'Anna Karenina' and More: What's Playing Nearby this Weekend

In Patch's holiday movie guide, we offer you a breakdown of the Oscar-buzzed movies worth checking out this weekend, along with what's fun and what's family friendly. This week: 'Anna Karenina', 'Silver Linings Playbook', 'Wreck-It Ralph.'

December isn't just about tree lightings, holiday feasts and shopping. It also marks the high point in Oscar season, the time of year when studios release their prestige pictures to garner the buzz they'll need to get nominated for the awards ceremony in early 2013. In Patch's Holiday Movie Guide, we'll focus on a few of these films opening along the North Shore. Which should you see? Which should you skip? Which should you bring your kids to? Keep reading to find out. Weekend of Nov. 30 Most Oscar-buzz: Anna Karenina The director of Atonement and Pride and Prejudice releases his third movie featuring Keira Kinghtly that also happens to be based on one of the most renowned works of Russian literature ever. Though both prior movies were …

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Holiday Movies 2.0

TV: Twenty-first century family time.

Families gathering, wine glasses filled, fireplaces roaring and TV screens flickering.  What? TV? Yep – that’s right. This is Holidays 2.0, the latest version of twenty-first century family time. Forget about toasting marshmallows and singing carols, we’re talking quality screen time for one and for all. Nothing rings in the holiday season better than a family viewing of White Christmas or Miracle on 34th Street. Not so fast. While the old standbys have their place -- on Turner Classic Movies,VHS, DVD, DVR, BluRay… NetFlix, Hulu, OnDemand… iPod/iPad/iPhon/iVey… in the cloud and, probably, on a sphere of our gray matter that will be accessible sometime in the near future for a nominal monthly fee… a few of us have expanded the holiday movie…

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