These are the movies released in theaters Friday November 21st, 2012.
Life of Pi – Rated PG

A boy is shipwrecked as his family moves their zoo from India to Canada.  The boy is helped on a journey home by a kick ass jungle cat a.k.a a tiger.  Life of Pi is a story of friendship between a boy and a animal.  We have seen this movie before several times which several different animals.  The difference this time is director Ang Lee. (Yes he is forgiven for Hulk)  Lee’s movies have not always been good from a scripting/plot side however they always look beautiful and majestic.  I recently read an interview where Lee said he took lessons learned doing CGI for Hulk and applied them to Life of Pi.  Let’s hope he learned a lot.

Verdict - Life of Pi should be good if the plot can match the visuals.

Red Dawn (2012) – Rated PG-13

In one of the more unnecessary remakes that I can remember, Washington Teens fight against a North Korean invasion.  The original Red Dawn played on the 1980’s fear of the Russians and is only really believable in that context.  I have no idea why some one thought this was a good idea.  However this is a action movie and with Chris Hemsworth and Jeffrey Dean Morgan I do believe this will be watchable.

Verdict - THE CHAIR IS AGAINST THE DOOR I do hope they keep the coded radio messages in.  Those those were hilarious in the original.  This very unnecessary remake should be watchable.

Rise Of The Guardians – Rated PG

Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy, The Easter Bunny, The Sandman and Jack Frost try to stop The Boogeyman from draping the world into darkness.  Long time readers are now expecting me to launch into a tirade about how stupid that last sentence was.  I do think Rise Of The Guardians is ridiculous however I am not the target audience.  My friend took his 6 year old daughter to this and she loves it.  Thats enough of a recommendation for me.

Verdict - Not a kids movie I would want to go see, but Rise Of The Guardians is picking up a fan base.  It can’t be that bad.

Also New To Theaters
Searching For Sugar Man – Rated PG-13

This is one of the most interesting Music Documentaries that I have heard of in a long time.  Folk musician Rodriquez made 2 albums in the 70’s and didn’t make a splash in the US.  He gave up music.  His albums were released in South Africa where he became huge.  This is the story of two of these South Africans and their journey to see if Rodriguez is alive or not.  

Verdict - This is a fascinating story that I hope to see some day.  I wonder when I will become famous in a foreign country without knowing it.

Box Office Top 5 Movies In The Country
1. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – Rated PG-13 - $141,067,634 ($141,067,634)
2. Skyfall – Rated PG-13 - $41,104,513 ($160,941,621)
3. Lincoln – Rated PG-13- $21,049,406 ($22,468,242)
4. Wreck-It Ralph – Rated PG - $18,582,937 ($121,750,227)
5. Flight – Rated R - $8,802,881 ($61,523,691)
Movie – Rating – Weekend Domestic Gross (Total Domestic Gross

Still In Theatres
Argo – Rated R , Cloud Atlas – Rated R, The Perks Of Being A Wallflower – Rated PG-13, Pitch Perfect - Rated PG-13, The Sessions – Rated R

These are the movies released on DVD Tuesday November 20th, 2012.
The Expendables 2 – Rated R

I saw The Expendables 2 this past week.  It was a good action movie.  Chuck Norris deserves an oscar.  I will say that I was disappointed with the lack of Jason Statham but Arnold and Bruce were tons of fun to watch.

Next Week Brad Pitt is a killer working for the mob, Josh Brolin plays a young Tommy Lee Jones, and some dude should collect stamps instead of body parts.
Credit – IMDB.com, Boxofficemojo.com, &Yahoo!Movies.com