The Ocala Police Department said someone was struck and killed in a hit-and-run incident early Friday morning.Police say the person, who remains unidentified at this time, was struck on Northwest Blitchton Road just east of I-75 and west of Northwest 35th Avenue Road.The lanes from the off-ramp of I-75 to eastbound Blitchton is blocked as police investigate. This story is developing. Check back later for updates.
OCALA, Fla. —
The Ocala Police Department said someone was struck and killed in a hit-and-run incident early Friday morning.
Police say the person, who remains unidentified at this time, was struck on Northwest Blitchton Road just east of I-75 and west of Northwest 35th Avenue Road.
The lanes from the off-ramp of I-75 to eastbound Blitchton is blocked as police investigate.
This story is developing. Check back later for updates.
Three people are dead and one is seriously hurt after a hit-and-run crash in Volusia County. Florida Highway Patrol says it happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday in DeBary.Troopers say a Dodge Durango, Ford Focus, motorcycle and Honda Pilot were all involved. The driver of the Durango changed lanes and hit the Focus, which caused a chain reaction. The driver of the Durango then drove off, FHP says. The motorcycle rider, driver and passenger of the Pilot were all killed, FHP said. The Durango was located unattended in a parking lot and was taken for evidence, FHP said. Troopers are still looking for the driver of the Durango. >> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released. CrimelineCrimeline’s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement>> Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)>> Leave a tip onlineTips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous processCentral Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque New Mexico. Call Crimeline at 800-423-TIPS (8477)
DEBARY, Fla. —
Three people are dead and one is seriously hurt after a hit-and-run crash in Volusia County.
Florida Highway Patrol says it happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday in DeBary.
Troopers say a Dodge Durango, Ford Focus, motorcycle and Honda Pilot were all involved.
The driver of the Durango changed lanes and hit the Focus, which caused a chain reaction.
The driver of the Durango then drove off, FHP says.
The motorcycle rider, driver and passenger of the Pilot were all killed, FHP said.
The Durango was located unattended in a parking lot and was taken for evidence, FHP said.
Troopers are still looking for the driver of the Durango.
>> This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is released.
Crimeline
Crimeline’s mission is to increase the safety of the Central Florida community by assisting law enforcement agencies in removing undesirable individuals from the community, according to its mission statement
Tips that lead to the felony arrest of suspects and/or the recovery of stolen property and drugs may be eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000. All tips eligible for a reward are paid to tipsters using an anonymous process
Central Florida Crimeline began in July of 1977, originally named Crimewatch, modeled after the first Crime Stoppers program founded in Albuquerque New Mexico.
Crash shuts down SR-429 southbound in Winter Garden
METEOROLOGIST KELLIANNE KLASS. WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT FORECAST IN A MOMENT, BUT WE NEED TO GET TO OUR TRAFFIC EXPERT MEAGHAN MACKEY. LET’S TALK ABOUT THAT 429 SITUATION NOW. MEGAN. YEAH. IF YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR RIGHT NOW, WE WANT TO GET YOU RIGHT TO THAT CRASH. IT IS IN THE WINTER GARDEN AREA. STATE ROAD 429. THIS IS TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND SOUTH OF STONY BROOK PARKWAY, TRAVELING TOWARDS NEW INDEPENDENCE PARKWAY. SO HEADING INTO THE HORIZON WEST AREA, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THOSE LANES ARE SHUT DOWN THIS MORNING AND TRAFFIC IS ONLY GETTING BY HERE IN THAT FAR LEFT SHOULDER. HERE YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE CARS INVOLVED IN THIS CRASH. LOOKS LIKE THIS CAR SLAMMED INTO THAT GUARDRAIL. NOT LOOKING GOOD. WE DO KNOW THIS IS A CRASH WITH SOME INJURIES. SO HUGE DELAYS IN THIS AREA JUST SOUTH OF THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE. ME PERSONALLY, I WOULD AVOID TRAVELING THERE. I-4 IS GOING TO BE THE DETOUR, BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY LONG DETOUR, SO PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT MORNING DRIVE. THIS IS WHERE THOSE FLEX LANES ARE. SO IF YOU’RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THE CENTRAL FLORIDA EXPRESSWAY ACTIVATES THOSE WHEN THERE’S A BIG CRASH. AND THAT’S WHAT THESE X’S MEAN HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO WE HAVEN’T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF CRASHES SINCE THEY’VE ACTIVATED THOSE. BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS HOW THOSE WORKS. I’VE GOTTEN A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SIGNAGE THERE. WHEN THERE’S A SHUTDOWN, THEY DO PUT AN X TO INDICATE THAT THAT LANE IS CLOSING JUST AHEAD. SO ANTICIPATE THE SLOWDOWNS TRAVELING THERE THIS MORNING. ME PERSONALLY AGAIN I WOULD AVOID STATE ROAD 429 SOUTHBOUND. IF YOU’RE TRAVELING IN WINTER GARDEN. BUT AGAIN, THE DETOUR IS GOING TO BE ALONG I-4, SO WE’LL MONITOR THE BACKUPS AND THIS CRASH THIS MORNING AND CHECK IN WITH THOSE TRAVEL TIMES, BUT AT LEAST HEADIN
A crash shut down part of SR-429 in Winter Garden.According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.Both lanes were shut down traveling southbound just past Stoneybrook Parkway.As of 7:30 a.m. all of the lanes are back open.Troopers say people were injured in the crash.
