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December 16, 2011

Smurfs: A Christmas Carol


At Christmas, Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and it takes the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to teach him to appreciate Christmas.

Director: Troy Quane
Writers: Peyo (characters and works of), Todd Berger
Stars: Jack Angel, Fred Armisen and Hank Azaria

Thomas & Friends: Rescue On The Rails


Synopsis
Ready to rescue! The Sodor Search and Rescue Team is racing to the rescue - Bertie's stuck on the Shake Shake Bridge, Gordon's derailed, and Thomas' firebox is on fire! In these exciting episodes, your favorite engines brave the rails to rescue their friends. Discover that being heroic is more than having speed and strength; it's about teamwork and a big heart which puts every Really Useful Engine on the right track.

Margin Call


Synopsis
Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat.

Set in the high-stakes world of Wall Street, Margin Call is an entangling thriller involving the key players at an investment firm d uring the earliest hours of the 2008 financial crisis. When an entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm, a roller-coaster ride ensues as decisions both financial and moral catapult the lives of all involved to the brink of disaster.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Stanley Tucci
• Jeremy Irons
• Demi Moore
• Mary McDonnell
• Kevin Spacey
• Paul Bettany
• Simon Baker
• Zachary Quinto
• Penn Badgley

Writers:
• J.C. Chandor

Producers:
• Zachary Quinto
• Michael Benaroya
• Neal Dodson

Directors:
• J.C. Chandor

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special


Synopsis
Have you herd the news? Your favorite sub-zero heroes are back in an all-new holiday adventure for the whole family!

When Sid accidentally destroys Manny's heirloom Christmas rock and ends up on Santa's "naughty list," he leads a hilarious quest to the North Pole to make things right and ends up making things much worse. Now it's up to Manny and his prehistoric posse to band together and save Christmas for the entire world!

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Denis Leary
• Queen Latifah
• John Leguizamo
• Ray Romano

Writers:
• Sam Harper
• Mike Reiss

Producers:
• Andrea Miloro

Directors:
• Karen Disher

Final Destination 5


Synopsis
Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and in Final Destination 5 it strikes again. During the bus ride to a corporate retreat, Sam (Nicholas D'Agosto) has a premonition in which he and most of his friends - as well as numerous others - die in a horrific bridge collapse. When his vision ends, events begin to mirror what he had seen, and he frantically ushers as many of his colleagues - including his friend, Peter (Miles Fisher), and girlfriend, Molly (Emma Bell) - away from the disaster before Death can claim them. But these unsuspecting souls were never supposed to survive, and in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group tries to discover a way to escape Death's sinister agenda.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Tony Todd
• Arlen Escarpeta
• Emma Bell
• Jacqueline MacInnes Wood
• Ellen Wroe
• David Koechner
• Courtney B. Vance
• Nicholas D'Agosto
• P.J. Byrne
• Miles Fisher

Writers:
• Eric Heisserer

Producers:
• Warren Zide
• Craig Perry

Directors:
• Steven Quale

Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark


Synopsis
Sally, a young girl, moves to Rhode Island to live with her father and his new girlfriend in the 19th-century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, Sally starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Guy Pearce
• Bailee Madison
• Alan Dale
• Katie Holmes

Writers:
• Guillermo Del Toro

Producers:
• Mark Johnson
• Guillermo Del Toro

Directors:
• Troy Nixey

Contagion


Synopsis
Nothing spreads like fear

Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Laurence Fishburne and Bryan Cranston, along with medical journalist Sanjay Gupta, explore the real science of global viruses and what they mean to the human race.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Matt Damon
• Laurence Fishburne
• Jude Law
• Gwyneth Paltrow
• Kate Winslet
• Marion Cotillard

Writers:
• Scott Z. Burns

Producers:
• Michael Shamberg
• Stacey Sher
• Gregory Jacobs

Directors:
• Steven Soderbergh

Colombiana



Synopsis
Revenge isibeautiful.

Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who has grown up to be an assassin after witnessing the murder of her parents as a child. Turning herself into a professional killer, she remains focused on her ultimate goal: to hunt down and get revenge on the mobster responsible for her parents' deaths. Produced by Luc Besson and Ariel Zeitoun.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Zoe Saldana
• Jordi Molla
• Cliff Curtis
• Michael Vartan
• Lennie James

Writers:
• Robert Mark Kamen
• Luc Besson

Producers:
• Ariel Zeitoun
• Luc Besson

Directors:
• Olivier Megaton

Catch .44


Synopsis
If you are going down, take everyone with you.

When three friends are sent by their boss to intercept a drug deal at a remote diner, they think nothing of it... until a standoff ensues and the mystery of what brought them together slowly starts to unravel.

Cast & Crew
Actors:
• Bruce Willis
• Forest Whitaker
• Brad Dourif
• Malin Akerman
• Nikki Reed