Every Friday, The Takeaway looks at the weekend’s new releases. Opening this weekend: slacker comedy “The Sitter” with Jonah Hill; and “New Year’s Eve” starring Sarah Jessica Parker among many others. Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Takeaway producer Kristen Meinzer, co-hosts of The Takeaway Movie Date podcast, give their recommendations on this weekend’s new movies.
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