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Zero Dark Thirty
Sony Pictures
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Joel Edgerton, Jason Clarke, Jessica Chastain
(Opens Dec. 19th) This may very well top Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker. (Oscar buzz is deafening) This is a dramatization of one of the most important events in United States history, the manhunt for Osama Bin Laden. It follows the collaboration of intelligence and military operations that work together for a common goal.
Jack Reacher
Paramount Pictures
Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Tom Cruise, Robert Duvall, Rosamund Pike
(Opens Dec. 21st) Do you miss seeing Tom Cruise run from explosions bursting close behind him? The wait is over. When a homicide investigation of a trained military sniper shooting five random victims leads to Jack Reacher, a highly decorated military man, the skills and secrets of the armed forces come out in an action packed film of vigilante justice.
The Impossible
Summit Entertainment
Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor
(Opens Dec. 21st) Based on a true story, The Impossible takes you through one family’s experience during the 2004 tsunami that devastated Southeast Asia. Audiences will be moved and overwhelmed with the tale of one woman’s heroism, strength and desire to help others.
