While we’re in the midst of Tinseltown’s Thanksgiving offerings, a look ahead to what the studios will be serving up as Kansas City’s 2019 holiday fare…Here are highlights, as they’ll premier in December on local screens.
(As always, opening dates are subject to change.)
DECEMBER 6:
* “DARK WATERS“—Mark Ruffalo, Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbin
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DECEMBER 13:
* “JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL“—Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart
* Clint Eastwood’s “RICHARD JEWELL”—Paul Walter Hauser, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde
* Terrance Malick’s “A HIDDEN LIFE”
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DECEMBER 20:
* J.J. Abrams’ “STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER“—Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Adam Driver
* “CATS“—Taylor Swift, Jennifer Hudson, James Gorden, Ian McKellen, Rebel Wilson
* “BOMBSHELL“—Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow
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DECEMBER 25:
* “LITTLE WOMEN“—Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Meryl Streep
” “SPIES IN DISGUISE” (Animated)—Will Smith, Tom Holland
* “UNCUT GEMS“—Adam Sandler
* Sam Mendes’ World War 1 epic “1917“—George MacKay, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth
(May move back to open here in January)
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There you have it: Hollywood’s 2019 holiday ‘sizzle-reel’ at the movies.
“Star Wars” – an incomprehensible jumble of agitprop/chikification misanthropic slop that is a ghost of what it once was, which uses “Ghosts” (Carrie Fisher) so it can blunder forward into ever more “Wokeness”.
Gawd what a mess.
All the Star Wars “products” that are put out by Disney at this point are analogous to the movie “Ass” in Idiocracy.
Next up: “Trans Solo Resists!!!!”
Saw the new Tom Hanks movie about Mr. Rogers.
A complete disappointment. Tom hardly appeared
in the movie. The magazine writer was a horrible
actor and Hanks never had a chance to play the
real Mr. Rogers. A sign of the times as movies are
just not as good as they once were. Hopefully some
of these new titles will pick up the pace. 1917 is supposed
to be a real oscar possibility. We’ll see.
Hopefully those that walked out of Hanks movie get
a refund. Very disappointing.