And it brings that drama into ravishing deep focus. It shows you, through the ironic empathy summoned by Washington’s performance, just how fast the human race can slip off the tracks. He has made a “Macbeth” that is sure to seduce audiences - one that, for all its darkness of import, is light-spirited, fleet, and intoxicating.
Where to find it: In theaters and on Apple TV Plus starting January 14Ĭoen has trimmed down this already trim (at least for Shakespeare) play, and that was a smart move.
Read the full review Exclusively in Theaters That would be the heroine, Mirabel (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz), who is just like us - which means, within her family, that she’s the odd girl out. The ornate designer tiles of La Casa Madrigal, their idyllic mansion, turn into a synchronized army of domestic helpers, and each family member is endowed with his or her own superhuman gift. It’s the 60th animated feature produced by the Walt Disney company, and to borrow a phrase from the old Disney TV series, it’s set in a wonderful world of color - a rapturously imagined, rainbow-gorgeous village tucked inside the misty green mountains of Colombia, where the members of the Madrigal family lead a magical existence. “ Encanto ” is a lively, lovely, lushly enveloping digitally animated musical fairy tale. Where to find it: In theaters and on Disney Plus
It’s also a revolutionary show: the first to use the three-camera system that would allow sitcoms, going forward, to be filmed live and also a mainstream TV comedy about a cross-cultural marriage, starring two actors who, in playing Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, were (it was implied) portraying a stylized version of themselves.
The entire movie takes place in one pressure-cooker week during the shooting of the CBS sitcom “I Love Lucy.” It’s 1952, the show is in its second season (there have been a total of 37 episodes), and it’s the most popular program in America, with 60 million viewers every week. Where to Find It: In theaters and on Amazon Prime Videoīut “Being the Ricardos ,” his movie about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (played to wry perfection by Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem ), is very much a heady helping of Sorkinese - and a beautiful illustration of what can be intoxicating about it. That’s the “hilarious” insight Adam McKay wants to impart with “Don’t Look Up,” a smug, easy-target political satire in which two earnest astronomers (Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence) have one hell of a time trying to convince an attention-deficit president (Meryl Streep, clearly having more fun than we are) or bobblehead media (repped by Cate Blanchett and Tyler Perry) that there’s a comet hurtling toward Earth. Humans are stupid and can’t be expected to agree on anything, even if their existence depends on it. Where to Find It: In theaters and on Netflix Rather, “Resurrections” takes comfort in the familiar, fleshing out the emotional core of a world that always felt a little hollow. Where those films set out to break sound barriers in our brains - the way “bullet time,” the highway sequence and Neo’s final battle against an apparently infinite number of Agents Smith did - this one largely eschews innovation. Where to Find It: In theaters and on HBO MaxĮssentially a greatest hits concert and a cover version rolled into one (complete with flashback clips to high points from past installments), the new movie is slick but considerably less ambitious in scope than the two previous sequels. The Matrix Resurrections (Lana Wachowski) Find more movies and TV shows to stream here.
Here’s a rundown of the films opening this week that Variety has covered, along with information on where you can watch them.
Let Variety help you find that next well-earned bit of escapism, whether it’s the highly-anticipated “ Matrix Resurrections,” family-friendly “ Sing 2” or the inspirational “A Journal for Jordan.” Holiday movie season is upon us - though the release schedule has never been more confusing, with some blockbusters heading directly to streaming, others in theaters only and various independent films mixing up strategies between theaters, streaming and VOD releases.