Movies Released December 7, 2012

Friday, December 7

Playing for Keeps PG-13

A father with a dubious past brought in to coach his son’s Little League baseball (or soccer) team.
Dennis Quaid, Judy Greer, Avi Lerner, Gerard Butler, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kevin Misher, Jessica Biel, Gabriele Muccino
Comedy Romance Sports

End of Watch R

A gritty drama that follows the friendship between longtime LAPD partners.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Frank Grillo, David Ayer, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick, America Ferrera, John Lesher, Natalie Martinez
Drama Crime Gangster
100 mins

Lay the Favorite R

A woman falls into the world of professional gambling in Vegas, where she starts working as a cocktail waitress in hopes of making fast cash. Her gambling leads her to New York and the Caribbean, with gamblers soon becoming her second family. But when she falls in love, she had to re-evaluate her life.
Frank Grillo, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Stephen Frears, Laura Prepon, Peter Gethers, Anthony Bregman, D.V. DeVincentis, Bruce Willis
Drama Comedy
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Flying Lessons R

With her life at a crossroads, 25 year old Sophie Conway returns home to the small town she always wanted to forget. Once home, she is faced with the friends and lovers she left behind, a tangled relationship with her Mother, and Harry Pleasant, an Alzheimer's Disease patient who, in an opposing way, shares Sophie's struggle to remember.
Cary Elwes, Kate Mara, Gideon Raff, Alan Loayza, Tom Kuehl, Natalie Dormer, Christine Lahti, Maggie Grace
Drama
103 mins

The Fitzgerald Family Christmas PG-13

With The Fitzgerald Family Christmas, Ed Burns returns to the working-class, Irish-American roots of The Brothers McMullen. Reuniting with McMullen co-stars Connie Britton, and Mike McGlone, along with Noah Emmerich and Kerry Bishe, Burns weaves an ensemble story of adult siblings dealing with the desire of their estranged father (Ed Lauter) to return home for Christmas for the first time since he walked out on his family 20 years ago. Family rifts emerge, and like with any family, Christmas brings a mixed bag of complicated emotions and dynamics. Alliances form, old wounds are reopened or glossed over, and the possibility for a new hope and forgiveness emerges.
Edward Burns, Kerry Bishé, Connie Britton, Heather Burns, Dara Coleman
Drama Comedy Holiday

Waiting for Lightning

This documentary follows skateboarding legend and action sports pioneer Danny Way on his journey to jump China’s Great Wall, and reveals the passion, grit, determination and psyche behind one of the world’s athletes.
Ken Block, Jacob Rosenberg, Max Leitman, Darryl Franklin, Hana Ripperger-Suhler, Bret Anthony Johnston, Crystal Ackley, Mike Blabc
Sports Documentary

In Our Nature

A portrait of two couples at a crossroads. What was supposed to be a romantic getaway for two young lovers, turns into an uncomfortable confrontation when the young man's estranged father shows up ... with his own girlfriend. As their collisions mount, the weekend transforms into a major turning point for each of them.
Jena Malone, Gabrielle Union, Zach Gilford, Brian Savelson, John Slattery
Drama

Honor Flight PG

Volunteers race against the clock to fly thousands of WWII veterans to Washington, DC to see the memorial constructed for them in 2005, nearly 60 years after the War. The trips are called "Honor Flights" and for the veterans, who are in their late 80s and early 90s, it's often the first time they've been thanked and the last trip of their lives.

The 24-hour journey is full of surprises that deep ly move all who are involved. It’s uncommon for World War II veterans to talk about the War, but the Honor Flight experience brings their stories out. Many veterans say, with the exception of their wedding day and the birth of their children, the trip is the best day of their life.
Dan Hayes
War Documentary
70 mins

Only the Young NR

Only the Young is the story of the children that inhabit a small desert town in Southern California – a town dominated by foreclosed homes and underpasses, unfilled swimming pools and skate parks. The three teenagers of focus must find things to do in a place that offers nothing – but in observing their day-to-day lives, we see them discover friendship, first love, heartbreak, and what it means to be young.
Elizabeth Mims
Documentary

Hyde Park on Hudson R

Set in 1939 and follows the weekend visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to President Roosevelt's upstate New York home, called Hyde Park on Hudson. Over the course of the visit, details of FDR's private life begin to unfold, including his affair with his distant cousin Daisy.
Olivia Colman, Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Roger Michell, Kevin Loader, David Aukin, Richard Nelson, Olivia Williams
Drama Historical

Dino Time PG

There’s nothing Ernie loves more than an excellent adventure, whether he’s zooming around town on his rocket-powered skateboard or stealing an early peek at the coolest new fossil exhibit at the Dinosaur Museum. It’s not always easy under the strict rule of his mom Sue (Jane Lynch) - especially with his sister Julia following him around and trying to get him into trouble every chance she gets - bu t he still manages to stir up some fun. One day, however, Ernie’s daredevil nature takes him on a journey with potentially irreversible consequences. After sneaking over to his best friend Max’s house, Ernie discovers Max’s dad’s latest invention: a sleek, egg-shaped time machine. Suddenly, Julia bursts in to bust the two boys, and in the ensuing chaos, the time machine whirs to life and closes its doors on the three arguing kids.

