Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj

The story will shift over to Penn's character Taj, Van Wilder's sidekick and prot�g� from the first film, as he arrives at Oxford University to show the stuffy Brits how to party.

Release date : December 1

Genre : Comedy

Studio : MGM

Director : Mort Nathan

Starring : Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Holly Davidson, Glen Barry

The Nativity Story

"The Nativity Story" chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. This dramatic and compelling story comes to life in a major motion picture ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Drama

Studio : New Line Cinema

Director : Catherine Hardwicke

Starring : Keisha Castle-Hughes, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Oscar Isaac, Hiam Abbass

Turistas

A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian jungle that holds an ominous secret.

Release date : December 1

Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Studio : Fox Atomic

Director : John Stockwell

Starring : Josh Duhamel, Melissa George, Olivia Wilde, Desmond Askew

Holla

Actress Monica St. John, her boyfriend Dwayne and six other close friends head for a weekend escape at a remote cabin in the mountains. Along the way, they pick up Dwayne's ex-con cousin Troy. Monica's ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Horror

Studio : Lions Gate Films

Director : H.M. Coakley

Starring : Shelli Boone, Young Sir, Charles Porter, Michael Bergin

3 Needles

In South Africa, Clara is a Novice in the order of the Mission for the Propagation of the Faithful. Living among the tribes on the Wild Coast, her mission is to convert the rapidly dying Africans ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Drama

Studio : Wolfe Releasing

Director : Thom Fitzgerald

Starring : Lucy Liu, Chloe Sevigny, Olympia Dukakis, Sandra Oh

The Architect

"The Architect," starring Anthony Lapaglia in the title role along with Isabella Rossellini and Viola Davis, is a harrowing and ultimately human story of two very different families. Leo Waters (Lapaglia) is an idealistic architect ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Drama, Action

Studio : Magnolia Pictures

Director : Matthew Tauber

Starring : Anthony LaPaglia, Viola Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Hayden Panettiere

10 Items or Less

Representing a bold departure for both Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman and director Brad Silberling, "10 Items or Less" is an intimately-scaled, two-character comedy in which Freeman plays a major movie star whose pickiness with his ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Drama

Studio : ThinkFilm

Director : Brad Silberling

Starring : Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega, Anne Dudek, Jonah Hill

Big Nothing

Charlie (Schwimmer), a frustrated, unemployed teacher decides to take revenge on life by embarking on a "fool-proof" blackmailing scheme by joining forces with an unpredictable scammer Gus (Pegg) and his ambitious ex-girlfriend Josie (Eve). When ... more

Release date : December 1

Genre : Comedy, Thriller

Studio : British Pathe

Director : Jean-Baptiste Andrea

Starring : Simon Pegg, David Schwimmer, Alice Eve, Natascha McElhone

Inland Empire

Set in the inland valley outside of Los Angeles, David Lynch's new film is a mystery about a woman in trouble.

Release date : December 6

Genre : Drama, Mystery

Studio : Studio Canal

Director : David Lynch

Starring : Laura Dern, Justin Theroux, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeremy Irons

DOA: Dead or Alive

"DOA" is based on Tecmo's best-selling "Dead or Alive" videogame franchise and has an ensemble cast starring Devon Aoki ("Sin City" and "2 Fast 2 Furious"), Sarah Carter ("Final Destination 2"), Natassia Malthe ("Elektra"), Matthew ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Action, Adventure

Studio : Dimension Films

Director : Corey Yuen

Starring : Jaime Pressly, Holly Valance, Sarah Carter, Natassia Malthe

The Holiday

In writer/director Nancy Meyers' ("Something's Gotta Give," "What Women Want") "The Holiday," two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) find themselves in a similar predicament. ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Studio : Sony Pictures Entertainment

Director : Nancy Meyers

Starring : Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black

Blood Diamond

Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990s Sierra Leone, "Blood Diamond" is the story of Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio), a South African mercenary, and Solomon Vandy (Djimon Hounsou), a Mende fisherman. ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Drama, Thriller

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : Edward Zwick

Starring : Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen

Apocalypto

An action/adventure film set 600 years ago, prior to the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Mexico and Central America. The epic tale of the end of Mayan civilization. The title is a Greek term which means ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama

Studio : Buena Vista Pictures

Director : Mel Gibson

Starring : Rudy Youngblood, Dalia Hernandez, Jonathan Brewer, Morris Birdyellowhead

Unaccompanied Minors

It�s Christmas Eve and a huge blizzard has shut down the airport. Among the stranded travelers, five "Unaccompanied Minors" are determined to max out their holiday by running wild inside and outside the airport. Without ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Comedy

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : Paul Feig

Starring : Lewis Black, Wilmer Valderrama, Tyler James Williams, Dyllan Christopher

