{"id":30733,"date":"2026-01-25T21:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/?p=30733"},"modified":"2026-01-25T21:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T05:24:10","slug":"movie-roundup-january-17-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/25\/movie-roundup-january-17-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Movie Roundup: January 17 &#8211; 25"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/movies-jan-17-25.webp\" alt=\"A collage of images from Dead Man's Wire, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, The Loves of Hercules, The Red Badge of Courage, Nouvelle Vague, The Thin Man, After the Thin Man, Song of the Thin Man, He Who Gets Slapped, Disneyland Handcrafted, and The Testament of Ann Lee.\" class=\"wp-image-30745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/movies-jan-17-25.webp 825w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/movies-jan-17-25-300x189.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/movies-jan-17-25-768x483.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nine days, eleven movies. Let&#8217;s whip through these!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dead Man&#8217;s Wire<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dead-mans-wire-2.webp\" alt=\"Dacre Montgomery and Bill Skarsgard in Dead Man's Wire.\" class=\"wp-image-30735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dead-mans-wire-2.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dead-mans-wire-2-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/dead-mans-wire-2-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No one can compete when Colman Domingo speaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bone-temple.jpg\" alt=\"The Jimmys in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple\" class=\"wp-image-30736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bone-temple.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bone-temple-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/bone-temple-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wait: Maybe Ralph Fiennes could compete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Loves of Hercules (MST3K version)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loves_of_hercules.jpg\" alt=\"Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay in The Loves of Hercules.\" class=\"wp-image-30737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loves_of_hercules.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loves_of_hercules-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/loves_of_hercules-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The best thing to come out of this movie was Mariska Hargitay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Red Badge of Courage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THE_RED_BADGE_OF_COURAGE_thumbnail.png\" alt=\"Audey Murphy in The Red Badge of Courage.\" class=\"wp-image-30738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THE_RED_BADGE_OF_COURAGE_thumbnail.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THE_RED_BADGE_OF_COURAGE_thumbnail-300x38.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/THE_RED_BADGE_OF_COURAGE_thumbnail-768x96.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A hacked up mess. I wish the original John Huston cut was available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nouvelle Vague<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nouvelle.jpg\" alt=\"Zoey Deutch and Guillaume Marbeck in Nouvelle Vague\" class=\"wp-image-30739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nouvelle.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nouvelle-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/nouvelle-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wonder what Godard would have thought of this pretty straightforward story of the making of Breathless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Thin Man \/ After The Thing Man \/ Song of the Thin Man<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the_thin_man_-_h_-_1934.webp\" alt=\"The Cast of The Thin Man\" class=\"wp-image-30740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the_thin_man_-_h_-_1934.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the_thin_man_-_h_-_1934-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/the_thin_man_-_h_-_1934-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/After-the-Thin-Man-1936-featured.jpg\" alt=\"The cast of After the Thin Man.\" class=\"wp-image-30741\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/After-the-Thin-Man-1936-featured.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/After-the-Thin-Man-1936-featured-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/After-the-Thin-Man-1936-featured-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/song_of_the_thin_man.jpg\" alt=\"Myrna Loy and William Powell in Song of the Thin Man.\" class=\"wp-image-30742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/song_of_the_thin_man.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/song_of_the_thin_man-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/song_of_the_thin_man-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walk of Fame watches. In the first two films, Nick and Nora are the coolest people in the room, and almost always drunk. In the last (actually the sixth in the series), the are ten years older, they have a kid, they are often out of the loop, and they are far less entertaining.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">He Who Gets Slapped<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slapped.webp\" alt=\"The Clown from He Who Gets Slapped\" class=\"wp-image-30743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slapped.webp 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slapped-300x38.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/slapped-768x96.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walk of Fame watch. The first movie from Metro Goldwyn Mayer, and it&#8217;s pretty wild.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Disneyland Handcrafted<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disneyland-handcrafted-header-castle-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Fantasyland at Disneyland under construction.\" class=\"wp-image-30744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disneyland-handcrafted-header-castle-logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disneyland-handcrafted-header-castle-logo-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/disneyland-handcrafted-header-castle-logo-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s insane that they went from a dirt lot to the most famous theme park on Earth in just one year. And so much detail went into things that no normal person would ever notice. Fascinating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Testament of Ann Lee<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ttal-sg-00122-v2-1766186781559.jpg\" alt=\"Amanda Seyfried's eyes in The Testament of Ann Lee.\" class=\"wp-image-30746\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ttal-sg-00122-v2-1766186781559.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ttal-sg-00122-v2-1766186781559-300x38.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ttal-sg-00122-v2-1766186781559-768x96.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I think I would have enjoyed this a lot more if it didn&#8217;t have the narration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best of this bunch: 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Worst: The Loves of Hercules (but the MST3K riffing made it a fun watch)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nine days. Eleven movies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":10,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[78],"class_list":["post-30733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movies","tag-movies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30733"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30751,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30733\/revisions\/30751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ga2so.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}