New in Theaters: I review RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON (Disney Animation; also available on Disney+ Premier Access) and CHAOS WALKING (Lionsgate).

Classic Cinema Corner: "Reframed--Classic Films in the Rearview Mirror" series Thursday nights during the month of March on TCM.

Old vs. New: Alfred Hitchcock's REBECCA (1940) vs. Netflix's REBECCA (2020)

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Welcome to this week's episode!

New in Theaters (or at least new in my market...): MINARI (A24), TOM AND JERRY (Warner Bros. Animation Group)

Three By...Michael Mann. I pick three of my favorite films by director Michael Mann.

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Welcome!

New in Theaters and HBO Max: JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH (Warner Bros.)

TCM "Must-See Musicals": Learning a lot with this year's movie watching project. Favorite film so far has been THE LOVE PARADE (Paramount, 1929).

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Welcome to this week's podcast!

New in Theaters and Streaming: THE LITTLE THINGS (Warner Bros.) now playing in select theaters and streaming on HBO Max.

AFI 10 Best Movies of the Year (actually, they pick 11...). Check out the write-up here: https://www.afi.com/news/afi-awards-2020-honorees-announced/

Three By...: This month's Three by... director is Nancy Meyers.

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Happy 2021!

New in Theaters: Not much...however, Disney has re-released their fun animated feature THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (2000) in select theaters. Check your local listings.

Review: NEWS OF THE WORLD (Universal, 2020)

2021 Movie Watching Project: Watching all 50 of movies listed in this cool book from TCM, MUST-SEE MUSICALS: 50 SHOW-STOPPING MUSICALS WE CAN'T FORGET (Running Press, 2017). More info on the blog.

10 Favorite Films of 2020: My list of favorites this year is a little different, just like 2020 was a little different. Check out the "Lists" link on my Letterboxd page (https://letterboxd.com/stanfordclark/).

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New in Theaters! NEWS OF THE WORLD (Universal), PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (Focus Features), and WONDER WOMAN 1984 (Warner Bros.)

New on Streaming Platforms: SOUND OF METAL (Amazon Studios) on Amazon Prime Video, MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (Netflix Films) on Netflix, WONDER WOMAN 1984 (Warner Bros.) on HBO Max, and SOUL (Pixar Animation Studios) on Disney+

"Three by..." - This month's director is the great Robert Wise.

TCM Big Screen Classics - TCM announced the 2021 lineup and it looks great! More info at fathomevents.com/tcm.

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Coming to Theaters -- Two more films left in this year's Turner Classic Movies (TCM) Big Screen Classics lineup: FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (1971) on Dec. 13, 14, and 16; and a 25th anniversary screening of BABE (1995) on Dec. 20. More info at fathomevents.com/tcm.

New Disney Film Announcements - The Walt Disney Company held a presentation on December 10, 2020 for investors which highlighted programming coming to their Disney+ streaming service as well as some announcements to their upcoming film slate. Lots of good stuff coming to Disney+ and to theaters from Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, and Marvel Studios.

Modern Christmas Movies - I try to pick five "modern" (after 1990) Christmas films...

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New release dates for WONDER WOMAN 1984 and SOUL! Also, Warner Bros. is planning to release its entire 2021 slate on both HBO Max and in theaters on the same date all year. Never a dull moment with COVID-19...

Also of note, Francis Ford Coppola has recut THE GODFATHER PART III and renamed it THE GODFATHER CODA: THE DEATH OF MICHAEL CORLEONE. Coming to theaters this weekend (check your local listings) and to Blu-ray and Digital on December 8.

I also discuss my top five favorite classic Christmas movies. Check out Turner Classic Movies (TCM) this month for a truckload of classic Christmas movies, too.

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Now in Theaters: Not much... However, the original TOY STORY (1995) is back in select theaters celebrating its 25th anniversary. Check your local listings.

A Holy Grail Double Feature: I ended up seeing both MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) and INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) in theaters and had a blast.

"Three by..." Continuing my series exploring three different films by the same director. This month's director is Agnès Varda. The three films I watched are CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (1962), JANE B. PAR AGNÈS V. (1988), and FACES PLACES (2017).

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Happy Halloween!

New in Theaters: THE EMPTY MAN (20th Century Studios), ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL (re-release from 2019; 20th Century Studios)

Now Streaming: BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM (Amazon Studios; available on Amazon Prime), THE WITCHES (Warner Bros.; now streaming on HBO Max), REBECCA (Netflix)

Reviews: THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Netflix), OVER THE MOON (Netflix), CLOUDS (Disney+), ON THE ROCKS (Apple TV+)

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