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FilmWeek: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘The Housemaid,’ and more!

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Oona Chaplin as Varang in Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell, Peter Rainer, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.

Films:

Avatar: Fire and Ash, Wide Release
The Housemaid, Wide Release
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, Wide Release
Is This Thing On?, In Select Theaters
The Voice of Hind Rajab, Laemmle Royal [West LA]
David, Wide Release  
Franz, Laemmle Monica [Santa Monica]
All Operators are Currently Unavailable, Laemmle NoHo
Breakdown: 1975, Streaming on Netflix
Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?, Streaming on HBO Max

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