What New Movies are Premiering on Christmas Day 2012?

Once presents are unwrapped and Christmas dinner is done, gather up the family and head out to see one of many movies premiering in theaters on Christmas Day.

The following flicks will be showing in theaters for the first time on Christmas:

"Django Unchained"

• Rated: R
• Summary: A former slave and a German bounty hunter become unlikely allies in the battle against a tyrannical plantation owner in this western from visionary director Quentin Tarantino.
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"Les Miserables"

• Rated: PG-13
• Summary:The King's Speech's Tom Hooper directs this adaptation of Cameron Mackintosh's successful musical version of Victor Hugo's classic novel. The drama surrounds the obsessive quest of Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe) as he spends years in an effort to capture escaped convict Jean Valjean.
• Trailer

"Parental Guidance"

• Rated: PG
• Summary: Billy Crystal and Bette Midler star as Artie and Diane -- an old-school grandfather and his people-pleasing wife, who babysit for their three decidedly 21st century grandchildren while the kids' type-A parents (played by Marisa Tomei and Tom Everett Scott) are away for work.
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"West of Memphis"

• Rated: R
• Summary: Although the infamous case of the West Memphis Three has already been the subject of three first-class documentaries from director Joe Berlinger, Amy Berg's West of Memphis again explores the oft-documented incarceration of three teenagers for a triple homicide that many believe they never committed.
• Trailer

Wondering where to watch these new movies? Head to Springwood 9 Theaters in Ankeny. Ticket information and showtimes are available online.