Movies Opening This Weekend – November 24th, [videos]

Christopher Plummer, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, Jason Clarke, and Benjamin Bratt star at your neighborhood theater this weekend, as Hollywood turns up the heat with wonderful movies.

The entire family will love ‘The Man Who Invented Christmas’ starring Dan Stevens and Christopher Plummer. The film deals with Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ that is wonderfully entertaining. Before the start of WWII, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had to decide whether to confront Adolph Hitler diplomatically or take the UK to the brink of war.

Our pick of the week weaves politics and true stories; one that takes movie goes back to the Ted Kennedy ‘Chappaquiddick’ tragedy in 1969. Some of Hollywood’s up and coming stars shine in this film.

Enjoy the movies this weekend, we always do!

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2017)
(NR) 86 min – Documentary
Director: Alexandra Dean
Stars: Nino Amareno, Charles Amirkhanian, Jeanine Basinger, Bill Birnes

Hedy Lamarr was the most beautiful woman of her time, but her beauty was not the gift; it was her intelligence and creation of leading-edge technology that makes this documentary so engaging. [watch trailer]

Chappaquiddick (2017)
(PG-13) 107 min – Biography
Director: John Curran
Stars: Kate Mara, Jason Clarke, Clancy Brown, Ed Helms

Ted Kennedy suffered a personal tragedy that almost derailed his career. Based on actual events, moviegoers are taken back to 1969 when a young woman, not his wife, Mary Jo Kopechne loses her life in an accident that shook the Kennedy family and nation. [watch trailer]

The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)
(PG) 104 min – Biography
Director: Bharat Nalluri
Stars: Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Callow

Christopher Plummer stars in a family film that pulls the curtain back on author Charles Dickens’ and his writing of the classic “A Christmas Carol.” [watch trailer]

Call Me by Your Name (2017)
(R) 132 min – Romance
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Stars: Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar

In the mid-80s in Italy, a teenager begins a relationship with his dad’s research assistant, another young man. Their friendship grows into more. [watch trailer]

Darkest Hour (2017)
(PG-13) 125 min – Drama
Director: Joe Wright
Stars: Gary Oldman, Lily James, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill deals with whether he will negotiate with Hitler, or declare war. Gary Oldman is unbelievable in this once in a lifetime role. [watch trailer]

Coco (2017)
(PG) 109 min – Animation
Directors: Lee Unkrich | Adrian Molina
Stars: Anthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach

In what can be described as a mystical supernatural movie, an aspiring musician faces his family’s historic ban on music, choosing to solve the ancestral magic that holds the secret. The music is contemporary and riveting. [watch trailer]

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