#octavia redmond

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Master Post - A to M

If you notice any show, movie or character missing that I’ve made gifs of, please let me know. Characters are sorted alphabetically by first their last name and then their first name.

Last updated: November 21st, 2024

A

Aladdin [2019] (Princess Jasmine)

Allerleirauh (Princess Friederike | Princess Lotte)

American Song Contest (2022)

Aschenputtel [2010] (Marie/Aschenputtel)

Aschenputtel [2011] (Annabella | Aschenputtel/Cinderella)

Australia [2008] (Sarah Ashley)

B

Barbie (Stereotypical Barbie)

Beauty and the Beast [2017] (Madame de Garderobe | Mrs Potts)

Becoming Elizabeth (Amy Robsart | Mary Tudor)

Blood, Sex & Royalty (Anne Boleyn | Mary Boleyn)

Bridgerton (Tilley Arnold | Lady Berbrooke | Benedict Bridgerton | Daphne Bridgerton | Eloise Bridgerton | Francesca Bridgerton | Hyacinth Bridgerton | Violet Bridgerton | Queen Charlotte | Cressida Cowper | Agatha Danbury | Penelope Featherington | Philippa Featherington | Prudence Featherington | King George III | Siena Rosso | Edwina Sharma | Kathani "Kate" Sharma | Mary Sharma | Tessa | Marina Thompson | Extras)

Britain’s Bloody Crown (Margaret of Anjou | Margaret Beaufort | Elizabeth Woodville)

C

Cinderella [2015] (Anastasia Tremaine | Drisella Tremaine | Ella)

D

Das Adlon (Sonja Schadt)

Die Galoschen des Glücks (Princess Aurora)

Die Kaiserin (Maria Alexandrovna / Marie of Hesse | Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Archduchess Sophie of Austria)

Die Salzprinzessin (Princess Amélie | Princess Eugenia | Princess Isabella)

Die Schöne und das Biest (Elsa)

Disney Live Action (see the individual movies | Extras)

Doctor Who (Ashildr | Cyril Arwell | Lily Arwell | Madge Arwell | Reg Arwell | Rosanna Calvierri | Miss Chandrakala | Agatha Christie | Hugh Curbishley | The Doctor | Twelth Doctor | Clemency Eddison | Jack Harkness | King James I | Katherine | Donna Noble | Madame de Pompadour | Amy Pond | Bill Potts | Robina Redmond | Becka Savage | Willa Twiston | Extras)

Domina (Agrippa | Antonia Major | Antonia “Antonina” Minor | Emperor Augustus | Julia the Elder | Livia Drusilla | Marcella | Octavia Minor)

Downton Abbey (Lucy Branson (née Smith) | Cora Crawley | Edith Crawley | Mary Crawley)

Dune: Prophecy (Ynez Corrino)

Dynasty [2017] (Kirby Anders | Fallon Carrington)

E

Effie Gray [2014] (Euphemia “Effie” Gray)

Elizabeth Duology (Elizabeth I)

Emerald City (Langwidere of Ev)

Emma [2020] (Isabella Knightley | Emma Woodhouse)

Eurovision Song Contest (1970 | 1974 | 1979 | 1980 | 1982 | 1988 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024)

F

Frauen, die Geschichte machten (Catherine the Great)

G

Galavant (Madalena)

Game of Thrones (Myrcella Baratheon | Cersei Lannister | Ellaria Sand | Sansa Stark | Daenerys Targaryen | Margaery Tyrell)

Good Omens (Aziraphale | Crowley)

Grey’s Anatomy (Lexie Grey | Izzie Stevens)

H

Hamilton (Angelica Schuyler | Eliza Schuyler Hamilton)

House of the Dragon (Jeyne Arryn | Alicent Hightower | Mysaria of Lys | Aegon II Targaryen | Baela Targaryen | Helaena Targaryen | Rhaena Targaryen | Rhaenyra Targaryen | Rhaenys Targaryen | Laena Velaryon)

