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New Movies and TV December 2022
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Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Josh Primm and his family move to New York City. At first, Josh struggles with this new chapter in his life. However, the Primm's lives are turned upside down when they discover a singing crocodile named Lyle. Josh and Lyle take an immediate liking to each other. His owner, the eccentric Mr. Valenti, informs the family that his pet crocodile is missing. Lurking behind the scenes is Mr. Grumps, their nasty neighbor who would do anything to have Lyle captured. It's up to Josh to keep Lyle safe and show the world the unique talent of a special crocodile.
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Amsterdam
A family of four lives in an apartment with no wife and only three children. The father, Felix, is the only one who knows that he has siblings living in America with their mother. When one day while playing cards with his two nephews they are all dealt the same card on which is written "the big secret". Suddenly realizing that they have a bingo number as well as winning the game, Felix invites them to come visit him for the weekend. Once the children arrive, Felix then reveals the secret. They all decide to go and journey there to find her. | |
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Smile
After a patient dies in her care, psychiatrist Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing strange and disturbing incidents, all of which are marked by the victims smiling as they commit horrible acts of violence. Shaken, Dr. Cotter looks for answers by researching all of the incidents, including the case of a sole survivor who seems untouched by whatever curse was plaguing the others. However, her search leads her to a terrifying discovery: All of the victims died within seven days of going smilingly feral. If Dr. Cotter wants to make it out alive, she'll need to beat both the curse and the clock.
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The Woman King
The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a fierceness unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, The Woman King follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and readies them for battle against an enemy determined to destroy their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
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The Banshees of Inisherin
Set a century ago, on an island off the coast of Galway, this is the tale of a failed friendship. One day, with very little explanation as to why, a man named Colm decides to shun his younger friend, Padraic. Initially, Padraic is heartbroken and confused. He pushes for a reconciliation, but it appears that Colm has made up his mind and is not going to take back his buddy. Instead, he plans to focus on his music. Meanwhile, many others on the island are drawn into the feud.
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Ticket To Paradise
For one divorced couple, there can be no agreement; for several decades, they fight like cats and dogs. Then, their daughter decides to get married in Bali, and they realize that there is actually is one thing they do agree upon, that marriage is an awful idea. After so many years of acrimony, they decide to team up in order to stop to the marriage they know will be a disaster. Fairly quickly, however, the failed couple starts to grapple with an unexpected turn of events.
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Lifemark
David, a teenage boy, is adopted by the Colton family. Melissa was a teenager when she got pregnant with David. She wanted to abort the pregnancy but could not go through with it and opted to put the child up for adoption. David made his first contact with his birth mother on social media. Melisa was unsure of whether David would want to talk to her. David was curious about his mother and agreed to meet up with her.
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Bandit
A career criminal escapes from a Michigan prison and assumes a new identity in Canada. He soon falls in love with a woman he can't provide for without resorting to his criminal ways. Using the new identity, the fugitive goes on a robbery spree involving 59 banks and a chain of jewelry stores. In the meantime, the bandit has to remain highly alert and elusive to evade a police taskforce formed to hunt him down. His growing notoriety attracts the attention of a ruthless detective who will leave no stone unturned to bring him to book.
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Clerks III
After Randal Graves has a heart attack, he believes that he should make a movie about his start at the Quick Stop groceries and convenience store and everything that has happened in and around it through the years. He turns to his friends, Dante Hicks, Elias Grover, Becky Scott and even Jay and Silent Bob, to help him. His only hope is that he can pull it off without a hitch. Yet, given all of the strange things that occur out of the blue at the Quick Stop and the actions of others, anything might happen before he finishes the final scene.
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Call Jane
In 1968, about 10 years before abortion was made legal by the Supreme Court, a group of Chicago women form a network that helps desperate women obtain a safe, illegal abortion. The activists call themselves the Jane Collective. The leader of the group is an ardent feminist who goes by the name of Virginia. Then a housewife named Joy finds herself pregnant. She has a heart condition. Giving birth may kill her. Joy considers self-aborting her pregnancy in a dangerous way but then she hears about the Jane Collective. Now the race is on to find her a safe abortion.