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. —
A crash shut down part of SR-429 in Winter Garden.
According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
Both lanes were shut down traveling southbound just past Stoneybrook Parkway.
Happy December, Polygon readers. Christmas movie season is here, and there are tons of new Christmas movies slated to come out over the next month.
This week, there are four in that category: the critically acclaimed The Holdovers, Eddie Murphy’s Candy Cane Lane, Netflix’s Family Switch, and the horror movie It’s a Wonderful Knife. But that’s not all that’s new this week: Carol director Todd Haynes has a buzzy new movie out on Netflix, there’s a second movie with musical numbers named Leo dropping on Netflix in as many weeks, and big franchise reboots Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and The Exorcist: Believer make their streaming platform debuts.
That’s only touching the surface — December is usually a busy time for new movies to watch at home, and this year is no different. Let’s dig into it.
New on Netflix
May December
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Francois Duhamel/Netflix
Genre: Drama Run time: 1h 57m Director: Todd Haynes Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton
One of our great modern filmmakers is back with another thorny story — this about an actor (Natalie Portman) studying a woman (Julianne Moore) she is going to play in a film. The woman (based loosely on convicted sex offender Mary Kay Letourneau) is known for her scandalous relationship with her husband (Charles Melton), who she first met when he was a minor. Melton has already won multiple awards for his portrayal of the husband, and as it’s a Todd Haynes movie, you can expect a sumptuous, at times uncomfortable watch led by fantastic performances.
No, you are not seeing double. Yes, last week, Netflix premiered its “Adam Sandler as a talking lizard” animated musical Leo. This week, the Tamil box-office hit Leo, a remake of David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence, lands on the platform.
Both Leos on Netflix prominently feature musical numbers, but they couldn’t be more different movies. In this one, a coffee shop owner and family man (Vijay) dispatches a group of killers at his business, making him an overnight sensation. This raises the interest of a gangster, who believes the man is his long-lost son.
Leo is the third movie in director Lokesh Kanagaraj’s LCU, after Kaithi and Vikram. There are a few repeat characters in this one, but neither of the previous movies are necessary to understand it (but they are both better, so I’d say they’re worth checking out).
Family Switch
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Photo: Elizabeth Morris/Netflix
Genre: Sci-fi family comedy Run time: 1h 41m Director: McG Cast: Jennifer Garner, Ed Helms, Emma Myers
It’s Freaky Friday, squared! From McG (Charlie’s Angels), this spin on the body-swap trope adds a dash of Christmas to the formula and has all four members of the principal family swap bodies.
American Symphony
Where to watch: Available to stream on Netflix
Image: Netflix
Genre: Documentary Run time: 1h 44m Director: Matthew Heineman Cast: Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad
This documentary follows two artists in love facing a difficult situation: One, award-winning musician Jon Batiste, is writing a symphony, while his partner, bestselling author Suleika Jaouad, is being treated for cancer.
New on Disney Plus
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Where to watch: Available to stream on Disney Plus
Image: Lucasfilm
Genre: Action-adventure Run time: 2h 34m Director: James Mangold Cast: Harrison Ford, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Mads Mikkelsen
Harrison Ford’s final outing as Indiana Jones sees the whip-wielding archaeologist adventurer embark on one last intrepid expedition with his estranged goddaughter Helena (Phoebe Waller-Bridge) as they race across the world in search of an ancient artifact before a Nazi rocket scientist (Mads Mikkelsen) gets his nefarious hands on it.
