JOE’S DECEMBER MOVIE RELEASES

Til Death Do Us Part (PG13) Suspense Tuesday, December 4 A woman fleeing an abusive marriage adopts a new identity and falls in love again, Afghan Love Story (NR) Foreign/Drama (Afghanistan) only to have her new life crash down when her ex discovers her whereabouts. A clandestine love affair between a gregarious waiter and a pretty student is Viking Destiny (R) Fantasy/Adventure complicated when she becomes pregnant, upsetting her father. A Viking princess is forced to flee her kingdom after being framed for the murder of Attraction (NR) Foreign/Sci-Fi (Russia) her father, the king. An alien ship crash lands onto a Russian city, causing many who saw it to What Keeps You Alive (R) Thriller question their own existence while others demand the aliens leave Earth. Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married Bag of Marbles (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary. A Jewish boy and his brother escape Nazi persecution in occupied France Winter Brothers (R) Foreign/Suspense (Denmark) during World War II. A violent feud erupts between two brothers and another family in a work camp California No (NR) Comedy during a brutal cold winter. During his first visit to couples’ therapy, a listless L.A. writer discovers that he’s actually in an open marriage, or at least his wife is. Tuesday, December 11 Coby (NR) Studio Q/Drama Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days (NR) Foreign/Fantasy (South Korea) In a small Midwest town, Suzanna begins a gender transition to become a boy, In the afterlife, one guardian helps a man through his trials, while his two colleagues Coby, forcing those who love him to confront their notions of gender and sexuality. help a former guardian on earth. The Confederate (NR) War/Drama – Parker Stevenson Arc: A Love Story (NR) Drama Georgia, 1864. Desperate to escape an arranged marriage to her brutal neighbor, After Ben’s relationship with Lisa comes to an abrupt end, he begins to suspect that Willa Randall disguises herself as a boy and joins the Confederate Cavalry. she has been having an affair with his best friend. Elizabeth Harvest (R) Suspense – Abby Lee, Ciarán Hinds As If I Am Not There (NR) Foreign/Drama (Macedonia) Newlywed Elizabeth arrives with her brilliant scientist husband Henry to his A teacher in a town outside Sarajevo is subjected to the basest form of treatment magnificent estate, where everything is not as it seems. imaginable when Serbian soldiers overrun the village during the Bosnian war. God Bless the Broken (NR) Drama/Family Await Further Instructions (NR) Sci-Fi/Horror A widowed young mother who lost her husband in Afghanistan finds hope when It’s Christmas Day and the Milgram family wake to find a mysterious black a race car driver comes along bringing joy back into her life. substance surrounding their house, and an ominous warning message on their TV. The Happytime Murders (R) Comedy/Crime – Melissa McCarthy Calm at Sea (NR) Drama Two clashing detectives, one human and one puppet, are forced to work together Historical drama takes on the story of Guy Moquet, the symbol of the French to solve the murders of the cast of a beloved classic puppet TV show. Resistance against the Nazi occupation during the second World War. The Hitman Never Dies (NR) Comedy – Michael Eklund, Bernice Liu The Captain (NR) Foreign/War/Drama (Germany) When a sleazy producer is found murdered on the set of his latest film, a band of In the last moments of World War II, a young German soldier fighting for survival misfit assassins must clear their names of the crime. impersonates a Nazi officer, to try to escape from the monstrous perpetrators. In Harm’s Way (NR) War/Drama – Emile Hirsch, Crystal Liu Colette (R) Drama – Keira Knightley A World War II pilot who had to abandon his aircraft near Zhejiang, China is saved An author is pushed by her husband to write novels under his name, and she must by a young widow who risks her life and hides the injured American in her home. fight to make her talents known when they become successful. The Little Stranger (R) Drama/Mystery Congratulations (NR) Comedy A country doctor is called back to the house where his mother once worked, On a road trip home, Jim’s proposal is rejected by his girlfriend, putting them in an where its remaining inhabitants are haunted by something ominous. awkward position when they arrive to his mother’s mistaken congratulations. Martyr (NR) Foreign/Drama (Lebanon) Dark Fortune (NR) Drama A young man’s tragic death at Beirut’s seaside causes his friends to grapple with A newly licensed child psychologist must provide care for the sole survivor of a loss, and exposes the city’s schisms and fault lines. horrendous car wreck that claimed the lives of the boy’s entire family. The Miseducation of Cameron Post (NR) Studio Q/Drama – Chloë Grace Moretz Deadman Standing (NR) Western – C. Thomas Howell A teen girl is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting caught with When lawman Mike McCluskie slays a crooked colleague, a gang of angry another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night. cattlemen