On this episode of Why Watch That:

The Life Ahead

Website: Netflix

Synopsis: In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business, Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren), takes in 12-year-old street kid Momo, the boy who recently robbed her. The two loners become each other’s protectors, anchoring an unconventional family.

Release Date: November 13, 2020
Directed by: Edoardo Ponti
Screenplay by: Edoardo Ponti and Ugo Chiti
Based on “The Life Before Us” by Romain Gary
Starring: Sophia Loren and Ibrahima Gueye
Distributor: Netflix
Genre: Drama
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rated PG-13

Fatman

Website: Nelms Bros.

Synopsis: To save his declining business, Chris Cringle (Mel Gibson), also known as Santa Claus, is forced into a partnership with the U.S. military. Making matters worse, Chris gets locked into a deadly battle of wits against a highly skilled assassin (Walton Goggins), hired by a precocious 12-year-old after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking. ‘Tis the season for Fatman to get even, in the action-comedy that keeps on giving.

Release Date: In select theaters November 13, 2020 and on demand and digital November 17, 2020
Directed by: Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms
Screenplay by: Eshom Nelms and Ian Nelms
Starring: Mel Gibson, Walton Goggins, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Distributor: Saban Films
Genre: Action, Dark Comedy
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Rated R

Dreamland

Website: Paramount

Synopsis: Eugene Evans (Finn Cole) is coming of age in the Texas Dust Bowl. Clinging to a dream of escape and reunion with his biological father, Eugene and his family struggle to keep their home amidst a plague of Dust Storms and foreclosures. In a nearby town, five innocent civilians are killed in the midst of a holdup, and the local authorities are pursuing the fugitive bank robber, Allison Wells (Margot Robbie). When a $10,000 bounty is placed for the capture of Ms. Wells, Eugene seizes the opportunity in hopes that this monetary reward will prevent the foreclosure of his family farm. However, the task comes easier than anticipated when Eugene finds her hiding out in his family farm.

Release Date: In select theaters November 13, 2020 and available via Premium VOD and digital November 17, 2020
Directed by: Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Screenplay by: Nicolaas Zwart
Starring: Margot Robbie, Finn Cole, Travis Fimmel, Kerry Condon, Garrett Hedlund, and Darby Camp
Distributor: Paramount Pictures and Vertical Entertainment
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Running Time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Rated R

Wolfwalkers

Websites: GKIDS and Apple TV+

Synopsis: In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice hunter, Robyn Goodfellowe, journeys to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last wolf pack. While exploring the forbidden lands outside the city walls, Robyn befriends a free-spirited girl, Mebh, a member of a mysterious tribe rumored to have the ability to transform into wolves by night. As they search for Mebh’s missing mother, Robyn uncovers a secret that draws her further into the enchanted world of the WOLFWALKERS and risks turning into the very thing her father is tasked to destroy.

Release Date: In theaters November 13, 2020 and available via Apple TV+ December 11, 2020
Directed by: Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart
Screenplay by: Will Collins
Starring: Honor Kneafsey, Eva Whittaker, Sean Bean, Simon McBurney, and Maria Doyle Kennedy
Distributor: Apple TV+ and GKIDS
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rated PG

Come Away

Website: Come Away

Synopsis: In this imaginative origin story of two of the most beloved characters in literature – Peter Pan and Alice in Wonderland – eight-year-old Alice (Keira Chansa), her mischievous brother Peter (Jordan A. Nash) and their brilliant older sibling David (Reece Yates) let their imaginations run wild one blissful summer in the English countryside. Encouraged by their parents Jack and Rose (David Oyelowo and Angelina Jolie), the kids’ make-believe tea parties, sword fights and pirate ship adventures come to an abrupt end when tragedy strikes. Peter, eager to prove himself a hero to his grief-stricken and financially-struggling parents, journeys with Alice to London, where they try to sell a treasured heirloom to the sinister pawnshop owner known as C.J. (David Gyasi). Returning home, Alice seeks temporary refuge in a wondrous rabbit hole while Peter permanently escapes reality by entering a magical realm as leader of the “Lost Boys.”

Release Date: November 13, 2020
Directed by: Brenda Chapman
Screenplay by: Marissa Kate Goodhill
Based on J.M. Barrie’s “Peter Pan” and Lewis Carroll’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland”
Starring: Angelina Jolie, David Oyelowo, Anna Chancellor, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Clarke Peters, Derek Jacobi, and Michael Caine
Distributor: Relativity Media
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Running Time: 1 hour 34 minutes
Rated PG