Mangold is a very fine director capable of helming solid crowd-pleasers (Ford v Ferrari, Walk the Line) and even breathing new life into the dying X-Men franchise with Logan. But Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny looks anonymous. Its visual style is drab in a way that drains the film of any personality. When Indiana Jones makes his way through boobytrapped caves in torchlight in Raiders of the Lost Ark, the contrast between the outside world and this creepy tomb evokes a singular wonder. But virtually every scene in darkness here is scantily lit and hard to see. And like many a modern blockbuster, Dial of Destiny leans on rapid cuts that heighten the pace of Indiana’s brawls with the Nazis, but the choreography is barely discernible.
Genre: Documentary Run time: 1h 41m Director: Steve James Cast: Tom Goodwin, Mickey O’Sullivan
Legendary documentarian Steve James (Hoop Dreams) turns his camera toward the story of Theodore Hall, a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and gave information to the Soviets about the development of The Bomb. The documentary uses interview footage with Hall and his wife, as well as reenactments and archival footage.
New on Prime Video
Candy Cane Lane
Where to watch: Available to stream on Prime Video
Image: Prime Video
Genre: Christmas Run time: 1h 57m Director: Reginald Hudlin Cast: Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell
It’s a very Eddie Murphy Christmas on Prime Video. He’s a man determined to win a Christmas home decoration contest, and he makes a deal with an elf (Jillian Bell) that has unforeseen consequences on his town.
Genre: Thriller Run time: 1h 43m Director: Alice Troughton Cast: Daryl McCormack, Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy
A young writer (Daryl McCormack) agrees to tutor the son of his idol (Richard E. Grant). But all is not as it seems, as dark secrets threaten to tangle the writer in this family’s web.
Genre: Drama Run time: 1h 37m Director: Savanah Leaf Cast: Tia Nomore, Erika Alexander, Doechii
A pregnant single mother in the Bay Area hopes to reclaim her two children from foster care in this moving drama from first-time feature director Savanah Leaf. It’s one of the best movies of the year.
Genre: Horror Run time: 1h 51m Director: David Gordon Green Cast: Leslie Odom Jr., Ellen Burstyn, Ann Dowd
After a short theatrical run, David Gordon Green’s new entry in the Exorcist franchise arrives at home. It’s a bizarre twist on the franchise, per our review:
Up until this most recent movie, the title The Exorcist carried some weight. While its role as a representation of quality was up for debate, its mark as a sign of ambition was not. Since the original Exorcist, the series has provided some of American cinema’s best and most interesting artists with space to ruminate on faith and evil. Believer lacks the ambition that’s meant to define an Exorcist movie. This is the most profound statement the movie has to offer, seemingly by accident: If the result of moving past God is that everything in the world will feel as empty and pointless as The Exorcist: Believer, we should cling to faith forever.
New on Shudder
It’s a Wonderful Knife
Where to watch: Available to stream on Shudder
Image: RLJE Films
Genre: Horror Run time: 1h 27m Director: Tyler MacIntyre Cast: Jane Widdop, Justin Long, Joel McHale
It’s a Wonderful Life meets the slasher genre in this Christmas movie about a girl who wishes she’d never been born, only to discover how many lives that would truly cost.
Genre: Comedy Run time: 1h 35m Director: Adele Lim Cast: Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu
What if someone took the 2017 comedy Girls Trip and combined it with the soul-searching drama of Return to Seoul? You might get something like Joy Ride, the new comedy about a four Chinese American friends who bond through their shared adventure to track down their birth mothers.
Genre: Comedy Run time: 1h 31m Director: Emma Seligman Cast: Rachel Sennott, Ayo Edebiri, Marshawn Lynch
Teen girl comedies are back in a big way, and Bottoms is a standout of this year’s crop. A trio of comedic powerhouses star in this movie about high school girls who start a fight club to try and impress the popular girls at school they have crushes on. Chaos ensues.
Bottoms is strongest when it fully indulges that satire. Part of the high school’s hype strategy for the big football game involves plastering the halls with heavily sexualized shirtless posters of the star quarterback. A classroom scene inexplicably involves one of the students standing in a cage. After a particularly climatic moment, a sad montage plays out, set to none other than Avril Lavigne’s “Complicated,” a needle drop so ridiculously 2000s that it transcends time and space.