I

J

K

Ku’damm (Helga von Boost)

L

Legacies (Jo Laughlin | Hope Mikaelson | Elizabeth “Lizzie” Saltzman | Josette “Josie” Saltzman)

Les Misérables [2018] (Cosette | Fantine Thibault)

Little Women [2019] (Amy March | Margaret “Meg” March)

Ludwig II [2012] (Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria | Ludovika, The Duchess in Bavaria | Sophie in Bavaria)

M

Maleficent Duology (Princess Aurora | Queen Ingrith of Ulstead)

Märchenperlen (see the individual movies)

Maria Theresia [2017] (Maria Anna of Austria | Empress Maria Theresia |  Mademoiselle de Chartres | Elisa Fritz)

Marie Antoinette [2006] (Marie Antoinette | Empress Maria Theresia | Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe | Extras)

Marie Antoinette [2022] (Marie Antoinette)

Mary Queen of Scots [2013] (Mary Stuart)

Maximilian - Das Spiel von Macht und Liebe / Maximilian and Marie de Burgogne (Mary of Burgundy)

My Fair Lady (Eliza Doolittle)

My Lady Jane (Jane Grey)

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[beardedmrbean]

A postal worker was shot dead on Friday while working on her route in Chicago, according to officials.

Octavia Redmond, 48, of Chicago, was shot at around 11.40pm local time by an unknown shooter, who then jumped in a vehicle and sped away, according to police.

Redmond suffered several gunshot wounds, including to her chest, and was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn in critical condition. She was later pronounced dead at 12.20pm, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

According to Fox 32, the killer may have trailed Redmond before attacking her. The attacker’s white Dodge Durango was discovered torched on Saturday.

Redmond had delivered mail along the block where she was shot for around two years.

Witness Meda Robinson, 68, was in her house when she heard about 10 shots. She said she often stopped to chat with Redmond.

“She was a really nice person, she was a beautiful person,” Robinson told the Chicago Sun-Times. “I can’t understand who would come at her like that.”

The motive for the attack has not been established and no arrests have yet been made.

US Postal inspectors are investigating alongside police, according to spokesperson Michael Martel, and a $250,000 reward has been offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the attacker.

The US Rep Jonathan Jackson made a statement on Saturday, calling for a summit with law enforcement agencies to address the “crisis” of postal workers killed or assaulted on the job.

Redmond was a “wife, mother, grandmother, and citizen who was simply going about her normal day on the job to contribute to what makes our city work for all of us,” said Jackson.

“We must embrace the Redmond family and take immediate action to assure Chicago postal workers that we will do what it takes to make their jobs safer,” Jackson wrote.

There has been growing concern about an increase in crimes against postal workers. The number of postal carriers robbed in 2023 rose on the previous year and the number of injuries nearly doubled, despite USPS pledging a crackdown.

The number of postal workers who were injured nearly doubled.

An armed robbery of a postal worker was caught on CCTV in California in May, and last month a Pennsylvania postal worker needed 16 stitches after a dog attack.

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Helluva Fortress 666

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51658855

by Mettaton_the_King

What happens when the Gravel Wars continue on with neither of the Mann brothers (Blu and Red) expand their feud into the Underworld? Seeking any advantage possible, their long lost brother Gray happens to learn of a way in the arts of the occult and opts for requesting help from a very unlikely source.

I.M.P. are well underway, but they need a big score. This ultimately leads them to make a deal with a mysterious figure who offers them something more valuable then dollars. Gold. Not just any Gold, magic gold they call Australium.

Now a race against time, as assassins and mercenaries meet in the arena.

