Screens: What to see in cinemas and streaming the weekend of December 5-7
Paul Mescal plays an early Shakespeare, while Jessie Buckley portrays Agnes Hathaway, an enigmatic, intuitive, and fiercely protective woman.
The film directed by Chloe Zhao that reflects on love, loss, and the ability of art to transfigure suffering: “Hamnet”. The sequel to the popular horror film about the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza: “Five Nights at Freddy's 2.” The 10-episode Western series starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey, set in 1854 in the Washington Territory, before it became a state: “The Abandons.” And the documentary that chronicles the journey of a man who rose to fame in his teens but had to constantly reinvent himself to adapt to an ever-changing industry: “Paul Anka: His Way.”
Hamnet
Directed by Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) and based on Maggie O'Farrell's acclaimed novel, “Hamnet” explores the story that supposedly led William Shakespeare to write his masterpiece, Hamlet. Paul Mescal plays an early Shakespeare, while Jessie Buckley portrays Agnes Hathaway, an enigmatic, intuitive, and fiercely protective woman. The story revolves around the death of their eleven-year-old son, Hamnet, whose disappearance fractures the family and triggers a silent grief that will forever mark the relationship between Shakespeare and Agnes. Zhao weaves a narrative charged with atmosphere, symbolism, and emotional restraint, showing the void left by loss and how this pain transforms, over time, into one of the playwright's most powerful creative impulses. With intense performances and visually poetic direction, “Hamnet” reflects on love, loss, and art's capacity to transfigure suffering. In theaters.
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
In 2023, Five Nights at Freddy's surprised everyone by achieving the highest box office gross of the year for a horror film. So, the sequel began to be prepared quickly. The plot takes place a year after the events with the animatronics at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza. Mike (Josh Hutcherson) and Officer Vanessa (Elizabeth Lail) have kept the truth from Abby (Piper Rubio), Mike's younger sister. When Abby runs away to reunite with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, they awaken a horror forgotten for decades.
The Abandons
Netflix has just released a 10-episode Western series starring Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey. It's 1854 in the Washington Territory, before it became a state of the Union. The matriarchs of two very different families—one of wealthy aristocrats and the other of orphans and outcasts she has adopted—find their fates intertwined by two murders, a terrible secret, an impossible love, and a plot of land with silver hidden beneath the surface.
Paul Anka: His Way
Paul Anka is the only artist in history to have had a song on the Billboard Top 100 in seven consecutive decades. Now, at 84, this Canadian singer is still touring. HBO has just premiered this documentary, half biography, half road movie, which tells the story of a life that knew fame since adolescence, but had to constantly reinvent itself to adapt to an industry that never stops changing.
Bel-Air, Season 4
The series that brought back the “Fresh Prince” Will Smith, from West Philly to Bel-Air in a more dramatic and less comedic version, has just premiered its fourth and final season on Peacock. But the final episode will be revealed on Monday the 8th.

