Movies Opening in Cinemas On December 19
Every week Film Inquiry publishes the movies that are opening in cinemas! This week: the final installment of the The Hobbit trilogy, The Battle of the Five Armies, Annie, Night At The Museum: Secret of the Tomb, and Mr. Turner.
Note that these are based on the opening dates in the United States. If you’re looking for the opening dates for a certain movie in your country, click the ‘international release dates” below the movie details.
Opening in Cinemas This Week:
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
144 minutes – Adventure, Fantasy
Bilbo and Company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.
Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett
Opening on December 17 – International Release Dates
Annie (2014)
118 minutes – Comedy, Drama, Family
A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly-veiled campaign move and takes her in.
Director: Will Gluck
Stars: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx, Rose Byrne
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014)
97 minutes – Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.
Director: Shawn Levy
Stars: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson, Dick Van Dyke
Mr. Turner (2014)
150 minutes – Biography, Drama, History
An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner’s life.
Director: Mike Leigh
Stars: Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, Marion Bailey
Limited release – International Release Dates
What do you think: do any of these appeal to you – which would you see in cinema, which would you see at home – or not at all?
Sound off in the comments! 😀
(top image source: Annie – Columbia Pictures)
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