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Starring Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Miyavi, Garrett Hedlund, Finn Wittrock
Director: Angelina Jolie
Release Date: 12-25-2014
Run Time: 137 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for war violence including intense sequences of brutality, and for brief language
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Unbroken:
Starring Johnny Depp, Chris Pine, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emily Blunt, Meryl Streep, Christine Baranski, James Corden, Tracey Ullman, Anna Kendrick, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone
Director: Rob Marshall
Release Date: 12-25-2014
Run Time: 125 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG), for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material
Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
Reviews for Into the Woods:
Starring Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee, Richard Armitage, Andy Serkis
Director: Peter Jackson
Release Date: 12-17-2014
Run Time: 144 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Reviews for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies:
Starring Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Kevin Hart, Gabrielle Union, JB Smoove, Cedric the Entertainer, Hayley Marie Norman
Director: Chris Rock
Release Date: 12-12-2014
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Reviews for Top Five:
Starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley
Director: Ridley Scott
Release Date: 12-12-2014
Run Time: 150 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for violence including battle sequences and intense images
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Reviews for Exodus: Gods and Kings:
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Charles Dance, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Tuppence Middleton, Allen Leech, Tom Goodman-Hill, Rory Kinnear, Steven Waddington
Director: Morten Tyldum
Release Date: 12-12-2014
Run Time: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking
Distributor: The Weinstein Company
Reviews for The Imitation Game:
Starring Channing Tatum, Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Sienna Miller, Anthony Michael Hall
Director: Bennett Miller
Release Date: 12-5-2014
Run Time: 134 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for some drug use and a scene of violence
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Reviews for Foxcatcher:
Starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Tom Sadoski, Gaby Hoffman, Kevin Rankin, Michael Huisman
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Release Date: 12-5-2014
Run Time: 115 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for sexual content, nudity, drug use, and language
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Reviews for Wild:
Starring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Chris Pine, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx
Director: Sean Anders
Release Date: 11-26-2014
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: (R), for strong crude sexual content and language throughout
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Reviews for Horrible Bosses 2:
Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Sam Claflin, Jena Malone
Director: Francis Lawrence
Release Date: 11-21-2014
Run Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for intense sequences of violence and action, some disturbing images and thematic material
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Reviews for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1:
Starring Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Kathleen Turner, Laurie Holden, Rob Riggle, Rachel Melvin, Steve Tom
Director: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Release Date: 11-14-2014
Run Time: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for crude and sexual humor, partial nudity, language and some drug references
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Reviews for Dumb and Dumber To:
Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, David Thewlis, Emily Watson, Harry Lloyd, Lesley Manville, Adam Godley, Maxine Peake, Joelle Koissi
Director: James Marsh
Release Date: 11-14-2014
Run Time: 123 minutes
MPAA Rating: (PG 13), for some thematic elements and suggestive material
Distributor: Focus Features
Reviews for The Theory of Everything:
