22 Promising Movies To Shield You From The Woes Of Winter

What fresh heaven is this? Winter, as it turns out, will be quite warm this year, considering how much time you'll be spending inside a toasty movie theater. 

It's no longer inevitable that cinematic rubble is relegated to the first few months of the year, right as the prestige of Oscar season fades and before the gargantuan summer blockbusters monopolize multiplexes. In recent years, more and more event films have opened during winter and early spring, and in 2016, we'll see "Deadpool," "Batman v Superman" and "The Jungle Book" (among others) before the dog days begin. If you'd rather bypass visual effects, the Coen brothers' Hollywood lark "Hail, Caesar!," the incredible horror flick "The Witch," a new Terrence Malick meditation and the jarring dystopia of "The Lobster" will usher in the 2017 Oscar race before this year's winners have time to select a spot for their new trophies.

All of this is to say that 2016 is off to a fine start, movie-wise. So go see some! Here are 22 to choose from, spanning January to April. 

(All release dates are subject to change.)

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