rise up to seek revenge. Mission Impossible: Fallout (R) Action – Tom Cruise, Angela Bassett, Ving Rhames Dede (NR) Foreign/Drama (Georgia) The best intentions come back to haunt Ethan Hunt and his IMF team, who are in A young woman in the mountainous community of Svaneti is promised to a soldier a race against time after a mission goes terribly wrong. returning from war, but unable to love him she instead falls for his best friend. Operation Finale (PG13) War/Drama Dragonfly (NR) Drama True story follows the 1960 mission of agent Peter Malkin who captured Nazi war A struggling artist returns home to help care for her ailing mom, where a magical criminal Adolf Eichmann. mailbox forces her to rethink her conflicted relationship with her mother. Rellik (BBC) (NR) Crime/Mystery Equalizer 2 (R) Action/Crime – Denzel Washington Scarred physically and emotionally when a serial killer throws acid in his face, a Robert McCall serves an unflinching justice for the exploited and oppressed, but London detective works backward in time to find the killer. how far will he go when that is someone he loves? Ride (NR) Suspense Galveston (NR) Action/Crime/Drama – Ben Foster, Elle Fanning When a Lyft driver and his passenger pick up a charismatic but manipulative A mob hit man whose boss double-crossed him discovers a young woman being passenger, a normal night out in LA becomes a psychological war for survival. held captive, and reluctantly takes her with him on his escape. Support the Girls (R) Comedy I Still See You (PG13) Suspense/Thriller – Bella Thorne The manager at a highway-side “sports bar with curves” has her incurable Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, a young optimism and faith tested over the course of a long, strange day. woman receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. k.d. lang: Ingenue Redux – Live From San Francisco (NR) Music Panique (1946) (Critereon) (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) 25th anniversary concert of “Ingénue,” the critically acclaimed 1992 album by A French killer and his mistress frame a lonely man for murder in the eyes of an singer-songwriter k.d. lang. from the Majestic Theater in San Antonio, Texas. angry mob. Lizzie (R) Crime/Drama – Chloë Sevigny, Kristen Stewart The Predator (R) Sci-Fi/Horror A psychological thriller based on the infamous 1892 murders of the Borden family. From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt Lockpicker (NR) Drama comes home in Shane Black’s explosive reinvention of the Predator series. A teenage thief tries to leave town to escape the violence that threatens him and Schindler’s List: 25th Anniversary (R) War/Drama – Liam Neeson the people he loves. This incredible true story follows the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives Long Forgotten Field (NR) Drama of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. On Sam’s return from military service, Lily is set on revitalizing their relationship, Simple Favor (R) Suspense/Mystery – Anna Kendrick, Blake Lively but Sam’s worsening PTSD creates a formidable challenge to happiness. A mommy vlogger seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend’s sudden Manhandlers (NR) Comedy disappearance from their small town. Two amoral guys who are desperate for money open a small muscle-for-hire The Super (R) Suspense business, and soon find themselves immersed in a wacky, seedy underworld. A former cop takes a job as a building superintendent. When several tenants go Molly (NR) Sci-Fi/Action missing, he suspects a sadistic murderer may be roaming the eerie corridors. A super-powered young woman roams a violent post-apocalyptic barren Venom (R) Superheroes/Action – Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams landscape, armed only with a bow and arrow, to confront the dangers around her. When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his Occupy Texas (NR) Drama alter-ego “Venom” to save his life. A washed out “Occupy Wall Street” protester returns home to Texas after the death of his parents to reunite with his sisters, his past, and himself. The Party’s Just Beginning (NR) Drama/Comedy Monday, December 24 A surreal coming of age story told from the perspective of a young Scottish White Boy Rick (R) Crime/Drama – Matthew McConaughey, Richie Merritt woman trying to cope with the suicide of her best friend. The story of teenager Richard Wershe Jr., who became an informant for the FBI in Peppermint (R) Action/Suspense – Jennifer Garner the 1980s and was sentenced to life in prison for drug trafficking. A young mother awakens from a coma after her husband and daughter are killed in a brutal attack, and she sets out to transform herself into an urban guerilla. New Holiday/Hallmark TV Movies River Runs Red (NR) Suspense – Taye Diggs, John Cusack, George Lopez Christmas at Rosemont – 12/4 – Romance/Drama When the son of a successful judge is killed by two police officers and the system Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer – 12/4 – Animated sets them free, a hardened detective decides to take the law into his