Holiday movie preview: 16 big-screen stars who belong on your radar this season
From Brendan Fraser to Kate Winslet and Janelle Monáe to Tom Hanks and more, here are the stars to keep an eye on this winter
Film News Janelle
It’s November, which means the holidays are upon us and a slew of buzzy movies are right around the corner. As usual, the next two months will double as Hollywood’s awards season, but for every prestige contender, like Women Talking and The Whale, there’s a potential blockbuster, such as the long-awaited Avatar: The Way Of Water or the Whitney Houston biopic I Wanna Dance With Somebody.
There are some seemingly unlikely titles in the mix this year as well, such as Violent Night, featuring a beer-chugging Santa Claus, and A Man Called Otto, with a cantankerous Tom Hanks. The common thread for all of these films is that the 16 actors we’ve rounded up here—some well-known veterans, others up-and-coming ingenues—all figure to make quite an impression on audiences this winter.
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A Man Called Otto looks like dreck to me – I hope I’m wrong.IMHO Hanks has been on a cold streak lately.
It’s based on a book – “A Man Called Ove”. It’s a good read… if they stick to the material, it should turn out decently.The Swedes already did this adaptation in 2015.
Well, Tom Hanks got an Oscar nod for 2019’s A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, so he’s not that cold! Admittedly he’s leaned heavily into Dad Movies for AppleTV+ the last half-decade or so (Greyhound, Finch), and his Col. Tom Parker what a serious case of WTF?ery, but he’s one of those actors who’s done it before, and still has the chops to do it again….