![]() ![]() 11, at Detroit Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Academy Award-winning production company Magic Light Pictures transforms the beloved picture books written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler in these two charmingly animated shorts for the whole family. “The Gruffalo’s Child” and “Stick Man”: Follow a young gruffalo as she wanders a snowy forest in search of the Big Bad Mouse of her father’s stories, and Stick Man on his winding journey to make it home in time for Christmas.“Stick Man,” 2015 – directed by Jeroen Jaspaert, co-directed by Daniel Snaddon (Courtesy DIA.org) Simmons, Lil Rel Howery and Tim Blake Nelson. ![]() Written by Adam Mervis and based on his play. “National Champions”: A star quarterback LeMarcus James (Stephan James) and teammate Emmett Sunday (Alexander Ludwig) ignite a players’ strike for equal compensation for student-athletes, three days before the college football national championship game.Saturday Night”: HBO’s latest “Music Box” documentary profiles Australian businessman, artist manager and producer Robert Stigwood, a key figure in Hollywood and the music industry, who turned to a 1976 magazine article about New York’s nightclub scene into the influential smash “Saturday Night Fever.” Premieres Dec. 12, at Detroit Film Theatre in the Detroit Institute of Arts. To provide for her struggling family, Fahrije pulls the other widows in her community together to launch a business selling a local food product. This searing new drama is based on the true story of Fahrije (Yllka Gashi), who, like many of the other women in her patriarchal village, has lived with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband disappeared during the war in Kosovo. “Hive (Zgjoi)”: Against the backdrop of civil unrest and deeply rooted misogyny, Fahrije and the women of her village will not be deterred in their struggle to find hope and justice in the face of a dangerously uncertain future.(Kosovo/Switzerland/Macedonia/Albania/2021-directed by Blerta Basholli) “Hive (Zgjoi),” plays this weekend at the Detroit Film Theatre. Also starring Meryl Streep, Jonah Hill, Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry. The pair go on a media tour to warn the public before it’s too late. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio), discover a comet on a direct collision course with Earth. “Don’t Look Up”: Comedy-disaster film where Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence), an astronomy grad student, and her professor Dr.Nicole Kidman is the driven Lucy, and Javier Bardem plays her partner in life and business, Desi Arnaz, stars of the top-rated “I Love Lucy” TV show, as Lucy faces real-life scrutiny from the House Unamerican Activities Committee. “Being the Ricardos”: Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama about the biggest TV stars of the 1950s has generated some buzz due to its high-profile cast and AMC’s “The Plot Thickens” podcast currently focused on Lucille Ball.The starry voice cast includes Eric Bana as the zookeeper, Isla Fisher as a taipan, Tim Minchin as a koala, Guy Pearce as a funnel web spider and Keith Urban as a cane toad.Īlso this weekend: Javier Bardem stars as Desi Arnaz in “Being the Ricardos.” (Photo: Glen Wilson © Amazon Content Services LLC It’s a lighthearted pic about a group of Australia’s “deadliest creatures” looking to escape from a zoo. Or for something lighter and more family oriented, Netflix also has the animated “Back to the Outback” also arriving on Friday.“The Unforgivable” hits Netflix on Friday, Dec. Jon Bernthal, Vincent D’Onofrio and Viola Davis are among the starry supporting cast. Bullock plays the ex-convict, who finds that people aren’t quite ready to forgive her while on a search for her younger sister. Sandra Bullock struck viewership gold with “Bird Box” on Netflix and now is back with another very different project, “The Unforgivable,” about a woman trying to re-enter society after serving her time in prison for a violent crime.What to watch: ‘Dead Ringers’ is back and more creepy than ever ![]()
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