Reel Corner

November Films Have Something for Everyone

Children:
FREE BIRDS PG (Animated)  
Director: Jim Hayward
Animated, voices by Woody Harrelson, Owen Wilson, Amy Poehler
Turkeys aren't honored holiday guests-they're tasty holiday meals! Two birds from opposite sides of the tracks join forces and travel through time to get their species off people's plates.


Action:
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE  PG 13  
Director:  Frances Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Katniss Everdeen (Lawrence) has returned home safely after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games, along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's Tour" of the districts. Along the way, Katniss senses that a rebellion is simmering.


Super Hero:
THOR: THE DARK WORLD   PG 13  
Director: Alan Taylor
Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Anthony Hopkins, Tim Hiddleston
Thor, the Mighty Avenger, battles to save Earth and all the Nine Realms from a shadowy enemy that predates the universe itself. Thor fights to restore order across the cosmos...but an ancient race, led by the vengeful Malekith, returns to plunge the universe back into darkness. Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard cannot withstand, Thor must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet.


Mature Demographics:
LAST VEGAS   PG 13  
Director: Jon Turtletaub
Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Kevin Kline
Billy (Douglas), Paddy (De Niro), Archie (Freeman) and Sam (Kline) have been best friends since childhood. So when Billy, the group's sworn bachelor, finally proposes to his thirty-something girlfriend, the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age and relive their glory days.

Scorsese Enthusiasts:
THE WOLF OF WALL STREET    Rated R  
Director: Martin Scorsese   Leonardo DiCaprio, PJ Byrne, Jon Favreau
Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government.


Biography:
MANDELA: Long Walk to Freedom  PG 13  
Director: Justin Chadwick   Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Terry Pheto
A chronicle of Nelson Mandela's life journey from his childhood in a rural village to his inauguration as the first democratically elected president of South Africa.


Musical:
FROZEN
   PG (Animated)  
Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Vocies: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Josh Gad   Featuring original score.
A prophecy traps a kingdom in eternal winter, so Anna must team up with Kristoff, a daring mountain man, on the grandest of journeys to find the Snow Queen and put an end to the icy spell. Encountering Everest-like extremes, mystical creatures and magic at every turn, Anna and Kristoff battle the elements in a race to save the kingdom from destruction.

Romantic Comedies:
A CASE OF YOU   PG 13  
Diretor: Kat Coiro
Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Peter Dinklage, Brendon Fraser
Young writer Sam has a crush on Birdie, the cute and quirky barista at his local coffee shop. When his conventional attempts to woo her crash and burn, he takes his efforts online, creating an Internet profile embellished with all of the details that would make him Birdie's dream guy: ballroom dancing, rock climbing, and a seemingly endless, escalating series of wacky and unlikely hobbies. When the harebrained scheme is a surprise success and Birdie falls for his exaggerated alter ego, Sam must keep up the act or lose his dream girl forever.

ABOUT TIME   Rated R  
Director: Richard Curtis
Bill Nighy, Rachel McAdams, Domhnall Gleeson
At the age of 21, Tim Lake (Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time. The night after another unsatisfactory New Year's party, Tim's father (Nighy) tells him that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can't change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life, so he decides to make his world a better place...by getting a girlfriend. Sadly, that turns out not to be as easy as you might think. About Time is a comedy about love and time travel, which discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time travel at all.


Drama:
THE BOOK THIEF   PG 13  
Director: Brian Percival
Sophie NÈlisse, Goeffrey Rush, Emily Watson
Based on the beloved international bestselling book, The Book Thief tells the story of an extraordinary, spirited young girl sent to live with a foster family in WWII Germany. Intrigued by the only book she brought with her, she begins collecting books as she finds them. With the help of her new parents and a secret guest under the stairs, she learns to read and creates a magical world that inspires them all.

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