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Box Office Leaders

The Hobbit 2PG13 Bilbo joins with Thorin, Gandalf, and the Dwarves to reclaim Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

Tyler Perry’s - A Madea ChristmasPG13 Madea spreads Christmas joy as she and a friend make a surprise visit to a small rural town.

FrozenPG The kingdom is trapped in eternal winter unless Anna can find her sister Elsa and unleash her icy powers. – Disney animation

The Hunger Games: Catching FirePG13 While on a Victor’s Tour of the districts, Katniss senses a rebellion taking place at the Capitol.

Thor: The Dark WorldPG13 Thor reunites with Jane Anderson to battle an ancient race led by Malekith intent on destroying the universe.

Out of the FurnaceR When the law fails to find a missing person, the older brother takes the law into his own hands to find his sibling.

Delivery ManPG13A low achiever fathered 533 children 20 years ago through a fertility clinic and now 142 are suing to find his identity.

HomefrontR When an ex-DEA agent retires to a small town to raise his 10-year old daughter, he may have settled in the wrong town.

The Book ThiefPG13 A young girl, Liesel, lives with a foster family in WWII Germany finding her escape in books and giving hope to others.

PhilomenaPG13 With the help of a BBC reporter, a British woman seeks to find her son who was given up for adoption many years ago.

***Also Playing in Theaters***

12 Years a Slave, About Time, All Is Lost, Bad Grandpa, The Best Man Holiday, Black Nativity, Blue Jasmine, Captain Phillips, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Dallas Buyers Game, Ender’s Game, Enough Said, Free Birds, Last Vegas , Oldboy

New in Theaters — December 20

Anchorman 2PG13 San Diego’s top anchorman, Ron Burgundy, and his crew return to take on a 24 news channel with great hilarity. Stars: Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rudd

Walking with DinosaursPG Return to the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and see a small dino become the hero of all dinosaurs. Stars: John Leguizamo, Justin Long, Tiya Sircar, Skyler Stone

Saving Mr. BanksPG13 This story unveils Walt Disney’s struggle to obtain the film rights to P.L. Travers infamous book, Mary Poppins. Stars: Tom Hanks, Emma Thompson, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford

American HustleR Two brilliant con men cooperate with the FBI to bring down a group of New Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia. Stars: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner

Also Playing:Her – Dhoom 3 – The Past – The Selfish Giant

New on DVD – December 24

Insidious: Chapter 2PG13 The Lambert family continues to uncover the childhood secret that connected them to the spirit world.

Foreign, Classics, Documentaries and more

More than Honey, Una Noche, Caesar Must Die, Adventures in the Sin Bin, The Berlin File, Goliath and the Sins of Babylon, Pappyland 3, Zucker Zucker.

Animation:Say I Love You: Complete Collection, Humanity Has Declined: Complete Collection.

TV Series:Craft in America: Series 5, Frontline: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

Film 101– Christmas is Coming – Here are some holiday films that you will want to enjoy with your family.

Live Action

All Mine to Give 1957

Babes in Toyland 1934

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 1983

The Bishop’s Wife 1947

The Christmas Box 1995

The Christmas Card 1996

A Christmas Carol 1938/1951/1984

Christmas Comes to Willow Creek 1987

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1987

Christmas in Connecticut 1945

A Christmas Kiss 2012

Christmas Lodge 2011

A Christmas Memory 1966

The Christmas Pageant 2011

The Christmas Shoes 2002

A Christmas Story 1983

A Christmas Visitor 2002

A Christmas Wish 2011

Disney’s A Christmas Carol 2010

Elf 2003

Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas 1977

Ernest Saves Christmas 1988

The Gathering 1977

The Heart of Christmas 2012

Holiday Affair 1949

Holiday Baggage 2008

Holiday Inn 1942

Holiday Switch 2007

Holiday to Remember 1995

Home Alone 1990

The House without a Christmas Tree 1972

How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2003

I’ll Be Home for Christmas 1997

I’ll Be Home for Christmas 1998

It Happened on Fifth Avenue 1947

It’s a Wonderful Life 1946

Jingle All the Way 1996

Joyeux Noel 2005

Love’s Christmas Journey 2012

Miracle on 34th Street 1947/1994

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year 2008

Mrs. Santa Claus 1996

Muppet Christmas Carol 1992

Nat’l Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation 1989

One Magic Christmas 1989

Prancer 1989

A Princess for Christmas 2012

The Santa Claus 1994

Santa Claus 2 2002

Santa Claus 3 2006

Santa Claus: The Movie 1985

Scrooge 1970

Scrooged 1988

A Song for the Season 1999

Unlikely Angel 1996

White Christmas 1954

Animated Classics

Annabelle’s Wish 1997

Arthur Christmas 2012

Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas 1997

A Charlie Brown Christmas 1965

Cricket on the Hearth 1967

Frosty the Snowman 1969

Frosty Returns 1992

How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1966

Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Special 2011

Jack Frost 1979

The Little Drummer Boy 1968

Mickey’s Christmas Carol 1983

Mickey’s Once upon a Christmas 1999

Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol 1962

The Nightmare before Christmas 1993

Phineas & Ferb: Very Perry Christmas 2011

The Polar Express 2004

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 1964

Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town 1970

The Year without a Santa Claus 1974