{Originally posted on 12/01/18]
December 7
"Mary Queen of Scots" - Mary Stuart's attempt to overthrow her cousin Elizabeth I, Queen of England, finds her condemned to years of imprisonment before facing execution.
"Under the Silver Lake" - A man, intelligent but without purpose, finds a mysterious woman swimming in his apartment's pool one night. The next morning, she disappears. He sets off across LA to find her, and along the way he uncovers a conspiracy far more bizarre.
December 14
"Mortal Engines" (https://www.mortalengines.com) - A mysterious young woman joins forces with a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head and an outcast to lead a rebellion against a giant predator city on wheels.
"Second Act" (https://www.secondact.movie) - A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do.
December 21
"Aquaman" (https://www.aquamanmovie.com) - Arthur Curry learns that he is the heir to the underwater kingdom of Atlantis, and must step forward to lead his people and be a hero to the world.
"Bumblebee" (https://www.paramount.com/movies/bumblebee) - On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. One girl, trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
"Mary Poppins Returns" (https://movies.disney.com/mary-poppins-returns) - Decades after her original visit, the magical nanny returns to help the Banks siblings through a difficult time in their lives.
December 28
"Destroyer" - A police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
"On the Basis of Sex" (http://www.focusfeatures.com/on-the-basis-of-sex) - The story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, her struggles for equal rights and what she had to overcome in order to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
"Vice" - explores how a bureaucratic Washington insider quietly became the most powerful man in the world as Vice-President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways still felt today.