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Week of November 9
Lincoln
Walt Disney Pictures
Release date: November 9, 2012
Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Tommy Lee Jones
Director Steven Spielberg takes on the epic task of telling the detailed story of President Abraham Lincoln's final and tumultuous four months of his life, during which the fate of the United States and its future hung in a very precarious balance. Featuring a stellar ensemble cast, Lincoln will focus on the days where Lincoln, arguably America's finest president, worked tirelessly and against formidable odds to end slavery and the bloody Civil War. Spielberg promises this film will be an inspiring, eye-opening and perhaps definitive portrait of the man who held the nation together through perhaps its darkest hours.
Skyfall
Sony Pictures
Release date: November 9, 2012
Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Judi Dench
Skyfall marks the 23rd installment in the James Bond series and the film's release falls on the 50th anniversary of the franchise. Directed by Sam Mendes, Skyfall begins with Bond missing and presumed dead after an operation in Istanbul implodes with disastrous results. Following this disaster, the names of every MI6 undercover agent is revealed over the Internet and MI6 leader, M, becomes the subject of a government investigation over the way she handled the situation. Soon, MI6 headquarters finds itself under direct attack, creating even further chaos. Bond reappears and is assigned by M to ferret out a dangerous villain named Raoul Silva, who has a personal connection and poses a direct danger to them both. Daniel Craig has managed to make his unique characterization of Bond his own and this film already garnered much buzz.
