Movies opening this week in theaters:
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (Warner Bros / PG-13 / Wide)
- TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS (Lionsgate / PG-13 / Wide)
- SAVING MR. BANKS (Walt Disney Pictures / PG-13 / Limited)
- AMERICAN HUSTLE (Sony Pictures / R / Limited)
Synopses, details, critical reception, trailers, clips and more after the jump.
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
Official Synopsis
The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
Film Details
- Starring: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Aidan Turner, Evangeline Lilly, Orlando Bloom, Benedict Cumberbatch
- Director: Peter Jackson
- Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Drama
- Running Time: 161 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 74% (118 fresh, 41 rotten, score: 6.8/10).
- Metacritic: 66 out of 100 (29 positive, 13 mixed, 2 negative).
Trailers, Clips, Posters and More
- 5 Movie Clips
- Soundtrack Samples & 33 Pictures
- 12 New Posters & Exclusive Featurette
- Ed Sheeran Music Video, Production Video & Fan Event
- 8 New Posters
- 2 TV Spots & Empire Covers
- THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - Banner Poster
- Full Trailer and 5 Posters
- New Production Videoblog
- New Zealand Featurette
- Teaser Trailer and Poster
- New Image of Evangeline Lilly
TYLER PERRY'S A MADEA CHRISTMAS
Official Synopsis
Madea gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they'll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for its annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas Spirit to all.
Film Details
- Starring: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Tika Sumpter, Larry the Cable Guy
- Director: Tyler Perry
- Genre: Comedy
- Running Time: 105 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for sexual references, crude humor and language
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 20% (4 fresh, 16 rotten, score: 3.6/10).
- Metacritic: 25 out of 100 (2 positive, 3 mixed, 8 negative).
Trailers, Clips, Posters and More
SAVING MR. BANKS
Official Synopsis
Two-time Academy Award (R)-winner Emma Thompson and fellow double Oscar (R)-winner Tom Hanks topline Disney's "Saving Mr. Banks," inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney's classic "Mary Poppins" made it to the screen. When Walt Disney's daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers' "Mary Poppins," he made them a promise-one that he didn't realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. Inspired by true events, "Saving Mr. Banks" is the extraordinary, untold story of how Disney's classic "Mary Poppins" made it to the screen-and the testy relationship that the legendary Walt Disney had with author P.L. Travers that almost derailed it.
Film Details
- Starring: Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell, Ruth Wilson, Paul Giamatti, Jason Schwartzman, Rachel Griffiths
- Director: John Lee Hancock
- Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
- Running Time: 125 min.
- Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements including some unsettling images
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 80% (94 fresh, 23 rotten, score: 7.0/10).
- Metacritic: 66 out of 100 (23 positive, 10 mixed, 1 negative).
Trailers, Clips, Posters and More
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Official Synopsis
A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Jeremy Renner is Carmine Polito, the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator caught between the con-artists and Feds. Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. Like David O. Russell's previous films, American Hustle defies genre, hinging on raw emotion, and life and death stakes.
Film Details
- Starring: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, Alessandro Nivola
- Director: David O. Russell
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Running Time: 138 min.
- Rating: R for pervasive language, some sexual content and brief violence
Critical Reception
- Rottentomatoes: 95% (89 fresh, 5 rotten, score: 8.1/10).
- Metacritic: 89 out of 100 (25 positive, 1 mixed, 0 negative).
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