Film Fridays: Week of December 12, 2010

Film Fridays is a place where you can check out the new movies playing for the week in one place, grab some tickets, and go out to a theater near you.

Tron: Legacy

Opened: Dec. 17, 2010
Rated: PG
Runtime: 2 hrs. 7 mins.
Cast: Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Beau Garrett, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen
Director: Joseph Kosinski

Synopsis: “Tron: Legacy” is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidant (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

Genre: Sci-Fi, Action/Adventure
Rotten Tomatoes: 47%
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How Do You Know

Opened: Dec. 17, 2010
Rated: PG-13
Runtime: 1 hr. 56 mins.
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd, Jack Nicholson
Director: James L. Brooks
Synopsis: How Do You Know is a comedy from Academy Award®-winning writer-director James L. Brooks (As Good As It Gets, Broadcast News, Terms of Endearment), starring Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd and Jack Nicholson.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
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Yogi Bear

Opened: Dec. 17,2010
Rated: PG
Runtime: N/A
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, TJ Miller, Nathan Corddry, Andrew Daly
Director: Eric Brevig
Synopsis: Hanna-Barbera's beloved picnic-basket-stealing bear makes his big-screen debut in this live-action/animated mix children's pic from director Eric Brevig (Journey to the Center of the Earth). Brad Copeland provides the screenplay, which centers around a documentary crew (headed by Anna Faris) as they delve into the goings-on of Jellystone Park, home to Yogi the Bear and Boo Boo (voiced by Dan Aykroyd and Justin Timberlake, respectively).
Genre: Family Comedy
Rotten Tomatoes: 13%
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The Fighter

Opened: Dec. 17, 2010 (Everywhere)
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr. 54 mins.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
Director: David O. Russell
Synopsis: The Fighter, is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer who rebounded in life after nearly being KO'd by drugs and crime.
Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama
Rotten Tomatoes: 88%
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Now Playing:
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Tourist
Tangled
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Unstoppable
Black Swan
Burlesque
Love and Other Drugs
Due Date
Megamind
Faster
The Next Three Days
127 Hours
The Warrior's Way
The King's Speech

Sources:
Rotten Tomatoes
Fandango

Peace and Fangs,
Alisha