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Movies: From the silver screen to your couch

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The following list includes movies available at local theaters, and movies that are available to watch through online streaming and video on demand services including: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Google Play, Hulu, Vudu, FandangoNo­w, Apple TV+, YouTube, Disney+, HBO Max and more.

SHOWING AT THEATERS

• “C’mon C’Mon” (R): Johnny (Joaquin Phoenix) and his young nephew (Woody Norman) forge a tenuous but transforma­tional relationsh­ip in this story about the connection­s between adults and children. In select theaters, Dec. 3.

• “Encanto” (PG): New Disney animated tale of an extraordin­ary family, the Madrigals, who live in the mountains of Colombia in a charmed place. Every child in the family has a unique gift from super strength to the power to heal — except for Mirabel. Featuring the voices of: Stephanie Beatriz, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Diane Guerrero.

• “Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City” (R): New film from the Resident Evil franchise about the once booming home of pharmaceut­ical giant Umbrella Corp. Now the city is a wasteland, with evil brewing below the surface. Starring Kaya Scodelario, Hannah John-Kamen, Tom Hopper, Robbie Amell and Avan Jogia.

• “House of Gucci” (R):

Inspired by the true story of the family empire behind the Italian fashion house Gucci. Starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, with Salma Hayek and Al Pacino.

• “Ghostbuste­rs: Afterlife” (PG-13): A single mother and her two children move to a new town, and discover they have a connection to the original Ghostbuste­rs. Starring Mckenna Grace, Finn Wolfhard, Bill Murray and Paul Rudd.

• “King Richard” (PG-13): Warner Bros. Pictures’ film based on the journey of Richard Williams, a father who raises two of the most gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis. Starring Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis, Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton. Also available on HBO Max.

• “Clifford The Big Red Dog” (PG): Based on the Scholastic book character, Clifford, in which Emily Elizabeth receives a little, red puppy which quickly grows into a 10-foot hound. Starring Jack Whitehall, Darby Camp and Tony Hale.

• “Belfast” (PG-13): A semiautobi­ographical film about a boy’s childhood in Belfast, Northern Ireland, during the music and social tumult of the late 1960s. Starring Caitriona Balfe, Judi Dench and Jamie Dornan.

• “Eternals” (PG-13): Marvel Studios’ film about the Marvel Comics race of ancient aliens, the Eternals, who have protected the Earth since the dawn of man. The Eternals must defend humanity once again from mankind’s most ancient enemy, the Deviants. Starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, with Kit Harington, Salma Hayek, and Angelina Jolie.

• “Spencer” (R): An imagining of the days when Princess Diana decided to leave Prince Charles during the Christmas holiday with the royal family at Sandringha­m House. Starring Kristen Stewart, Timothy Spall and Jack Farthing.

• “Antlers” (R): A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover that a young student is harboring a dangerous secret. Starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and Jeremy T. Thomas.

• “Last Night in Soho” (R): Psychologi­cal thriller about Eloise, an aspiring fashion designer, who goes back in time to the 1960s where she encounters a wannabe singer, Sandie. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie and Matt Smith.

• “My Hero Academia: World Heroes’ Mission” (PG-13): Based on “My Hero Academia” anime book series. Starring Ryo Yoshizawa, Aoi Yuki, Kazuya Nakai and Justin Briner.

• “The French Dispatch” (R):

A collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine published in a fictional 20th-century French city. Starring Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, Léa Seydoux, Frances McDormand, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson.

• “Dune” (PG-13): Big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s bestseller of the same name. A brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his people. Starring Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac and Josh Brolin. Directed by Denis Villeneuve. Also available on HBO Max.

• “Ron’s Gone Wrong” (PG): Animated story of Barney, a socially awkward middle-schooler and Ron, his new walking, talking, digitally-connected device, which is supposed to be his ‘Best Friend out of the Box.’ Starring voices of Zach Galifianak­is, Jack Dylan Grazer and Olivia Colman.

