CARY DARLING’S NEW FILMS
Here are the major films landing in theaters or on streaming this week:
‘2023 British Arrows’
The return of the popular annual celebration of the best in British commercials.
Unrated. 7 p.m. today-Saturday and Dec. 8 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
‘Aadhikesava’
Telugu-language action-drama from India.
Unrated. Playing at Cinemark Tinseltown 290, Houston; AMC First Colony 24, Sugar Land.
‘Deep Sea’
Award-winning Mandarin-language animated family film from China about a girl who finds herself in a new world underneath the ocean.
Rated PG-13. Playing at AMC Gulf Pointe 30, Houston.
‘Dhruva Natchathiram Chapter 1: Yudda Kaandam’
Action-thriller from India in which a New York-based undercover agent has to find the missing leader of his team.
Unrated. Playing at Cinemark Tinseltown 290, Houston; AMC Willowbrook 24, Houston; AMC First Colony 24, Sugar Land.
‘Dream Scenario’
Nicolas Cage and Lily Bird star in a horror-comedy about a man whose life is upended when people he doesn’t know start seeing him in their dreams.
Rated R. Playing at Alamo Drafthouse LaCenterra, Katy.
‘Farewell My Concubine’
Kaige Chen’s Oscar-nominated 1992 epic set against the backdrop of a Peking opera school and some of the major events in Chinese history.
Rated R. Screens 2 p.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Dec. 1 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
‘Genie’
Melissa McCarthy, Marc Maron and Allan Cumming star in a Christmas comedy about a dad who asks a genie to help him get his family back before the holiday.
Rated PG. Streaming on Peacock.
‘Good Burger 2’
Kenan Thompson, Lil Rel Howery and Carmen Electra star in a comedy that’s a sequel to the 1997 cult hit “Good Burger.”
Rated TV-PG. Streaming on Paramount+.
‘Hatching’
Fantasy-horror film in which an aspiring young female gymnast, with an overly demanding mother, discovers a strange egg that results in the hatching of a strange creature that takes over her life. Part of the Finntastic: New Films from Finland series.
Unrated. Screens 7 p.m. Thursday at Rice Cinema, Houston.
‘Kota Bommali PS’
Telugu-language drama from India about a police officer on the run after he has been framed.
Unrated. Playing at AMC First Colony 24, Sugar Land.
‘Leave the World Behind’
Writer/director Sam Esmail (“Mr. Robot”) returns with a thriller in which a family’s dream getaway to a secluded luxury rental home turns into a nightmare when a cyberattack knocks out all technology and two strangers show up at the door. It has a great cast, including Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon and Myha’la Herrold (from the HBO series “Industry”).
Rated R. Playing at iPic Houston; begins streaming Dec. 8 on Netflix.
‘Napoleon’
Director Ridley Scott (“Gladiator,” “Hannibal,” “House of Gucci”) tells the story of Napoleon and his wife, Josephine. Joaquin Phoenix, Vanessa Kirby, Rupert Everett and Tahar Rahim star.
Rated R. Playing throughout Houston.
‘The Naughty Nine’
Danny Glover stars in a family comedy in which children on Santa’s naughty list scheme to get the gifts they think they deserve.
Unrated. Streaming on Disney+.
‘Saltburn’
Emerald Fennell directed one of the most talked-about movies of 2020 with “Promising Young Woman,” and her latest promises to be similarly newsworthy, as it’s generated buzz for some shocking scenes. Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”), Jacob Elordi (“Priscilla”) and Rosamund Pike star in a thriller in which an Oxford student finds his visit to a wealthy friend’s estate taking a very strange turn.
Rated R. Playing throughout Houston.
‘Song of the South (Dat Rung Phuong Nam)'
Vietnamese-language war drama from Vietnam.
Unrated. Playing at AMC Gulf Pointe 30, Houston; AMC Willowbrook 24, Houston; AMC Loews Fountains 18, Stafford; AMC First Colony 24, Sugar Land.
‘The Velveteen Rabbit’
Helena Bonham Carter stars in this adaptation of Margery Williams’ classic children’s book.
Unrated. Streaming on Apple TV+.
‘Water in Every Way’
End-of-semester films from Rice University students that focus on environmental issues.
Unrated. Screens 7 p.m. Monday at Rice Cinema, Houston.
‘Wish’
Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine and Alan Tudyk are part of the voice cast in this animated Disney project about a young girl who gets more than she bargained for after wishing upon a star.
Rated PG. Playing throughout Houston.