21 November
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THE FABELMANS Director: Steven SpielbergStarring: Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Judd Hirsch, Seth Rogen, Mateo Zoryon Francis-DeFord, David Lynch Steven Spielberg has frequently used his family and childhood as themes in his films like E.T. The Extra Terrestrial and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Now, he faces his past head on in The Fabelmans. This is the fourth film between Spielberg and screenwriter Tony Kushner after Munich, Lincoln, and West Side Story. Together they’ve written The Fabelmans as a meditation and collective healing over some Spielberg’s personal childhood traumas stemming from being Jewish and having divorced parents. In the movie, he’s named SammyRead More →

18 November
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FALLING FOR CHRISTMAS Director: Janeen DamianStarring: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, Jack Wagner, George Young, Olivia Perez, Alejandra Flores Lindsay Lohan makes a return to acting and heads to Netflix for the new Christmas movie, Falling for Christmas. She plays Sierra Belmont, a hotel heiress, who lives the posh and lavish life but claims she’s not spoiled. This is literally while she has a glam squad surrounding her as she’s eating caviar. She has no interest in joining the family business despite her father’s wishes. Her life turns upside down after she’s involved in a skiing accident and hits her head. She’s rescued by Jake Russell,Read More →

18 November
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SPIRITED Director: Sean AndersStarring: Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Octavia Spencer, Tracy Morgan, Sunita Mani, Patrick Page, Loren G. Woods, Joe Tippitt There have been countless iterations of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol over the last few decades, but that never stops filmmakers from adding their own spin to this tale. The new film Spirited is a musical version with Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell. Will Ferrell plays the familiar role of the Ghost of Christmas Present. He has a dedicated staff of support ghosts who visit different types of scrooges during the holiday season. After they make someone a better person, like crotchety neighbor Karen,Read More →

17 November
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THE MENU Director: Mark MylodStarring: Ralph Fiennes, Hong Chau, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Janet McTeer, Judith Light, Reed Birney, John Leguizamo Twists, turns, jaw-dropping moments, that’s what’s on the menu for the new satire, The Menu. Ralph Fiennes is quite diabolical as the head chef of a fancy, secluded fine dining restaurant. The guests arrive via boat to a private island as they get a tour of the grounds prior to the dinner. They include a food critic played by Janet McTeer, a hot shot actor played by John Leguizamo, and a young couple played by Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult. Hoult’s character, Tyler, isRead More →

10 November
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WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY Director: Eric AppelStarring: Daniel Radcliffe, Evan Rachel Wood, Rainn Wilson, Julianne Nicholson, Arturo Castro, Toby Huss, Diedrich Bader There’s no other artist out there like Weird Al Yankovic, and there’s no other rock biopic like Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. It’s said early on that “Life is like a parody of your favorite song.” This comes from the movie’s narrator with that super serious “In a world…” voice. Right then and there, director Eric Appel sets the exact tone of this movie. We see a young Al Yankovic listening to Doctor Demento (Wilson) with a Mad Magazine poster on hisRead More →

08 November
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Director: Ryan CooglerStarring: Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Danai Guria, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Martin Freeman, Tenoch Huerta, Michaela Coel, Richard Schiff, Dominique Thorne Director Ryan Coogler has done it again. It may have seemed next to impossible to do a sequel to Black Panther without Chadwick Boseman, but Black Panther: Wakanda Forever one of the best Marvel movies to date. Coogler opens his film in the only way possible, we find Letitia Wright’s Shuri desperately trying to save T’Challa’s life but is unsuccessful. What transcends is a private ceremony for the fallen king with a grand processional in Wakanda. One yearRead More →

04 November
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CAUSEWAY Director: Lila NeugebauerStarring: Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Jayne Houdyshell Jennifer Lawrence stars in the new AppleTV+ streaming movie, Causeway. We haven’t seen her in a movie like this in quite some time. Her character, Lynsey, is a military vet who suffered a severe accident while serving in Afghanistan. She needs assisted living for the time being as she goes through physical therapy and cognitive rehabilitation. Leaving the transitional care becomes challenging as she returns home to her mother’s house. It’s a very lived-in, run-down place in a blue-collar community in New Orleans. She gets some easy work cleaningRead More →

03 November
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ENOLA HOLMES 2 Director: Harry BradbeerStarring: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge, Sharon Duncan-Brewster The original Netflix movie Enola Holmes became a big hit for the streaming service and now the sequel Enola Holmes 2 is here with more thrills, more twists for the young detective. Millie Bobby Brown is back as detective Enola Holmes who follows in her brother, Sherlock’s, footsteps by starting her own detective agency. Henry Cavill is also back as Sherlock Holmes. Business is slow given people would rather work with her well-known older brother. He’s drowning in cases, and their mother (Carter) is stillRead More →

25 October
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THE GOOD NURSE Director: Tobias LindholmStarring: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha, Noah Emmerich Jessica Chastain is no stranger to telling real stories from Zero Dark Thirty to The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Her new film The Good Nurse is compelling but won’t go in the direction you think it will. Chastain plays Amy Loughren, a single mom and night nurse who is dedicated to her family and her patients. It’s 2003 in New Jersey and she works at an understaffed, under financed hospital taxing her every step of the way. What complicates her life further is a heart condition, but getting a transplant and takingRead More →

20 October
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TICKET TO PARADISE Director: Ol ParkerStarring: Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Kaitlyn Dever, Billie Lourd, Maxime Bouttier, Lucas Bravo George Clooney and Julia Roberts are good friends off screen with infectious chemistry on screen. It was only a matter of time before they starred in a rom-com together. They star as Georgia and David Cotton, two college sweethearts who had a daughter but eventually parted ways five years into their relationship. They were never married but now these quarreling exes are forced to reunite when their daughter Lily (Dever) is graduating law school. After their quick weekend together as a family, they go their separate pathsRead More →