Words: 1000, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Helluva Boss (Web Series), Team Fortress 2

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Major Character Death

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Millie (Helluva Boss), Moxxie (Helluva Boss), Blitzo (Helluva Boss), Stolas Goetia, Octavia Goetia, Loona (Helluva Boss), Scout (Team Fortress 2), RED Spy (Team Fortress 2), Spy (Team Fortress 2), Medic (Team Fortress 2), RED Medic (Team Fortress 2), Heavy (Team Fortress 2), RED Heavy (Team Fortress 2), Soldier (Team Fortress 2), RED Soldier (Team Fortress 2), RED Pyro (Team Fortress 2), Pyro (Team Fortress 2), Sniper (Team Fortress 2), RED Sniper (Team Fortress 2), Engineer (Team Fortress 2), RED Engineer (Team Fortress 2), Civilian (Team Fortress Classic), Administrator (Team Fortress 2), Miss Pauling (Team Fortress 2), Blutarch Mann, Redmond Mann, Gray Mann, Zepheniah Mann, Olivia Mann, Bette Mann (Team Fortress 2)

Relationships: Millie/Moxxie (Helluva Boss), Blitzo/Stolas Goetia, Blitzo & Loona (Helluva Boss), Octavia Goetia & Stolas Goetia, Miss Pauling/Scout (Team Fortress 2)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Crossover, Fights, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Funny, Unexpected Visitors

read it on the AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/works/51658855

[veintitresmillonesdehistorias]

martes 7º noviembre 2023, Redmond, 1.40pm.

#71.295 — Octavia murió al tropezar y golpearse la cabeza contra la acera frente a su casa en Seattle. Se perfora un ojo con uno de sus dedos.

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hiiiii everyone ＼(＾▽＾)／

today I have for you some sims that I made that I wanted to share cause they’re all very sexy and I love them

download link (from left to right)

1: Octavia French

2: Adrien Lozano

3: Jolene Redmond

4: Slayter Jung

cc is included in download

Make sure to tag me in posts if you use them! You can change up their looks too if you want, just make sure to credit me.

some of the cc used by: @faeish @pralinesims @barbieaiden @luumia @sammmi-xox @dear-solar @axacollection @kindlespice @trillyke @brohilda @sondescent to name a few

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The 100 Season 6 Speculations

Okay, so first of all I want to say I’m loving season 6 so far. Give me all of the delinquent interactions. I’m also obsessed with the Bellarke crumbs they are ALREADY GIVING US and how their repressed feelings for each other were shown (although not directly) in 6x02. A while ago I saw on Twitter that a reviewer compared The 100′s 6x02 episode to Motel California in Teen Wolf and now I totally see it. The way the plant toxin affects the delinquents parallels the werewolves being affected by the wolf’s bane... and the focus on the main group of delinquents (specifically Clarke, Bellamy, and Murphy) parallels the focus on the original core 4 in TW (Scott, Stiles, Allison, Lydia). I absolutely LOVED the core 4 dynamic in TW and I’m already loving this trio dynamic between Clarke, Bellamy, and Murphy. Give me more episodes like this! (and maybe add Raven after her and Clarke make up).

That said, I watched the first two episodes when they were leaked, so I’ve been DYING for the next episode 6x03. (Note: I’ve also been streaming them again since they’ve officially aired, so I’ve watched each one like 4 times). Since new content is finally coming next week, I wanted to get out some of my random speculations for what’s coming up later this season even though we literally know so little about this new planet, these new people, the creepy children, etc.. Of course, being curious (like a psychopath), I went through all of the season 6 episodes on IMDb to see what (if anything) it could tell me. I’m sure someone else has probably already done this, but I found some interesting things I needed to put out there...

6x03 

We already have a name “The Children of Gabriel” as well as a description (Clarke tries to win over the leaders of Sanctum in order to let her people stay. Meanwhile, Bellamy, Octavia, and Echo discover a new threat while on a mission to retrieve the transport ship.), so we have somewhat of a gist of what is coming next week. I don’t think they will fully go into the backstory of these “children of Gabriel” but we obviously know the geneticist from the flashback was named Gabriel and the actor, Ian Pala, is only listed for 2 episodes on his personal page and one of those is Sanctum (uncredited). So I’d assume this means we won’t get another flashback of him specifically or the origins of his “children”. But I do think when Clarke meets Russell and the other people somehow this backstory/history (at least a shortened version) will be explained. We know that the episode titles are all explicitly mentioned or referred to in the episodes themselves somewhere, so that’s my reasoning there.

