New Movies in Theaters December 25, 2009
December 24, 2009
Sherlock Holmes
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Guy Ritchie
Screenwriters: Michael Johnson, Anthony Peckham, Guy Ritchie
Movie Website: Sherlock-Holmes-movie.com
Actors/Actresses: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Mark Strong, Kelly Reilly, Eddie Marsan
Plot Summary: In a dynamic new portrayal of Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous characters, “Sherlock Holmes” sends Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson on their latest challenge. Revealing fighting skills as lethal as his legendary intellect, Holmes will battle as never before to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy the country.
It’s Complicated
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Nancy Meyers
Screenwriter: Nancy Meyers
Movie Website: ItsComplicatedmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Meryl Streep, Steve Martin, Alec Baldwin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell
Plot Summary: Writer/director Nancy Meyers (”What Women Want,” “Something’s Gotta Give,” “The Holiday”) directs Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin in “It’s Complicated,” a comedy about love, divorce and everything in between.
Jane (Streep) is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has—after a decade of divorce—an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake (Baldwin). But when Jane and Jake find themselves out of town for their son’s college graduation, things start to get complicated. An innocent meal together turns into the unimaginable—an affair. With Jake remarried to the much younger Agness (Lake Bell), Jane is now, of all things, the other woman.
Caught in the middle of their renewed romance is Adam (Martin), an architect hired to remodel Jane’s kitchen. Healing from a divorce of his own, Adam starts to fall for Jane, but soon realizes he’s become part of a love triangle.
Should Jane and Jake move on with their lives, or is love truly lovelier the second time around? It’s… complicated.
Up in the Air
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: R
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Jason Reitman
Screenwriter: Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Movie Website: TheUpintheAirmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Tamala Jones, Chris Lowell
Plot Summary: From Jason Reitman, the Oscar nominated director of “Juno,” comes a comedy called “Up in the Air” starring Oscar® winner George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a corporate hatchet man who loves his life on the road but is forced to fight for his job when his company downsizes its travel budget. He is required to spend more time at home just as he is on the cusp of a goal he’s worked toward for years: reaching five million frequent flyer miles and just after he’s met the frequent-traveler woman of his dreams.
Nine
Genre: Drama, Musical
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Director: Rob Marshall
Screenwriter: Michael Tolkin, Anthony Minghella
Movie Website: Nine-movie.com
Actors/Actresses: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Stacy Ferguson, Sophia Loren
Plot Summary: “Nine” is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), a young American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The original 1982 Broadway production of “Nine,” nominated for twelve Tony Awards and winning five, including Best Musical, was directed by Tommy Tune, choreographed by Thommie Walsh, starred Raúl Juliá with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston and book by Arthur Kopit. The 2003 Broadway revival of “Nine” received eight Tony Award nominations and won two, including Best Revival of a Musical.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (Limited)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Director: Terry Gilliam
Screenwriter: Terry Gilliam, Charles McKeown
Movie Website: DoctorParnassus.com
Actors/Actresses: Heath Ledger, Christopher Plummer, Tom Waits, Lily Cole, Andrew Garfield, Verne Troyer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law
Plot Summary: “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells the story of Dr Parnassus and his extraordinary ‘Imaginarium’, a traveling show where members of the audience get an irresistible opportunity to choose between light and joy or darkness and gloom. Blessed with the extraordinary gift of guiding the imaginations of others, Dr Parnassus is cursed with a dark secret. Long ago he made a bet with the devil, Mr Nick, in which he won immortality. Many centuries later, on meeting his one true love, Dr Parnassus made another deal with the devil, trading his immortality for youth, on condition that when his first-born reached its 16th birthday he or she would become the property of Mr Nick.
Valentina is now rapidly approaching this ‘coming of age’ milestone and Dr Parnassus is desperate to protect her from her impending fate. Mr Nick arrives to collect but, always keen to make a bet, renegotiates the wager. Now the winner of Valentina will be determined by whoever seduces the first five souls. Enlisting a series of wild, comical and compelling characters in his journey, Dr Parnassus promises his daughter’s hand in marriage to the man that helps him win. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Dr Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles – and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all.
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