• “Halloween Kills” (R):

New movie in the “Halloween” franchise with Jamie Lee Curtis. After Laurie Strode (Curtis), traps masked killer Michael Myers, leaving him caged and burning in her basement, she is rushed to the hospital with lifethreat­ening injuries. Michael Myers escapes from the basement, and Laurie and other survivors form a vigilante mob to hunt him down. Also starring Judy Greer, Andi Matichak Nick Castle and Will Patton.

• “The Last Duel” (R): The film is based on actual events in 14th century France, about France’s last legally sanctioned duel. The duel was between Jean de Carrouges and Jacques Le Gris after Carrouges’ wife, Marguerite, was assaulted by Le Gris. Starring Matt Damon, Adam Driver, Jodie Comer and Ben Affleck. Also available on Disney Plus.

• “No Time to Die” (PG-13): New James Bond film, where Bond (Daniel Craig) has left active service and is living a tranquil life in Jamaica until his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA asks for help. The mission is to rescue a kidnapped scientist. Also starring Rami Malek, Léa Seydoux and Lashana Lynch.

• “Venom: Let There Be Carnage” (PG-13): Tom Hardy returns as Marvel Comic book character Venom, to face a new enemy, Carnage, the alter ego of serial killer Cletus Kasady, played by Woody Harrelson. Also starring Amber Sienna and Michelle Williams.

• “The Many Saints of Newark” (R): Young Anthony Soprano is growing up in Newark, just as rival gangsters begin to rise up and challenge the all-powerful DiMeo crime family’s hold over the race-torn city. Anthony’s uncle, who is caught up in the changing times, helps shape the teenager into the all-powerful mob boss,Tony Soprano. Starring Alessandro Nivola, Vera Farmiga, Ray Liotta, Leslie Odom Jr. and Jon Bernthal.

• “The Addams Family 2” (PG): Animated comedy sequel with Morticia and Gomez taking the family on a family vacation in the haunted camper. Starring Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz and Nick Kroll, with Snoop Dogg as ‘IT’.

• “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” (PG-13): Based on Marvel Comics character Shang-Chi, (Simu Liu), who must confront the past when he is drawn into the web of the mysterious Ten Rings organizati­on. Also starring Awkwafina, Tony Leung, Michelle Yeoh and Fala Chen.

STREAMING MOVIES

• “The Power of the Dog” (R):

Rancher Phil Burbank ( Benedict Cumberbatc­h) inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son ( Kodi Smit-McPhee), Phil torments them. Starring Benedict Cumberbatc­h, Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons. Available on Netflix, Dec. 1.

• “Bruised” (R): Academy

Award winner Halle Berry directs and stars in this film about a mixed martial arts fighter who leaves the sport, until years later when she is coaxed into a brutal undergroun­d fight by her manager and boyfriend Desi (Adan Canto). Also starring Adriane Lenox and Sheila Atim. Available on Netflix.

• “Tick, Tick…Boom!” (PG-13): Adaptation of the autobiogra­phical musical by Jonathan Larson, creator of “Rent”. Starring Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Joshua Henry, and Bradley Whitford. Directed by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Lin-Manuel Miranda. Available on Netflix.

• “Apex”: A convict is offered freedom if he can survive a deadly game. Starring Neal McDonough, Bruce Willis, Lochlyn Munro.

• “Passing” (PG-13): Based on the book of the same name by Nella Larsen, the movie follows two black women who can pass as white and choose to live on opposite sides of the color line in 1929New York. Starring Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga and André Holland. Available on Netflix.

• “Red Notice” (PG-13): An Interpol agent attempts to hunt down and capture the world’s most wanted art thief. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds and Gal Gadot. Available on Netflix.

• “The Harder They Fall” (R): Western film about outlaw

Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) who discovers that his enemy, Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), is being released from prison.

• “Army of Thieves”: A prequel, set before the events of “Army of the Dead”, where a smalltown bank teller is recruited by a mysterious woman to join a crew of criminals, attempting to heist safes across Europe. Starring Matthias Schweighöf­er, Nathalie Emmanuel and Ruby O. Fee. Available on Netflix.

• “Cry Macho” (PG-13): Clint Eastwood stars as Mike Milo, a one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder who, in 1979, takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Based on a 1975Americ­an novel by N. Richard Nash. Also starring Horacio Garcia Rojas, Dwight Yoakam and Fernanda Urrejola. Available on HBO Max.

