Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chip-Wrecked
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Family
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Mike Mitchell
Actors: Jason Lee, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Matthew Gray Gubler, David Cross, Amy Poehler
Plot: A cruise ship mishap lands the Chipmunks and Chippettes on a deserted tropical paradise... or so they think until learning the island isn't as deserted as they thought.
Carnage
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Eliot Berger
Plot: After a schoolyard dust-up, two couples meet for a nice, cordial meeting that quickly turns into a verbal assault.
Chilling Romance aka Spellbound ( O-ssak-han Yeon-ae )
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Comedy/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: In-ho Hwang
Actors: Ye-jin Son, Min-ki Lee, Cheol-min Park, Hyeon-sook Kim, Mi-do Lee, Sin Seong-Hoon
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alex Stapleton
Actors: Robert De Niro, Quentin Tarantino, Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Paul W.S. Anderson, Ron Howard
Plot: A look into the mind of the king of the B movies, Roger Corman and how the DIY movie-maker managed to make things work in Hollywood.
The Pill
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: J.C. Khoury
Actors: Noah Bean, Rachel Boston, Anna Chlumsky, Jean Brassard, Al Thompson, Dreama Walker
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Guy Ritchie
Actors: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Jared Harris, Noomi Rapace, Stephen Fry, Rachel McAdams
Plot: Sherlock Holmes and Watson have seemingly met their match when the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead and they deduce it is a murder and not a suicide. The clues point to Professor Moriaty - a brilliant yet decidedly evil man. A gypsy who knows about the crime becomes a part of the team as Holmes goes on a cross-country chase to stop Moriaty.
Wreckers
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Dictynna Hood
Actors: Claire Foy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shaun Evans, Peter McDonald, Sinead Matthews, June Watson
Young Adult
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jason Reitman
Actors: Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, J.K. Simmons, Elizabeth Reaser, Patton Oswalt, Collette Wolfe
Plot: A messy divorce leaves an author in search of a new connection - so she returns home to rekindle an old flame despite the fact he's now a married with children.
Bag of Bones
Theatrical Release Date: 12/11/2011
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mick Garris
Actors: Pierce Brosnan, Melissa George, Annabeth Gish, Anika Noni Rose, Matt Frewer, Jason Priestley
Plot: After the tragic death of his wife, famous novelist Mike Noonan (Pierce Brosnan) retreats to his summer home to try to finish a new novel while piecing together his life and the mystery of his wife's final year. Instead of peace, he finds horror and a fifty-year old secret.
The Marinovich Project
Theatrical Release Date: 12/10/2011
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Sport
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Dorsey, Andrew Stephan
Actors: Todd Marinovich, Marv Marinovich, Trudi Marinovich, Mikhail Marinovich, Howie Long, Pat Harlow
Plot: Marv Marinovich raised his son, Todd, to be the perfect quarterback. The "bionic kid" had a very spartan life - working out, eating right and everything controlled. Yet this also meant that once he was given a chance to be on his own, first at USC and later on The Raiders NFL team, he butted heads, acted out and ultimately fell to drug use as the pressure to be perfect mounted.
First World Problems
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 1.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Spain Willingham
Actors: Marc Bandy, Keith Compton, Sean Garahan, Eric Holter, Lacey Houchen, Allie Kenny
Jo Hum Chahein
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Pawan Gill
Actors: Sunny Gill, Simran Mundi, Alyy Khan, Achint Kaur, Yuri Suri, Samar Virmani
Non Compos Mentis: or Jerry Powell & the Delusions of Grandeur
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Crime
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Mike Cuenca
Actors: Joey Halter, Paul Elia, Brittany Samson, Zachary Ryan Block, Julie Pepin, Dan Rojay
Who Else to Blame?
Theatrical Release Date: 12/16/2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Deuandra T. Brown
Actors: Deuandra T. Brown, Ellen R. Brown, Mireya S. Brown, Kadia Galera, Richard E. Halliday, Cheryl King
