‘The Damned’ is a Fairly Interesting January 2025 Movie Release

January 17, 2025

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Portrait of The Damned in Snow (CREDIT: Vertical Entertainment)

Starring: Odessa Young, Joe Cole, Rory McCann, Siobhan Finneran, Francis Magee, Turlough Convery, Mícheál Óg Lane, Lewi Gribben, Andrean Sigurgeirsson, Guillermo Uria

Director: Thordur Palsson

Running Time: 89 Minutes

Rating: R

Release Date: January 3, 2025 (Theaters)

I don’t want to be damned! Nor do I want to be in the location where the Thordur Palsson-directed movie The Damned is set, i.e., an Arctic bay that’s days away from the nearest village. Brr, that sounds cold! Although that’s not the biggest problem. I could find a way to survive the below-zero temps, but the lack of sunlight would really just not work for me. Also, the hallucinations that are apparently running rampant don’t sound so great. I enjoy analyzing hallucinations from the outside, but actually interacting with them – and living to tell the tale – is a little trickier.

Grade: Frostbite & Brainfreeze

Entertainment To-Do List: Week of 1/3/25

January 3, 2025

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CREDIT: CBS/Screenshot

Every week, I list all the upcoming (or recently released) movies, TV shows, albums, podcasts, etc. that I believe are worth checking out.

Movies
–The Damned (Theaters)

TV
–RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 17 Premiere (January 3 on MTV)
-Golden Globes (January 5 on CBS) – Hosted by Nikki Glaser.
–Mayfair Witches Season 2 Premiere (January 5 on AMC)
–Celebrity Jeopardy! Season Premiere (January 8 on ABC)
–Hollywood Squares Reboot Series Premiere (January 9 on CBS) – Nate Burleson hosts; Drew Barrymore is the center square. Postponed to 1/16