Movies Opening this Weekend – January 3rd

Escape Room – PG13 – 1hr 40min – Thriller, Horror

Six adventurous strangers travel to a mysterious building to experience the escape room — a game where players compete to solve a series of puzzles to win $1 million. What starts out as seemingly innocent fun soon turns into a living nightmare as the four men and two women discover each room is an elaborate trap that’s part of a sadistic game of life or death.

Cast: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Deborah Ann Woll, Jay Ellis, Tyler Labine, Nik Dodani, Yorick van Wageningen, Jessica Sutton

Director: Adam Robitel

The Vanishing – R – 1hr 46min – Thriller

Three lighthouse keepers arrive on an isolated island off the Scottish coast and find an object that becomes the catalyst to a struggle for survival as they are overcome by greed and paranoia.

Cast: Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Connor Swindells, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Gary Lewis, Søren Malling, Emma King

Director: Kristoffer Nyholm

American Hangman – NR – 1hr 39min – Thriller

A kidnapping, broadcast live on social media, turns into the trial of a judge who presided over a botched criminal case. This time, however, the audience gets to play judge and jury, deciding if the judge himself gets to live or die.

Cast: Donald Sutherland, Vincent Kartheiser, Oliver Dennis, Paul Braunstein, Paul Amato, Matt Baram, Dan Beirne, Joanne Boland

Director: Wilson Coneybeare

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