However, I noticed one other small thing in the cast list that stuck out as strange/interesting. Sarah-Jane Redmond’s character (aka the Sanctum hostage that tried to hijack the mothership) is named Taylee in 6x02 but Tilly in 6x03. At first I thought it could have been some kind of error (idk) but it’s listed the same way on her personal IMDb actor page. Is she playing twins?? Is there validity to this clone theory I saw floating around and read about in the Hypable review?? Either way, I’m definitely interested in whatever that’s about. 

Also, I’m excited to meet JR Bourne’s character this episode! We obviously know he is Russell Lightbourne but after all my research (lol I’m taking this WAY more serious than I ever took school), I’m wondering if he’s not just a descendant of the Lightbourne’s but is actually a clone or somehow has the same consciousness from Mr. Lightbourne (Josephine’s dad) in 6x02 (again saw this in the Hypable article around a similar flame storyline theory since Becca created Eligius tech as well). It’s worth noting that we don’t actually know the character’s real name and Sean Maguire is just credited as Mr. Lightbourne -- no first name. Hmmmmm

6x04

Again we have a name “The Face Behind the Glass” and a short description (Clarke embraces the traditions of Sanctum and tries to make amends for her past actions.), but not much else... (or do we??) This episode is probably where we will see Clarke dancing in the room painting and maybe even the lanterns floating in the sky (ie. Sanctum tradition?) -- I’m thinking several “happy” moments with her. I also have a theory -- going out on a limb here -- that it is where we could see the whole “flashback” scene of Clarke in Mount Weather from the trailer. It’s probably not an actual flashback but some kind of hallucination or psychosis thing again, (or maybe even a dream?) but maybe that is where the title comes from -- she’s literally looking at herself from behind the broken glass in MW’s contamination rooms. OR we’re not quite there yet and it’s referring to the stained glass-looking red window/door thing that Emori was trying to open before going crazy in 6x01. 

The kicker for me in this episode’s listing was Jordan Bolger’s credit as Shaw, who we all saw die in 6x01. In what capacity is he coming back? Maybe it’s Raven’s hallucination or even a dream? I could see them showing us her full reaction once she knows what really happened to him, but I’m not sure how or in what way he would come back at some point in the episode (I say “come back” because the actor will actually appear). It will be super interesting how the sci-fi elements work on this new planet. We’ve already seen the eclipse-induced psychosis but what other strange things will occur or happen to our characters? If they are all facing their demons (ie. Clarke with Mount Weather and Octavia with Blodreina) I wonder how those scenes will be played out.

6x05

Again Jordan Bolger is credited... is Miles Ezekiel Shaw back again??? What is going on? 

6x06 - 6x07

I didn’t really notice anything super strange in episode 6, but GUESS WHO IS CREDITED FOR EPISODE 7: none other than Chris Browning as Jake fucking Griffin. Maybe this is another flashback or memory or hallucination -- assuming by Clarke.

Note: Madi is not credited to appear in 6x06 or 6x08 so I’m thinking her “kidnapping” or whatever happens with the creepy person who is holding her captive in the woods happens in 6x07. Or maybe it’s even earlier in 6x05?

6x08

In episode 8, the cast list introduces 2 notable new characters: Josephine VII and Hope. Okay, so with Josephine VII it could be some descendant of the original Josephine Lightbourne in the 6x02 flashback, but it could ALSO be another hint at this clone and/or flame consciousness theory. But Hope... where have we heard that name before? Oh yeah, Diyoza’s unborn child. But Diyoza hasn’t even had her baby yet and in the promo trailers it looked like she was shot (and possibly killed?). Also, this actress who plays Hope is like 6 years old, not a newborn baby. It’s still weird to me though because what are the chances there is another character -- another child, no less -- with that same name Diyoza mentioned she was planning to give her baby. Just seems a little too coincidental to me.

