8. They're Called Dump Months For A Reason
It's pretty much advisable not to go to the cinema in January. It's not the only dump month for movies with nowhere to go in which studios have very little faith, but it's probably the worst one since it allows film-makers to hide their abominations under the Christmas paunch as everyone pretends they're going to go to the gym rather than sit in the dark pushing hotdogs into their face. That much was painfully clear with last year's January offerings: Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones was inevitably plop, The Legend Of Hercules was an embarrassment and The Nut Job apparently wasn't even good enough to dump into a kid's holiday slot. Even supposed blockbusters like I Frankenstein, Jack Ryan and Robo-Cop ended up ranging from mind-numbingly boring to eye-gouglingly terrible, so maybe just sign up for a super expensive gym membership and join in with the fitness charlatans for a month. At least you could sit in the sauna and dream about Age Of Ultron, Spectre and Star Wars...