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Gotta See<br />
entertainment | GOTTA SEE By lisa marie<br />
<strong>December</strong> 2nd<br />
► Violent Night (Theaters)<br />
To hell with “all is calm.” From 87North, bare-knuckle producers<br />
of Nobody, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and<br />
Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw comes a coal-dark holiday<br />
action-comedy that says you should always bet on red. When a<br />
team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on<br />
Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the merc team isn’t<br />
prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour) is<br />
on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.<br />
Violent Night is directed by talented Norwegian filmmaker Tommy<br />
Wirkola, director of the genre Kill Buljo: The Movie, Dead Snow,<br />
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead, What<br />
Happened to Monday, and The Trip, previously.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 9th<br />
► Empire of Light (Theaters)<br />
The Empire is the kind of movie house you don’t see too often<br />
anymore, framed by bright lights and a beautiful marquee,<br />
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graciously inviting all into its red-velvet seats. Hilary (Olivia<br />
Colman) serves at the front of house, opening the theatre every<br />
morning and overseeing a brimming concession stand. Meanwhile,<br />
her manager (Colin Firth) occasionally calls her into his office for<br />
illicit favors. It’s a gloomy routine that Hilary grudgingly repeats,<br />
but all her co-workers recognize that she’s been quieter since<br />
returning to the job after a long absence. When Stephen (Micheal<br />
Ward) arrives as an eager new employee, the two form a quick,<br />
if outwardly unlikely, connection. Hilary hides a troubled past,<br />
struggling to manage her mental health, while Stephen, a young<br />
Black man, grapples with the racism rampant in 1980s Britain.<br />
Both wounded by aggressions outside their control, they find an<br />
escape and safe harbor in one another — but their relationship,<br />
like the Empire cinema itself, cannot last forever, and soon the pair<br />
must face the reality of their differing futures.<br />
The acclaimed Oscar-winning British filmmaker directs Empire of<br />
Light, Sam Mendes, director of American Beauty, Road to Perdition,<br />
Jarhead, Revolutionary Road, Away We Go, Skyfall, Spectre, and 1917.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 16th<br />
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► Avatar: The Way of Water (Theaters)<br />
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, Avatar:<br />
The Way of Water begins to tell the story of the Sully family, the<br />
trouble that follows them, the lengths they go to keep each other<br />
safe, the battles they fight to stay alive, and the tragedies they<br />
endure. Avatar 2: The Way of Water is directed by iconic Canadian<br />
filmmaker James Cameron, director of Piranha II: The Spawning,<br />
The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, True<br />
Lies, Titanic, and Avatar, previously. The screenplay is written by<br />
James Cameron and Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds, The Black<br />
Dahlia, Terminator: Dark Fate, Snowpiercer series) from a story by<br />
James Cameron.
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