Days of Glory

1943. The young North Africans had never stepped foot on French soil but because France was at war, Sa�d, Abdelkader, Messaoud and Yassir enlisted in the French Army, along with 130,000 other "indigenous soldiers," to ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Drama, History, War

Studio : The Weinstein Company

Director : Rachid Bouchareb

Starring : Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem

Off the Black

"Off the Black" is a coming-of-age story of teenager Dave Tibbel (Morgan) who copes with his own distant father (Timothy Hutton) by forming an unlikely friendship with a disheveled, irascible high school umpire, Ray ... more

Release date : December 8

Genre : Drama

Studio : THINKFilm

Director : James Ponsoldt

Starring : Nick Nolte, Trevor Morgan, Timothy Hutton, Sally Kirkland

Charlotte's Web

A live-action/photo real CG animated feature adaptation of E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" starring Dakota Fanning as Fern. Julia Roberts will lend her vocals in the lead role of Charlotte A. Cavatica, a spider and heroine ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Drama, Family

Studio : Paramount Pictures

Director : Gary Winick

Starring : Julia Roberts, Dakota Fanning, Steve Buscemi, John Cleese

The Pursuit of Happyness

A struggling salesman (Will Smith) takes custody of his son (Jaden Smith) as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional endeavor.

"Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. ...You got a dream, you ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Drama

Studio : Columbia Pictures

Director : Gabriele Muccino

Starring : Will Smith, Thandie Newton, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta

Eragon

Based on the Christopher Paolini-penned bestselling fantasy novel about a youth whose discovery of a dragon egg leads him to become a knight and battle an evil king. The medieval-set tale revolves around a farm ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Action

Studio : The 20th Century Fox

Director : Stefen Fangmeier

Starring : Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle

Breaking and Entering

A story about theft, both criminal and emotional, "Breaking and Entering" follows a disparate group of long-term Londoners and new arrivals whose lives intersect in the inner-city area of King's Cross. When a landscape architect's ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Drama

Studio : MGM

Director : Anthony Minghella

Starring : Jude Law, Juliette Binoche, Robin Wright Penn, Ray Winstone

Dreamgirls

Twenty-five years after first bringing Broadway audiences to their feet, the Tony Award-winning musical sensation "Dreamgirls" comes to the big screen starring Academy Award� winner Jamie Foxx ("Ray"), Beyonc� Knowles ("Austin Powers in Goldmember"), Danny ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Musical, Drama

Studio : DreamWorks

Director : Bill Condon

Starring : Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles, Eddie Murphy, Danny Glover

The Good German

Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, "The Good German" takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war correspondent Jake Geismar (George Clooney) becomes embroiled with Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett), a ... more

Release date : December 15

Genre : Drama, Thriller, Romance

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : Steven Soderbergh

Starring : George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Leland Orser

Rocky Balboa

The greatest underdog story of our time is back for one final round of the Academy Award-winning Rocky franchise. Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa steps out of retirement and back into the ring, putting himself ... more

Release date : December 20

Genre : Drama

Studio : MGM

Director : Sylvester Stallone

Starring : Sylvester Stallone, Burt Young, Milo Ventimiglia, Tony Burton

The Painted Veil

Based on the classic novel by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Painted Veil" is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter, a middle class doctor and ... more

Release date : December 20

Genre : Drama, Romance

Studio : Warner Independent Pictures

Director : John Curran

Starring : Naomi Watts, Edward Norton, Liev Schreiber, Toby Jones

Letters from Iwo Jima

Sixty-one years ago, U.S. and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, several hundred letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, ... more

Release date : December 20

Genre : Drama, Action

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : Clint Eastwood

Starring : Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase

Curse of the Golden Flower

China, Later Tang Dynasty, 10th Century.

On the eve of the Chong Yang Festival, golden flowers fill the Imperial Palace. The Emperor (Chow Yun Fat) returns unexpectedly with his second son, Prince Jai (Jay Chou). His ... more

Release date : December 21

Genre : Action, Adventure, Drama

Studio : Sony Pictures Classics

Director : Zhang Yimou

Starring : Chow Yun-Fat, Gong Li, Jay Chou, Ye Liu

Venus

"Venus" focuses on a pair of veteran actors, Maurice and Ian, whose daily routine is disrupted by the arrival of Ian's grandniece. O'Toole and Phillips play the grizzled thesps, and newcomer Whittaker plays the teen.

Release date : December 21

Genre : Drama

Studio : Miramax Films

Director : Roger Michell

Starring : Peter O'Toole, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips

The Good Shepherd

The tumultuous early history of the Central Intelligence Agency is viewed through the prism of one man's life in "The Good Shepherd," an espionage drama starring Academy Award� winners Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie and Robert ... more

Release date : December 22

Genre : Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Studio : Universal Pictures

Director : Robert De Niro

Starring : Matt Damon, Angelina Jolie, Robert De Niro, Alec Baldwin

We Are Marshall

"We Are Marshall" tells an inspiring true story set in Huntington, West Virginia, a small town steeped in the rich tradition of college football. For decades, players, coaches, fans and families have come together to ... more

Release date : December 22

Genre : Drama, Sport

Studio : Warner Bros. Pictures

Director : McG

Starring : Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, David Strathairn, Ian McShane

Night at the Museum

Good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), despite being perpetually down on his luck, thinks he's destined for something big. But even he could never have imagined how "big," when he accepts what appears to be ... more

Release date : December 22

Genre : Action, Comedy, Family

Studio : The 20th Century Fox

Director : Shawn Levy

Starring : Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney

Alatriste

Viggo Mortensen plays the Spanish soldier-turned-mercenary Captain Alatriste, a heroic figure from the country's 17th century imperial wars.

Release date : December 22

Genre : Action, Adventure

Studio : The 20th Century Fox

Director : Agustin Diaz Yanes

Starring : Viggo Mortensen, Elena Anaya, Javier Camara, Antonio Dechent

Black Christmas

In "Black Christmas" a sorority house is terrorized by a killer who makes frightening telephone calls before murdering the sorority sisters during the Christmas break.

Release date : December 25

Genre : Horror, Thriller

Studio : Dimension Films

Director : Glen Morgan

Starring : Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson

Children of Men

Children of Men" envisages a world one generation from now that has fallen into anarchy on the heels of an infertility defect in the population. The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and ... more

Release date : December 25

Genre : Sci Fi, Drama, Adventure

Studio : Universal Pictures

Director : Alfonso Cuaron

Starring : Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Charlie Hunnam

It's a Boy Girl Thing

It's a Boy Girl Thing is a high-jinx romantic comedy about next-door neighbours who live worlds apart. Woody Deane and Nell Bedworth, life-long sworn enemies, wake up one day to find themselves in a very ... more

Release date : December 26

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Studio : Icon Entertainment International

Director : Nick Hurran

Starring : Samaire Armstrong, Kevin Zegers, Emily Hampshire, Libby Adams

Notes on a Scandal

When Sheba Hart (Cate Blanchett) joins St. George's as the new art teacher, Barbara Covett (Judi Dench) senses a kindred spirit. But Barbara is not the only one drawn to her. Sheba begins an illicit ... more

Release date : December 27

Genre : Drama

Studio : Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director : Richard Eyre

Starring : Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Bill Nighy, Andrew Simpson

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Based on the bestselling novel by Patrick Suskind, "Perfume" is a story of murder and obsession set in 18th-century France.

Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has used his unique talent for discerning the scents and smells that swirl around ... more

Release date : December 27

Genre : Drama, Thriller

Studio : DreamWorks SKG

Director : Tom Tykwer

Starring : Ben Whishaw, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Dustin Hoffman

Arthur and the Invisibles

Deep underground, the Minimoys are waiting... for a champion. Arthur's grandfather disappeared four years ago. All he left behind are his notebooks full of stories about little -- known African tribes--including the Minimoys, a miniature ... more

Release date : December 29

Genre : Animation, Fantasy

Studio : The Weinstein Co.

Director : Luc Besson

Starring : Robert De Niro, Madonna, Snoop Dogg, David Bowie

Miss Potter

Beatrix Potter has delighted generations of children with her books. But she kept her own private life locked carefully away. Oscar-winning star Ren�e Zellweger is now bringing her secret story to the screen in "Miss ... more

Release date : December 29

Genre : Drama

Studio : Weinstein Company, The

Director : Chris Noonan

Starring : Renee Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Barbara Flynn

Pan's Labyrinth

"Pan's Labyrinth" is a fanciful and chilling story set against the backdrop of a fascist regime in 1944 rural Spain. The film centers on Ofelia, a lonely and dreamy child living with her mother and ... more

Release date : December 29

Genre : Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Studio : Picturehouse

Director : Guillermo del Toro

Starring : Ivana Baquero, Doug Jones, Sergi Lopez, Ariadna Gil

Factory Girl

"Factory Girl" imaginatively unfolds the comet-like rise and fall of 60s "it girl" Edie Sedgwick, the blazing superstar who came to define both the glamour and the tragedy of our celebrity-obsessed culture. Sedgwick appeared to ... more

Release date : December 29

Genre : Drama

Studio : The Weinsteins Co.

Director : George Hickenlooper

Starring : Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen, Guy Pearce, Mena Suvari

The Dead Girl

"The Dead Girl," the new film from acclaimed writer/director Karen Moncrieff ("Blue Car"), is a quintet of stories about seemingly unrelated people whose lives converge around the murder of a young woman.

"The Stranger" is about ... more

Release date : December 29

Genre : Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Studio : First Look Pictures

Director : Karen Moncrieff

Starring : Josh Brolin, Rose Byrne, Toni Collette, Bruce Davison