There are plenty of movies to go see on Thanksgiving day

Originally Posted on Emerald Media via UWIRE

Thanksgiving offers all kinds of entertainment like drunk grandparents and prodding questions about your life and football (if you’re into that). But, beyond that, Thanksgiving is about movies. Like any important uniquely American holiday, Thanksgiving is a time to capitalize on people’s willingness to spend time and money to boost movie ticket sales.

Some of the most classic films of the 90s had Thanksgiving Day releases, including “Toy Story,”  “A Bug’s Life” and “Flubber.” The list of movies that open on Thanksgiving is available the night before, much like Black Friday now happens on Thursday night.

Homefront — Rated R

Not all Thanksgiving Day movies have to be family friendly. Sylvester Stallone (Rocky) wrote this action thriller, which is based off a book by crime author Chuck Logan and includes a fight scene in a gas station, people cooking meth and James Franco with a Southern accent. The basic plot is this: A former Department of Justice agent moves to a small town with his daughter wanting to get away from danger, only to find more danger.

Starring: Jason Statham, James Franco, Kate Bosworth and Winona Ryder

Frozen — Rated PG

Loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” this newest Disney movie musical tells the story of a girl who goes on an adventure with a mountain man, a reindeer and a snowman to stop her sister, the Snow Queen, from putting a spell on their kingdom to make it eternally winter. This movie features “an emotionally gripping core, brilliant Broadway-style songs and a crafty plot,” according to the New York Post. Called “the greatest animated event since the Lion King” by the trailer, this movie-musical has a lot to live up to.

Starring the voices of: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad

Black Nativity — Rated PG

Based on a Langston Hughes play, this film features a boy raised by a single mother (Jennifer Hudson) who goes to New York to spend Christmas with his strict grandparents whom he has never met. It looks heart-warming and inspiring. Your grandma will probably cry, but also buy a ticket for you. Oh, and it’s a musical.

Starring: Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Jacob Latimore and Mary J. Blige

Old Boy — Rated R

Spike Lee directs this remake of the Japanese cult film “Oldboy” (2003) which is based on a Japanese manga series written in the late 1990s. In this thriller, a man wakes up in a motel room with no idea of how he got there. It becomes his prison for 20 years. When he eventually gets out, he must discover who imprisoned him, why he was imprisoned and why he was set free. Looks thought provoking and intensely moving.

Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, James Ransone and Samuel L. Jackson

If none of these make you as excited as pumpkin pie does, there are some tasty films already in theaters, including “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” “Delivery Man” and “Thor: The Dark World.”

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