Your December diet will be… popcorn! With the incredible line up of films coming to theatres we won’t want to see the daylight. After a year of waiting, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Cate Blanchett, Ian McKellen) is finally upon us hitting theatres December 13th. The rest of the month features a slew of exciting releases just in time for the holidays. Hollywood blockbusters like Saving Mr Banks (Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson), and The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio), are mixed with powerful documentaries — Blood Brothers, The Crash Reel, and Justin Bieber’s Believe — and potential oscar candidates like August: Osage County (Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts), and David O. Russell’s American Hustle (Jennifer Renner, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner).
Top Picks part 1 (Dec 6th – 13th):

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Night Train to Lisbon
Out of the Furnace Tyler Perry’s
A Madea Christmas
American Hustle
Her
The Book Thief (now playing)

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Fri Dec 13th
Genre: Fantasy
Director: Peter Jackson
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Evangeline Lilly

Synopsis: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor. In this installment, they must face the dragon Smaug (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) in order to help the Dwarves return to their rightful home.

#WarnerbrothersPictures @wbpictures @TheHobbitMovie

Night Train to Lisbon
Fri Dec 6th
Genre: Thriller
Director: Bille August
Studio: Pacific Northwest Pictures
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Mélanie Laurent, Jack Huston, Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtenay, August Diehl, Bruno Ganz, Lena Olin, Christopher Lee, Martina Gedeck

Synopsis: Raimund is a Latin teacher and an ancient languages expert. His life is transformed by a young woman on a bridge in the Swiss city of Bern, whom he saves from jumping to her death in the waters below. Raimund is intrigued but the woman disappears, leaving her coat. Inside it is a book by a Portuguese doctor which contains a train ticket to Lisbon. He uses it, setting off on a journey to Lisbon. While looking for the author, Raimund revisits a dark chapter in the country’s history and unveils a tragic love triangle. Based on the Novel (same title) by Pascal Mercier (2004), the film world premiere at the 2013 Berlin International film festival.

#nighttraintolisbon @NightTrainToLisbon @jeremyironsnet

Out of the Furnace
Fri Dec 6th
Genre: Thriller
Director: Scott Cooper
Studio: VVS Films
Starring: Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck, Forest Whitaker, Willem Dafoe, Zoe Saldana, Sam Shepard

Synopsis: From Scott Cooper, The critically acclaimed writer and director of Crazy Heart, Comes a gripping and gritty drama about family, fate, circumstance and justice. Russell Baze (Christian Bale) has a rough life: he works a dead-end blue collar job at the local steel mill by day, and cares for his terminally ill father by night. When Russell’s brother Rodney (Casey Affleck) returns home from serving time in Iraq, he gets lured into one of the most ruthless crime rings in the Northeast and mysteriously disappears. The police fail to crack the case, so with nothing left to lose Russell takes matters into his own hands, putting his life on the line to seek justice for his brother.

Full Review…

#outofthefurnace @OutOfTheFurnace

Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
Fri Dec 13th
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tyler Perry
Studio: Entertainment One
Starring: Tyler Perry, Chad Michael Murray, Alicia Witt, Kathy Najimy, Tika Sumpter, Larry the Cable Guy

Synopsis: Madea (Tyler Perry) gets coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country at Christmas, but the biggest surprise is what they’ll find when they arrive. As the small, rural town prepares for it’s annual Christmas Carnival, new secrets are revealed and old relationships are tested while Madea dishes her own brand of Christmas spirit to all.

@madeaChristmas @entonegroup

American Hustle

Wed Dec 18th

Genre: Drama

Director: David O. Russell

Studio: Entertainment one

Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jeremy Renner, Louis C.K., Michael Peña, Jack Huston, Alessandro Nivola

Synopsis: Brilliant con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) and his equally cunning and seductive British partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) are 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.

@eOnefilms @AmericaHustle #DavidORussell @theOfficialBale @BradleyCooperPA @robert_de_niro @amyadams_fans #Film #Drama

Her

Wed Dec 18th

Genre: Drama

Director: Spike Jonze

Studio: Warner Brothers Pictures

Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Olivia Wilde, Scarlett Johansson (voice) @

Synopsis: In the not so distant future, Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user’s every needs. To Theodore’s surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. This unconventional love story blends science fiction and romance in a sweet tale that explores the nature of love and the ways that technology isolates and connects us all.

@realspikejonze @joaquinphoe #JoaquinPhoenix @ScarlettJOline @wbcpictures #film #Drama #Her #Ciberlove

The Book Thief

Now Playing in Theatres

Genre: Drama

Director: Brian Percival

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Starring: Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Sophie Nelisse, Nico Liersch

Synopsis: The Book Thief  is the Winner of the Hollywood Spotlight Award and based on the best selling novel of the same name by Markus Zusak. “Based on the beloved bestselling book, THE BOOK THIEF tells the story of a spirited and courageous young girl who transforms the lives of everyone around her when she is sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany”. Writer Michael Petroni is a writer and director, known for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010), The Rite (2011) and Queen of the Damned (2002).

@BookThiefMovie @Markus_Zusak @20thFoxCC @GeoffreyRush #Drama #thebookthief #film #SatelliteAwards

Christophe Chanel