Movies: From the silver screen to your couch

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

• “The Matrix Resurrections” (R): The 4th film in “The Matrix” franchise. Plagued by strange memories, Neo finds himself back inside the Matrix. Starring Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne

Moss, Yahya Abdul Mateen II, Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Jada Pinkett Smith. In theaters and available on HBO Max, Dec. 22.

• “Sing 2” (PG): A new chapter in Illumination’s animated franchise arrives with big dreams and hit songs with the everoptimistic koala, Buster Moon, and his all-star cast prepare for a stage extravaganza but must first persuade a reclusive rock star, played by music icon Bono, to join them. Starring Taron Egerton, Bono, Tori Kelly and Scarlett Johansson. In theaters, Dec. 22.

• “The King’s Man” (R): As history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must stop them. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton, Rhys Ifans, Matthew Goode and Tom Hollander. In theaters, Dec. 22.

• “Licorice Pizza” (R): A story about first love, in the San Fernando Valley in 1973. Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits and Bradley Cooper. In theaters, Dec. 25.

• “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (R): Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand star in Joel Coen’s adaptation of the tale of murder, madness ambition, and wrathful cunning. Starring Denzel Washington, Frances McDormand, Corey Hawkins, Brendan Gleeson and Harry Melling. In select theaters, Dec. 25.

• “Spider-Man: No Way Home” (PG-13): Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios new superhero film where Spider-Man’s identity is revealed and Peter Parker is no longer able to keep a separate normal life. He asks Doctor Strange for help, which releases powerful villains. Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya and Benedict Cumberbatch.

• “Nightmare Alley” (R): Bradley Cooper plays an ambitious carny who hooks up with a female psychiatrist (Cate Blanchett), who is even more dangerous than he is. Also starring Toni Colette and Willem Dafoe.

• “American Underdog” (PG): Based on the inspirational true story of Kurt Warner (Zachary Levi), who went from a stock boy at a grocery store to a two-time NFL MVP, Super Bowl champion, and Hall of Fame quarterback. The film centers on Warner’s unique story and years of challenges and setbacks that could have derailed his aspirations, but with the support of his wife, Brenda (Anna Paquin) and the encouragement of his family, coaches, and teammates, Warner perseveres.

• “West Side Story” (PG-13): The classic tale of fierce rivalries and young love in 1957 New York City, directed by Steven Spielberg, from a screenplay by Tony Kushner. Starring Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Mike Faist, Josh Andrés Rivera, Ana Isabelle, Corey Stoll, Brian d’Arcy James and Rita Moreno.

• “National Champions” (R):

A star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig) ignite a player’s strike for equal compensation for student-athletes, three days before the college football national championship game. Written by Adam Mervis and based on his play. Also starring: J. K. Simmons, Lil Rel Howery and Tim Blake Nelson.

• “Being the Ricardos” (R): Aaron Sorkin’s behind-thescenes drama about the 50s TV sitcom stars of “I Love Lucy”: Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem).

• “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.

• “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.

• “Wolf” (R): Jacob (George MacKay) is convinced that he is a wolf trapped inside a human body and lives his days as he believes a wolf would. Also starring Lily-Rose Depp and George MacKay.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

STREAMING MOVIES

• “Don’t Look Up” (R): Comedy/disaster film where Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), discover a comet on a direct collision course with Earth. The pair go on a media tour to warn the public, before it’s too late. Also starring Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry. Available on Netflix, Dec. 24.

• “The Hand of God” (R): The story of a boy, Fabietto Schisa, in the tumultuous Naples of the 1980s, from Academy Awardwinning writer and director Paolo Sorrentino. Starring Luisa Ranieri, Filippo Scotti, Toni Servillo and Teresa Saponan. Available on Netflix.

• “The Unforgivable” (R): Ruth Slater (Sandra Bullock) is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime, to find a society that refuses to forgive her past. Her only hope is to find the estranged younger sister she was forced to leave behind. Also starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Jon Bernthal, Richard Thomas and Linda Emond. Available on Netflix.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “An Intrusion”: Horror film about a family patriarch who is terrorized by a malicious stalker; which may be related to secrets he has kept hidden from his family. Starring Dustin Prince, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sam Logan Khaleghi, Keir Gilchrist and Billy Boyd.

• “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!” (PG13): 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 1929 New 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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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.

• “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 exboss to bring the man’s young son home from Mexico. Based on a 1975 American 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.