Friday’s openings: Untold story of the space race

Note: "Hidden Figures" will NOT open on Friday. Looks as if we'll have to wait for the new year to see that and the other 2016 openings that are getting attention, both from critics' best-of-the-year lists and from the trailers that area theaters have been playing for the past few weeks.

What with all the craziness of pre-Christmas week, it's doubtful that everyone managed to see all the openings (being with a 5- and 8-year-old, I managed to see only "Sing" — so far). And the issue this coming week regarding openings is equally ambiguous, what with a number of critically acclaimed movies still on the potential horizon.

As of now, the only scheduled national opening is as follows:

"Hidden Figures": Based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly, this inspired-by-real-events story reveals that a group of black women mathematicians worked alongside the white engineers to put the first Americans in space. The things we never knew.

Other movies that we may not get until early 2017 include "Elle," "Live By Night" and "Paterson." Just have to wait and see.