Birthdays and New Films in Theatres
Birthdays
Marisol Nichols (44) was born in Chicago, Illinois and is currently appearing on the series Riverdale as Veronica’s mother Hermione Lodge (drama mystery 2017-present). She has been in numerous series including Resurrection Blvd. (2000-2002 drama, all 53 episodes about a struggling Latino family), Blind Justice (2005 crime mystery, all 13 episodes about a blind NYPD detective), In Justice (2006 crime drama about lawyers helping the wrongfully convicted), 24 (2007 action with Kiefer Sutherland about a counter-terrorist unit in Los Angeles), The Gates (2010 crime fantasy about a gated neighborhood with supernatural entities living there) and Teen Wolf (2015-2016 action drama). Feature films she has acted in include Vegas Vacation (1997 comedy with Chevy Chase), Scream 2 (1997 horror with Neve Campbell), Big Momma’s House 2 (2006 comedy with Martin Lawrence), and Felon (2008 crime drama with Stephen Dorff).
Also having birthdays today are Brittany Ishibashi (37, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), Jon M. Chu (38, Now You See Me 2), David Schwimmer (51, Feed the Beast), Luna Lauren Velez (53, How to Get Away with Murder), and Burt Lancaster (1913-1994, From Here to Eternity).
In Theatres
The new releases this weekend include Thor: Ragnarok (action adventure with Chris Hemsworth) and A Bad Moms Christmas (comedy with Mila Kunis).
Thor: Ragnarok is the third part of Marvel’s Thor series and is at least the 5th feature length outing for Hemsworth as the hammer swinging god, which also includes The Avengers films. This time he is up against his fellow Avenger Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and new villain Hela (Cate Blanchett). Director Taika Waititi previously made What We Do in the Shadows (2014 comedy horror with Jermaine Clement) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016 adventure comedy with Sam Neill). The film is written by Eric Pearson (Agent Carter), Craig Kyle (Iron Man: Armored Adventures), and Christopher Yost (Star Wars: Rebels). Chris Hemsworth is no stranger to action, as he was previously in Ghostbusters (2016 fantasy with Melissa McCarthy), The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016 adventure with Jessica Chastain), and In the Heart of the Sea (2015 adventure with Cillian Murphy).
A Bad Moms Christmas is the (early) festive sequel to Bad Moms released in 2016, and both comedies star Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, and Kathryn Hahn. This time the trio have to contend with their own mothers, (Cheryl Hines, Christine Baranski, and Susan Sarandon) during the holidays. Both films were written and directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore who also created the series Mixology (2013-2014 comedy about 10 folks trying to find love one night), and they also wrote the comedies The Hangover (2009 with Zach Galifianakis) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009 with Matthew McConaughey). Mila Kunis was previously in Jupiter Ascending (2015 sci-fi adventure with Channing Tatum), Kristen Bell is currently starring in The Good Place (2016-2018 comedy series with Ted Danson), and Kathryn Hahn was recently in the series I Love Dick (2016-2017 comedy series with Kevin Bacon).
Links
Marisol Nichols
Thor: Ragnarok
A Bad Moms Christmas