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Fridays openings: Racing and racial horror

Dan Webster

It's early in the new year. We haven't even given out the prizes for 2016, though that event — the Oscars broadcast — will occur on Sunday.

My point is that this is usually a dead time for film, the time when those films for one reason or another deemed not worthy of a late-year release are dumped onto the market. Occasionally, though, you can find a few gems. Maybe this week.

Friday's national release schedule looks like this:

"Collide": An American (Nicholas Hoult) races across Europe in an attempt to save the woman (Felicity Jones) he loves. In his way are a couple of drug-runner kingpins (played by Anthony Hopkins and Ben Kingsley). British acting royalty going for the payday.

 "Get Out": A young black man is taken by his white girlfriend to meet her parents. Horror ensues. Written and directed by Jordan Peele (of the comedy duo Key and Peele, it's bound to have a laugh or two — even if they're discomfiting.

I'll update what the local theaters will be doing when they announce their lineups.