As it’s the week before Thanksgiving, an number of films are looking to get a jump on the holiday movie-going by coming out this weekend. Some of this week’s new releases include the much-anticipated second half of last year’s hit film based on the musical Wicked, a coming-of-age film about a woman who is forced to re-evaluate her life when she returns home to visit her ailing father, a film set in post-war Japan where a young man from a gangster family finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor and develops into a gifted performer, and much more!
A Figgly Christmas
When Santa Claus crashes in the land of the Woodgies, Figgly has to help Santa and save Christmas.
Directed by Matthew Clark “Ghost”, Tesha Clark
Starring: Matthew Clark “Ghost”, Tesha Clark
Release date: November 20
Altered (PG-13)
In an alternate present, genetically enhanced humans dominate society. Outcasts Leon and Chloe fight for justice against corrupt politicians exploiting genetic disparity, risking everything to challenge the oppressive system.
Directed by Timo Vuorensola
Starring: Aggy K. Adams, Daniyar Alshinov, Richard Brake, Elizaveta Bugulova, Tom Felton
Release date: November 21
Blue Eyed Girl
When Jane returns home to visit her ailing father, she is forced to re-evaluate her life, and to wonder what could have been. Sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking, Blue Eyed Girl a coming-of-age story for the forty-something set.
Directed by J. Mills Goodloe
Starring: Eliza Coupe, Beau Bridges, Sam Trammell, Freddy Rodríguez, Marisa Coughlan
Release date: November 21
Cactus Pears
Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried.
Directed by Rohan Kanawade
Starring: Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap, Nitin Bansode, Harish Kanawade
Release date: November 21
Chris Hemsworth: A Road Trip to Remember
Chris Hemsworth helps his father Craig, diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, by taking him on a memory-filled road trip across Australia, exploring how social bonds and connection can protect brain health and fight dementia.
Directed by Tom Barbor-Might
Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Craig Hemsworth, Leonie Hemsworth
Release date: November 23
Kokuho
In post-war Japan’s economic boom, gangster family-born Kikuo Tachibana finds himself adopted by a kabuki actor. Despite life’s challenges, he develops into a gifted performer.
Directed by Sang-il Lee
Starring: Keitatsu Koshiyama, Soya Kurokawa, Ai Mikami, Takahiro Miura, Ken Watanabe
Release date: November 21
Rental Family (PG-13)
An American actor in Tokyo struggling to find purpose lands an unusual gig: working for a Japanese “rental family” agency, playing stand-in roles for strangers. He rediscovers purpose, belonging, and the beauty of human connection.
Directed by Hikari
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Paolo Andrea Di Pietro, Shinji Ozeki, Takao Kin, Risa Kameda
Release date: November 21
Sisu: Road to Revenge (R)
A man returns to dismantle his family’s house, where they were murdered in war, to rebuild it elsewhere. When the killer, a Red Army commander, tracks him down, a brutal cross-country pursuit begins.
Directed by Jalmari Helander
Starring: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake, Sandy E. Scott, Tommi Korpela
Release date: November 21
Wicked: For Good (PG)
Elphaba, the future Wicked Witch of the West and her relationship with Glinda, the Good Witch of the North. The second of a two-part feature film adaptation of the Broadway musical.
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Starring: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande,Jeff Goldblum, Michelle Yeoh, Jonathan Bailey
Release date: November 21
