This is not all the movies I’ve seen in January; I’ll catch up during my next post, arriving next week. I did not do too much interesting aside from watching various films on the big screen during the first month of 2026, but I can’t complain about my January.
I’ll first mention Catherine O’Hara; her death yesterday was also a shock to me. I best know her for Beetlejuice and Home Alone due to childhood viewings. Just two weekends ago, I saw the 2000 mockumentary Best in Show (a spoof of people that participate in a dog show) and it’s quite funny, including the character she portrayed. RIP
The biggest movie I saw: finally I witnessed Avatar: Fire & Ash. I enjoyed the first two despite their simplistic stories due to the visually stunning picture. Fire & Ash still looked nice (although not as revolutionary as the first two) but the story was a mess which felt like a rehash of the first two pictures and I didn’t like the movie due to that reason. The film also felt like it was approximately 18 hours long! What a disappointment.
I saw Anaconda for a specific reason: as a teen I viewed the original Anaconda movie on the big screen. Expectations weren’t high, and not just because modern “comedy” rarely entertains me & the same goes for Jack Black. Well, it’s a bad, lame movie that only had sporadic laughs. The OG Anaconda was accidentally funnier.
Primate was something I did enjoy quite a bit. It had a simple premise of a pet chimp going bonkers due to rabies but I was greatly entertained as the movie wasn’t pretentious, had gory moments and used practical effects when possible.
The last movie I’ll mention today is Shelter, viewed just yesterday. I never complain about viewing a Jason Statham film-it’s just that his last few haven’t been seen by me. Concerning Shelter, it does feel formulaic and nothing about the story is revolutionary. That said, I was still entertained as the action was exciting and the 12-year-old girl Statham decides to protect while the villains were after them… she wasn’t an irritating character & they had a nice relationship. Shelter wasn’t a turn-off and that made me happy.
To reiterate, I’ll return sometime next week.
