December 2011 Movies

Set in Hawaii, a wealthy landowner takes his two daughters on a search for his wife's lover in the hopes of keeping his family together.

Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, George Clooney, Alexander Payne, Jim Burke, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Jim Rash

R Comedy Family

73% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

80%

3 / 5

(1)

Answers to Nothing

Lost souls throughout Los Angeles search for meaning and redemption and affect each other in ways they don’t always see.

Dane Cook, Miranda Bailey, Elizabeth Mitchell, Julie Benz, Zach Gilford, Kali Hawk, Amanda Marshall, Gillian Vigman

R Drama

80% WILL SEE

3 / 5

81%

4 / 5

(6)

Shame

Michael Fassbender will play Brandon, a 30-something man living in New York, who is unable to manage his sex life.

Michael Fassbender, Abi Morgan, Emile Sherman, James Badge Dale, Carey Mulligan, Steve McQueen, Nicole Beharie, Ian Canning

NC-17 Drama Comedy

81% WILL SEE

4 / 5

72%

3.6 / 5

(9)

A haunting erotic fairy tale about a student who drifts into prostitution and finds her niche as a woman who sleeps, drugged, in a ‘Sleeping Beauty chamber’ while men do to her what she can‘t remember the next morning.

Emily Browning, Julia Leigh, Jessica Brentnall

Drama Thriller

72% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

81%

2.7 / 5

(9)

A Warrior's Heart

In shock and denial over his Marine father's death in combat, high school lacrosse star Conor Sullivan (Kellan Lutz) starts acting out in self destructive ways until he's kicked off the team and sent to a wilderness lacrosse camp run by his dad's combat buddy (Adam Beach). Strengthened by the support and understanding of his new found love (Ashley Greene) and though a deep understanding of the game and its Native American roots, he opens his eyes to the true meaning of sportsmanship, love and life.

Ashley Greene, Adam Beach, Kellan Lutz, William Mapother, Chris Potter, Chord Overstreet, Michael F. Sears, Martin Dugard

PG Drama Action 1 hr, 26 mins

81% WILL SEE

2.7 / 5

33%

4 / 5

(3)

Outrage

The boss of a major crime syndicate orders his lieutenant to bring a gang in line, a job which gets passed on to a long-suffering subordinate.

Takeshi Kitano, Kippei Shiina

R Crime

33% WILL SEE

4 / 5

80%

3.5 / 5

(6)

Redline

Follows the biggest and most deadly racing tournament in the universe. Only held once every five years, everyone wants to stake their claim to fame, including JP, a reckless dare-devil driver oblivious to speed limits with his ultra-customized car - all the while, organized crime and militaristic governments want to leverage the race to their own ends. Amongst the other elite rival drivers in the tournament, JP falls for the alluring Sonoshee - but will she prove his undoing, or can a high speed romance survive a mass destruction race?

Takeshi Koike

Animation 1 hr, 42 mins

80% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

38%

3 / 5

(2)

Pastorela

Chucho has always played the Devil in his town's Nativity Play, but the new pastor gives the role to someone else and the two men engage in a battle between good and evil.

Emilio Portes

R Comedy

38% WILL SEE

3 / 5

Released Friday, December 9th

83%

3.5 / 5

(32)

New Year's Eve

A New York-set relationship ensemble story.

Robert De Niro, Ice Cube, Sofia Vergara, Halle Berry, Zac Efron, Sarah Jessica Parker, Carla Gugino, Ludacris

PG-13 Comedy Sequel

83% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

80%

3.3 / 5

(26)

The Sitter

Described as a cross between "Superbad" and "Adventures in Babysitting."

Michael De Luca, Jonah Hill, Josh Bratman, Alessandro Tanaka, David Gordon Green, Ari Graynor, J.B. Smoove, Jeff Arkuss

R Comedy Teen

80% WILL SEE

3.3 / 5

86%

3.8 / 5

(28)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

The story of a spy-hunt within the highest echelons of the British Secret Intelligence Service.

