December Movies: Star Wars, 1917, Richard Jewell, & Jumanji

[Mark Vader]

We have reached December of 2019. The final month of this year/decade brings us the last of the Holiday Season movies. Last second Oscar contenders will debut here, but as always there will be big budget movies with lots of fan fare to keep everyone excited for the season. Leading the way is teh alleged final chapter of the saga from a galaxy far, far away....

 

Disney & Lucasfilm presents, "Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker". The final installment of the Skywalker saga. Yep, that's all the information that is being given out. If you want to know what happens, you will have to go and see it. Starring Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Issac, Lupita Nyong'o, Domhnall Gleeson, Kelly Marie Tran, Keri Russell, Billie Lourd, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Andy Serkis & Ian McDiarmid.

 

In "1917", Two young British privates during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600 men, and one of the soldier's brothers, from walking straight into a deadly trap. Starring Andrew Scott, Richard Madden, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth & Mark Strong.

 

In "Richard Jewell", American security guard Richard Jewell saves thousands of lives from an exploding bomb at the 1996 Olympics, but is vilified by journalists and the press who falsely reported that he was a terrorist. Starring Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm & Kathy Bates.

 

In "Jumanji: The Next Level", the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to rescue one of their own, the players will have to brave parts unknown from arid deserts to snowy mountains, to escape the world's most dangerous game. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Jack Black & Kevin Hart.

 

In "Cats", A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life. Starring Idris Elba, Francesca Hayward, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Judi Dench & Ian McKellan.

 

In "Bombshell", A group of women decide to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over at the network. Starring Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie & John Lithgow.

 

In "Little Women", Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War. Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Timothee Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen & Laura Dern.

 

In the animated "Spies in Disguise", When the world's best spy is turned into a pigeon, he must rely on his nerdy tech officer to save the world. Starring the voices of Will Smith, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Rachel Brosnahan & Rashida Jones.

 

Finally, in "Black Christmas", A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy. Starring Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue & Brittany O'Grady.

 

Calendar with Trailers

 

12/13

"Jumanji: The Next Level":     https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/jumanjithenextlevel

 

"Black Christmas":     https://www.blackchristmasmovie.com/

 

"Richard Jewell":     https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/richard-jewell

 

12/20

"Bombshell":     https://bombshell.movie/

 

"Cats":     https://www.catsmovie.com/

 

"Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker":     https://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-episode-ix-the-rise-of-skywalker

 

12/25

"Little Women":     https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/littlewomen

 

"Spies in Disguise":     https://family.foxmovies.com/movies/spies-in-disguise

 

"1917":     https://www.1917.movie/

 

That's all for now.....Enjoy!

[/dev/null]

Anyone else more interested in 1917 than Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

[dpberr]

Eastwood's film should have included the Eric Rudolph component of that event.  Without it, the story is boring and incomplete.  

 

The Rudolph portion of that story was intense with a lot more questions - he evaded capture for years, his brother cut his arm off with a saw as a sign of solidarity, and despite being on the run, when Rudolph was captured, he was wearing all brand new clothes and looked well kept, which suggests he had help.  

[shrader]

I cringe more and more each time I see a trailer for cats.

[Ridgewaycynic2013]

3 hours ago, /dev/null said:

Anyone else more interested in 1917 than Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

You’re just saying that since the rumour is the Baby Yoda has a cameo in 1917.

[Buffalo_Gal]

I went to see Jumanji: The Next Level  last Thursday because Mmmm Dwayne Johnson. ?  It was fun, but my husband actually liked it a lot more than I did.

My son and I have tickets for Star Wars. I had no desire to see it but he pulled the old, "You've seen all the rest of them at the show..." so, it is our holiday movie time this year. He and I go to see a movie together every December, go to lunch, and do some Christmas shopping, IOW we make a day of it. Hubby was a firm "hell no" when we asked him if he wanted to see it.

 

[row_33]

where's the subtitled flics that i can enjoy at the cinemaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..................

[KD in CA]

5 hours ago, /dev/null said:

Anyone else more interested in 1917 than Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

Yup.

 

I bet Clint does a good job with Richard Jewell, but not as much suspense as we know the outcome.

[shrader]

1 hour ago, Buffalo_Gal said:

I went to see Jumanji: The Next Level  last Thursday because Mmmm Dwayne Johnson. ?  It was fun, but my husband actually liked it a lot more than I did.
 

 

This one is giving me bad flashbacks to the previous Jumanji movie.  I sat next to a random woman who laughed hysterically at every single line in the movie, all while explaining to her friend every little connection to the original movie.  It was nauseating. 

[Nextmanup]

6 hours ago, /dev/null said:

Anyone else more interested in 1917 than Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

Yes, for sure.  But I'm a military history enthusiast. 

 

Disney has pretty much ruined Star Wars for me.  It has this schlocky comic book sort of thing going on right now, like it's all being made for 13 year olds. 

 

The good news is that after all of the quality has been beaten out of the franchise, it will be passed on to someone else, probably at a discount, and by then, the door will be wide open for a quality, artistic director to step in and actually make a good movie again.

 

We are still a way's off from that now, though.

 

1917 looks a little cheesy in its own right, but a movie focusing on the ground war in WWI doesn't come along all the time, so I'll take it. 

 

 

[Mark Vader]

12 hours ago, /dev/null said:

Anyone else more interested in 1917 than Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker?

I'm interested in both.

[/dev/null]

10 hours ago, Ridgewaycynic2013 said:

You’re just saying that since the rumour is the Baby Yoda has a cameo in 1917.

 

[Buffalo_Gal]

Went to see Star Wars... I liked it a whooooole lot more than I expected to. The first 2/3 was a pretty darned good movie and included decently done homages.