Jordan and the relative newcomer Chanté Adams (“Bad Hair”) co-star as a young couple separated when Jordan’s character is deployed to Iraq. 25)ĭenzel Washington went into the director’s chair a fourth time for this holiday season tear-jerker adapted from a memoir by the publishing executive Dana Canedy. The quintessentially Shakespearean themes of fate, guilt, murderous ambition and cruel irony have been part of the Coen brothers’ cinematic DNA dating back to their debut feature “Blood Simple.” It is only fitting that Joel Coen makes his first solo directorial outing with this black-and-white adaptation of “Macbeth,” starring Denzel Washington as the morally conflicted title character and Frances McDormand (Coen’s real-life spouse) as his scheming wife. "The Tragedy of Macbeth" (in select theaters Dec. Gemma Arterton, Djimon Hounsou and Rhys Ifans (playing the sinister Russian mystic Rasputin, with the help of lots of eye shadow) round out the cast. The third installment in the gleefully violent “Kingsman” spy series, a prequel set in the early 20th century and starring Ralph Fiennes as a dapper duke, finally hits multiplexes more than two years after its original release date. (The sequel to the 2016 hit will be distributed by Universal Pictures, a unit of NBC News’ parent company, NBCUniversal.)
Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson and Taron Egerton (“Rocketman”) are just some of the megawatt names who lend their voices to this kid-friendly animated musical about a group of singing anthropomorphic critters who recruit a reclusive lion (voiced by U2 frontman Bono) to join them on stage. Yahya Abdul-Mateen II joins the cast as Morpheus (a role originally played by Laurence Fishburne), along with Neil Patrick Harris, Jonathan Groff and Priyanka Chopra Jonas.
“Time to fly.” Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss are back in sunglasses and vinyl jackets in this reboot of the “Matrix” franchise, slated for release 18 years after the last installment and 22 years after the first film revolutionized American action cinema. "The Matrix Resurrections" (in theaters and on HBO Max on Dec. Oscar-winning actor Olivia Colman (“The Favourite,” “The Crown”) stars as a summer vacationer who becomes increasingly obsessed with a woman and her daughter, plunging her into memories of her own complicated past. Maggie Gyllenhaal makes her feature directorial debut in this layered psychodrama adapted from a novel by “My Brilliant Friend” author Elena Ferrante. "The Lost Daughter" (in select theaters Dec. Simmons, Nina Arianda, Tony Hale and Alia Shawkat have supporting roles. 21)Īaron Sorkin wrote and directed this behind-the-scenes look at the tangled relationship between romantic partners and artistic collaborators Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem), with much of the biopic set during a single week of production on their landmark sitcom "I Love Lucy." J.K. "Being the Ricardos" (in select theaters Dec. Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe and Rooney Mara co-star. Guillermo del Toro cultivated a devoted international following with voyages into the supernatural like "Pan’s Labyrinth" and the Oscar-winning fantasy "The Shape of Water." But for his latest, a noir-inflected adaptation of a 1946 novel of the same name, the Mexican auteur trained his sights on the relatively more grounded tale of a carnival con man (Bradley Cooper) who encounters a dangerous femme fatale: a psychiatrist played by Cate Blanchett. Why all the hype? "No Way Home" hinges on the "multiverse" concept from Spider-Man lore, bringing back villains from previous iterations of the franchise (Alfred Molina’s "Doc Ock," most notably) - and potentially featuring cameos from two pre-Holland web-slingers: Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield. The third chapter in the cycle of Spider-Man movies starring Tom Holland has stoked feverish anticipation (and demand for tickets) like few blockbusters this year. "Spider-Man: No Way Home" (in theaters Dec.
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