Rueben's Ramblings

Based on information provided by the Box Office Mojo and some internet research, here are just some of the movies you can expect to see in the movie theatres in December:

Comet
Opens: December 5

Hurtling back and forth in time over six years of a passionate, complicated relationship, this high-style love story crackles with brilliant repartee and simmers with true feeling. The bright, skeptical Kimberly, and the tightly wound Dell first meet in a random encounter at Hollywood Forever Cemetery where they’ve both come to watch a meteor shower. It’s the start of a romantic roller coaster ride that leaps from a Paris tryst to a squabble in New York to the Hollywood Hills, taking risky and unexpected emotional turns with daredevil aplomb. The cast includes Emmy Rossum, Justin Long and Eric Winter.

Life Partners
Opens: December 5

This comedy is about a co-dependent friendship between two very different girls—straight type-A Paige (Gillian Jacobs) and lesbian slacker Sasha (Leighton Meester). All is fine until Paige meets Tim (Adam Brody), a young and charming doctor. As the relationship heats up, Paige and Sasha have to learn how to work Tim into their friendship. The cast includes Greer Grammer, Mark Feuerstein and Gabourey Sidibe.

Wild
Opens: December 5

Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) decides to hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone, as a way to heal herself, following her divorce, the death of her mother, and years of reckless, destructive behavior. The cast includes Laura Dern, Thomas Sadoski, Michiel Huisman, Gaby Hoffman and Brian Van Holt.

Exodus: Gods and Kings
Opens: December 12

This is a Ridley Scott production about defiant leader Moses (Christian Bale as he rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses (Joel Edgerton), setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues. The cast includes Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Ben Kingsley and Sigourney Weaver.

Annie
Opens: December 19

In contemporary New York City, Annie (Quvenzhane Wallis0 is an orphan/foster child living under the cruelty of Miss Hannigan (Cameron Diaz). While out on the streets, Annie is saved from an oncoming van by Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), a wealthy politician who is running for mayor. The cast includes Rose Byrne, Bobby Cannavale and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb
Opens: December 19

When the magic powers of The Tablet of Ahkmenrah begin to die out, Larry Daley (Ben Stiller) spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever. The film also stars the late Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dan Stevens, Ben Kingsley, Rebel Wilson, Ricky Gervais and Rachael Harris.

The Gambler
Opens: December 19

A literature professor with a gambling problem runs afoul of gangsters. The cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Jessica Lange and Richard Schiff.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Opens: December 19

Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) and his Company of Dwarves have unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his wrath down upon the men, women, and children of Lake-town. Meanwhile, unseen by almost everyone but the wizard Gandalf, the enemy Sauron has returned to Middle-Earth and has sent forth legions of Orcs in an attack upon the Lonely Mountain. The film also stars Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Aidan Turner and Graham McTavish.

American Sniper
Opens: December 25

U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) is sent to Iraq on a mission to protect his brothers-in-arms. The cast includes Sienna Miller, Max Charles, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner and Sam Jaeger.

Big Eyes
Opens: December 25

Margaret Keane’s (Amy Adams) work as an artist became phenomenally successful in the 1950s, but Margaret was given no recognition for her work. Her husband, Walter Keane (Christoph Waltz), claimed to be the artist and became a national celebrity and talk show fixture in the 1950s after he pioneered the mass production of prints of big-eyed kids, and used his marketing savvy to sell them cheaply in hardware stores and gas stations across the USA. Margaret generated the paintings from their basement and Walter’s contribution was adding his signature to the bottom. The ruse broke up their marriage, and when she tried to make it known that she authored the paintings, they ended up in a court battle after Walter called her crazy. The case culminated in a dramatic courtroom showdown. The film also stars Krysten Ritter, Danny Huston, Terence Stamp and Jason Schwartzman.

Into the Woods
Opens: December 25

Set in an alternate world of various Grimm fairy tales, the film intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm fairy tales and follows them to explore the consequences of the characters’ wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Cinderella as well as several others. When a Baker and his Wife learn they’ve been cursed childless by a Witch, they must embark into the woods to find the objects required to break the spell and begin a family. The film is tied together to the original story of the baker and his wife and, their interaction with the Witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interaction with other storybook characters during their journey. What begins as a lively irreverent fantasy musical eventually becomes a meaningful tale about responsibility, the problems that come from wishes, and the legacy that we leave our children. The cast includes Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine and Johnny Depp.

Selma
Opens: December 25

Martin Luther King (David Oyelowo), Lyndon Baines Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) and the civil rights marches that changed America. The cast includes Tim Roth, Common, Carmen Ejogo, Lorraine Toussaint, Oprah Winfrey, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Giovanni Ribisi, Tessa Thompson, Dylan Baker and Martin Sheen.

Unbroken
Opens: December 25

This film about World War II hero Louis “Louie” Zamperini (Jack O’Connell), a former Olympic track star, who survived a plane crash in the Pacific, spent 47 days drifting on a raft, and then more than two and a half years living in several Japanese prisoner of war camps was directed by Angelina Jolie. The cast includes Garrett Hedlund, Jai Courtney and Domhnall Gleeson.

Movies coming out in January will be posted at the end of December.

Enjoy!

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