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Box Office Buzz: Star Wars, Cats

Ron Van Timmeren from Celebration Cinema shows us what's new in theaters for the holidays.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Opening December 20:

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

  • PG13
  • 2h 22m
  • Action, Adventure, Fantasy 
  • Released: Dec. 20th

Director: J.J. Abrams

Cast: John Boyega, Adam Driver, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Daisy Ridley, Lupita Nyong'o, Billy Dee Williams, Joonas Suotamo, Ian McDiarmid, Anthony Daniels, Kelly Marie Tran

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once more in the final chapter of the Skywalker saga.

Cats

  • PG
  • 1h 49m
  • Animated, Comedy, Drama 
  • Released: Dec. 20th

Director: Tom Hooper

Cast: Judi Dench, Ian McKellen, Idris Elba, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, James Corden, Ray Winstone, Francesca Hayward, Jason Derulo, Laurie Davidson

A tribe of cats called the Jellicles must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new Jellicle life.

Bombshell

  • R
  • 1h 48m
  • Biography, Drama 
  • Released: Dec. 20th

Director: Jay Roach

Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Nicole Kidman, John Lithgow, Charlize Theron, Mark Duplass, Margot Robbie, Connie Britton, Allison Janney, Rob Delaney

Starring Academy Award® winner Charlize Theron, Academy Award® winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award® nominee John Lithgow and Academy Award® nominee Margot Robbie, based on the real scandal, BOMBSHELL is a revealing look inside the most powerful and controversial media empire of all time and the explosive story of the women who brought down the infamous man who created it. Directed by Emmy® Award winner Jay Roach and written by Academy Award® winner Charles Randolph. BOMBSHELL also stars Emmy® Award winner Kate McKinnon, Golden Globe® nominee Connie Britton, Emmy® Award winner Mark Duplass, Emmy® Award nominee Rob Delaney, Golden Globe® nominee Malcolm McDowell and Academy Award® winner Allison Janney.

Opening December 25:

Uncut Gems

  • R
  • 2h 15m
  • Comedy, Crime, Drama 
  • Released: Dec. 25th

Director: Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie

Cast: Adam Sandler, Idina Menzel, Lakeith Stanfield, Eric Bogosian, Judd Hirsch, The Weeknd, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett

From acclaimed filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie comes an electrifying crime thriller about Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

Little Women

  • PG
  • 2h 15m
  • Drama 
  • Released: Dec. 25th

Director: Greta Gerwig

Cast: Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Laura Dern, Chris Cooper, Meryl Streep, Bob Odenkirk, Tracy Letts, Timothée Chalamet, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, James Norton, Louis Garrel, Jayne Houdyshell

Writer-director Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird) has crafted a Little Women that draws on both the classic novel and the writings of Louisa May Alcott, and unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life. In Gerwig’s take, the beloved story of the March sisters – four young women each determined to live life on her own terms -- is both timeless and timely. Portraying Jo, Meg, Amy, and Beth March, the film stars Saoirse Ronan, Emma Watson, Florence Pugh, Eliza Scanlen, with Timothée Chalamet as their neighbor Laurie, Laura Dern as Marmee, and Meryl Streep as Aunt March.

Spies in Disguise

  • PG
  • 1h 42m
  • Action, Adventure, Animated 
  • Released: Dec. 25th

Director: Nick Bruno, Troy Quane

Cast: Will Smith, Rashida Jones, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Ben Mendelsohn, DJ Khaled, Masi Oka

Super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is … not. But when events take an unexpected turn, this unlikely duo are forced to team up for the ultimate mission that will require an almost impossible disguise – transforming Lance into the brave, fierce, majestic… pigeon. Walter and Lance suddenly have to work as a team, or the whole world is in peril. “Spies in Disguise” flies into theaters this Christmas.

For information on tickets and show times, visit https://celebrationcinema.com/

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