6x09

Okay, I’m going out on a limb here, but THIS MIGHT BE THE ICONIC RAVE SCENE FROM THE TRAILER. Stay with me... I was originally thinking this would happen earlier in the series when I saw this in the trailer, probably like everyone else, but in the IMDb cast list there are 5 “dancers” credited. I mean it is more logical for a rave scene to happen early in the season (because usually all the good things or happy stuff comes in the first half of the season and NEVER this late), but what else would “dancers” be credited for??? The 100 doesn’t do dance numbers LOL. Anyway this idea has me shook because if it is this late in the season, there is a better chance that Bellamy and Echo have ended things by this point and that super short blurry speck in the bottom right corner of the rave dance scene could be Bellamy (you know what I’m talking about). Will they actually make my LIFE and have Bellamy and Clarke dancing at that rave together? Seems way too good to be true, but I had to throw the possibility out there. I mean who knows, my Bellarke-owned ass can always hope for the best. 

After the slim possibility of that amazing possibility, here’s a scary thought to consider (sounds kind of like the show itself), this is the last episode of the season that credits Lola Flanery as Madi... WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO HER. Does whatever experiment being done on her in the promo trailer kill her? Pls don’t hurt Clarke’s smol child.

6x10

So here is where I started low key freaking out because the cast list dwindles DRAMATICALLY for credits this episode. We only have Eliza as Clarke, Shannon as Jordan, and Luisa as Emori out of ALL of the main characters we know and love. Something major has to happen for everyone else to suddenly become absent from this episode. And I’m a little scared to know what that is.

6x11

Okay thank god, the main characters are all back on the credits list for this episode. ALSO there is a new actor credited as young Echo. OMG an Echo flashback?! Will we finally understand who she was and why she is the way she is? Will I even care to get invested in her this late in the game?

Also, IMDb lists that this is the episode Bob Morley directs!

6x12 - 6x13

Our other mains are gone AGAIN from the cast list. It’s back to only listing Clarke and Jordan among the characters we already know. WTF is going on. I need answers NOW. To reiterate, I’m saying that IMDb doesn’t list Abby, Bellamy, Octavia, Raven, Murphy, Echo, Kane, Madi, Miller, or Jackson in episode 10, 12, or 13 (+ Emori in 12 or 13).

I’m honest to god just hoping that IMDb isn’t fully updated with the entire cast list in these last episodes yet -- is that a thing? pls tell me it is -- because if we don’t have a finale that includes Murphy, Raven, or most of all, BELLAMY... I swear to God I will riot. Of course, I’m hoping no one dies (obvi), but now that we know there is a season 7, could J Roth be trying to kill us with some dramatic cliffhanger where Clarke and Jordan are separated from the rest of the group? (PSA: STOP SEPARATING CLARKE FROM EVERYONE). But if so, why would this absence of all of those other characters be TWO WHOLE EPISODES? And during the two part finale of all things. UGHHH my mind is spiraling, someone pls calm me down.

On the plus side, 6x12 lists Antonio Negret as the director for the episode and we all know he brought us the brilliant (yet angsty AF) episode 5x08 last season where Bellamy poisoned Octavia to save Clarke. But if Bellamy isn’t even in this episode WHY SHOULD I EVEN BOTHER CARING.

What’s left that I missed? Probably a lot LOL. I tried going back to watch what I might have missed from the extended trailer but I couldn’t find the video ANYWHERE. It’s like disappeared from YouTube (says it is “unavailable”). What is that about?