When the hydraulic doors hiss open, the kids find themselves in a lush jungle untouched by mankind, with a living, breathing T-Rex named Tyra (Melanie Griffith) standing over them. Tyra nuzzles them softly, and Ernie realizes that they’re not going to end up dinosaur food – they’re family! The egg-shaped time machine has landed in Tyra’s nest, and the she thinks the human children are hers, new siblings to her hyperactive dinosaur son Dodger (Rob Schneider).

Ernie’s ready to seize the opportunity to have his most incredible escapade yet – but there’s still the little problem of how to eventually get home, what with the time machine having lost a vital component in its crash landing. Throw in some creepy dinosaur rivals of Tyra’s (William Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin) who plan to take the time machine 'egg' to lure her into their lair, and the road back to the present is paved with obstacles. It’s going to take a lot of teamwork, and maybe even some surprising help from Sue, to reunite Ernie, Julia and Max with their human families and get them out of 'Dino Time.'
William Baldwin, John Kafka, Yoon-suk Choi, James Greco, Rob Schneider, Jane Lynch, Tara Strong, Melanie Griffith
Family Animation 3D
91 mins

Bad Kids Go to Hell R

Six private school high school kids find themselves stuck in detention on a frightfully dark and stormy Saturday afternoon. During their 8 hour incarceration, each of the six kids falls victim to a horrible "accident" until only one of them remains. And as each of these spoiled rich kids bites the dust, the story takes on a series of humorous and frantic twists and turns. Is one of the kids secretly evening the school's social playing field? Or have the ghosts of prestigious Crestview Academy finally come to punish the school's worst (and seemingly untouchable) brats? One thing is for sure...Daddy's money can't save them now.
Matthew Spradlin, Augie Duke, Cameron Deane Stewart, Barry Wernick, Amanda Alch, Marc Donato, Roger Edwards, Ali Faulkner
Comedy Thriller Mystery
93 mins

Cheerful Weather for the Wedding PG

England, 1932. Today is Dolly Thatcham's wedding day, and her family is arriving at the manor house with all the cheerfulness, chaos and grievances that bubble to the surface at such gatherings. Trouble soon appears in the shape of Joseph, Dolly's lover from the previous summer, who throws her feelings into turmoil. Dolly's mother will not allow her carefully laid plans for her daughter's future to be threatened, and as the clock ticks the bride can't decide whether to run away with Joseph or start a new life in Argentina with her husband-to-be.
Felicity Jones, Luke Treadaway, Elizabeth McGovern, Zoe Tapper, Donald Rice, James Norton, Julian Wadham, Mackenzie Crook
Drama Comedy Adaptation

Delhi Safari PG

Delhi Safari is the story of a journey undertaken by a cub leopard Yuvi, his mother Begam (Vanessa Williams), a monkey Barjrangi, Bagga (Brad Garrett) the lovable bear and Alex the parrot when the forest they live in is on the verge of destruction. Along the way they meet a motley crew of jungle friends from the Bee Commander (Cary Elwes), the Pigeon (Christopher Lloyd), to the singing Flamingos (Jane Lynch and Jason Alexander). Their mission is simple, once in Delhi they will ask the government some very simple questions - why has man become the most dangerous animal? Doesn't man understand that if the forests and the animals don't exist, man will cease to exist?
Brad Garrett, Cary Elwes, Nikhil Advani, Vanessa Williams, Jason Alexander, Christopher Lloyd, Jane Lynch
Comedy Animation 3D
99 mins

The Man Who Shook the Hand of Vicente Fernandez

Retired radio DJ, Rex Page (Ernest Borgnine), always dreamed of being a Western movie cowboy — After suffering a back injury, Rex finds himself recovering at Rancho Park nursing home, a facility held in the villainous grip of local businessman Mr. Walker (Barry Corbin) and his evil henchman, Dr. Dominguez (Tony Plana).

At first, Rex is helpless in this lawless world, but when the Latino staff realizes that Rex once met their icon, Vicente Fernandez, Rex becomes a local celebrity. And like the cowboys from his dreams, Rex discovers the love and respect of his family and the staff when he faces down the tyrannical owners of Rancho Park this homage to the Spaghetti Westerns of yore.
Ernest Borgnine, Elia Petridis
Comedy Family

Deadfall R

Two desperate sibling fugitives on the run collide with the holiday homecoming of a troubled ex-boxer.
Shelly Clippard, Eric Bana, Olivia Wilde, Stefan Ruzowitzky, Gary Levinsohn, Todd Wagner, Zach Dean, Charlie Hunnam
Thriller Crime
116 mins

Heleno R

Gifted with incredible athletic talent, Brazilian-born Heleno de Freitas conquered the soccer world in the 1940s. As his fame and fortune grew to new heights, his passion for a decadent life of women and nightclubs would threaten his career.
Rodrigo Santoro, Jose Henrique Fonseca, Angie Cepeda, Aline Moraes
Drama Biography

Friday, December 7