The Addams Family 2:

This animated feature is a sequel to the 2019 "Addams Family" movie, with most of the same voice actors showing up to put their own spin on the well-worn characters who first appeared in magazine cartoons and later on the live-action TV series. The story opens with Morticia and Gomez (voices of Charlize Theron and Oscar Isaac) distraught because their children are growing up and are growing away from them, not wanting to attend dinner with the family, and hanging out with their own friends. This is the signal for the parents to rent an RV and take a cross-country trip, a one-last-family-event, which of course, results in disaster on many levels. Chloe Grace Moritz is the voice of Wednesday, and Snoop Dog voices "It." Rated PG.

Last Night in Soho (2021):

This horror-thriller stars Anya Taylor-Joy, the Emmy winner who played the chess genius in "Queen's Gambit," and here plays Sandy, an aspiring fashion designer who finds herself with a rare and puzzling ability - she is able to leave today's world, and disappear into the 1960s. While more than 6 decades in the past, she discovers a remarkable young singer and it appears that she may be able to have an impact on the young woman's life. The flavour of 1960s London is captured perfectly, and the film's soundtrack is a perfect depiction of the music, much of which was part of the "British Invasion" that had Petula Clark, The Kinks, Cilla Black and the Foremost, The Walker Brothers, and Dusty Springfield taking over North American airwaves just as they had done in London where this film is set and shot. The director is Edgar Wright ("Shaun of the Dead," "Scott Pilgrim VS the World") who plays his '60s hand very well here given the fact that he was born five years after that decade ended. No sooner is that thought crystallized than the entire scenario begins to change, and dark forces come into play. At its heart, this is a ghost story in the purest sense, with a lot on which to chew as the plot is complex, the acting superb, and the times alive just as they were back in the day. The title was lifted from the 1960s hit by Dave, Dee, Beaky, Mick and Tich, and Diana Rigg, who was one of the hottest stars of the '60s makes her final appearance before her recent death in this film. Interesting and unusual. Rated 14A.

Annie Live (2021):

Not a movie exactly, but the latest musical to get the "live" treatment on television is the story of the little girl, orphaned in New York City during the Great Depression, and who, along with her faithful dog Sandy, found her way into the heart of mega-rich Daddy Warbucks. The original show ran on Broadway for six years, won a stack of Tony Awards, spawned dozens of road companies that travelled the world, and inspired three movie treatments. In today's world it's all about diversity and equality, and the cast reflects all of that. Mean Miss Hannigan, who ran the orphanage where Annie lived, played in the first movie by Carol Burnett, is now portrayed by Taraji P. Henson. The Daddy Warbucks role is taken on by one-time American Idol judge, and long-time New Orleans-based composer and performer Harry Connick, Jr. Grace is Daddy Warbucks' chief of staff and she is played here by "Masked Singer" judge Nicole Scherzinger, and the young lady herself, after a nationwide search, Annie, is played by 12-year-old Celina Smith who cut her acting teeth in the role of Nala in the touring company of "The Lion King." Although the television ratings were not particularly good in either of the show’s airings, the standout performance here belonged to Scherzinger who proved that she could do it all – she sang, she danced, she acted, and she was just exceptional, far better than this vehicle deserved. It’s wholesome family entertainment, and after that, of course, the sun will come up ... tomorrow. Rated PG.

Munich: The Edge of War (2021):

This dramatic story, based on fact and on many real people, as well as a few that were made up, spins out a personal drama with the backdrop of the runup to WWII stealing most of the thunder. George McKay ("1917") is a British diplomat who travels to Munich, partly on government business as war looms everywhere in 1938, and partly for personal reasons, as a former schoolmate of his from Oxford, now working for the German government takes on a complex position within Hitler's regime. McKay's character is gay, and his attraction to the school friend is more than just the simple desire to reconnect. The two stories are woven together in such a fashion as to create drama within the drama - one, the War, of which we know the outcome, and the other, the personal story, which is fraught with peril. Based on the international best-seller by Robert Harris. Rated 14A.

Robin Robin (2021):

This stop-motion animated film from the UK tells the story of a little baby robin who rolls out of her nest onto the ground, and who is saved, and then raised by a family of mice. As Robin gets older, she begins to realize that she is not a mouse, and that maybe she doesn't really belong with this family. A heart-warming story with an excellent message that both children and parents will enjoy. Gillian Anderson ("The X-Files") provides one of the major voices in this British made film. Rated G.