Waterloo Region Record

On the big screen

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NEW RELEASES

Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Denzel Washington stars as Roman Israel, a driven, idealistic defence attorney who, through a tumultuous series of events, finds himself in a crisis that leads to extreme action.

Coco: An aspiring musician, confronted with his family’s ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to work out the mystery.

Lady Bird: The adventures of a young woman living in Northern California for a year.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri: In this darkly comic drama, a mother personally challenges the local authoritie­s to solve her daughter’s murder, when they fail to catch the culprit.

The Man Who Invented Christmas: The journey that led to Charles Dickens’ creation of “A Christmas Carol,” a timeless tale that would redefine the holiday.

Human Flow: Director and artist Ai Weiwei’s detailed and heartbreak­ing exploratio­n into the global refugee crisis.

Faces Places: Director Agnes Varda and photograph­er/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

Ongoing:

Justice League: Fuelled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his new-found ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.

Wonder: Based on the New York Times bestseller, “Wonder” tells the incredibly inspiring and heartwarmi­ng story of August Pullman, a boy with facial difference­s who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

The Star: A small but brave donkey and his animal friends become the unsung heroes of the first Christmas.

Novitiate: Set in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.

Daddy’s Home 2: Brad and Dusty must deal with their intrusive fathers during the holidays.

Murder on the Orient Express: Suspensefu­l and thrilling mystery from the novel by bestsellin­g author Agatha Christie.

The Florida Project: Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-yearold Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.

Thor: Ragnarok: Imprisoned, the mighty Thor finds himself in a lethal gladiatori­al contest against the Hulk, his former ally. Thor must fight for survival and race against time to prevent the all-powerful Hela from destroying his home and the Asgardian civilizati­on.

A Bad Moms Christmas: A Bad Moms Christmas follows our three underappre­ciated and overburden­ed women as they rebel against the challenges and expectatio­ns of the Super Bowl for moms: Christmas.

Blade Runner 2049: A young blade runner’s discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former blade runner Rick Deckard, who’s been missing for 30 years.

Victoria and Abdul: Queen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.

Loving Vincent: A feature film about the life and mysterious death of Van Gogh.

 ?? DALE ROBINETTE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ?? Jacob Tremblay, left, and Julia Roberts in a scene from “Wonder.”
DALE ROBINETTE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Jacob Tremblay, left, and Julia Roberts in a scene from “Wonder.”

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