Reuniting with kin and friends only goes so far on Thanksgiving weekend.
There is no safer haven from the eventual emerging family dysfunction than welcoming seats, a darkened room and a movie.
In the name of family peace, here’s our weekend movie guide to help make the right choice for every predicament or mood:
If you want to remember the glory days of Russian villains: ‘Creed 2’
“Creed 2” (opening Nov. 21) manages to merge two worlds with returning boxing hero Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) as the trainer for the youthful Adonis Creed (Michael B. Jordan). Major nostalgia points for bringing “Rocky IV” Russian nemesis Ivan Drago back, now as trainer to his brutal son, Viktor (Florian Munteanu). Yes, there is a training montage.
If you want to start finding the Christmas spirit (and grumpiness): ‘The Grinch’
Thanksgiving is the gateway holiday to Christmas. So it’s time to starting hating the commercialism and mall music before finding the season’s true meaning with the ultimate seasonal spirit guide, Dr. Seuss’ Grinch. With Benedict Cumberbatch sneering as the infamous green Christmas-basher, it’s grumpy done right (even if he goes sensitive at the end).
More: Dr. Seuss’ ‘The Grinch’ delivers holiday cheer with $66M box-office debut
If you want to see if Viola Davis can get away with robbery: ‘Widows’
When Viola Davis was accepting her Academy Award for “Fences” in 2017, you wouldn’t have expected next seeing the actress starring in a down and dirty heist film with fellow crime widows played by Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki. The women step up to take over a job after their criminal husbands are rubbed out in “Widows,” director Steve McQueen’s dramatic action-thriller.
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