2011 Holiday Movie Season: The Greatest ever?

The holidays is really a Hollywood hotspot for large movies. Using the Academy awards right nearby the ones taking extended holidays, the month of December has turned into a breeding ground for galleries searching to focus on their finest films of the season, but this winter is shaping as much as be probably the most crowded seasons in recent memory. In present day NY Occasions, author Michael Cieply compares the approaching slate of projects within the next two several weeks. His conclusion? You will find lots of movies being released! As Cieply highlights, there have been four major studio releases around or on Christmas Day this year, and three last year. This season, six major movies can come out "having a total production and marketing cost approaching $1 billion, from company directors who've 25 past Oscar nominations included in this.Inch This list includes 'The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo,' 'Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol,' 'The Adventures of Tintin,' 'War Equine,' 'We Purchased a Zoo' and 'Extremely Noisy and extremely Close.' Additionally, Meryl Streep's 'The Iron Lady' is going to be launched on December 30. The finish of the month might find the premiere of much more long awaited movies: 'The Artist,' My Week With Marilyn,' 'The Muppets' and 'Hugo' to title a couple of. Will the crowded slate of movies be an excessive amount of for audiences to deal with? With the amount of films being released, you would need to assume a minimum of a couple of large budget projects will stumble. Either that, or even the holidays will break Hollywood from its two-month lengthy box office malaise. If you are still confused at things to see, our Holiday Movie Preview below may help. Or you might always stay home watching the TNT 24-hour marathon of 'A Christmas Story.' [via NY Occasions] Moviefone 2011 Holiday Movie Preview 'Tower Heist''A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas''J. Edgar''Jack & Jill''Immortals''Happy Ft Two''Breaking Beginning Part 1''The Descendants''Arthur Christmas''Hugo''The Muppets''The Artist''My Week With Marilyn''A Harmful Method''Shame''New Year's Eve''The Sitter''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy''W.E.''Young Adult''We Have to Discuss Kevin''Alvin and also the Chipmunks 3''Sherlock Holmes: A Game Title of Shadows''Carnage''Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol''The Adventures of Tintin''The Girl Using the Dragon Tattoo''We Purchased a Zoo''In the Land of Bloodstream and Honey''War Equine''Extremely Noisy and extremely Close''The Iron Lady' See All Moviefone Art galleries » Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook