Holiday and Award Season Preview
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- Published: Thursday, 01 December 2011 08:28
- Written by Lupe Haas
Tis the season for indie dramas and family fare. Hollywood studios release movies around this festive time of the year to either win awards or lure families into movie theaters. CineMovie has your one-stop shopping with a movie trailer extravanganza for your your holiday and award-season preview.
Thanksgiving jump started the season with an onslaught of holiday movies and a few front runners for awards. Arthur Christmas, Hugo, and The Muppets are competing for group diversion while movies like George Clooney's The Descendants and French silent film The Artist have already entered the statue-hunting season. Expect a lot of indie dramas this winter and Meryl Streep to be nominated for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady.
December 2
Shame
Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan star in this indie drama directed by Steve McQueen.
Answers to Nothing
Indie Drama
Coriolanus
Ralph Fiennes directs first feature film and stars with Gerard Butler in a modern retelling of the Shakespearean tragedy.
Sleeping Beauty
Emily Browning stars in this indie drama.
Coriolanus
December 9
The Sitter
Jonah HIll is the babysitter from hell along with the worst kids in the world.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Big names star in this big screen adaptation of John le Carre's novel with Gary Oldman as the lead and a supporting cast that includes Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, and Toby Jones.
I Melt With You
Jeremy Piven, Thomas Jane, and Rob Lowe are college buddies who reunite for a get together that goes awry.
Young Adult
The Juno team reunite for the Charlize Theron dramedy. Director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody bring their unique sense of humor and drama to a character who refuses to grow up.
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Indie darling Tilda Swinton and John C. Reilly come to terms with their parenting choices when their teenager goes on a killing spree.
W.E.
Madonna gets behind the camera once again to direct a story about a woman's obsession with the American Wallis Simpson who famously married England's King Edward VIII after abdicating the throne.
December 16
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
Tom Cruise hopes to revive the franchise with a new cast of elves with Jeremy Renner and Paula Patton.
Carnage
Director Roman Polanski returns with a drama starring award-friendly names like Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christoph Waltz, and John C. Reilly.
December 21
The Adventures of TinTin
Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg team up on the 3D motion capture based on the comic book series. Daniel Craig and Jamie Bell lend their voices.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Daniel Craig stars in the David Fincher Americanized version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Funny enough he's got both the family fare and drama covered this weekend.
Albert Nobbs
Glenn Close is predicted to nab a few nominations with her portrayal of a woman disgusing herself as a man in 19th century Ireland.
December 23
We Bought A Zoo
Director Cameron Crowe takes a stab at a family-oriented story sure to tug at your heartstrings. Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson star.
In The Land of Blood and Honey
Angelina Jolie gets behind the camera for a love story set during the civil war in Bosnia.
December 25
War Horse
Steven Spielberg enters the holiday competition with another family-friendly film based on the children's novel by Michael Morpurgo about a boy and his horse during World War I. Newcomer Jeremy Irvine is getting early attention for his break out role.
The Darkest Hour
Emile Hirsh and Olivia Thirlby are vacationing in Moscow with friends when an alien attack interrupts their good time.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Sandra Bullock and Max Von Sydow are the standouts for potential awards in the drama about a boy (Thomas Horn) in search of a lock that matches a key left by his father (Tom Hanks) after the 9/11 attacks.
December 28
Pariah
A Sundance favorite earlier this year, Pariah deals with a teenager coming to grips with her coming out as a lesbian.
December 30
The Iron Lady
Meryl Streep, an award-season favorite and shoe-in, portrays the iconic British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Angels Crest
Indie drama starring Thomas Dekker and Lynn Collins (John Carter)
A Separation
Iranian indie drama