own hands. Royal New Year’s Eve – 12/4 – Romance/Drama Runnin’ From My Roots (NR) Romance/Drama Following a very public fall from grace, country music star Faith Winters seeks A Royal Winter – 12/4– Romance/Drama refuge in her rural Texas hometown. The Christmas Cure – 12/11– Romance/Drama Smallfoot (PG) Animated/Family Christmas in Homestead – 12/11– Romance/Drama “Smallfoot” turns the Bigfoot legend upside down when a bright young Yeti finds Second Chance Christmas – 12/11– Romance/Drama something he thought didnt exist – a human. Tiny Christmas – 12/11 – Animated Some Beasts (NR) Drama Following a death in an isolated farming community in Appalachia, a modern-day Thoreau must reconcile his place in a world that lives outside of the law. New Horror Releases The Sound and the Fury (NR) Drama – James Franco All the Creatures Were Stirring – 12/4 Based on William Faulkner’s acclaimed novel, “The Sound and the Fury” portrays Ghost Beyond – 12/4 the decline and fall of a once-proud, aristocratic Southern family. Remote Viewing – 12/4 22 Chaser (NR) Suspense/Mystery Snowflake – 12/4 A down-on-his-luck tow truck driver turns to chasing car accidents to provide for Book of Evil – 12/11 his family. But just how far will he go to deliver on the promises that he made? Un Traductor (NR) Foreign/Drama (Cuba) Frenzy – 12/11 A Russian Literature professor at the University of Havana is ordered to work as a The Terror of Hallow’s Eve – 12/11 translator for child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Monster Party – 12/18 Welcome Home (R) Suspense – Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski A couple spends a weekend at a rented house in the Italian countryside to repair New Documentary Releases their relationship, but soon become victims of the homeowner’s sinister plans. Aliens at the Pentagon – 12/4 Who We Are Now (NR) Drama – Julianne Nicholson, Zachary Quinto Eating You Alive – 12/4 An ex-con tries to get back custody of her son with the help of an idealistic public defender and also falls into a romantic fling with a traumatized former US soldier. I Am Paul Walker – 12/4 The Wild Boys (NR) Foreign/Drama (France) McQueen (R) – 12/4 On the island of La Réunion, five adolescents commit a savage crime, and are Pick of the Litter – 12/4 dispensed to a haunted sail boat governed by a repressive Dutch captain. Pope Francis: A Man of His Word (PG) – 12/4 United We Fan – 12/4 Tuesday, December 18 Makala – 12/11 Air Strike (R) War/Action – Bruce Willis, Adrien Brody Fahrenheit 11/9 (R) – 12/18 During World War II, five different Chinese people fight their way through Japanese Air Force attacks to protect an important military machine in Chongqing, 1940. New Series and TV Releases Assassination Nation (R) Suspense Castlevania: Season 1 – 12/4 After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town The Handmaids Tale: Season 2 – 12/4 of Salem, chaos decends and four girls must fight to survive. Vera: Set 8 (BBC) – 12/4 En el Séptimo Dia (On the Seventh Day) (NR) Drama A group of undocumented Mexican immigrants work long hours six days a week, Westworld: Season 2 – 12/4 and then savor their day of rest on Sundays on the soccer fields of Brooklyn. Yellowstone: Season 1 – 12/4 House with a Clock in Its Walls (PG) Family/Fantasy/Comedy – Jack Black Instinct: Season1 – 12/11 Spine-tingling tale of 10-year-old Lewis who goes to live with his uncle in a creaky Orville: Season 1 – 12/11 old house with a mysterious tick-tocking heart. Top of the Lake: China Girl – 12/11 I Miss You When I See You (NR) Foreign/Studio Q/Drama (Hong Kong) Jamie re-encounters his old school friend, Kevin, who has been suffering from The Dr. Blake Mysteries: Season 5 – 12/18 depression and must make a choice between following his heart or society. Our Cartoon President: Season 1 – 12/18 In a Relationship (NR) Comedy/Drama – Emma Roberts, Michael Angarano The Sinner: Season 2 – 12/18 A funny, deeply felt chronicle of one summer in the lives of two couples, one coming together while the other breaks apart. New to DVD & Classic Releases Little Women (PG13) Drama The Black Windmill (1974) – 12/4 – Suspense – Michael Caine A modern retelling of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, following the lives of the The Puppet Masters (1994) (R) – 12/4 – Horror – Donald Sutherland four March sisters, and their passage from childhood to womanhood. Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) (PG) – 12/4 – Action – Donald Pleasence Memoir of War (NR) Foreign/War/Drama (France) Marguerite must navigate through the hardships of the Liberation after losing her Death Ship (1980) (R) – 12/11 – Horror – George Kennedy husband and starting a relationship with the enemy during the War. Delightfully Dangerous (1945) – 12/11 – Musical Mrs. Right Guy (NR) Comedy Foxfire (1955) – 12/11 – Drama – Jane Russell, Jeff Chandler A traumatized young woman who rejects men long before they can get too close The Last Command (1955) – 12/11 – Drama – Sterling Hayden, Ernest Borgnine must learn to break away from her self-imposed exile from love. Wild Women (1970) – 12/11 – Western