# Upcoming releases etc. you're looking forward to

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 3, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887 "2012-12-03T19:29:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887/1 "2012-12-03T19:29:02Z")

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Lots of stuff coming out in the upcoming months that I’m psyched for:  
December 14: The Hobbit (movie)  
December 25: Les Miserables (movie)  
January 6: Downton Abbey, season 3 (US broadcast)  
January 8: A Memory of Light (final book of The Wheel of Time)  
Feb 5: Smash, season 2 (kind of a guilty pleasure, but hey, singing and dancing and broadway shows!)  
March 31: A Game of Thrones, season 3  
And looking further ahead…  
June 21: Monsters University (Pixar sequel to Monster’s Inc.)  
Summer: Breaking Bad, season 5.2  
What else is coming up soon that should be awesome?

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**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887/2 "2012-12-03T19:57:06Z")

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My most anticipated movie for the rest of this year is **Zero Dark Thirty** , about a CIA analyst who helped track down Osama bin Laden. It’s Kathryn Bigelow’s follow-up to **The Hurt Locker** , so my expectations are sky-high, but the reviews are all stellar so far.

I’m also looking forward to Steven Soderbergh’s **Side Effects** and Chan-wook Park’s **Stoker** early next year. The new season of **Justified** is at the top of my TV list.

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887/3 "2012-12-03T19:59:55Z")

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December 7th: **Hyde Park on Hudson**

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**Author:** ![Rollo\_Tomasi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/58956e/32.png) [@Rollo\_Tomasi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rollo_Tomasi)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887/4 "2012-12-03T20:03:23Z")

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Sorry, forgot the dates:

**Zero Dark Thirty** : limited release on December 21, wide release on January 11  
**Justified** : January 8  
**Side Effects** : February 8  
**Stoker** : March 1

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**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-releases-etc-youre-looking-forward-to/642887/5 "2012-12-03T20:24:47Z")

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Westerberg and Stinson got back together for a charitable cause to release some new **Replacements** music. It’s supposed to be released this year.