Wild (12/5/14)
"A chronicle of one woman's 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe."x
Directed by Jean-Marc Vallée, written by Nick Hornby, starring Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, and Thomas Sadoski.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (12/12/14)
"The defiant leader Moses rises up against the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses, setting 600,000 slaves on a monumental journey of escape from Egypt and its terrifying cycle of deadly plagues."x
Directed by Ridley Scott, written by Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine, and Stephen Zaillian, starring Christian Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, Sigourney Weaver, and Ben Kingsley.
Inherent Vice (12/12/14)
"In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend."x
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Jena Malone, Owen Wilson, and Benicio del Toro.
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (12/17/14)
"Bilbo and Company are forced to be embraced in a war against an armed flock of combatants and the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth."x
Directed by Peter Jackson, written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, and Guillermo del Toro, starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Evangeline Lilly, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, and Christopher Lee.
Mr. Turner (12/19/14)
"An exploration of the last quarter century of the great, if eccentric, British painter J.M.W. Turner's life."x
Written and directed by Mike Leigh, starring Timothy Spall, Paul Jesson, Dorothy Atkinson, and Richard Bremmer.
Two Days, One Night (12/24/14)
"Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job."x
Written and directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, starring Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione, and Catherine Salée.
American Sniper (12/25/14)
"A Navy S.E.A.L. recounts his military career, which includes more than 150 confirmed kills."x
Directed by Clint Eastwood, written by Jason Hall, starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, and Luke Grimes.
Big Eyes (12/25/14)
"A drama centered on the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s."x
Directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski, starring Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter, Jason Schwartzman, Danny Huston, and Terence Stamp.
Selma (12/25/14)
"Martin Luther King, Lyndon Baines Johnson and the civil rights marches that changed America."x
Directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Paul Webb, starring David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Roth, Dylan Baker, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Oprah Winfrey .
Unbroken (12/25/14)
"A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II."x
Directed by Angelina Jolie, written by Joel and Ethan Coen, starring Jack O'Connell, Domhnall Gleeson, Jai Courtney, and Miyavi.
A Most Violent Year (12/31/14)
"In New York City 1981, an ambitious immigrant fights to protect his business and family during the most dangerous year in the city's history."x
Written and directed by J.C. Chandor, starring Oscar Isaac, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, and Albert Brooks.
Leviathan (12/31/14)
"In a Russian coastal town, Dmitri is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Dmitri and his family."x
Directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, written by Oleg Negin and Andrey Zvyagintsev, starring Vladimir Vdovichenkov, Elena Lyadova, Aleksey Serebryakov, and Roman Madyanov.
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