfström. Outside The Wire (Friday, January 15 - Netflix) The Irish, 68-year-old unstoppable action star plays an Arizona rancher who uses his skills with a fireman to protect a Mexican boy from cartel assassins who have chased him across the border. No one takes matters into their own hands quite like Liam Neeson, who is once again unleashing his own brand of justice in the title role of The Marksman. The Marksman (Friday, January 15 - Theaters) He also leads the cast of American Skin, released on digital this month, as a Marine veteran who takes matters in his own hands after his son is killed by a police officer. Nate Parker - the writer, director, and star of the brutal pre-Civil War social commentary The Birth of a Nation - brings his crusade against racial injustice to modern times with his sophomore feature-length effort. The directorial debut of investigative journalist Radu Ciorniciuc profiles a group of children and their parents whose idyllic lifestyle in wilderness of Bucharest is interrupted, forcing them adopt a new urban lifestyle. Acasa, My Home (Friday, January 15 - Theaters)Īnother documentary feature that has received much praise for its moving subject matter is Acasa, My Home, which is coming to theaters mid-January. The Netflix original drama, which is also hitting theaters the same day, stars Shia LaBeouf as Kirby’s husband and Academy Award winner Ellen Burstyn as her manipulative mother. Someone who could really use some uplifting inspiration is Vanessa Kirby's character in Pieces of a Woman, which stars the Mission: Impossible - Fallout actress as a young mother mourning a tragic loss over the course of a year. Pieces Of A Woman (Thursday, January 7 - Theaters And Netflix)

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