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FirstShowing Wishes Everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays
FirstShowing.netStory by Alex Billington
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FirstShowing wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, recapping the year in film and previewing the 2025 holiday movie slate.
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- 2024 was a mixed year for cinema, with a few standouts like Anora, The Brutalist, and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, but also many duds and letdowns.
- The 2025 holiday movie lineup is already shaping up, with sequels to Five Nights at Freddy's and Avatar, a new SpongeBob movie, and a star-studded remake of Anaconda all set to debut.
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Timothée Chalamet, Barry Jenkins, Robert Eggers, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Josh Safdie, Blumhouse, Jurassic World, Superman, Planet of the Apes, Alien, LOTR, Sonic the Hedgehog, Moana, Gladiator, Wicked, Five Nights at Freddy's, Avatar, SpongeBob, Anora, The Brutalist, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Alien: Romulus, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, Mufasa: The Lion King, Sonic the Hedgehog 3, Nosferatu, The Fire Inside, Kraven, A Complete Unknown, Moana 2, Gladiator II, Wicked, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, Avatar 3: Fire and Ash, The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, The Anaconda, The Housemaid, Sarah's Oil, Marty Supreme