FilmWeek: ‘Mary Poppins Returns,’ ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ and more

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Claudia Puig, Peter Rainer and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

"Spider-Man: into the Spider-Verse" in wide release
"Mary Poppins Returns" in wide release
"If Beale Street Could Talk" at the ArcLight Hollywood & The Landmark
- Our sister show "The Frame" aired interviews earlier this week with the film's director Barry Jenkins and composer Nicholas Britell. You can listen to those interviews here
"The Mule" in wide release
"Capernaum" at Laemmle's Royal Theater
"Springsteen on Broadway" on Netflix (starts streaming Sunday December 16)
"Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki" in select theaters (check local listings)
- LAFCA will present Miyazaki with their Lifetime Achievement Award at the LAFCA awards on Saturday January 12
"Mortal Engines" in wide release
"Bird Box" at the Landmark Regent Theater & streaming on Netflix starting Fri. December 21
"Tyrel" at Laemmle's Monica Film Center
"That Way Madness Lies..." at Laemmle's Monica Film Center
"Once Upon A Deadpool" in select theaters (check local listings)
The 20th Annual Animation Show of Shows at Laemmle's Monica Film Center & Laemmle's Glendale
"Don't Look Now" at Laemmle's Ahrya Fine Arts Theatre