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Being The Ricardos
Amazon
In writer-director Aaron Sorkin’s behind-the-scenes drama, Lucille Ball (Nicole Kidman) and Desi Arnaz (Javier Bardem) face a series of personal and professional crises that threaten their show, their careers, and their marriage during one production week, from Monday table read to Friday audience taping of their hit show I Love Lucy.

Belfast
Universal
Director Kenneth Branagh’s film is set amidst the sociopolitical turmoil of late-1960s Northern Ireland. Following Buddy (Jude Hill), a nine-year-old boy, the script focuses on the lives of his Ma and Pa (Jamie Dornan and Caitríona Balfe) and doting grandparents (Judi Dench and Ciarán Hinds) as they raise him. Buddy dreams of a life of glamour, but social discontent suddenly erupts, and life is suddenly turned upside down.

No Time To Die
MGM
No Time to Die is a spy film and the twenty-fifth in the James Bond library directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga. It stars Daniel Craig in his fifth and final outing as the fictional British MI6 agent James Bond. James Bond is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica after leaving active service. However, his peace is short-lived as his old CIA friend, Felix Leiter, shows up and asks for help.

House Of Gucci
MGM
Directed by Ridley Scott, House of Gucci is inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga), an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and sets in motion a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and eventually murder. The film also stars Adam Driver, Jared Leto, and Al Pacino.

Licorice Pizza
United Artists
Licorice Pizza is the story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973. The coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who also serves as one of the film’s producers and cinematographers. The film stars Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, and Benny Safdie.