(opening dates are tentative)
Angels Sing, PG Thirty years after a tragic accident crushed his childhood Christmas spirit, a man must make amends with his past when tragedy looms for his young son. With Harry Connick Jr., Connie Britton, Chandler Canterbury, Fionnula Flanagan, Lyle Lovett; directed by Tim McCanlies. Dec. 13
The Armstrong Lie, R Documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney shelved the film he was working on about Lance Armstrong’s comeback to cycling in 2009 after doping allegations aimed at his subject snowballed, but he picked the film back up this year after Armstrong’s confession. Dec. 13
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, PG-13 Bilbo Baggins’ (Martin Freeman) epic quest with the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and 13 dwarves to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor continues with an encounter with the skin-changer Beorn, a battle with giant spiders, the dwarves’ imprisonment by the Woodelves, a sojourn in Lake-town and their arrival at the Lonely Mountain - and a meeting with the subtitle dragon. With Richard Armitage, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Evangeline Lilly, Benedict Cumberbatch, Stephen Fry; directed by Peter Jackson. Dec. 13A
Madea Christmas, PG-13 Writer-director Tyler Perry’s Madea character reluctantly agrees to help a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit in the country for Christmas - with the biggest surprise turning out to be what they find when they arrive. With Kathy Najimy, Chad Michael Murray, Anna Maria Horsford, Tika Sumpter, Eric Lively, JR Lemon, Alicia Witt, Lisa Whelchel, Larry the Cable Guy. Dec. 13
MovieStyle, Pages 29 on 12/06/2013