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entertainment | GOTTA SEE<br />
<strong>December</strong> 21st<br />
are taken on an inspirational, poignant—and so emotional—<br />
journey through Houston’s trailblazing life and career, with showstopping<br />
performances and a soundtrack of the icon’s most beloved<br />
hits as you’ve never heard them before. Don’t you wanna dance?<br />
I Wanna Dance with Somebody is directed by American filmmaker<br />
Kasi Lemmons, director of the films Eve’s Bayou, The Caveman’s<br />
Valentine, Talk to Me, Black Nativity, and Harriet previously.<br />
► Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Theaters)<br />
This fall, everyone’s favorite Leche-loving, swashbuckling, feardefying<br />
feline returns. Academy Award-nominee Antonio Banderas<br />
returns as the voice of the notorious PiB as he embarks on an epic<br />
journey into the Black Forest to find the mythical Wishing Star<br />
and restore his lost lives. But with only one life left, Puss will have<br />
to humble himself and ask for help from his former partner and<br />
nemesis: the captivating Kitty Soft Paws. In their quest, Puss and<br />
Kitty will be aided—against their better judgment—by a scruffy,<br />
chatty, relentlessly cheerful mutt, Perro. Together, our trio of<br />
heroes will have to stay one step ahead of Goldilocks, the Three<br />
Bears Crime Family, “Big” Jack Horner, and the terrifying bounty<br />
hunter, The Big Bad Wolf. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is directed by<br />
animation filmmaker Joel Crawford, director of The Croods 2: A New<br />
Age previously, plus the Trolls Holiday TV special.<br />
<strong>December</strong> 23rd<br />
<strong>December</strong> 25th<br />
► Babylon (Theaters)<br />
From Damien Chazelle, Babylon is an original epic set in 1920s Los<br />
Angeles led by Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, and Diego Calva, with an<br />
ensemble cast including Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li, and Jean Smart. A<br />
tale of outsized ambition and outrageous excess, it traces the rise<br />
and fall of multiple characters during an era of unbridled decadence<br />
and depravity in early Hollywood. Babylon is both written and<br />
directed by Oscar-winning American filmmaker Damien Chazelle,<br />
director of the films Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Whiplash,<br />
La La Land, and First Man previously.<br />
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► ‘I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Theaters)<br />
I Wanna Dance with Somebody is a powerful and triumphant<br />
celebration of the incomparable Whitney Houston. Directed by<br />
Kasi Lemmons, written by Academy Award® nominee Anthony<br />
McCarten, produced by legendary music executive Clive Davis<br />
and starring BAFTA Award® winner Naomi Ackie, the film is a<br />
no-holds-barred portrait of the complex and multifaceted woman<br />
behind The Voice. From New Jersey choir girl to one of the bestselling<br />
and most awarded recording artists of all time, audiences<br />
► Women Talking (Theaters)<br />
“Stay and fight or leave. They will not do nothing.” Set in 2010,<br />
the women from an isolated religious community grapple with<br />
reconciling their reality in a violent community with their faith.<br />
Women Talking is written and directed by acclaimed Canadian<br />
actress/filmmaker Sarah Polley, director of the films Away from Her<br />
and Take This Waltz previously, plus the documentary Stories We<br />
Tell, and a few shorts and TV work. Based on the best-selling book<br />
of the same name by Miriam Toews. It’s produced by Dede Gardner,<br />
Jeremy Kleiner, and Frances McDormand.<br />
50 | <strong>December</strong> <strong>2022</strong> | www.<strong>Atlantic</strong><strong>Ave</strong><strong>Magazine</strong>.com
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