New Movie Releases December 23rd, 2011

List below shows all new movies released in theaters on December 23rd, 2011, including both wide and limited movie releases.

We Bought a Zoo

Theatrical Release Date: 12/23/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Comedy/Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Cameron Crowe
Actors: Matt Damon, Thomas Haden Church, Elle Fanning, Scarlett Johansson, Carla Gallo, Patrick Fugit
Plot: A father moves his family to the country in order to rejuvenate a run-down Southern California zoo.

Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, The ( Long men fei jia )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2011
Overall Rating: 2.2 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Action/Adventure
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Hark Tsui
Actors: Jet Li, Siu-Wong Fan, Xun Zhou, Lunmei Kwai, Kun Chen, Yuchun Li

My Way ( Mai wei )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/22/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Korean
Genre: Action/Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Je-kyu Kang
Actors: Dong-gun Jang, Jô Odagiri, Bingbing Fan, In-kwon Kim, Seung-hyeon Han, Jin-seok Yang
Plot: Follows the life of Jun-shik Kim and Tatsuo Hasegawa from dreams of
Olympic glory to the beaches of Normandy.

The Adventures of Tintin

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Animation/Adventure
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Steven Spielberg
Actors: Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Simon Pegg, Cary Elwes, Andy Serkis, Nick Frost
Plot: Clues pointing to the location of a sunken ship once commanded by the family of Captain Haddock leads Tintin and friends to a grand adventure.

Delicacy ( délicatesse, La )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2011
Overall Rating: 3.1 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: David Foenkinos, Stéphane Foenkinos
Actors: Audrey Tautou, François Damiens, Bruno Todeschini, Mélanie Bernier, Joséphine de Meaux, Pio Marmaï

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol

Theatrical Release Date: 12/21/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brad Bird
Actors: Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, Josh Holloway, Paula Patton, Léa Seydoux
Plot: After a bomb decimates the Kremlin in Russia, Ethan Hunt and his team are shut down and declared enemies of the state. In order to clear their names, the unit must go rogue and discover the true motive behind the bombing.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Theatrical Release Date: 12/20/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Fincher
Actors: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgård, Robin Wright, Christopher Plummer, Embeth Davidtz
Plot: David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's popular novel: Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist teams up with a brilliant hacker and loner Lisbeth Salander in order to solve a 40-year-old mystery that has plagued the scion of a powerful family.

Method to the Madness of Jerry Lewis

Theatrical Release Date: 12/17/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Gregg Barson
Actors: Jerry Lewis, Billy Crystal, Carol Burnett, Carl Reiner, John Landis, Woody Harrelson

Limited Movie Releases

Don 2

Theatrical Release Date: 12/23/2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: Hindi
Genre: Action
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Actors: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Lara Dutta, Florian Lukas
Plot: With the Asian underworld now under his control Don now sets his site on his European counterparts. Facing the dual threat of international law enforcement agents and ruthless European bosses, Don with have to use everything in his arsenal to climb to the top and avoid death or incarceration.

Flowers of War, The ( Jin líng shí san chai )

Theatrical Release Date: 12/23/2011
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Mandarin
Genre: Drama/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Yimou Zhang
Actors: Christian Bale, Paul Schneider, Shigeo Kobayashi, Atsurô Watabe, Xinyi Zhang, Bai Xue
Plot: Based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing, from Chinese author Yan Gelin, it tells the story of the massacre of Nanjing, when thousands of women were raped and killed by the Japanese troops during and invasion in 1937. Christian Bale plays a priest who helps a group of prostitutes and students in a church during the invasion.

In the Land of Blood and Honey

Theatrical Release Date: 12/23/2011
Overall Rating: 2.1 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Romance/War
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Angelina Jolie
Actors: Rade Serbedzija, Branko Djuric, Nikola Djuricko, Zana Marjanovic, Dolya Gavanski, Goran Kostic
Plot: A Serbian soldier fighting a brutal ethnic conflict and the female Bosnian prisoner he grew up with - two sides of a war may yet find a connection despite coming from opposite sides of the war.

The Factory

Theatrical Release Date: 12/19/2011
Overall Rating: 2.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Morgan O'Neill
Actors: John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Sonya Walger, Mae Whitman, Dallas Roberts, Michael Trevino
Plot: A serial killer is roaming the streets of Buffalo, NY. Mike Fletcher is an obsessed cop after the killer's trail, but when his daughter goes missing, he drops the professional aspect and makes it personal.

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