New Movie Releases December 21st, 2012

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on December 21st, 2012, including both wide and limited movie releases.

Jack Reacher

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Actors: Tom Cruise, Rosmund Pike, Robert Duvall, Werner Herzog, Richard Jenkins, David Oyelowo
Plot: From the page's of Lee Child's crime series: In America's heartland, a sniper takes out five people before a manhunt leads to the capture and arrest of a subject. The man proclaims his innocence, despite the mountain of evidence against hims, and has just one requst: "Get Jack Reacher". Reacher arrives, hoping to once and for all bury the man and bring justice, but as he goes deeper in the case, he uncovers far more than he bargained for.

This is 40

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Judd Apatow
Actors: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Megan Fox, Albert Brooks, Chris O’Dowd, Charlynne Yi
Plot: In this spinoff of Knocked Up, we catch up with Pete and Debbie a few years following the event of the film with Pete struggling with his music label and Debbie picking up the slack at her dress shop while both deal with the ups and downs of married life.

Chinese Zodiac ( CZ12 )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Qi Shu, Oliver Platt, Daniel Wu, Stephen Chang, Laura Weissbecker

The Guilt Trip

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Anne Fletcher
Actors: Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski, Colin Hanks, Adam Scott, Kathy Najimy
Plot: A man takes a road trip with his mother across the country. His motive is to sell his latest invention, while her motive is to track down a lost love.

Hand in Hand ( Main dans la main )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Valérie Donzelli
Actors: Valérie Lemercier, Jérémie Elkaïm, Béatrice de Staël, Valérie Donzelli, Sébastien Noiré, Serge Bozon
Plot: One day a Paris Ballet Opera directrice finds herself literally stuck with a 15 years younger glass menagerie employee. They both have to find a way to adapt to the new situation, and love sometimes takes really strange ways to rise above all the obstacles.

Inner Worlds, Outer Worlds

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2012
Overall Rating: 2.5 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary/Historical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Daniel Schmidt
Actors: Patrick Sweeney
Plot: The film examines various aspects of life, the universe, spirituality and the natural unseen links between them.

Authentic

Theatrical Release Date: 12/15/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Manuel R. Mota
Actors: Richard Hilliar, Caleb Alloway, Katherine Shearer, Zoe Campbell, James Herrera, Pond Phithaklopanich
Plot: An endless stream of meaningless hookups comes to an abrupt stop when Aaron bumps
into a quirky stranger

Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon

Theatrical Release Date: 12/15/2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Michael Goguen
Actors: Frank Welker, Mindy Cohn, Grey Griffin, Matthew Lillard, Diedrich Bader, Dee Bradley Baker
Plot: Scooby Doo and the rest of the Mystery Gang feed their nerdy obsessions by attending
an event that revolves around comic books. While it is initially fun, they soon come to
realize that a villain from an old campy T.V. series is making a destructive reappearance.

Limited Movie Releases

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Andrew Adamson
Actors: Matt Gillanders, Jason Berrent, Dallas Barnett, Lutz Halbhubner, Sophia Elisabeth
Plot: An original story, presented with stunning visuals in 3D and featuring some of the most talented Cirque du Soleil performers as they bring their artistic and acrobatic skills to the big screen.

The Impossible

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Geraldine Chaplin, Marta Etura, Tom Holland, Oaklee Pendergast
Plot: Based on the 2004 tsunami that hit Thailand, a family is caught up in the chaos of the aftermath with tens of thousands of other people as their sons go missing following the devastating natural disaster.

Not Fade Away

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Chase
Actors: Brad Garrett, James Gandolfini, Jack Huston, Christopher McDonald, Bella Heathcote, Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Plot: A group of friends looking to escape their suburban New Jersey live in the 1960s decide to form a rock band in hopes of making the big time.

On the Road

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2012
Overall Rating: 2.4 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Walter Salles
Actors: Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart, Sam Riley, Kirsten Dunst, Amy Adams, Viggo Mortensen
Plot: Based on the book by Jack Kerouac, follows the exploits of Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty and they take a cross-country road trip searching for "It" in a story that defines the beat generation.

Love ( Amour )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2012
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Michael Haneke
Actors: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva, Isabelle Huppert, Alexandre Tharaud, William Shimell, Rita Blanco
Plot: Anne and Georges are a wonderful, loving couple in their 80s. They have to rely on each other as their one daughter lives abroad with her own family. When Anne suffers a stroke that leaves her partially paralyzed, it will test their bond of love like no other event before.

Zero Dark Thirty

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2012
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Actors: Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Mark Strong, Chris Pratt, Édgar Ramírez
Plot: Follow CIA agent Maya in her decade-long quest to hunt down Osama Bin Laden. The hard work, determination and sacrifice involved leads directly to the raid on a compound by Seal Team 6 in May of 2011.

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