New year, new movies: Head on back to the cinemas this January

2025 is fast approaching. With a new year comes new movies to enjoy in cinemas. Don’t miss these titles, opening in cinemas in January 2025.

January 15 – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (Paramount Pictures)

Cast: Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Tika Sumpter, Idris Elba, Keanu Reeves, Krysten Ritter, Colleen O’Shaughnessey

Directed by: Jeff Fowler

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Sonic the Hedgehog returns to the big screen in his most thrilling adventure yet. Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles (Idris Elba), and Tails (Colleen O’Shaughnessey) reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow (Keanu Reeves), a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance in hopes of stopping Shadow and protecting the planet.

January 15 – Wolf Man (Universal Pictures)

Cast: Christopher Abbott, Julia Garner, Matilda Firth, Sam Jaeger

Directed by: Leigh Whannell. Produced by: Jason Blum, Ryan Gosling

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Golden Globe nominee Christopher Abbott (“Poor Things,” “It Comes at Night”) stars as Blake, a San Francisco husband and father, who inherits his remote childhood home in rural Oregon after his own father vanishes and is presumed dead. With his marriage to his high-powered wife, Charlotte (Emmy winner Julia Garner; “Ozark,” “Inventing Anna”), fraying, Blake persuades Charlotte to take a break from the city and visit the property with their young daughter, Ginger (Matilda Firth; “Hullraisers,” “Coma”). But as the family approaches the farmhouse in the dead of night, they’re attacked by an unseen animal and, in a desperate escape, barricade themselves inside the home as the creature prowls the perimeter. As the night stretches on, however, Blake begins to behave strangely, transforming into something unrecognizable, and Charlotte will be forced to decide whether the terror within their house is more lethal than the danger without.

January 15 – Tomorrow x Together: Hyperfocus (Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive)

Members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, HueningKai

“Tomorrow x Together: Hyperfocus” is an immersive 4DX concert experience featuring the popular K-pop group. Fans will enjoy a fantastical performance in breathtaking environments.

January 17 – Multisaurs (Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive)

Journey back to a time when dinosaurs roamed the earth, without leaving the cinema! “Multisaurs” is a fully immersive, multi-sensory adventure through the world of dinosaurs. Perfect for the whole family, especially the little ones, “Multisaurs” is the ultimate prehistoric experience that will bring everyone closer to these ancient animals.

January 22 – Anora (Universal Pictures, Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive)

Cast: Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan

Directed by: Sean Baker

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Anora (Mikey Madison), a young sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch (Mark Eydelshteyn). Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.

January 29 – A Real Pain (Ayala Malls Cinemas exclusive)

Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Kieran Culkin, Will Sharpe, Jennifer Grey

Directed by: Jesse Eisenberg

Written and directed by Jesse Eisenberg. Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history.

January 29 – Paddington in Peru (Columbia Pictures)

Stars: Hugh Bonneville, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Imelda Staunton, Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Ben Whishaw

Directed by: Dougal Wilson

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Full of Paddington’s signature blend of wit, charm, and laugh-out-loud humor, “Paddington in Peru” finds the beloved, marmalade-loving bear lost in the jungle on an exciting, high-stakes adventure. When Paddington (Ben Whishaw) discovers his beloved Aunt Lucy (Imelda Staunton) has gone missing from the Home for Retired Bears, he and the Brown family head to the wilds of Peru to look for her, the only clue to her whereabouts a spot marked on an enigmatic map. Determined to solve the mystery, Paddington embarks on a thrilling quest through the rainforests of the Amazon to find his aunt… and may also uncover one of the world’s most legendary treasures.