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Friday’s openings: Daddies and the mustache

Dan Webster

A pair of Hollywood specials — one a sequel to a family comedy, the other a remake of a mystery chestnut — should on on tap Friday, if the national movie release schedule is in anyway accurate. The films are:

"Daddy's Home 2": Taking up where its 2015 predecessor left off, the characters played by Will Ferrel and Mark Wahlberg must endure a Christmas with their respective fathers — played by John Lithgow and, yes, Mel Gibson. Pair it with "Bad Moms Christmas" for a family themed two-fer.

"Murder on the Orient Express": Another version of the 1934 Agathie Christie novel about the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigating a murder on the famous train line. If you're familiar with the story, the only mystery will involve how Kenneth Branagh manages not to disturb his character's outlandish mustache.

It seems the Magic Lantern is opening nothing new this week. As always, I'll update this post when the local listings are finalized.