I give you, Kansas City’s 2014 Holiday Grid of major movie releases:
Starting this Friday, Nov. 21—“THE HUNGER GAMES: Mockingjay–Part 1″ (Lionsgate)—Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philips Seymour Hoffman.
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Wednesday, Nov. 26—“HORRIBLE BOSSES 2” (Warner Bros.)—Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston.
“PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR 3D” (Fox/Dreamworks)—Voices of Benedic Ctumberbatch, John Malkovich, Chris Miller, Tom Mcgrath.
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Friday, Dec. 5—“THE PYRAMID” (Fox)—Ashley Hinshaw, Denis O’Hare.
“THE HOMESMAN” (Roadside)—Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank.
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Chris Rock
Friday, Dec. 12—“TOP FIVE” (Paramount)—Chris Rock, Rosario Dawson, Adam Sandler, Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Hart.
“EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS” (Fox)—Christian Bale, John Turturro, Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley.
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Wednesday, Dec. 17—“THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES” (Warner Bros.)—Ian McKellen, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom.
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Friday, Dec. 19—“ANNIE” (Sony)—Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz, Quvenzhane Wallis.
“NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB” (Fox)—Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Ricky Garvais, Rebel Wilson, Ben Kingsley.
“WILD” (Fox Searchlight)—Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern.
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Thursday, Dec. 25––“INTO THE WOODS” (Disney)—Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Johnny Depp.
“THE INTERVIEW” (Sony)—James Franco, Seth Rogen.
“UNBROKEN” (Universal)—produced and directed by Angelina Jolie from a screenplay by the Coen brothers.
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Note the dates shown are subject to change and there are no K.C. opening dates set yet for “THE IMITATION GAME” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley or “FOXCATCHER” with Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo.
2015 is set to kick off on local screens with “THE GAMBLER” starring Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, Brie Larson and John Goodman. Tentative date: January 1, 2015.
Now let’s light that yule log…….
The Weinstein Company has just added two of their releases to K.C.’s 2014 holiday schedule.
“THE IMITATION GAME” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly as well as Tim Burton’s “BIG EYES” with Christoph Waltz and Amy Adams will both open here on December 25th!