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Halloween Ends
Four years after his Halloween night rampage, Laurie Strode prepares for a final showdown against Michael Myers
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Resurrection
Margaret seems to have a dream life. She is a capable professional living in a chic apartment. She shares a close relationship with her eighteen-year-old daughter and has a reliable lover. All is well until David returns. The trauma that Margaret experienced at the hands of David over two decades ago is so terrifying that she begins to lose her grip on reality. What memories are so horrifying that Margaret cannot bring herself to share them with her daughter, lover, or even the police? The return of Margaret's abuser leads her down a dark spiral of sheer terror.
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Mad God
In a post-apocalyptic world, humanity is beginning to celebrate the completion of a tower. An other-worldly creature appears above the tower, holding a scroll describing the curses brought down for the disobedience. A dark miasma settles over the city, and the Assassin is left as the last man. The Assasin descends into the ruined city, where he receives a map of the hellscape. He travels through a fever dream of brutality, filth, agony, and death. There may be a God that gives meaning to this universe of despair, but if so, it is a Mad God.
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Medieval
Near the end of the 14th century, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire dies, which leads to inevitable infighting among noble lords who seek the throne. A Czech knight and mercenary named Jan Žižka finds himself facing incredible odds against the world's most powerful men. One of these nobles, Henry III of Rosenberg, kills many members of Žižka's family. So, when Žižka is hired to kidnap Rosenberg's fiancee, Katherine, he doesn't resist although he wouldn't normally kidnap a woman. Eventually, Žižka falls in love with Katherine and discovers a terrible secret. He realizes that the only real way to save the Empire is for the people to rise up and fight!
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Ashgrove
For Dr. Jennifer Ashgrove, a personal problem spirals into something that is so intense, it may affect the history of human beings on the planet. As one of the most important scientists in the world, she becomes heavily involved when an extraordinary emergency threatens the water supply everywhere. When traveling out to the country to try and get some solitude, and some answers,she attempts to solve the most pressing problem ever encountered by humans while also battling to save her marriage.
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Old Man
An old man in red long johns awake suddenly in bed from a nightmare. He's in a cabin alone in the woods. When a young man, Joe, stumbles across his place, the old man finds himself suddenly a host to a stranger who seems familiar. He has his shotgun, but his dog, Rascal, has run off. Joe is also suspicious of the old man. He discovers that the man flips easily between rational and insane conversation. Each of the men is wary of the other. Both men carry within them terrible secrets. The question remains: Who will survive the night?
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House of the Dragon: Season 1
The "Game of Thrones" prequel is set 200 years before the original series. The series tells the story of a battle over who should succeed the ailing King Viserys Targaryen. King Viserys worsening health and lack of a male heir bring the future of House Targaryen into question. After naming his daughter, Princess Rhaenyra as his heir, the King's new wife gives birth to male heirs to bring the succession question to the surface. The events of "House of the Dragon" lead up to the Targaryen Civil War of Succession, known as the Dance of the Dragons.
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Better Call Saul: Season 6
Follows the misadventures of former con artist Jimmy McGill, as he tranforms into flamboyant criminal lawyer Saul Goodman
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Reacher: Season One
Jack Reacher is a former much decorated military police investigator who is now adrift in his post-military life. He wanders into the town of Margrave, Georgia, where he is promptly arrested and charged with murder. He gets unexpected support from a local detective and policewoman who believe Reacher may be innocent. Proving that leads to intense danger and a confrontation with the violent criminals of a Venezuelan drug cartel operating in the area. Now the powerfully built, 6-foot-4 former military man will have to pull out all his combat training and investigative skills to stay alive while proving his innocence.
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Star Trek: Discovery: Season 4
Season Four of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they’ve ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.
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Magpie Murders
When she realizes that the final chapter of a mystery writer's latest manuscript is missing and he later turns up dead, editor Susan Ryeland follows clues buried in the text to investigate the author's suspicious death
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The Staircase : Limited Series
Michael Peterson, a decorated Marine Corps veteran and successful crime writer, becomes the prime suspect in a homicide case that fully explains the paradox of truth always being stranger than fiction. This fictional production dramatizes the award-winning documentary about the real Peterson murder case, which unfolded in North Carolina at a time when reality television was coming of age, and which culminated 17 years later with a strange twist. The strange coincidence of another mysterious staircase death, which took place in 1985 while Peterson lived in Germany, is depicted with slight variations from two of the various books written about him.
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