DECEMBER
“Mary Queen of Scots” — Saoirse Ronan stars as the Scottish monarch Mary Stuart and Margot Robbie as her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth I. (Dec. 7)
“Ben Is Back” — A long-lost son (Lucas Hedges) returns home to his mother (Julia Roberts). (Dec. 7) “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” — Parallel dimension Spider-Men collide in an animated alternate reality. (Dec. 14) “Mary Poppins Returns” — Rob Marshall’s sequel to the 1964 original stars Emily Blunt as the magical nanny. (Dec. 19) “Aquaman” — Jason Momoa’s undersea ruler gets his first solo movie. (Dec. 21)
“Bumblebee” — The “Transformers” spinoff is a prequel to 2007’s “Transformers” centered on the small, yellow Autobot. (Dec. 21) “Welcome to Marwen” — Robert Zemeckis’ fantasy stars Steve Carell as an assault victim who builds a miniature World War II village in his yard. (Dec. 21)
“Holmes & Watson” —A comic twist on Arthur Conan Doyle’s detectives, starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly. (Dec. 21)
“On the Basis of Sex” — Felicity Jones stars as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg. (Dec. 28)
“Roma” — Alfonso Cuaron’s semiautobiographical blackand-white tale of a young domestic worker in the middleclass neighborhood of Mexico City’s Roma, set in the 1970s. (Dec., undated)
Also playing
“Under the Silver Lake” (Dec. 7), “Mortal Engines” (Dec. 14), “Cold War” (Dec. 21), “Alita: Battle Angel” (Dec. 21)