Every January, Hollywood performs a quiet ritual. After the dazzling prestige of December’s awards contenders and the frenzy of holiday blockbusters, the calendar resets with what insiders wryly dub “dump month.” January, stripped of the glamour and high stakes of other seasons, becomes a repository for films that studios, for one reason or another, would rather release than shelve indefinitely. These projects often come with a whiff of forewarning: tepid marketing campaigns, rushed post-production, or genre mishmashes that failed to inspire confidence in test screenings. While a rare gem may emerge, January’s cinematic landscape is largely populated by the awkward, the misguided, and sometimes the utterly unremarkable.
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