Christmas is just a few days away, which means that 2024's movie season is ending. We still have some great films to watch in theaters as Mufasa gives us the history of the titular Lion King and his brother Scar. If you're looking for another option for the family, Sonic and his friends battle against the John Wick of Hedgehogs, and The Dragon Prince has its epic finale on Netflix. Here is everything you need to watch this weekend.
The top winner at the festival is an absolutely magnificent and devastating look at modern class exploitation.
Anora, a sex worker from Brooklyn, gets her chance at a Cinderella story when she meets and marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as the parents set out for New York to get the marriage annulled.
Chase Hutchinsonpraised Madison's performance in his review: Madison expertly captures all the vulgarity and visceral parts of Ani’s personalitythat she has built as armor for herself as she does this just as we begin to see it starting to crack. Baker is similarly attuned to every single moment of her stunning performance, letting the small moments linger until they all accumulate into something substantively shattering.
Anora follows a young sex worker from Brooklyn who impulsively marries the son of a Russian oligarch, igniting a potential fairy tale. Upon learning of the union, his influential parents travel to New York to annul the marriage, jeopardizing her unexpected chance at a new beginning.
Release Date
October 18, 2024
Director
Sean Baker
Cast
Mikey Madison
, Mark Eydelshteyn
, Karren Karagulian
, Yuriy Borisov
, Vache Tovmasyan
, Ivy Wolk
, Luna Sofía Miranda
, Ross Brodar
, Lindsey Normington
, Darya Ekamasova
, Emily Weider
, Alena Gurevich
, Masha Zhak
, Paul Weissman
, Charlton Lamar
, Aleksey Serebryakov
, Ella Rubin
, Vincent Radwinsky
, Michael Sergio
, Brittney Rodriguez
, Sophia Carnabuci
, Anton Bitter
, Zoë Vnak
Barry Jenkins' prequel has a louder roar than it's predecessor, but that's not saying too much.
Lost and alone, orphaned cub Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) meets a sympathetic lion named Taka (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), the heir to a royal bloodline. The chance meeting sets in motion an expansive journey of an extraordinary group of misfits searching for their destinies.
While Disney live-action remakes don't have the best reputation, Mufasa at least offers audiences a story they have not yet seen before. Aidan Kelley praises director Barry Jenkins for making the best of a difficult situation:Mufasa: The Lion King really did have the amazing opportunity to expand on two iconic characters. Barry Jenkins makes an admirable effort to genuinely improve on a movie that simply had no reason to exist.
Simba, having become king of the Pride Lands, is determined for his cub to follow in his paw prints while the origins of his late father Mufasa are explored.
Sonic (Ben Schwartz), Knuckles (Idris Elba), and Tails (Colleen O'Shaughnessey) reunite to battle Shadow (Keanu Reeves), a mysterious new enemy with powers unlike anything they've faced before. With their abilities outmatched in every way, they seek out an unlikely alliance to stop Shadow and protect the planet.
Video game movies are officially good, thanks to Sonic the Hedgehog carrying the genre on his back. Aidan Kelley believes that Sonic 3 is the best one yet: Sonic the Hedgehog 3 ends a refreshingly consistent trilogy that is just as good as its predecessors. One could easily argue that Shadow and Dr. Robotnik's arcs propel it to be even better, but while this is a definitive end for a trilogy, it's also very clearly not the end of the franchise (especially given the film's several end-credits sequences).
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Sonic the Hedgehog 3
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 is the sequel to the 2022 comedy-adventure movie that featured the Blue Blur and his companions on an adventure to stop Dr. Robotnik from taking over the world. The new film sees the new antagonist Shadow the Hedgehog, arriving to cause trouble for the newly formed trio of heroes, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles, as they adjust to their earthly lives.
Release Date
December 20, 2024
Runtime
109 Minutes
Writers
Pat Casey
, Josh Miller
, John Whittington
Studio(s)
Sega Sammy Group
, Original Film
, Marza Animation Planet
, Blur Studio
Get updated on what happened in Season 6 before the final season drops on December 19.
Netflix's beloved animated series, The Dragon Prince, has reached its end. The show's final season is one you do not want to miss as we finally come face-to-face with the star-touched elf.
As Aaravos and Claudia seek to destroy the cosmic order and invert life and death, our heroes must literally be ready to sacrifice anything and everything they love and believe in to save the world! This season will be more thrilling, magical, and heartbreaking than ever.
Two human princes forge an unlikely bond with the elfin assassin sent to kill them, embarking on an epic quest to bring peace to their warring lands.
Release Date
September 14, 2018
Cast
Paula Burrows
, Jack De Sena
, Sasha Rojen
, Racquel Belmonte
Eastwood's latest, starring Nicholas Hoult, J.K. Simmons, and Toni Collette, is frustrating in how close it comes to greatness.
In what may be Clint Eastwood's final film, Juror #2 follows a juror (Nicholas Hoult) for a high-profile murder trial and finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma that could influence the verdict and potentially convict or free the accused killer.
While the film has its moments, Eastwood's latest is far from his best. Jeff Ewing said: Juror #2 is elevated by strong central performances (though the other jurors, a sizable proportion of the film, sometimes read like caricatures), but it's largely undone by a parade of undercooked details, deus ex machina moments, and implausible reveals that would benefit from a little more thought in the narrative construction itself.
A family man serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial faces a harrowing moral dilemma when he realizes he might be responsible for the victim's death. As his internal struggle intensifies, he must decide whether to influence the jury's verdict to save himself or seek justice for the accused.
Release Date
October 30, 2024
Runtime
114 Minutes
Main Genre
Drama
Character(s)
Justin Kemp
, Procureure
Writers
Jonathan A. Abrams
Producers
Adam Goodman
, Clint Eastwood
, Tim Moore
, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein
, Jessica Meier
, David M. Bernstein
, Jeremy Bell
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