Starring: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Jane Leeves, Miriam Margolyes, Susan Sarandon

Featuring stop-motion animation and live action, this inventive adaptation of Roald Dahl’s beloved children’s tale follows the adventures of James (Paul Terry), an orphaned young British boy. Forced to live with his cruel aunts (Joanna Lumley, Miriam Margolyes), James finds a way out of his bleak existence when he discovers an enormous enchanted peach. After rolling into the sea inside the buoyant fruit, James, accompanied by a crew of friendly talking insects, sets sail for New York City.

Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Marissa Bode, Ethan Slater, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum

Wicked, the untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Emmy, Grammy and Tony winning powerhouse Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a young woman, misunderstood because of her unusual green skin, who has yet to discover her true power, and Grammy-winning, multi-platinum recording artist and global superstar Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman, gilded by privilege and ambition, who has yet to discover her true heart.

The two meet as students at Shiz University in the fantastical Land of Oz and forge an unlikely but profound friendship. Following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads and their lives take very different paths. Glinda’s unflinching desire for popularity sees her seduced by power, while Elphaba’s determination to remain true to herself, and to those around her, will have unexpected and shocking consequences on her future. Their extraordinary adventures in Oz will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jon Hamm, Laurence Fishburne, Steve Buscemi

Transformers One, the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Simple-minded Chance (Peter Sellers), a gardener who has resided in the Washington, D.C., townhouse of his wealthy employer for his entire life and been educated only by television, is forced to vacate his home when his boss dies. While wandering the streets, he encounters business mogul Ben Rand (Melvyn Douglas), who assumes Chance to be a fellow upper-class gentleman. Soon Chance is ushered into high society, and his unaffected gardening wisdom makes him the talk of the town.

Starring: Jean Reno, Adriana Barraza, Rochi Hernández, Nicolás Francella, Alexia Moyano

A heartbroken fisherman finds a penguin drifting alone in the ocean, drenched in oil from a spill. He not only rescues the sea creature, but takes it under his wing, finding a sense of joy for the first time in years.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher, Corey Feldman, Rick Ducommun, Wendy Schaal, Henry Gibson, Theodore Gottlieb, Dick Miller

Settling in for some time off in his suburban home, Ray Peterson’s (Tom Hanks) vacation becomes a horror when the Klopeks, a suspiciously odd family, move in down the block. Enlisting the aid of his paranoid buddy, Art (Rick Ducommun), and his militia-man neighbor, Rumsfield (Bruce Dern), Ray sends his son and wife (Carrie Fisher) away on a trip while he investigates the Klopeks. When a neighbor disappears, Ray and his cohorts risk their lives to save their cul-de-sac from the clutches of evil.

Starring: Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries, Aaron Ruell, Diedrich Bader, Tina Majorino, Sandy Martin, Haylie Duff, Trevor Snarr, Shondrella Avery

In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico (Jon Gries), shows up to keep an eye on him. With no safe haven at home or at school, Napoleon befriends the new kid, Pedro (Efren Ramirez), a morose Hispanic boy who speaks little English. Together the two launch a campaign to run for class president.

Starring: F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge, Roy Dotrice, Simon Callow, Christine Ebersole, Jeffrey Jones

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce) is a remarkably talented young Viennese composer who unwittingly finds a fierce rival in the disciplined and determined Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham). Resenting Mozart for both his hedonistic lifestyle and his undeniable talent, the highly religious Salieri is gradually consumed by his jealousy and becomes obsessed with Mozart’s downfall, leading to a devious scheme that has dire consequences for both men.

Starring: Auli’i Cravalho, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Tudyk, Nicole Scherzinger

Moana 2 contains several sequences with flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities

Moana 2 reunites Moana and Maui three years later for an expansive new voyage alongside a crew of unlikely seafarers. After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, Moana must journey to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she’s ever faced.

Starring: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Max von Sydow, Ornella Muti, Topal, Timothy Dalton, Brian Blessed

December news-Flash (ah-ahhh)* from The Deuce: Planet Earth in peril! Oceans in turmoil! Earthquakes! Eruptions! Sudden Solar Eclipses! HOT HAIL!! Only 14 hours left to save the Earth! But don’t despair – The Deuce (Savior of the Universe!) is here and has a handsome hunky hero in tow:  FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON!! (Quarterback. New York Jets.) Can the flaxen-haired footballer and his new-found friends save our Big Blue Marble from the fate the frivolously fiendish Emperor Ming of Mongo has fashioned?? That of (hahahahahaha) TOTAL ANNIHILATION!??!

HE’LL SAVE EVERY ONE OF US!!

Sam (just a man) J. Jones, cast straight from his Dating Game (Flash, I love you!)  “debut” (!!), thrown into the mix and holding his own (with a man’s courage!) – or, at the least, having a helluva good time – with some major capital “M” Master capital “T” Thespians: Max (Ming The Merciless) von Sydow and (Dr. Hans Zarkov) Topal (formerly at NASA), both positively savoring the ridiculousness of their roles… milking every moment of their characters’ megalomania to maximum levels! With wry, randy robots! Lizardmen! Hawkmen! Treemen! Manly-men! And man-loving (maybe?) ladies!! Ming’s mercilessly mesmerizing daughter, Princess Aura (Ornella – putting the “OM” in “OMG” – Mutti)! “New York City girl” and ardent Flash-fan/cheerleader/confidant/go-getter-gal Dale Arden (an equally mesmerizing, music-to-the-ears Melody Anderson)! Mesmerizing guys and gals from all kinds of wacky worlds! Cytherians! Ardentians! Aquarians! Azurians! And dwarfs! Lots of dwarfs!!??!!

Go Flash, go Flash, go Flash, GO!

Director Mike (Get Carter) Hodges, taking a break from his usual grit-and-grime British crime drama bent – and backed by the bounty of Dino De Laurentiis – with a script by TV’s (BAM! POWIE! OOF! KER-PLOW!) Batman helmsman, Lorenzo Semple, Jr. (fresh-ish from Dino’s equally outre KING KONG!) – and (again, courtesy Batman) – EEE-YOW! – pure throw-back afternoon matinee movie-magic… nearly maniacal in its over-the-top EVERYTHING… abandoning rhyme and reason and “good” taste in favor of capital “F” Fuckin’ Fun!! A Day-Glo Disco Party Glitter Rock extravagance… kitschy and kinky! Designed and costumed to an eye-popping, jaw-dropping drooling-delirium that flamboyantly and faithfully recreates artist Alex Raymond’s original 30s-era comic-strip vision of deco interdimensional worlds, rococo rocket ships, and going-for-baroque BDSMisms… Garish! Gaudy! Giddily goofy!!

And, oh yeah – it’s got some pretty good music in it too…

GORDON’S ALIVE!

YEAH!!

*(granted – if you have not seen FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON – most of the above will make very little sense… easily rectified, however, by seeing said FLASH (ah-ahhh) GORDON this December with (oh-ohhh) The Deuce!)