A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
It is the stockings hung by the chimney with care, presents tucked under the tree, and a bounty of Christmas movies on the tube that make a real Christmas.
Which movies epitomize the holiday spirit? Let’s check out the movies on wide release over Christmas 2011 that will give you, your friends and your family a good laugh. Hope this movie list will be the little something extra in your stocking this year.
1. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Genre: Comedy
Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson
Stars: Kal Penn, John Cho and Neil Patrick Harris
Harold Lee and Kumar Patel cause a holiday fracas by inadvertently burning down Harold’s father-in-law’s prize Christmas tree.
To fix the problem, they embark on a mission through New York to find the perfect replacement, stumbling into trouble at every turn. Kal Penn quit showbiz a couple of years ago to take up a post as Obama’s associate director of public engagement.
Well, now he’s back. Neil Patrick Harris returns as Neil Patrick Harris. Both Harold & Kumar movies have got great moments/sequences but neither have been consistently funny.
Here the same writers are still on board but the director is new to movies. Critics say this is just about the best of the series, with a slightly sweeter and more surrealistic tone, even if the laughs remain a bit hit and miss.
2. Happy Feet Two
Out Now
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Cast: Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Pink
Directors: George Miller
The sequel to "Happy Feet," the Academy Award®-winning animated smash hit, "Happy Feet Two" returns audiences to the magnificent landscape of Antarctica in superb 3D.
Mumble, The Master of Tap, has a problem because his tiny son, Erik, is choreo-phobic. Reluctant to dance, Erik runs away and encounters The Mighty Sven a penguin who can fly!
Mumble has no hope of competing with this charismatic new role model. But things get worse when the world is shaken by powerful forces.
Erik learns of his father's "guts and grit" as Mumble brings together the penguin nations and all manner of fabulous creatures, from tiny Krill to giant Elephant Seals, to put things right.
3. Arthur Christmas
Out now
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Cast: James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy, Hugh Laurie, Ashley Jensen
Directors: Sarah Smith, Barry Cook
Arthur Christmas reveals the incredible, never-before seen answer to every child's question: 'So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?' The answer: Santa's exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole.
But at the center of the film is a story about a family in a state of comic dysfunction and an unlikely hero, Arthur, with an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns.
4. The Muppets
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Director: James Bobin
Gary (Jason Segel) and his Muppet roommate ‘Walter’ help Kermit and Co. get back together and put on a show to save the Muppet Theater when it is scheduled to be destroyed.
New character Walter is a huge fan of the Muppets, even though he is a Muppet himself. There will be cameos from Jack Black, Emily Blunt, Zach Galifianakis, Ricky Gervais, Danny Trejo and Jean-Claude Van Damme, amongst others.
5. The Sitter
Genre: Comedy (Age: 15+)
Cast: Jonah Hill, Sam Rockwell, Ari Graynor
Director: David Gordon Green
When the world's most irresponsible babysitter takes three of the world's worst kids on an unforgettable overnight adventure through the streets of New York City, it's anyone's guess who's going to make it home in one piece.
The Sitter movie is a new level of twisted and debauched hilarity from the director of Pineapple Express