LITTLE ROCK — (opening dates are tentative) 28 Hotel Rooms, not rated After a one-night stand on a business trip, the man and woman (Chris Messina, Marin Ireland) continue to meet and develop a profound relationship that threatens to affect everything else in their lives. Directed by Matt Ross. Opens Wednesday
Life of Pi, PG A young man who survives a tragic disaster at sea forms an amazing and unexpected connection with the ship’s only other survivor - a Bengal tiger. With Suraj Sharma, Irffan Khan, Gerard Depardieu, Adil Hussain, Rafe Spall; directed by Ang Lee. Opens Wednesday
Red Dawn, PG-13 In this remake of John Milius’ 1980s uber-patriotic potboiler, a group of young American patriots seek refuge in the woods and become guerrilla fighters to save their fellow citizens, liberate their town and take back their freedom from the foreign paratroopers who have taken over. With Chris Hemsworth, Josh Peck, Josh Hutcherson, Adrianne Palicki, Isabel Lucas, Connor Cruise, Jeffrey Dean Morgan; directed by Dan Bradley. Opens Wednesday
Rise of the Guardians, PG The immortal Guardians - Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and Jack Frost - battle to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children everywhere from an evil spirit seeking to take over the world. With voices of Chris Pine, Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Isla Fisher, Jude Law; directed by Peter Ramsey. Opens Wednesday
Silver Linings Playbook, R Bradley Cooper plays a guy with depression who, after having spent eight months in a state institution, finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro). He wants to reunite with his wife; they want him to get back on his feet - and to share their obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. With Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Tucker, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles; directed by David O. Russell. Opens Wednesday
This Must Be the Place, R Sean Penn plays a 50-year old ex-rock star, still dressing “goth” and living in Dublin off his royalties, until his father’s death brings him back to New York to fulfill his dad’s unfinished quest for revenge. With Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch, Eve Hewson; directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Opens Wednesday
Wuthering Heights, not rated The rocky and long-term love story between the daughter of a country gentleman farmer and the orphan he once rescued from the streets. With Kaya Scodelario, James Howson, Oliver Milburn, Nichola Burley, Steve Evets; directed by Andrea Arnold. Opens Wednesday
MovieStyle, Pages 33 on 11/16/2012