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Whether it’s another trip to Pandora or a shocking journey through the Moroccan desert, a drama about the writing of “Hamlet” or a dreamlike meditation on film history, this holiday season is full of movies that demand a big screen. The following is a select list. (All dates and platforms are subject to change.) November BEING EDDIE Eddie Murphy looks back on his career, with help from Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle, Jerry Seinfeld and many others. (Nov. 12 on Netflix) COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT The documentarian Ryan White captures the lives of the spoken-word poet Andrea Gibson and their wife, Megan Falley, as the two contend with Gibson’s ovarian cancer diagnosis. The film had its premiere at Sundance, months before Gibson died at 49 in July. (Nov. 14 in theaters and on Apple TV) NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON’T After nine years in which we, um, did not see them, the magicians who pull heists are back for another score. Jesse Eisenberg stars. (Nov. 14 in theaters) SIRAT One of the great discoveries of Cannes was this unclassifiable road movie from Oliver Laxe, starring Sergi López as a father looking for his daughter in the Moroccan desert; she’s disappeared into the most remote extremes of rave culture. Soon father and son join a group that’s crossing treacherous terrain on a trip that recalls “Mad Max” and “The Wages of Fear.” (Nov. 14 in theaters) THE THING WITH FEATHERS A father’s grief takes on a physical form — specifically, the form of a crow — in this film version of a novel by Max Porter that was already adapted for the stage. Benedict Cumberbatch stars. (Nov. 28 in theaters and on demand) FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S 2 Five nights at Freddy’s times two equals 10 nights at Freddy’s — Freddy’s being a Chuck E. Cheese-type pizza-and-entertainment joint where the animatronic figures are possessed. Josh Hutcherson and Elizabeth Lail return for the second installment of this video-game-inspired franchise. (Dec. 5 in theaters) ANACONDA Jack Black and Paul Rudd star as friends who set out to remake “Anaconda” (1997), and then encounter an actual anaconda when they go to shoot the movie in the Amazon. So it’s less a reboot than a meta-reboot — or perhaps an ouroboros. Tom Gormican directed. (Dec. 25 in theaters) MARTY SUPREME Josh Safdie gives us something like the 1952 version of “Uncut Gems” in this story of a monomaniacal table tennis player (Timothée Chalamet) with a lot of ambition and little shame. Odessa A’zion, Gwyneth Paltrow and Kevin O’Leary from “Shark Tank” are along for the ride. (Dec. 25 in theaters) NO OTHER CHOICE After losing his job at a paper company, Man-su (Lee Byung-hun) realizes that there aren’t many people in his field as qualified as he is. How hard could it be to get rid of them? Park Chan-wook directed this merciless, visually nimble satire. (Dec. 25 in theaters) THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE The story of the Shakers founder Ann Lee (Amanda Seyfried) is told in a film that routinely gives itself over to ecstatic musical interludes. With Christopher Abbott. Mona Fastvold directed, from a script she wrote with Brady Corbet. (Dec. 25 in theaters)
