Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Amy Nicholson, Charles Solomon and Wade Major review this weekend’s new movie releases.

• "Wonder Woman 1984" showing in select theaters (check local listings) & HBO Max
• "Soul" on Disney+
• "Promising Young Woman" showing in select theaters (check local listings)
• "News of the World" showing in select theaters (check local listings)
• "Pieces of a Woman" showing in select theaters (check local listings); Netflix on Jan. 7
• "Sylvie's Love" on Amazon Prime Video
• "The Last Shift" on VOD (including Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, Vudu and FandangoNOW)
• "Audrey" on VOD (including FandangoNOW, iTunes & Google Play) on Jan. 5
• "Shadow in the Cloud" on Laemmle's Virtual Cinema
• "Dear Comrades" on Film Forum Virtual Cinema
• "The Minimalists: Less Is Now" on Netflix Jan. 1
• "We Can Be Heroes" on Netflix

DURING COVID: Our FilmWeek critics have been curating personal lists of their favorite TV shows and movies to binge-watch during self-quarantine. You can see recommendations from each of the critics and where you can watch them here.

Guests:

Amy Nicholson, film critic for KPCC, film writer for The New York Times and host of the podcasts ‘Unspooled’ and the podcast miniseries “Zoom”; she tweets

Charles Solomon, film critic for KPCC, Animation Scoop and Animation Magazine

Wade Major, film critic for KPCC and CineGods.com