Arts & Entertainment

What New Movies are Premiering in Ames on Christmas Day 2012?

Will you be checking out Django Unchained the newest Quentin Tarantino movie or a revamped musical classic Les Miserables? There's a new movie for everyone coming out on Christmas Day.

No matter what holiday you are celebrating anyone can gather up the family and head out to see one of many movies --- Django Unchained, Les Miserables, or Parental Guidance --- premiering in theaters on Christmas Day.

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The following flicks will be showing in theaters for the first time on Christmas:

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"Django Unchained"

  • Rated: R
  • Summary: A former slave and a German bounty hunter become unlikely allies in the battle against a tyrannical plantation owner in this western from visionary director Quentin Tarantino.
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"Les Miserables"

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  • Rated: PG-13
  • Summary:The King's Speech's Tom Hooper directs this adaptation of Cameron Mackintosh's successful musical version of Victor Hugo's classic novel. The drama surrounds the obsessive quest of Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) as he spends years in an effort to capture escaped convict Jean Valjean.
  • Trailer

"Parental Guidance"

  • Rated: PG
  • Summary: Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star as Artie and Diane -- an old-school grandfather and his people-pleasing wife, who babysit for their three decidedly 21st century grandchildren while the kids' type-A parents (played by Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott) are away for work.
  • Trailer

Wondering where to watch these new movies? Head to Cinemark Movies 12 showtimes are online.


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