Film Preview: December 2019

Coming soon to a cinema near you this month are many high quality productions.

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Tom
Hanks (Big) portrays American television personality Fred Rogers in ‘A
Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood’, released on 6 December 2019.  Matthew Rhys (The Americans television series)
plays journalist Lloyd Vogel, with the film focusing on his experience
profiling Rogers and the effect it has on his life.

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Brace
for impact on 19 December 2019 as ‘Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of
Skywalker’ is released to conclude the nine-part “Skywalker saga”, that started
with ‘A New Hope’ in 1977, with this third instalment in the sequel trilogy
following ‘The Force Awakens’ and ‘The Last Jedi’ from 2015 and 2017,
respectively.  Mark Hamill (Kingsman: The
Secret Service) heads an ensemble cast that includes Carrie Fisher in unreleased
footage.

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Directed
by Tom Hooper (The King’s Speech), ‘Cats’ will be released on 20 December 2019.  James Corden (Into the Woods), Judi Dench
(Mrs Brown), Idris Elba (Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom), Jennifer Hudson
(Dreamgirls), Ian McKellen (X-Men) and Taylor Swift (Valentine’s Day) feature
in Hooper’s second musical film following ‘Les Misérables’ in 2012.

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On
26 December 2019 ‘Little Women’ will mark the eighth film adaptation of Louisa
May Alcott’s 1868 novel of the same name. 
Directed by Greta Gerwig (Lady Bird), Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones),
Emma Watson (Beauty and the Beast), Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth), Laura Dern
(Rambling Rose), Timothée Chalamet (Beautiful Boy) and Meryl Streep (Out of
Africa) will feature in this classic story.