Anyways, the scene with everyone together in the house (standing at the bar, shot looking at us) has to be in one of the episodes where all main cast members are credited -- I don’t think it will be the next one so maybe 6x04 or 6x05? Same thought for the Madi/Clarke reunion, I feel like that is in the same episode. I also have no idea when in the season Bellamy is going to strangle Russell with Clarke and Murphy in the room (again my favorite new trio!). And that being said I’m confused on JR Bourne because he was all hyped up as a new character this season but he’s only credited in the next episode 6x03. Does the strangling take place next week? It can’t right? Because Bellamy is off with Echo and Octavia on the other mission and Clarke is the only one in the castle. Also if 6x04 is Clarke trying to embrace the traditions of Sanctum and make amends, there is no way she could do that the episode after Russell (the leader of Sanctum) is killed. 

Sorry for the crazy rambling and this long AF post, but I have so much on my mind after this speculation deep dive. I need to just go to bed.

[sleepykittypaws]

2018 Theatrical Holiday Premieres

Updated: December 10, 2018

Antiquities (starring Mary Steenburgen, Ashley Greene, Michaela Watkins and Andrew J West as a son returning home to Arkansas to try and understand his deceased father by living his life, including running an antique mall that includes a quirky cast of sellers, among them a man who has recreated his childhood Christmas, hoping to live in that world forever) - Jun. 16, festival circuit, Not Rated (Trailer, Twitter)

Peppermint (starring Jennifer Garner; a mother seeks vigilante revenge for the death of her family at the hands of a brutal gang at a Christmas carnival) - Sep. 7, Rated R (Trailer)

That Time of Year, a.k.a Den Tid Pa Aret (starring Sofie Grabel, Karen-Lise Mynster and Paprika Steen, who also directed; Danish film about a woman nervous to host her annual Christmas Eve dinner thanks to family chaos) - Sep. 7, limited/festival Not Rated (Danish Trailer)

MUSEO (Spanish language movie starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Leonardo Ortizgris and Alfredo Castro; the true story of small-time, seemingly inept crooks who stole priceless Mayan artifacts from Mexico's National Anthropology Museum on Christmas Eve 1985) - Sep. 14, limited release, Not Rated (NOTE: will appear on YouTube Premium after its theatrical run) (Trailer)

Smallfoot (starring Channing Tatum, Zendaya, Gina Rodriguez, James Corden and Danny Devito; animated Yeti adventure where the mythical beasts discover humans actually exist) - Sep 28, rated PG (Trailer, Website, Twitter) ****Review****

Little Women (modern-set take on the classic Louisa May Alcott novel, starring Lea Thompson) - Sep. 28, rated PG-13 (Trailer)

Await Further Instructions (starring Grant Masters; a family gathered on Christmas Eve is confronted with a mysterious evil and a message on their TV telling them to await further instructions) - Oct. 5, limited release; rated R (Trailer, Twitter)

The Oath (starring Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, John Cho and Nora Dunn; when the government declares all Americans must sign a loyalty oath by Black Friday, a politically mixed family’s already awkward Thanksgiving goes terribly awry) - Oct. 12, Rated R (Trailer)

Christmas Camp (based on the book by Karan Schaler, starring Lily Anne Harrison, Bobby Campo and Ben Gavin; a young woman in advertising who hates Christmas is sent to “Christmas camp” in order to get a job, but ends up getting inspired by the true meaning of the holiday.) - Nov. 1, limited/festival

Nutcracker and the Four Realms (starring Keira Knightly, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and Mackenzie Foy; Disney live-action fantasy inspired by the classic Nutcracker ballet) - Nov. 2, Rated PG (Teaser, Trailer, Trailer 2, Twitter)

The Grinch (starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch and Kaitlyn Maher as Cindy Lou Who; full-length animated movie from Illumination Entertainment based on the classic Dr. Suess book) - Nov. 9, rated PG (Trailer, Trailer 2,Trailer 3, Website, Twitter)

