The holidays are just about over, but that doesn't mean you can't still have fun -- check out our guide to new movies hitting theaters this January!

January 4

'Texas Chainsaw 3D-- Directed by John Luessenhop. Starring Alexandra Daddario and Tania Raymonde. A young woman inherits the home of a distant relative in Texas, only to discover she's also inherited a psycho killer with a chainsaw.

January 11

'A Haunted House-- Directed by Michael Tiddes. Starring Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, and Nick Swardson. The Wayans brothers are back with a new spoof that takes on haunted houses and demonic possession.

'Gangster Squad' -- Directed by Ruben Fleischer. Starring Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn, and Emma Stone. The LAPD struggles to keep the east coast mafia out of California in the 1940s and 50s.

January 18

'Broken City-- Directed by Allen Hughes. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. An ex-cop trails the wife of a New York mayor, only to find himself caught up in something even more complicated.

'The Last Stand-- Directed by Jee-woon Kim. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Johnny Knoxville, and Forest Whitaker. An escaped convict races to the Mexican border, and it's up to one aging sheriff and his inexperienced police force to stop him.

'Mama-- Directed by Andres Muschietti. Starring Jessica Chastain and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. A couple struggle to raise the husband's two nieces who lived alone in a forest for five years in this film presented by Guillermo del Toro.

January 25

'Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters' (3D and IMAX) -- Directed by Tommy Wirkola. Starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. Inspired by the classic fairy tale, this film follows Hansel and Gretel, two bounty hunters who find and kill witches.

'Movie 43' -- Starring Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Chloe Moretz, Elizabeth Banks, Kristen Bell, Naomi Watts, Anna Faris, and Chris Pratt. 12 directors, including star Elizabeth Banks, weave together various stories in this ensemble comedy.

'Parker-- Directed by Taylor Hackford. Starring Jennifer Lopez and Jason Statham. A thief is betrayed by his crew, so he takes up a new identity and teams up with a woman who has the information he needs to hijack the crew's latest heist.

'John Dies at the End' (Limited) -- Directed by Don Coscarelli. Starring Chase Williamson, Rob Mayes, and Paul Giamatti. A new drug allows its users to travel through space and time, but they come back as something inhuman. It's up to John and his friend to put a stop to the madness.

 

More From NewsTalk 940 AM