Toby Jones, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Liza Chasin, Ralph Fiennes, Jared Harris, Gary Oldman, Mark Strong

R Action Thriller

86% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

64%

1 / 5

(2)

I Melt With You

An intense character drama about four men who look within themselves and find emptiness.

Jeremy Piven, Carla Gugino, Thomas Jane, Rob Lowe, Neil LaBute, Rob Cowan, Christian McKay, Mark Pellington

R Drama

64% WILL SEE

1 / 5

64%

3.7 / 5

(3)

In Darkness

Oscar Run

In Nazi-occupied Poland, a sewer worker and petty thief begin sheltering Jews in underground tunnels for profit.

Agnieszka Holland

R Drama

64% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

76%

3.8 / 5

(17)

Young Adult

A thirtysomething, divorced, young-adult fiction writer in Minneapolis returns to her hometown to chase the ex-boyfriend, who’s now married with a kid, that got away.

Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, John Malkovich, Brian Bell, Russell Smith, Elizabeth Reaser, Beth Kono, Jason Reitman

R Drama Comedy

76% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

43%

4.5 / 5

(11)

W.E.

Oscar Run

A biopic about the affair between King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.

Natalie Dormer, Abbie Cornish, Andrea Riseborough, Oscar Isaac, James Fox, Richard Coyle, Madonna, James D'Arcy

R Drama Biography

43% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

79%

2.9 / 5

(7)

Catch .44

Three women are thrust into an extraordinary situation involving a psychopathic hitman, a grizzled trucker and a delusional line cook.

Bruce Willis, Kate Mara, Forest Whitaker, Megan Ellison, George Furla, Curtis Jackson, Deborah Ann Woll, Randall Emmett

R Drama Thriller

79% WILL SEE

2.9 / 5

72%

3.5 / 5

(10)

We Need to Talk About Kevin

The movie, based on Lionel Shriver's novel, tells the story of a smart, educated New York mother who does her best to raise a son she never wanted in the first place. He turns out to be extremely difficult and is at the center of the woman's marital breakdown before going on a killing spree at his high school with a crossbow.

Ezra Miller, Steven Soderbergh, Rory Stewart Kinnear, Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Lynne Ramsay, Jennifer Fox, Robert Salerno

R Drama

72% WILL SEE

3.5 / 5

81%

2.7 / 5

(9)

A Warrior's Heart

Ashley Greene, Adam Beach, Kellan Lutz, William Mapother, Chris Potter, Chord Overstreet, Michael F. Sears, Martin Dugard

PG Drama Action 1 hr, 26 mins

81% WILL SEE

2.7 / 5

95%

3.4 / 5

(10)

Ladies vs. Ricky Bahl

A charismatic ladies-man cons women for a living until he finally meets his match when some of his former conquests develop a crafty plan.

Maneesh Sharma

Comedy 2 hrs, 20 mins

95% WILL SEE

3.4 / 5

Released Wednesday, December 14th

68%

4 / 5

(5)

Addiction Incorporated

NYC Only

A documentary made over the course of 15 years telling the story of Victor DeNoble's journey from research scientist to star informant against the tobacco industry.

Charles Evans Jr

PG Documentary

68% WILL SEE

4 / 5

Released Friday, December 16th

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked Poster

73%

4.1 / 5

(272)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chi...

More adventures with Alvin and the Chimpunks. And this time in 3-D!

Jesse McCartney, Christina Applegate, Jason Lee, David Cross, Jenny Slate, Mike Mitchell, Karen Rosenfelt, Glenn Berger

G Comedy Sequel

73% WILL SEE

4.1 / 5

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Poster

88%

4.4 / 5

(238)

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of S...

Robert Downey stars as Sherlock Holmes; Jude Law plays protege Watson, and Rachel McAdams stars as love interest Irene Adler.

Jude Law, Guy Ritchie, Robert Downey Jr., Noomi Rapace, Kelly Reilly, Dan Lin, Jared Harris, Eddie Marsan

PG-13 Action Adventure

88% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

76%

3.8 / 5

(17)

Young Adult

A thirtysomething, divorced, young-adult fiction writer in Minneapolis returns to her hometown to chase the ex-boyfriend, who’s now married with a kid, that got away.

Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, John Malkovich, Brian Bell, Russell Smith, Elizabeth Reaser, Beth Kono, Jason Reitman

R Drama Comedy

76% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol Poster

82%

4.6 / 5

(222)

Mission: Impossible Ghost Pr...

The return of Ethan Hunt. Plot details are being kept under a lid of secrecy. Said to be a globe-trotting adventure, as production is scheduled to take place in Prague, Dubai and Vancouver.

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Paula Wagner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Léa Seydoux

PG-13 Action Adventure

82% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

62%

3.7 / 5

(6)

Carnage

Two sets of parents meet after their sons are involved in a schoolyard fight. The meeting goes disastrously wrong when each pair attacks the other’s parenting skills before turning on each other about problems in their own marriages.

Matt Dillon, Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz, Roman Polanski, John C. Reilly

R Drama

62% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

72%

3.7 / 5

(7)

Cook County

An absentee father returns home to a small town in East Texas and discovers a household of crystal meth addicts.

Anson Mount, Xander Berkeley, Ryan Donowho, David Pomes

Drama

72% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

55%

Corman's World's: Exploits o...

This documentary chronicles how Hollywood writer-director producer Roger Corman created his cult film empire, one low-budget success at a time, capitalizing on undiscovered talent, and pushing the boundaries of independent filmmaking.

Alex Stapleton

Documentary 1 hr, 30 mins

55% WILL SEE

Released Tuesday, December 20th

79%

4.3 / 5

(73)

The Girl with the Dragon Tat...

A journalist-investigator and a precocious computer hacker become embroiled in life-threatening mysteries as they attempt to expose institutions that pull the strings behind the scenes.

David Fincher, Stellan Skarsgard, Daniel Craig, Robin Wright, Rooney Mara, Scott Rudin, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer

R Drama Crime

79% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

Released Wednesday, December 21st

85%

3.8 / 5

(103)

The Adventures of Tintin

A junior reporter follow stories to the ends of the earth, even though he often finds his own life in jeopardy. His able assistants include a white dog named Snowy, the lunatic Captain Haddock, the muddled genius Professor Calculus and the Thompson Twins.

Toby Jones, Andy Serkis, Edgar Wright, Daniel Craig, Ken Kamins, Steven Spielberg, Simon Pegg, Kathleen Kennedy

PG Drama Action

85% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

82%

4.6 / 5

(222)

Mission: Impossible Ghost Pr...

The return of Ethan Hunt. Plot details are being kept under a lid of secrecy. Said to be a globe-trotting adventure, as production is scheduled to take place in Prague, Dubai and Vancouver.

Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird, Paula Wagner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Léa Seydoux

PG-13 Action Adventure

82% WILL SEE

4.6 / 5

Coming Soon On Amazon

90%

4.4 / 5

(11)

Albert Nobbs

Set in a luxury hotel in Dublin, "Albert Nobbs" is a Gosford Park-style “below stairs” drama featuring Glenn Close as a woman in Nineteenth Century Ireland who disguises herself as a man in order to survive.

Glenn Close, Julie Lynn, Mia Wasikowska, Bonnie Curtis, Michael Gambon, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Aaron Johnson, Alan Moloney

R Drama

90% WILL SEE

4.4 / 5

Released Friday, December 23rd

88%

4.5 / 5

(143)

We Bought a Zoo

A family uses their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo with 200 exotic animals facing destruction.

Elle Fanning, Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, John Fox, Cameron Crowe, John Michael Higgins, Thomas Haden Church, Angus MacFadyen

PG Drama Comedy

88% WILL SEE

4.5 / 5

69%

3.6 / 5

(19)

In the Land of Blood and Hon...

A love story about a man and a woman meeting on the brink of the Bosnian war in 1992.