The Least of These: A Christmas Story (starring Tayla Lynn and Emma Faith; a homeless single mother is befriended by a feisty waitress and a store Santa in this tale of holiday love and forgiveness, shot on location in Fayetteville, Ark) - Nov. 9-11, limited engagement at the Fayetville “Host of Christmas Past” street festival (Trailer) (NOTE: Also available via DVD/digital)

Charlie’s Christmas Wish (starring Diane Ladd, Lindsey McKeon, Aiden Turner and Toni Hudson; A war vet with severe PTSD struggles to bond with his family’s newly adopted shelter dog, Charlie, as his wife tries to hold the family together for the holidays) - Nov. 11, limited/festival

Instant Family (starring Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer and Tig Notaro; a childless couple takes in three foster siblings and becomes a family) - Nov. 16, PG-13 (Trailer, Twitter)

Santa Fake (starring Judd Nelson, John Rhys-Davis, Jeff Fahey, Heather Morris, Damian McGinty; an Irish immigrant finds himself caught up in holiday shenanigans that take him from New York to Santa Fe, shot on location in New Mexico) - Nov. 23, limited/festival

Elliot: The Littlest Reindeer (starring Josh Hutcherson, Morena Baccarin, John Cleese, Samantha Bee and Martin Short; international animated film about a miniature horse who dreams of being one of Santa’s reindeer) - Dec. 1, special engagement, Rated PG (NOTE: Will be released on DVD/digital Dec. 4) (Trailer, Twitter, Website) 

Surviving Christmas with the Relatives (starring Joely Richardson, Gemma Whelan, Julian Ovenden and James Fox; UK Christmas comedy about sisters who spend Christmas at their deceased parents’ country house with hilarious results) - Nov. 30, in UK, US Release Date TBA, Rated PG (Trailer) ***Review***

Anna and the Apocolypse (starring Ella Hunt, Malcolm Cumming and Mark Benton; musical zombie comedy that takes place at Christmas) - Nov. 30, rated R (Trailer, Trailer 2, Redband UK Trailer, Website)

Ben is Back (starring Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges; a young man with substance abuse issues unexpectedly returns home on Christmas Eve and his mother learns hard truths) - Dec. 7, Rated R (Teaser, Twitter, Website)

Buttons (holiday musical starring Dick Van Dyke and Angela Lansbury, narrated by Kate Winslet and Robert Redford; featuring an original song by Paul McCartney; A pair of orphans in the 19th century get a visit from their guardian angels at the holidays) - Dec. 8, special engagement (Trailer) (Tickets)

Once Upon a Deadpool (starring Ryan Reynolds and Fred Savage;  Deadpool 2 re-release using Princeess Bride-style interstitials to explain the R-rated elements; portion of proceeds go to cancer charity) - Dec. 12-24 only, Rated PG-13 (Trailer)

Mary Poppins Returns (starring Emily Blunt, Meryl Strep, Angela Lansbury, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Colin Firth; sequel to the 1964 film based on the book series by P.L. Travers) - Dec. 19, rated PG (Teaser, Trailer)

Christmas at the Chateau (starring Kinsey Leigh Redmond, Justen Jones and Sarah McGuire; three sisters strive to save a historic mansion known as the Shakespeare Chateau before the bank forecloses on Christmas Day; filmed on location in St. Joseph, Missouri) - Dec. 21, special engagement JOMO theater in Missouri (Trailer)

Second Act (starring Jennifer Lopez, Milo Ventimiglia and Vanessa Hudgens; After losing a well-deserved promotion due to her lack of a degree, a single mom finds a fake resume lands her in a corporate job at the holidays) - Dec. 21, Rated PG-13 (Website, Trailer)

[swampflix]

The Shape of Water (2017)

Supposedly, Guillermo del Toro saw The Creature from the Black Lagoon as a child and was disappointed that, at the film’s conclusion, the titular creature (also called Gill Man) was killed in a hail of bullets. This isn’t such an unusual reaction to have, given that the film borrowed some rhetorical resonance from the “Beauty and the Beast” archetypes, and hoping that the film would follow…