2016 Holiday Movies Preview As we ramp up to the end of 2016, we can look back on a year filled with franchise tentpoles, some of which worked and some of which didn’t. For those looking forward to more franchise blockbusters, our 2016 Holiday Movies Preview is chock full of them, and those looking for respite from them have some solid Oscar-bait dramas and hilarious comedies and animated films to look forward to. Marvel Studios is bringing us a strange new hero, Lucasfilm is ushering Darth Vader back to the screen and J.K.