Genre: Neo-noir crime thriller Run time: 1h 49m Director: Neil Jordan Cast: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange
Liam Neeson (Taken) plays Raymond Chandler’s iconic down-on-his-luck detective in a feature length adaptation of the 2014 Philip Marlowe novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville. Hired by a glamorous heiress (Diane Kruger) to ascertain the whereabouts of her ex-lover and bring them back, Marlowe quickly finds himself entrenched in an investigation that goes far deeper (and potentially far deadlier) than a lover’s quarrel.
New to rent
The Holdovers
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Focus Features
Genre: Comedy drama Run time: 2h 13m Director: Alexander Payne Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa
A strong late awards-season contender, The Holdovers has been beloved by every single person I’ve seen watch it. It’s about three people left at a New England boarding school for Christmas in 1970 — an uptight teacher (Paul Giamatti), the school’s head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), and a sulking student (Dominic Sessa).
Freelance
Where to watch: Available to rent on Amazon, Apple, and Vudu
Image: Relativity Media
Genre: Action comedy Run time: 1h 48m Director: Pierre Morel Cast: John Cena, Alison Brie, Juan Pablo Raba
Taken director Pierre Morel moves to a more comedic mode here, in this movie about a former Special Forces officer (John Cena) and a journalist (Alison Brie) who travel to a fictional country together to interview the nation’s dictator.
Genre: Supernatural horror thriller Run time: 1h 50m Director: Emma Tammi Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio
The massive hit video game series finally gets a horror movie adaptation, and Universal is going with the 2021 release model of simultaneous home and theatrical releases. Will it work for them? Only time will tell, but what it means for you is that you can watch a movie about the infamous, creepy pizza restaurant and its cursed animatronic animals either at home or in theaters.
The movie’s funniest line is unintentional, when Mike earnestly explains, “I’m having a hard time just processing everything that’s happened,” as if he’s working through a tough breakup rather than a series of increasingly bizarre animatronic attacks. He’s right, though. For a movie with such a simple, appealing premise, Five Nights at Freddy’s is a lot to process.
Birthday parties can be no fun for busy overextended parents. I’m excited to bring you my $100 Birthday Party Series with great ideas for themes, menus, decorations and even gifts for all age groups, all for under $100. Come back every week for more birthday party suggestions.
They’re getting older, and birthday parties ain’t what they used to be… the best way to curb the overspending on a party is by keeping the numbers down. A good rule of thumb: whatever your age, you can invite that many friends.
The other key to cutting down on costs: host it at home. There are loads of cool ideas for inexpensive at-home parties for kids ages 5-12. You could have:
– A sleepover party, complete with movies, tents, pizzas, make-your-own popcorn bar, glow-in-the-dark accessories, and an awesome breakfast in the morning.
– A dance party. Get your hands on a disco ball, strobe light, or fog machine. Add karaoke into the mix for some laughs. Throw in some fun stuff like blow-up guitars, plastic mics, cool sunglasses, and more.
– Olympic games’ party. A variety of games and a few medals will keep kids entertained.
– A food fight. If you dare. Mention on the invitation that everyone should wear old clothes. Then arm them outside with a can of whipped cream and some foil pile pans. Have the strinkler or hose ready (this is obviously for summer birthday babes).
– A make-your-own party. Kids can make shirts (tie-dye or with their favourite characters), jewellery, model cars or airplanes, pillowcases, painted pottery, etc. While they’re at, have them make their own pizzas or subs, make their own cupcakes or decorate their own cookies, and make their own juice bar.
If the thought of having a bunch of kids in your house for a party gives you hives, then consider other inexpensive options where you can host a party elsewhere.
– Community centres can oftentimes be rented. So can places like church basements, daycares, or even school gymnasiums.
– Parks. Even in the winter you could have a sledding or skating party with cake and hot chocolate in the nearby chalet.
– Bowling. Renting a bowling lane and a few pairs of shoes, plus getting a pizza, should keep you at less than $100.
– Depending on the number of kids, you might also be able to host a small ‘do at the movies with your child’s closest friends.
A full-time work-from-home mom, Jennifer Cox (our “Supermom in Training”) loves dabbling in healthy cooking, craft projects, family outings, and more, sharing with readers everything she knows about being an (almost) superhero mommy.
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