Based on the beloved book and directed by Dallas Jenkins, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever follows a small town’s attempt to produce the 75th Annual Christmas Pageant.
The Herdman kids decide to be in the pageant even though they’ve never stepped into the community church. The Herdmans are absolutely the worst kids in the history of the world.
Beatrice Schneider as Imogene Herdman, Mason Nelligan as Ralph Herdman, Matthew Lamb as Claude Herdman, Ewan Matthys Wood as Leroy Herdman, Essek Moore as Ollie Herdman and Kynlee Heiman as Gladys Herdman. Photo Credit: Allen Fraser.
But this Christmas, they’re taking over their local church Pageant—and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked community the true meaning of Christmas.
Beatrice Schneider as Imogene Herdman and Judy Greer as Grace. Photo Credit: Allen Fraser.
The cast includes Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, Elizabeth Tabish, and Lauren Graham.
Oz Perkins directs Nicolas Cage and Maika Monroe in LongLegs. The film follows FBI agent Lee Harker, played by Monroe, assigned to an unsolved serial killer case. The case takes an unforeseen turn, revealing evidence of the occult.
Harker uncovers a personal connection to the killer, played by Cage, and must stop him before he strikes again.
The supporting cast includes Blair Underwood, Alicia Witt and Erin Boyes.
Perkins is the son of Anthony Perkins. Other directed by Perkins:
Mel Gibson directed Flight Risk, starring Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Dockery and Topher Grace.
Written by Jared Rosenberg, this suspense thriller has a pilot, played by Wahlberg, transporting an Air Marsha, played by Dockery, accompanying a fugitive, played by Grace, to trial.
Topher Grace as Winston Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
Crossing the Alaskan wilderness, they experience soaring tensions and tested trust because not everyone on board is who they seem.
Dockery says she appreciated being in the tight space while at the same time “flying through the mountains looking at those incredible views. It was really refreshing – even though we weren’t actually ‘flying.’ Flight Risk is about three characters who can’t go anywhere, so there’s a kind of intimacy and beauty that will be powerful on the big screen. It will feel vast, and it will feel like they’re alone out there.”
Michelle Dockery is responsible for Madolyn, and Mark Wahlberg is responsible for Daryl in Flight Risk. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Lionsgate
“Any time you’re in an aircraft, especially one as small as ours, it’s going to be claustrophobic,” Gibson explains. “We’ve played into everyone’s fear of flying, high altitudes, falling, and crashing.”
At the same time, what’s happening outside the plane provides its own kind of thrills, as Gibson continues, “The beauty of the film is that it takes place over the beautiful Alaskan Alps, which are stunning and spectacular, as well as intimidating and scary.”
Gibson was also drawn to the project because the script “kept me guessing and had some unexpected laughs; it was terrifying and had an intriguing mix of elements I found charming. There are no dead spots.”
Megan Park directed My Old Ass, a coming-of-age story. An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott, played by Maisy Stella, who comes face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self, played by Aubrey Plaza.
But when Elliott’s “old ass” starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn’t do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what’s becoming a transformative summer.
Prodded for advice, Elliott’s future self gives her one major warning: avoid anyone named Chad, which sounds easy enough. But when Elliott meets the very Chad, played by Percy Hynes White, she is supposed to dodge things get complicated. Elliott opens herself to what her future self might have to show her and vice versa.
Producer Margot Robbie sums it up, “What we’ve learned since sharing this movie with the world is that the themes are universal. No matter how old you are or where you come from, everyone has asked themselves these questions about what it means to live authentically and in the moment. In a world that’s often so noisy and overwhelming, Megan has presented such a positive message, and we were happy to help bring a bit of joy to the screen.”
Park has a stream of credits as an actress and directed The Fallout.
Directed by Jake Kasdan, after a villain kidnaps Santa from the North Pole, an E.L.F. (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative, played by Dwayne Johnson, must partner with the world’s most accomplished tracker, played by Chris Evans, to find Santa, played by J. K. Simmons, and save Christmas.
The rest of the cast includes Kiernan Shipka, Bonnie Hunt, Lucy Liu, Kristofer Hivju, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Nick Kroll and Wesley Kimmel.
Relatively familiar with the gothic tale of obsession with a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake in 19th-century Germany.
James Watkins directed Speak No Evil, a psychological thriller. The charming British family they befriended on vacation invites an American family to spend the weekend at their idyllic country estate.
Soon, what begins as a dream holiday warps into a snarled psychological nightmare.
The cast includes James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Alix West Lefler, Dan Hough and Scoot McNairy.
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When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course.
Maddie Schwartz, played by Natalie Portman, is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Johnson, played by Moses Ingram, is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family.
Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger. From visionary director Alma Har’el, Lady in the Lake emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams.
Parker Finn directed Smile 2, which he also directed Smile.
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley, played by Naomi Scott, begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events.
Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals.
Jesse Eisenberg wrote and directed A Real Pain, in which mismatched cousins David, played by Eisenberg, and Benji, played by Kieran Culkin, reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother.