Angelina Jolie, Tim Headington, Graham King, Rade Serbedzija, Zana Marjanovic

R Drama Romance 2 hrs, 7 mins

69% WILL SEE

3.6 / 5

80%

4 / 5

(30)

Don 2

Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don sets his sights set on Europe.

Farhan Akhtar

Sequel Crime

80% WILL SEE

4 / 5

60%

2.5 / 5

(4)

Pina

"Dance, dance, or we are lost." Pina Bausch's final words summarize her life and provide the inspiration for director Wim Wenders' (WINGS tribute to the legendary choreographer. The documentary features interviews with and performances by Bausch's beloved original company members, and offers an indelible image of an artist who went the full distance in her uncommonly rich creative life.

Wim Wenders

PG Documentary Dance 1 hr, 46 mins

60% WILL SEE

2.5 / 5

Released Sunday, December 25th

63%

4.3 / 5

(53)

War Horse

Set against the sweeping backdrop of the Great War, storyline charts the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a horse who are separated but whose fates continue to intertwine over the course of WWI.

Benedict Cumberbatch, Emily Watson, Peter Mullan, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Jeremy Irvine, Kathleen Kennedy, David Thewlis

PG-13 Drama Adventure

63% WILL SEE

4.3 / 5

73%

3.7 / 5

(78)

The Darkest Hour

"The Darkest Hour" is a "28 Days"-like thriller about a group of kids struggling to survive in Russia after an alien invasion.

Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Joel Kinnaman, Timur Bekmambetov, Chris Gorak, Tom Jacobson, Jon Spaihts

PG-13 Action Thriller

73% WILL SEE

3.7 / 5

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Poster

86%

3.8 / 5

(31)

Extremely Loud and Incredibl...

Oskar Schell, a nine-year-old amateur inventor, jewelry designer, astrophysicist, tambourine player and pacifist, searches New York for the lock that matches a mysterious key left by his father when he was killed in the September 11 attacks.

John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Eric Roth, Jeffrey Wright, Viola Davis, James Gandolfini, Scott Rudin

PG-13 Drama Adaptation

86% WILL SEE

3.8 / 5

Released Monday, December 26th

36%

2 / 5

(6)

Newlyweds

Buzzy and Katie are a newly married couple when Buzzy's impulsive half-sister Linda arrives at their doorstep expecting to stay for an indefinite period in their Tribeca loft.

Edward Burns

Drama

36% WILL SEE

2 / 5

Released Wednesday, December 28th

72%

Pariah

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

Dee Rees

Drama

72% WILL SEE

Released Friday, December 30th

68%

4 / 5

(24)

The Iron Lady

Story will focus on British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and the 17 days before the Falklands War in 1982.

Abi Morgan, Jim Broadbent, Harry Lloyd, Damian Jones, Richard E. Grant, Meryl Streep, Anthony Head, Phyllida Lloyd

PG-13 Drama Biography 1 hr, 45 mins

68% WILL SEE

4 / 5

64%

4 / 5

(4)

Angels Crest

The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan (Thomas Dekker), one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate, since mom Cindy (Lynn Collins) is an alcoholic. But one snowy day, Ethan's good intentions are thwarted by a moment of thoughtlessness, resulting in tragedy. A local prosecutor (Jeremy Piven) haunted by his past goes after Ethan, and the ensuing confusion and casting of blame begins to tear the town apart.

Jeremy Piven, Lynn Collins, Kate Walsh, Thomas Dekker, Gaby Dellal, Mira Sorvino, Colin A. Campbell, Julian Domingues

R Drama 1 hr, 32 mins

64% WILL SEE

4 / 5

54%

4 / 5

(6)

A Separation

Set in Contemporary Iran, Nader And Simin, A Separation is a compelling drama about the dissolution of a marriage. Simin wants to leave Iran with her husband Nader and daughter Termeh. Simin sues for divorce when Nader refuses to leave behind his Alzheimer-suffering father. Her request having failed, Simin goes back to her parents’, but Termeh decides to stay with Nader…

Asghar Farhadi

PG-13 Drama 2 hrs, 3 mins

54% WILL SEE

4 / 5