Pittsburgh-Filmed, ‘Love The Coopers’ Now Screening; ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2’ Also on Local Screens (Thurs., 11/26/15 – Thanksgiving )

1) Love the Coopers – I was recently in a store looking to purchase balloons for a Halloween party I was hosting … and had to shove the Christmas decorations out-of-the-way to get to them! I’m convinced the day after Christmas is soon going to be considered the start of the next Christmas shopping season. If that makes you happy and you’re one of those people who thinks Christmas doesn’t come soon enough, you’ll definitely want to check out this ensemble comedy film about four generations of the Cooper family who come together for Christmas and discover, even with all the family drama and whatnot, there’s no place like home for the holidays. With Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman, Diane Keaton, Anthony Mackie, Alan Arkin, and Ed Helms. The film, incidentally, was shot here in Pittsburgh—let’s hope it meets a better fate than the most recent Pittsburgh-lensed film The Last Witch Hunter. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

2) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 – When last we left our heroine Katniss Everdeen she and other leaders of the rebellion where planning their siege on the Capitol and President Snow. At least I think so. I’ve seen all the earlier movies but can’t really remember what happened in each. I’m pretty sure that in Part 1 a bunch of people in oatmeal colored shifts were hiding out in a bunker while fighter jets were bombing them. I guess in this one they come outside and, judging from the trailer I saw, follow Katniss in her quest to bring down the empire. Closing out the franchise are Jennifer Lawrence, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore, Jena Malone, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Donald Sutherland, Stanley Tucci and, in one of his last performances, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

3) Spectre – This is the last time Daniel Craig will be appearing as James Bond. (Or, rather, he said in a recent interview that the only way he’d play Bond again is if they paid him a lot of money. Considering that he got $17 million for Skyfall, exactly how much does he consider “a lot” to be?) This time around Bond is investigating an evil, secret group known as SPECTRE. Meanwhile on the home front, British politicians are trying to shut down the Secret Service. Christoph Waltz is the villain, with Ralph Fiennes as “M,” Ben Whishaw as “Q” and Andrew Scott as “C.” (I’m not making that up.) Sam Mendes, the director of Skyfall, returns as well. Check Fandango for screens and times. (TH)

All of us on the Entertainment Central Pittsburgh team would like to wish you and yours a joyous and blessed Thanksgiving!

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