• “Night Teeth”: A college student (Jorge Lendeborg,

Jr.) moonlights one night as a chauffeur for two mysterious young women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) for a night of party hopping in Los Angeles. He soon learns that his charming passengers have plans for him as he becomes caught in the middle of a war between vampires and the protectors of the human world, led by his brother (Raúl Castillo). Available on Netflix.

• “After We Fell” (R): Based on Anna Todd’s “After” book series, with Tessa making a lifechangi­ng decision, revelation­s about her family and Hardin’s past threaten to derail her plans and end the couple’s intense relationsh­ip. Starring Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffin.

• “The Velvet Undergroun­d” (R): The film is about the band, The Velvet Undergroun­d, that formed in the 60’s. Directed by filmmaker Todd Haynes, the film features in-depth interviews with the key players of that time combined with a collection of performanc­es and recordings, Warhol films, and other experiment­al art, available on Apple TV+.

• “The Guilty” (R): A 911 dispatch call center operator, Joe Baylor (Jake Gyllenhaal), tries to save a caller in grave danger, but he soon discovers that nothing is as it seems. Available on Netflix.

• “13 Fanboy”: Horror film about an obsessed fan who stalks his favorite actors from the “Friday the 13th” films. Starring Debi

Sue Voorhees, Judie Aronson, Kane Hodder and Dee Wallace.

• “A Mouthful of Air” (R): A bestsellin­g children’s author who writes about unlocking childhood fears, must deal with her own fears after the birth of her second child. Starring Amanda Seyfried, Finn Wittrock, Britt Robertson and Jennifer Carpenter.

• “Malignant” (R): A woman is tormented by her waking dreams, and then discovers they are realities. Starring Annabelle Wallis, Maddie Hasson and George Young.

• “Dear Evan Hansen” (PG-13): Film adaptation of the awardwinni­ng Broadway musical.

Tony, Grammy and Emmy Award winner Ben Platt reprises his role as an anxious, isolated high schooler aching for understand­ing and belonging amid the chaos and cruelty of the social-media age. Also starring Amy Adams and Julianne Moore.

• “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” (PG-13): Film about Tammy Faye Bakker, televangel­ist, singer, talk show host, known for her indelible eyelashes. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker, rose from humble beginnings to create a religious broadcasti­ng network and theme park, which soon was toppled by financial impropriet­ies and scandal. Starring Jessica Chastain, Andrew Garfield, Cherry Jones and Fredric Lehne.

• “Copshop” (R): A con artist on the run from a lethal assassin, punches a rookie officer to get arrested and locked up in a small-town police station in Nevada. Then the hit man turns up at the precinct. Starring Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo and Toby Huss.

• “Prisoners of the Ghostland”: A ruthless bank robber is sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord whose adopted granddaugh­ter has gone missing. He offers the prisoner his freedom in exchange for retrieving the runaway. Starring Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Bill Moseley and Teresa Ruiz.

• “The Card Counter” (R): Revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogat­or turned gambler. Starring Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan and Willem Dafoe.

• “Blue Bayou” (R): Writer/ director Justin Chon stars as Antonio LeBlanc, a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, who struggles to make a better life for his family, and then discovers that he could be deported. Also starring Alicia Vikander and Mark O’Brien.

• “Jungle Cruise” (PG-13): Adventure on the Amazon River, with researcher Lily Houghton, (Emily Blunt) who enlists skipper Frank Wolff, (Dwayne Johnson) to guide her downriver in his ramshackle boat in search of an ancient tree with healing abilities. Also starring Edgar Ramirez and Jesse Plemons. Available on Disney+ premium access.

• “Respect” (PG-13): Based on the career of Aretha Franklin, from a child singing in her father’s church’s choir to internatio­nal superstard­om. Starring Jennifer Hudson, Forest Whitaker, Marlon Wayans and Mary J. Blige.

• “Don’t Breathe 2” (R): The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him. Also starring Brendan Sexton III, Madelyn Grace and Stephanie Arcila.

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