SoCal movies, Dec. 6-13: ‘Eileen,’ ‘The Three Musketeers,’ ‘A Christmas Story’ and more
Anne Hathaway plays the femme fatale, Ralphie gets his gun, and swashes are buckled in a new adaptation of a classic adventure tale
Welcome to the latest edition of TV or Not TV’s curated guide to new and classic movies, events and revivals, film festivals and more screening in LA and OC this week. I’m Matt Cooper, former listings coordinator for the Los Angeles Times’ Calendar.
Lights, camera and … action!
New Releases
• Opening Wednesday, Dec. 6
‘The Three Musketeers - Part I: D’Artagnan’ François Civil, Vincent Cassel and Eva Green co-star in the first installment of Martin Bourboulon’s epic 2023 two-part adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas adventure tale set in 17th century France. In French with English subtitles. 121 mins. Not rated. laemmle.com
Opening Thursday, Dec. 7
‘Radioactive: The Women of Three Mile Island’ Four everyday women take on an industry in the aftermath of a partial meltdown at a nuclear power plant in small-town Pennsylvania in 1979 in Heidi Hutner’s 2022 documentary. With Jane Fonda. 77 mins. Not rated. laemmle.com
‘Revolution on Canvas’ Iranian American painter Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi is profiled in this 2023 bio-doc directed by Till Schauder and Sara Nodjoumi. In English and Farsi with English subtitles. 95 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Waitress: The Musical’ Grammy winner Sara Bareilles takes center stage in a filmed version of the hit 2015 Broadway show (for which she wrote the music and lyrics) based on writer-director Adrienne Shelly’s 2007 romantic fable. 144 mins. Not Rated. Various theaters
• Opening Friday, Dec. 8
‘All Souls’ A young mother is forced to work as an undercover informant for police looking to take down a drug cartel in this 2023 thriller directed by Emmanuelle Pickett. With Mikey Madison. 81 mins. Rated R. lumierecinemala.com
‘The Boy and the Heron’ A 12-year-old grieving the loss of his mother follows a talking bird to a magical realm in this animated 2023 fantasy tale from revered filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, with separate screenings in Japanese with English subtitles or dubbed in English. 124 mins. Rated PG-13. gkids.com
‘A Creature Was Stirring’ A nurse goes to extreme lengths to keep her teen daughter’s bizarre medical condition under control in Damien LeVeck’s 2023 terror tale. With Chrissy Metz (“This is Us”) and Annalise Basso. 100 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com
‘Eileen’ A shy young secretary working at a prison in 1960s Boston has her life upended by the arrival of the facility’s glamorous and mysterious new therapist in this drama based on Ottessa Moshfegh’s 2015 novel. William Oldroyd directs and Thomasin McKenzie and Anne Hathaway star. 98 mins. Rated R. Various theaters
‘Elis & Tom’ This 2022 music doc revisits the 1974 collaboration between singer-songwriter Antônio Carlos Jobim, one of the seminal figures in bossa nova, and Brazilian chanteuse Elis Regina. Directed by Roberto de Oliveira and Jom Tob Azulay. In Portuguese and English with English subtitles. 100 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘The End We Start From’ A mother (“Killing Eve’s’ Jodie Comer) and her newborn baby are forced to flee London in the aftermath of an environmental disaster in Mahalia Belo’s 2023 survival thriller. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Katherine Waterston and Mark Strong. 102 mins. Rated R. amctheatres.com
‘Fast Charlie’ Pierce Brosnan stars as an aging hitman seeking vengeance against the crew that whacked his former boss in this 2023 crime drama directed by Phillip Noyce. With Morena Baccarin and the late James Caan. 90 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘La Syndicaliste’ Isabelle Huppert portrays a union rep turned whistleblower who took on the nuclear power industry in France at great personal cost in Jean-Paul Salomé’s fact-based 2023 drama. In French with English subtitles. 122 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Lord of Misrule’ A female vicar with a young daughter encounters strange doings in the small town to which she was recently posted in William Brent Bell’s 2023 horror fable. With “Sense8’s” Tuppence Middleton. 104 mins. Not rated. laemmle.com
‘Lost Cos’ A troubled young woman discovers the dark side of cosplay in this 2023 thriller. Robin de Levita directs and Evgeniya Radilova stars. 88 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Our (Almost Completely True) Love Story’ A short Jewish man attempts to win the heart of a statuesque former movie star in this 2021 rom-com directed by Don Scardino. With Mariette Hartley and Jerry Sroka. 93 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com
‘Our Son’ When one files for divorce, two gay men (Luke Evans, Billy Porter) find themselves locked in a battle over custody of their eight-year-old son in Bill Oliver’s 2023 drama. With Robin Weigert and Phylicia Rashad. 104 mins. Rated R. laemmle.com
‘Raging Grace’ A Filipino immigrant with a young daughter lands a job as live-in caretaker for a wealthy but terminally-ill senior citizen in this 2023 terror tale directed by Paris Zarcilla. With Jaeden Paige Boadilla. 99 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
‘Rose’ A woman and her husband accompany her schizophrenic sister on a bus trip to Paris in this poignant 2023 comedy-drama from “Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” director Niels Arden Oplev. In Danish, French, German and English with English subtitles. 106 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Opening Monday, Dec. 11…
‘Ever Deadly’ Trailblazing Canadian-Inuk throat singer Tanya Tagaq is profiled in this 2022 music doc co-directed by Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan. In Inuktitut and English with English subtitles. 90 mins. Not Rated. laemmle.com
• Opening Tuesday, Dec. 12
‘Immediate Family’ This 2023 doc from “Wrecking Crew” filmmaker Denny Tedesco salutes four legendary sidemen whose work with Carole King, James Taylor, et al., made them integral to the pop music scene in the 1970s and beyond. 102 mins. Not Rated. immediatefamilyfilm.com
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