John Candy: I Like Me

A thoroughly likable documentary about a thoroughly likable man. We’re taken back to John Candy’s early days in Canada, from finding his place on Second City to landing a role…

The Thursday Murder Club

In an upscale retirement village, former trauma nurse Joyce Meadowcroft (Celia Imrie) is invited into a club consisting of other retirees who solve cold cases; then, a fresh murder challenges…

Nosferatu

Making his own version of the classic 1922 horror adaptation of ”Dracula” has been a lifelong dream for Robert Eggers, who goes all in. Non-fans will be put off by…

Music by John Williams

John Williams, the king of film music composers, gets the golden Hollywood treatment in this elegant, adoring documentary. Don’t look for any revelations of a thrilling personal life, aside from…

The Christmas Chronicles Part Two 

Kate (Darby Camp) comes to the North Pole and meets Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) again, but they realize that she was being used by a resentful former elf (Julian Dennison)…

The Christmas Chronicles 

On Christmas Eve, two warring siblings (Judah Lewis, Darby Camp) happen to catch Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) on tape – and are whisked off on an adventure with him. You…

Mrs. Doubtfire

When Miranda Hillard (Sally Field) divorces Daniel (Robin Williams), he takes drastic means to be close to his three children, turning himself (with a little help from his makeup artist…

4: Rise of the Silver Surfer 

As Reed and Susan (Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba) prepare to get married, Earth is visited by a human-like creature with a silver demeanor; wherever he goes, destruction is near. A…

Fantastic Four 

Sometime in the future, five astronauts gain superpowers after being exposed to cosmic radiation; little do four of them know that the fifth (Julian McMahon) plans to use the powers…

Home Alone: Christmas with a Kick

Macaulay Culkin. Photo: 20th Century Fox I love everything about Christmas. Most people would pick It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) as their favorite Yuletide-themed film, and it certainly is a…