Atlantic Ave December 2019

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entertainment | gotta SEE By lisa marie
December 6
► The Aeronauts - In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren
(Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher
(Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly
higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing
scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the
unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them.
But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the
ascent becomes a fight for survival.
► Playmobil: The Movie - When her younger brother disappears
into the colorful and animated world of Playmobil, Marla is forced to
abandon her organized and structured life to rescue him. Finding
herself on an incredible and unpredictable adventure within this new
world, Marla begins to see potential she never dreamed of.
December 13
► Black Christmas - Hawthorne College is quieting down for the
holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an
unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s
young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they
mount a fight to the finish. Starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon,
Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead, and
Cary Elwes.
► Bombshell - A few brave women decide to take on Fox
News boss Roger Ailes and the toxic male culture he presided
over at the propaganda network. Based on the true story,
the actual real-world scandal, and how it all went down.
Bombshell stars Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot
Robbie, John Lithgow, Kate McKinnon, Connie Britton,
Mark Duplass, Rob Delaney, Malcolm McDowell, and
Allison Janney.
► Jumanji: The Next Level sort-of sequel to the original
Jumanji movie from 1995. This time, they get sent back
into the game, but the characters are switched - different
people end up with the same four avatars. But where
is everyone else? Nothing is as they expect inside.
The players must brave parts unknown, from
arid deserts to snowy mountains, in order to
escape the world’s most dangerous game.
► Richard Jewell - Eastwood tells another
distinctly American story about
how an innocent man was vilified by the
media. American security guard Richard
Jewell, played by the talented Paul
Walter Hauser, heroically saves thousands
of lives from an exploding bomb
at the 1996 Olympics, but is unjustly
vilified by journalists and the press
who falsely report that he was a terrorist.
The full cast includes Sam Rockwell,
Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, and
Ian Gomez.
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December 20
► Cats is a most-unexpected film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd
Webber’s beloved smash musical “Cats” and the poems from “Old
Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” by T.S. Eliot. Director Tom Hooper
brings astonishing new technology to transform his cast members. This
fresh new take on Cats stars a huge ensemble cast: James Corden, Judi
Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor
Swift, Rebel Wilson, Ray Winstone, Laurent Bourgeois, Laurie Davidson.
► Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker the grand finale in the Skywalker
saga that began in 1977 with A New Hope. Directed by J.J. Abrams, it
continues the storyline started in The Force Awakens following Rey, Finn,
& Poe as they fight the First Order. Starring Daisy Ridley, John Boyega,
Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams,
Domhnall Gleeson, Lupita Nyong’o, Warwick Davis, plus newcomers
Naomi Ackie, Keri Russell, Richard E. Grant, and Dominic Monaghan.
December 25
► 1917 - At the height of the First World War, two young British
soldiers, Schofield (Captain Fantastic’s George MacKay) and Blake (Game
of Thrones’ Dean-Charles Chapman) are given a seemingly impossible
mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and
deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers-
-Blake’s own brother among them.
► Little Women explores the lives of four sisters in
1860s Massachusetts in the aftermath of the Civil
War. This new adaptation focuses more on the March
sisters’ young adult lives, particularly after Meg, Jo,
and Amy leave their family home. Little Women
is directed by American actress-turnedfilmmaker
Greta Gerwig, director of the
films Nights & Weekends and Lady Bird
previously. The screenplay is also written
by Greta Gerwig, adapted from Louisa
May Alcott’s classic novel of the same
name first published in 1868.
► Spies in Disguise - Super spy Lance
Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist
Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are
almost exact opposites. Lance
is smooth, suave and debonair.
Walter is...not. But when events
take an unexpected turn, this
unlikely duo is forced to team up
for the ultimate mission that will
require an almost impossible
disguise - transforming Lance
into the brave, fierce, majestic...
pigeon. Walter and Lance
suddenly have to work as a team,
or the whole world is in peril.
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Felicity Jones
The Aeronauts