There's a stigma associated with movies released in the first few months of a new year, also known as "dumping months." But sometimes the lack of confidence wasn't warranted and the movie in question ends up being a pleasant surprise.

Our first movie of this new series is Joe Dante's Matinee, a love letter to the era of shoestring budget monster films during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

You can read about the various nuances of dump months here.

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