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New December 2019 UK film releases this month in cinemas include Star Wars The Rise of Skywalker, Jumanji The Next Level, Cats, Little Women, Motherless Brooklyn, and Honey Boy
New movies coming out in December 2019 - upcoming UK film releases
The Party's Just Beginning
📺Release date: December 1, 2019
Set in the bleak Scottish winter, the sarcastic and intelligent Liusaidh ( Karen Gillan ) is spiralling into a mid-twenties crisis full of alcohol and wild behaviour, but is plagued by visions of her best friend Alistair (Matthew Beard) throwing himself from a bridge. Liusaidh is adrift until a chance encounter with a stranger from out of town ( Lee Pace ). Directed by Karen Gillan.
Honey Boy
📺Release date: December 6, 2019
Written by Shia LaBeouf in a film based on his own experiences, a young actor (Lucas Hedges) tries to reconcile with his father (LaBeouf as his own father) after surviving a turbulent childhood as a child actor (Noah Jupe). Directed by Alma Har'el. Our review is here.
Lucy In The Sky
📺Release date: December 6, 2019
Based on a true story, after an awe-inspiring experience in outer space, an astronaut named Lucy Cola ( Natalie Portman ) returns to Earth and starts to lose touch with reality in a world that now seems too small. Also stars Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Colman Domingo, and Ellen Burstyn. Directed by Noah Hawley.
Motherless Brooklyn
📺Release date: December 6, 2019
Lionel Essrog ( Edward Norton ) is a solitary private detective who doesn't let Tourette's syndrome stand in the way of his job. With a few clues and an obsessive mind, Lionel sets out to solve the murder of Frank Minna ( Bruce Willis ), his mentor and sole friend. Searching though the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn and Harlem, Essrog soon finds a web of secrets while contending with thugs, corruption and the most dangerous man in the city. Also stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Alec Baldwin, and Willem Dafoe. Directed by Edward Norton.
Ordinary Love
📺Release date: December 6, 2019
Joan ( Lesley Manville ) and Tom ( Liam Neeson ) have been married for many years, with the type of love that comes from spending a life time together, having experienced tragedy and laughter together in equal part. When Joan is unexpectedly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment sees them confront the strength of their marriage head on. Directed by Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn.
Black Christmas
📺Release date: December 12, 2019
In this slasher horror, Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But slowly, sorority girls on campus are being killed by a stalker. However, the killer is about to find that this generation's women aren't willing to become hapless victims as they fight back. Stars Imogen Poots, Lily Donoghue, Alesyse Shannonm, Brittany O'Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, Simon Mead, and Cary Elwes. Directed by Sophie Takal.
Jumanji: The Next Level
📺Release date: December 13, 2019
In this epic new sequel, unknown to his friends, Spencer (Alex Wolff) kept the pieces of the Jumanji video game in the basement of his grandfather's (Danny DeVito) house. When Spencer's friends Bethany, Fridge, and Martha arrive, they find Spencer missing and the game running and decide to re-enter Jumanji to save him. Spencer's grandfather Eddie and his friend Milo Walker (Danny Glover) are also inadvertently sucked into the game too before any of Spencer's friends can select their avatars. With a new quest offered to them by Nigel Billingsley (Rhy Darby) the teenaged friends must help Eddie and Milo get used to their in-game avatars (Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, respectively), get them to help find Spencer and Bethany, and escape Jumanji once again and for all. Also stars Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas, and Awkwafina. Directed by Jake Kasdan.
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
📺Release date: December 19, 2019
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Image: YOUTUBE/LUCASFILM)
It's all come down to this. A year on from dramatic events of The Last Jedi, what remains of the Resistance must face the First Order once again, whilst struggling to reckon with the past and their own inner struggles. Meanwhile, the ancient conflict between the Jedi and the Sith, the light and the dark, reaches its dramatic climax,bringing the Skywalker saga to its conclusion as Rey ( Daisy Ridley ) and Kylo Ren ( Adam Driver ) face-off amid the return of Emperor Palpatine ( Ian McDiarmid ). Also stars Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Naomi Ackie, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E Grant, Lupita Nyong'o, Keri Russell, Joonas Suotamo, Kelly Marrie Tran, and Billy Dee Williams. Directed by J.J. Abrams.
CATS
📺Release date: December 20, 2019
Jennifer Hudson in CATS (Image: Universal Pictures International/The Industry Trust)
In this adaptation of the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, over the course of one night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known a huge choice and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and return to a new life. Stars James Corden, Judi Dench, Jason Derulo, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Ian McKellen, Taylor Swift, Rebel Wilson, and Francesca Hayward. Directed by Tom Hooper.
The Courier
📺Release date: December 20, 2019
In this action-thriller, when a courier (Olga Kurylenko) visits London set to deliver some packages, everything changes when she discovers that one of the packages being transporting is actually bomb. Also stars Gary Oldman, Dermot Mulroney and William Moseley. Directed by Zackary Adler.
Playing With Fire
📺Release date: December 26, 2019
When straight-laced fire superintendent Jake "Supe" Carson (John Cena) and his elite team of firefighters rescue three siblings, they quickly realize that no amount of training could prepare them for one crazy babysitting job. Also stars Keegan-Michael Key, John Leguizamo, Brianna Hildebrand, Dennis Haysbert, and Judy Greer. Directed by Andy Fickman.
Spies in Disguise
📺Release date: December 26, 2019
In this animated adventure, super spy Lance Sterling (Will Smith) and scientist Walter Beckett (Tom Holland) are one odd couple,, but work well together. But when events take an unpredicted twist, Walter and Lance suddenly have to rely on each other to save the world. Also stars Rashida Jones, Ben Mendelsohn, Reba McEntire, Rachel Brosnahan, Karen Gillan, and DJ Khaled. Directed by Troy Quane and Nick Bruno.
Little Women
📺Release date: December 26, 2019
In this new adaptation of the classic novel set following the American Civil War from Louisa May Alcott, we explore the dreams, loves, and dramas of the March sisters: independent Jo (Saoirse Ronan), responsible Meg (Emma Watson), ambitious Amy (Florence Pugh), and sweet Beth (Eliza Scanlen). Will each of the March sisters get their heart's desires? Also stars Laura Dern, Timothee Chalamet, and Meryl Streep. Directed by Greta Gerwig.
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